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The Journey in Animated Cinema - between Escape and Return
Authors: Neykova Radostina
Published: June 2021

The journey in the animation cinema can be in many aspects - from fully real tracking of movement in space, through vertical or horizontal movement in the past, present and future, with or without a specific direction, to physical or psychological escape and / or return after time.The text analyzes the specifics of travel, escape and return in key examples of modern animation cinema.In animation, screen movement takes place in a specific space and for a specific time. And the first signal association for avoidance, for travel is precisely movement, movement in time and space. Of course, in animation cinema the movement is absolutely free and unlimited and can vary from fidelity to nature to abstraction and absurdity, it can manifest itself in a new quality of cinema - in the metaphorical image, in the creation of its own system of signs and symbols.The journey in the animation cinema can be in many aspects - from fully real tracking of movement in space, through vertical or horizontal movement in the past, present and future, with or without a specific direction, to physical or psychological escape and / or return after time. The text analyzes the specifics of travel, escape and return in key examples of modern animation cinema. In animation, screen movement takes place in a specific space and for a specific time. And the first signal association for avoidance, for travel is precisely movement, movement in time and space. Of course, in animation cinema the movement is absolutely free and unlimited and can vary from fidelity to nature to abstraction and absurdity, it can manifest itself in a new quality of cinema - in the metaphorical image, in the creation of its own system of signs and symbols.
Contemporary Albanian Literature in Kosovo (Now and Here)
Authors: Ibrahimi Vjollca Dibra , Sejdiu Sejdi
Published: June 2021

Albanian literature written from the 1940s to the present day can be called contempo-rary Albanian literature, or in other words, World Literature after the Second World War. The allowed literature was the only method of socialist realism, which was ideol-ogized and politicized, i.e. subject to communist ideology and politics. It was not free literature, but entirely engaged in the service of socialism and communism. The meth-od of socialist realism had some very narrow and binding criteria for all those who thought of publishing their works. Such were the communist members, the positive hero and the struggle against foreign middle-class influences. In such a situation, we can say that it was purely subject to ideology and communist politics. Due to its very narrow scheme, most of the literary work written during this period had its own value and function during the period of the communist system. This type of literature form some writers was accepted with conviction, while others were used to compromise to publish their works. Although under very strict censure, many important works were published which could have been contrary to socialist realism. Such works were with an indirect expression or with a subtext, often in symbolic and allegorical forms. These works consist of some of the greatest values of contemporary Albanian literature, the first and the foremost authors of this kind of literature, their best works, publishers, and their echoes in the language of translation.
Regional Studies in Soviet Georgian Ethnography after World War II
Authors: LORIA MANUCHAR
Published: June 2021

The present paper deals with the analysis of the Soviet ideological approaches, related with ethnology development, therefore the research covers two following directions: 1. The research of the importance of ethnological film-making, covering religious and ethnolocultural values of Georgia and its neighboring countries. The first scientific-research expedition to the mountainous Georgia, supported with film-making equipment in Georgia, was implemented in 1960. Different films, featuring historical monuments or episodes or displaying material and spiritual lifestyle, which had already been filmed in Georgia before, were characterized with the total lack of the main features of ethnographical films. For example, the authors had been never applied preliminarily planned and staged scenes. Accordingly, a special attention shall be paid on Mirian Khutsishvili’s activity, who acted as the ethnologist and an effective a camera man at the same time. 2. The analysis of activity of two key women scientists, involved in ethnographical research - Vera Bardavelidze, whose scientific work was related with the study of everyday lifestyle of Georgian people and Nino Brailashvili, who made a great contribution in creation of ethnographical sketches.
Anadolu'da Türk Sanat ve Mimarisinde Rehberlerin Karşılaştıkları Hayvan Figürleri ve Mitolojik Arka Planı
Authors: SAZ Süleyman
Published: June 2021

Anadolu coğrafyasında Turist Rehberliği, multidisipliner bir yetkinliği gerektirmekle birlikte arkeoloji ve sanat tarihi disiplinleri, ilgili disiplinler arasında başat role sahiptirler. Bu iki alanın beslendiği mitoloji bilgisi ise rehberin yetkinliğini perçinleyen bir başka disiplindir. Klasik Yunan ve Roma mitolojisinin yanı sıra Türk mitolojisi de sanat ve mimari eserlerde kendini gösterir. Türk sanat eserlerinin anlaşılmasında, mitolojik arka plan önemli bir görev üstlenir. Rehberlerin, gruplarının hazırbulunuşluk düzeylerine göre bu arka planı gündeme getirmesi icra edilen turun kalitesine olumlu katkıda bulunur. Pek çok farklı sanat formları ile karşılaşabileceğimiz Türk sanatında hayvan figürleri, Türk mitolojisinin en doğrudan yansıdığı zengin bir çeşitlilik arz etmektedir. Ejder, siren, arslan, boğa, kartal, kurt, geyik, balık vb. hayvan figürlerinin, kaynağı mitolojide bulunan bir sembolizm içerisinde değişik sanat ve mimari yapı(t)lara yansıdığı görülmektedir. Bu çalışmada rehberlerin sıklıkla karşılaştıkları hayvan figürlerinin mitolojik temelli bir yorumu sunularak her birinin sahip olabileceği muhtemel sembolik anlamları değerlendirmeye tabi tutulacaktır. Gezi ve gözlem neticesinde Anadolu'da karşılaşılan bu figürlerin mevcut literatür içerisinde eleştirel ve karşılaştırmalı incelemesi çalışmamızın yöntemini teşkil etmektedir. Sonuç olarak Türk sanat eserlerinde bulunan farklı hayvan figürlerinin rehberler tarafından mitolojik arka planı göz önünde bulundurularak sembolik bir anlam düzeyinde yorumlanabilmesi önemlidir ve yalnızca klasik mitoloji değil aynı zamanda Türk mitolojisinin de aynı değerde anlatıma zenginlik kazandıracağı açıktır. Bu nedenle rehberlik eğitiminde de Türk mitolojisinin müfredat içinde ele alınması gerekliliği ayrıca dikkate sunularak önerilmektedir.
THE IMMORTALS OF MELUHA: A STUDY IN GEOPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Joshi Jagdish , Vaishnav Saurabh
Published: June 2021

Geopolitics is a very sought after research topic these days. It revolves around the political issues related to geography. All the aspects about international politics and foreign policies related to the flora and fauna, mountains, valleys, rivers, demographicsetc. between nations is what geopolitics is all about. The term ‘Geopolitics’ was originally coined by the Swedish political scientist Rudolf Kjellén. Geopolitics has currently emerged to prominence because of awareness amongst the nations regarding the role that geography plays in forming foreign policies. Be it the collapse of the U.S.S.R. or the emergence of U.S.A. as a superpower after the Second World War, the events do have a connection with Geopolitics.As one of the subthemes of the conference is geopolitical issues in literature, the researcher decided to work
in this field. The researcher intends to apply geopolitical issues on a currently famous mythology based novel.The novel is the first book in the Shiva trilogy, The Immortals of Meluha. The primary reason for selecting this novel is that the novel is part of the researcher’s PhD thesis. The Immortals of Meluha is all about the rise of a man from oblivion to stardom. It describes a beautiful journey of a man coming from the wilderness to achieving oneness. It describes a journey of a man destined to be a God whom future generations will be referring as Mahadev or Lord Shiva.The Immortals of Meluha certainly possesses the elements of geopolitics. Shiva is a leader of the Guna tribe in Tibet. But Shiva’s land has often been a victim of brutal attacks from Pakratis. The evil intention to misuse the natural resources is what drives the Pakratis to constantly wage attacks on the Guna tribe. Shiva receives an invitation to merge his tribe with the Suryavanshi kingdom, which he accepts. But soon he finds out that the
Suryavanshi Empire itself is being devastated by constant terrorist attacks from the
Chandravanshi Empire. And the main element of the conflict is the drying up of Saraswati River which in turn creates havoc in the Chandravanshi Empire.
Hence, in this short overview, we see that major conflicts are taking place because of the over abuse of natural resources, selfish motives to sabotage the natural balance of the land as well as dirty politics being played on the geographic areas. The aim of the researcher is to analys the novel threadbare with the elements of geopolitical issues.
ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION IN INDIA
Authors: Vyas Priyanki , Patel Daxa
Published: June 2021

The aim of this research is to study the role libraries in architecture education in India.The paper discusses about higher education, technical education, architecture education in India. Governent of India has constituted some councils like AICTE, CoA & NATA to planned quantitative growth, and regulation & proper maintenance of norms and standards in the technical education system of architecture education. The role of libraries in research, literature search and access to information services in higher & technical education has proved to be very important. This is challenging for libraries & library professional to provide resources & services as per the norms of AICTE & CoA.
In this paper researcher focuses role of libraries & library professionals in architecture education and also explains about library resources & services which can provided to the user communities in architecture education.
RE/VISITING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN TRADITIONAL INDIAN CLASSROOM
Authors: Raviya Hitesh , Dave Parth , Tiwari Garima
Published: June 2021

In the 21st century, traditional Indian Classrooms have transformed over two decades: from overhead projectors and floppy disk to virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). Technological advancements and awareness have created a new avenue and vistas for language teaching and learning. The use of technology has been widely accepted as a pedagogical tool. However, academic scrutiny would highlight that even though ICT has been accepted as a pedagogical tool, very little attention has been paid to the holistic integration of ICT in the Curriculum Design, Content Development and Evaluation
Methodology at the institutional level. This paper aims to provide an overview of ICT tools and platforms essential for student-centric, learning-centric classrooms and enable and empower students and teachers to blend technology in teaching in an immediate classroom environment and outside the classroom. The paper is a culmination of the researcher’s two decades of experience and expertise as a researcher and teacher of English Language Teaching in higher education at various Higher Education institutions in the state of Gujarat.
Sexual Behaviour Change on Youth in Digitalized World
Authors: Quincy Rey , Manduza Kammuraed
Published: June 2021

This article discusses the characteristics of adolescents and the influence of social media on adolescent sexual behavior. The millennial generation's communication style is also extremely open in comparison to earlier generations, in terms of obsessive use of social media, and every aspect of life is heavily affected by technology advancements and places a premium on money. Sexual harassment on the Internet is harassment that comes to light via a large yet ineffective reporting and management process. Sexual harassment on social media is becoming an increasingly public issue, according to a new study by Google Form. The study gathered information from 104 respondents with birth years ranging from 1980 to 2000 who engaged in a poll
Introducing Eschatology in the African Context Vol. I
Authors: Boaheng Isaac
Published: June 2021

Death and its aftermath, the end of the world and what happens thereafter are subjects of ultimate concern for everyone. Almost all religions have something to say about what lies in the future. As society becomes more concerned with the future of the world, the study of the Christian doctrine of future things (Eschatology) becomes increasingly pertinent. From the biblical perspective, Eschatology must both trigger fear and panic in unbelievers because of God’s impending judgment and motivate believers to be resilient in their faith because of the divine glory and rewards that await them. Eschatology should, therefore, not frighten but comfort believers. Unfortunately, for some decades now, most (academic and non-academic) eschatological discourses (in Africa and elsewhere) have tended to overemphasize end-time cataclysmic events such as torment, hardship, famine, and bloodshed, causing fear and panic among Christians instead of giving them hope. The main purpose of Introducing Eschatology in the African Context (consisting of two volumes) is to offer contemporary Christians a balanced biblical and theological view of Christian Eschatology from an African perspective, to empower believers to be faithful to Christ at all times (even in their trials and sufferings). It is also to call the attention of unbelievers to the divine judgment that awaits them so that they may be encouraged to respond to the call to repent and be saved. This volume, consisting of eight chapters, begins with a chapter on the scope of Eschatology. The first chapter gives a socio-cultural framework within which the book is located. It highlights African perspectives on future things to show how African Christians might make sense of Biblical Eschatology based on their own socio-cultural and religious worldviews. It also serves as a background against which Western Christian concepts of eschatology may be evaluated. Chapter two explores the meaning and scope of the subject of Eschatology. In chapter three, the book considers various principles required to interpret biblical texts related to the subject of Eschatology. The fourth chapter is a historical survey of eschatological discourses that have taken place in the Church from the patristic era down to the twenty-first century. By reviewing how different people (at different places and at different times) have responded to questions pertaining to the future, the chapter not only serves to guard contemporary Christians against eschatological heresies but also seeks to foster the right beliefs in readers. Chapter five examines the subject of “The Kingdom of God” as both a present reality and a future expectation. The in-breaking of the Kingdom of God into human history goes back to Christ’s First Advent but its full consummation will take place during the Second Advent.
Rotational Velocities of Am and Non-chemical-peculiar Stars Based on Kepler and LAMOST DR5
Authors: Qin Li , Luo A-Li , Hou Wen , Li Yin-Bi , Cui Kai-Ming , Zuo Fang , Zhang Shuo , Wang Rui , Han Jin-Shu , Wang Li-Li , Lu Yan , Chen Xiang-Lei
Published: June 2021

Rotation is a critical physical process operating in the formation of Am stars. There is a strong correlation between low-velocity rotation and chemical peculiarity. However, the existence of many non-chemical-peculiar slow rotators challenges the understanding of Am stars. The purpose of our work is to search for low-velocity rotating non-chemical-peculiar A-type stars and Am stars and to make a comparative analysis. In this paper, we pick out a sample from the LAMOST–Kepler project, including 21 Am stars, 125 non-chemical-peculiar slow rotators, and 53 non-chemical-peculiar fast rotators. We calculate the rotational frequencies through a periodic change of light curves caused by inhomogeneous stellar surfaces and then obtain the rotational velocities. For slow rotators, the age of Am stars is statistically younger than that of non-chemical-peculiar stars in the same temperature bin. In the comparison of the period, the average amplitude, and stellar mass of Am and non-chemical-peculiar stars, we discover that there is no difference in the photometric variability between Am and non-chemical-peculiar stars, which implies similar inhomogeneities on the surfaces. The average amplitude of non-chemical-peculiar stars has a downward trend with the increase of effective temperature and stellar mass, which is consistent with the theoretical prediction caused by weak dynamo-generated magnetic fields in A-type stars. In addition, we confirm four non-chemical-peculiar stars that have flares by checking field-of-view images, pixel images, and pixel-level light curves.
Warm Jupiters in TESS Full-frame Images: A Catalog and Observed Eccentricity Distribution for Year 1
Authors: Dong Jiayin , Huang Chelsea X. , Dawson Rebekah I. , Foreman-Mackey Daniel , Collins Karen A. , Quinn Samuel N. , Lissauer Jack J. , Beatty Thomas , Quarles Billy , Sha Lizhou , Shporer Avi , Guo Zhao , Kane Stephen R. , Abe Lyu , Barkaoui Khalid , Benkhaldoun Zouhair , Brahm Rafael , Bouchy François , Carmichael Theron W. , Collins Kevin I. , Conti Dennis M. , Crouzet Nicolas , Dransfield Georgina , Evans Phil , Gan Tianjun , Ghachoui Mourad , Gillon Michaël , Grieves Nolan , Guillot Tristan , Hellier Coel , Jehin Emmanuël , Jensen Eric L. N. , Jordán Andres , Kamler Jacob , Kielkopf John F. , Mékarnia Djamel , Nielsen Louise D. , Pozuelos Francisco J. , Radford Don J. , Schmider François-Xavier , Schwarz Richard P. , Stockdale Chris , Tan Thiam-Guan , Timmermans Mathilde , Triaud Amaury H. M. J. , Wang Gavin , Ricker George , Vanderspek Roland , Latham David W. , Seager Sara , Winn Joshua N. , Jenkins Jon M. , Mireles Ismael , Yahalomi Daniel A. , Morgan Edward H. , Vezie Michael , Quintana Elisa V. , Rose Mark E. , Smith Jeffrey C. , Shiao Bernie
Published: June 2021

Warm Jupiters—defined here as planets larger than 6 Earth radii with orbital periods of 8–200 days—are a key missing piece in our understanding of how planetary systems form and evolve. It is currently debated whether Warm Jupiters form in situ, undergo disk or high-eccentricity tidal migration, or have a mixture of origin channels. These different classes of origin channels lead to different expectations for Warm Jupiters’ properties, which are currently difficult to evaluate due to the small sample size. We take advantage of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) survey and systematically search for Warm Jupiter candidates around main-sequence host stars brighter than the TESS-band magnitude of 12 in the full-frame images in Year 1 of the TESS Prime Mission data. We introduce a catalog of 55 Warm Jupiter candidates, including 19 candidates that were not originally released as TESS objects of interest by the TESS team. We fit their TESS light curves, characterize their eccentricities and transit-timing variations, and prioritize a list for ground-based follow-up and TESS Extended Mission observations. Using hierarchical Bayesian modeling, we find the preliminary eccentricity distributions of our Warm-Jupiter-candidate catalog using a beta distribution, a Rayleigh distribution, and a two-component Gaussian distribution as the functional forms of the eccentricity distribution. Additional follow-up observations will be required to clean the sample of false positives for a full statistical study, derive the orbital solutions to break the eccentricity degeneracy, and provide mass measurements.
Determination of Rotation Periods for a Large Sample of Asteroids from the K2 Campaign 9
Authors: Podlewska-Gaca Edyta , Poleski Radosław , Bartczak Przemysław , McDonald Iain , Pál András
Published: June 2021

The Kepler mission is a powerful tool for the study of different types of astrophysical objects or events in the distant universe. However, the spacecraft also provides an opportunity to study solar system objects passing in the telescope’s field of view. The aim of this paper is to determine, for the first time, the rotation periods of a number of asteroids observed by the K2 satellite during the K2 Campaign 9. Using publicly available data from the Kepler mission, we have used the Modified Causal Pixel Model code to perform the aperture-like and point-response function–like photometry of 1026 asteroids. The results allowed us to determine the rotation periods for 188 asteroids. For asteroids with rotation periods that were previously measured, we compared the results and found very good agreement. There are an additional 20 asteroids for which we obtained lower limits on rotation periods and in all cases these limits are at least 100 hr.
Strumigenys perplexa (Smith, 1876) (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) a new exotic ant to Europe with establishment in Guernsey, Channel Islands
Authors: Hamer Matthew T. , Marquis Andy D. , Guénard Benoit
Published: June 2021

Ants are continually introduced into regions outside of their natural biogeographic ranges via global trade. The genus Strumigenys Smith 1860 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) are minute predators with a growing history of global introductions, although tropical introductions into temperate zones are rarely able to establish outside of heated infrastructures. We report the first record of the Australasian Strumigenys perplexa (Smith 1876) to Europe and the British Isles from four sites on Guernsey, Channel Islands. This novel discovery is likely attributable to the species wide climatic and habitat tolerances, enabling the species to establish away from its natural range in Australasia and from heated-infrastructure. A key to the West Palaearctic Strumigenys species is provided alongside a preliminary and critical checklist of ant species recorded from the Channel Island archipelago, listing 32 species.
Editorial
Authors: Gütl Christian
Published: June 2021

Welcome to the sixth issue in 2021. I am very pleased to announce the journals’ Scopus CiteScore of 2.0 for 2020 indicating another scientifically successful year. On behalf of the J.UCS team, I would like to thank all authors for their sound research contributions, the reviewers for their very helpful suggestions and the consortium members for their financial support. Your commitment and dedicated work have strongly contributed to the long-lasting success of our journal.

In this regular issue, I am very pleased to introduce five accepted papers from six different countries and 17 involved authors.

Edinelço Dalcumune, Luis Antonio Brasil Kowada, André da Cunha Ribeiro, Celina Miraglia Herrera de Figueiredo and Franklin de Lima Marquezino from Brazil present in their article a new algorithm for synthesis of reversible circuits for arbitrary n-bit bijective functions using generalized Toffoli gates, which include positive and negative controls. Murat Firat, Derya Yiltas-Kaplan and Ruya Samli introduce their work on a machine learning method - including Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Linear Regression (LR) and Gradient Boosting (GB) - for determining optimal seat capacity that can supply the highest load factor for the flight operation between any two countries. In a collaborative research between Switzerland, China and the Netherlands Fabian Honegger, Yuan Feng and Matthias Rauterberg have investigated in their research effects of visual, auditory, vibration and draught stimuli on the sense of presence. Julio Moreno, David G. Rosado, Luis E. Sánchez, Manuel A. Serrano and Eduardo Fernández-Medina from Spain discuss in their research a security reference architecture for cyber-physical systems. Adem Tuncer from Turkey introduces a new approach based on a Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for solving the 15-puzzle problem.
A new species of Dactylolabis subgenus Dactylolabis Osten Sacken, 1860 from China (Diptera, Limoniidae)
Authors: Gao Shang , Zhang Bing , Yang Ding
Published: June 2021

Only two species of Dactylolabis subgenus Dactylolabis Osten Sacken, 1860 were previously known from China. Here, a new species, Dactylolabis (Dactylolabis) wudangensissp. nov., is reported from China. Dactylolabis (D.) gracilistylus Alexander, 1926 is re-described and illustrated. A key to males of species of the subgenus Dactylolabis from China is presented.
Entre construction identitaire, transmission et enchantement : formes et fonctions du récit dans une grande ONG
Authors: Errecart Amaia
Published: June 2021

Cet article vise à explorer les formes et les fonctions du récit au sein d’une grande ONG spécialisée dans la défense des droits humains, Amnesty International France , à partir d’un corpus d’entretiens et d’un ensemble de textes recueillis sur son site Internet institutionnel. S’inscrivant en sciences de l’information et de la communication et mobilisant l’analyse de discours, notre approche des formes narratives à l’œuvre dans les discours étudiés s’appuie sur l’analyse des rhétoriques, des stratégies argumentatives, des logiques de présentation de soi ou d’ ethos , selon trois axes qui sont autant de fonctions du récit au sein de l’ONG : la construction identitaire, la transmission et l’enchantement.
La compétence interculturelle et l’humour comme stratégie dans le contexte du management international
Authors: Stalder Pia , Agbobli Christian
Published: June 2021

Cet article s’inscrit au carrefour de la sociologie, de l’anthropologie, de la linguistique et de la pragmatique interculturelle. Il porte sur les compétences interculturelles et, plus particulièrement, sur l’humour comme stratégie de communication en milieu professionnel international. D’une part, nous donnons un aperçu des possibilités et des limites de l’humour dans les interactions entre personnes d’appartenances différentes. D’autre part, nous nous intéressons aux compétences clés de managers qui travaillent dans des contextes sociaux complexes. Nous présenterons d’abord un état des lieux sur l’humour dans le management international. Puis, sur la base d’une étude de cas, nous examinerons les fonctions et les effets de l’humour dans les interactions avant d’aborder la question des compétences de communication nécessaires pour travailler sur les scènes internationales.
On a fractional Schrödinger equation in the presence of harmonic potential
Authors: Ding Zhiyan , Hajaiej Hichem
Published: June 2021

In this paper, we establish the existence of ground state solutions for a fractional Schrödinger equation in the presence of a harmonic trapping potential. We also address the orbital stability of standing waves. Additionally, we provide interesting numerical results about the dynamics and compare them with other types of Schrödinger equations [11,18]. Our results explain the effect of each term of the Schrödinger equation: the fractional power, the power of the nonlinearity, and the harmonic potential.
Bóvedas tabicadas en la ingeniería militar española (s. XVIII)
Authors: Lluis i Ginovart Josep , Lluis-Teruel Cinta , Ugalde-Blázquez Iñigo
Published: June 2021

El Duque de Belle-Isle y el Conde de Espié habían conocido en sus campañas de la Guerra de Sucesión (1701-1715) la voûte à la Roussillon. Estas bóvedas tabicadas obtuvieron una buena crítica en toda Europa y también en España (donde eran conocidas desde el siglo XIV) gracias a la difusión de los textos del Conde de Espié (1754) y de Pierre Patte (1777). Se determina qué uso tuvieron las bóvedas tabicadas desde el punto de vista de la construcción militar, favorecidas por sus supuestas cualidades mecánicas, y cuál fue la repercusión entre los ingenieros militares españoles del siglo XVIII. El estudio concluye que la localización de los proyectos realizados con esta técnica por ingenieros militares en el Levante español, coincide con los lugares donde ya existía una mano de obra especializada y que conocía esta técnica constructiva.
Impacting and Influencing the System to Support Student Career Readiness, Voice, and Efficacy
Authors: Schneider Jennifer
Published: June 2021

This chapter provides context for the design of an experiential, service-learning-based capstone course that provides students with meaningful service-based learning experiences. Through experiential learning and publication opportunities, students develop transferable career development, communication, writing, and critical thinking skills. It is a related goal that students leave this course with improved self and collective efficacy and a fundamentally heightened awareness of their own potential to create positive change in their community.
Art + Science Knowledge Building
Authors: Tremblay Genevieve G. , Brice Jeff
Published: June 2021

ASKXXI, Arts and Science Knowledge Building and Sharing in the XXI Century, was an inter-hemispheric, post-secondary diploma program pilot aimed at fostering collaboration in art, emerging digital/virtual technologies, and the ecological sciences. New approaches to narrative creation were introduced through innovative technology workshops in visualization, 3D imaging, 3D printing, virtual, mixed reality, and data visualization. The authors share their dimensional approach that delivered cross-cultural insights, technical training, professional development, mentorship, and network development opportunities. Expanding definitions of CBE and personalized learning support, the new career opportunities in a rapidly changing landscape, the relational, place-based, collaborative, and inquiry-driven learning developed through this pilot program is what the authors identify as a frontier ecosystem in education. They reflect on and share their findings and offer new perspectives on expanded models of competency-based education for academic and workplace credentials.
Competency-Based Education (CBE) for Working Adults at Salt Lake Community College
Authors: Bragg Debra D. , Heiser Eric A.
Published: June 2021

In this chapter, the authors share lessons that Salt Lake Community College (SLCC), a two-year comprehensive community college located in the most urban area of the state, learned in implementing CBE. The story begins with an explanation of the organizational context for CBE reform at SLCC. As one of two 2-year colleges to join the initial group of higher education institutions in the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN), very quickly SLCC was thrust into the limelight as a potential leader in the newest national wave of CBE implementation. The story continues by describing full-scale implementation of CBE at SLCC funded by the United States Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Act Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) grant. Lastly, the authors highlight major lessons learned through SLCC's journey and implications for future CBE implementation that focuses on institution-wide scale up at SLCC and consider what other higher education institutions may be able to learn from SLCC's experience.
The Analysis of Top Cyber Investigation Trends
Authors: Leslie-Jones Alicia
Published: June 2021

Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving area of technology. As such, there will always be myriad trends to consider. Through the progression of cybersecurity comes the increased need for organizations to keep pace with the rapid development of technology. However, the current skills gap of cybersecurity professionals has overwhelmingly become a cause for concern. The spread of cloud computing has created a need for new cloud forensics procedures, and the use of internet-connected medical devices has added concerns for the information security structure of many organizations. In order to resolve these issues, proper vulnerability testing and implementation of new processes to keep up with the changes in technology have to be introduced to reduce the possibility of hacking incidents and aid in remediation. If more organizations leverage the skills and personnel available to them, there are ways to reduce the skills gap and other issues affecting cybersecurity.
Entrepreneurial Activity Dynamics That Enhance Tourism in Montijo Municipality
Authors: Costa Teresa Gomes , Lisboa Inês , Teixeira Nuno Miguel Delicado , Duarte Zélia , Godinho Teresa
Published: June 2021

Montijo municipality is in Setúbal district and belongs to Lisbon metropolitan area. Many new projects have emerged in the county related to tourism. However, the health crisis that plagued the world in early 2020 raised several concerns about the entrepreneurial activity of this municipality. Thus, this study has as main objective to broadcast the entrepreneurial activity that enhances tourism in Montijo municipality, before the health crisis and to present a reflection on the future of this activity in the post-COVID-19 era. It was possible to verify that the county has a set of positive indicators with regard to tourism activity and is one of the most dynamic at national level in terms of entrepreneurship. Besides that, the implementation of new business models, new products and services, new distribution and marketing forms, based on information and communication technologies can be very important to disseminate the region and to add value to the tourist experience and business, contributing to making the region a national reference of economic and social progress.
DataPro
Authors: Rohani Vala Ali , Moghavvemi Sedigheh , Pinho Tiago , Caldas Paulo
Published: June 2021

Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, most countries are exposed to unprecedented social problems in the current global situation. According to the official reports, it caused a dramatic increase of 44% in graduates' unemployment rate in Portugal. Moreover, from the human resource point of view, the whole of Europe is expected to face a shortage of 925,000 data professionals by 2025. Given the existing situations, the DataPro aims to propose a national-level reskilling solution in big data to mitigate both social problems of unemployability and the shortage of data professionals in Portugal. DataPro project consists of four dimensions, including an online portal for the hiring companies and unemployed graduates, along with a web-based analytics talent upskilling (ATU) platform empowered by an artificial intelligence recommender system to match the reskilled data professionals and the hiring companies.
Internationalization, Company Value Creation, and European Funds
Authors: Teixeira Nuno Miguel Delicado , Costa Teresa Gomes , Lisboa Inês , Galvão Rosa , Brites Rui
Published: June 2021

In recent years, the business environment has become increasingly complex, creating additional risks for companies to manage, resulting from globalization, technological innovation, market competitiveness, more demanding consumers, and changes in companies' ownership structure, presently also due to the pandemic situation. In dealing with this situation, EU funds should play an essential role. Thus, this research study aims to analyze the impact of EU funds on Portuguese companies, considering the companies that have benefited from European incentives under the Qualification and Internationalization Incentive System, since it is directed to financing investments in strategic areas to business success such as internationalization and innovation. Therefore, the sample includes the companies that had projects approved in 2015 and aims to show the impact of these incentives on value creation capacity, as well as employment and internationalization level in the years from 2016 to 2019.
The Relationship Between COVID-19 (Cases and Deaths) and Stock Markets
Authors: Ferreira Paulo , Pereira Éder
Published: June 2021

The numbers of COVID-19 increase daily, both confirmed cases and deaths. All over the world, shock waves are felt with impacts on economies in general and the financial sector in particular. Aiming to assess the relationship between confirmed cases and deaths and the behaviour of stock markets, the authors perform a dynamic analysis, based on the Pearson correlation coefficient, for 10 of the most affected countries in the world. As expected, they find evidence that the number of COVID-19 cases had a negative effect on stock markets, and that the current second wave is penalizing them. They also find that deaths have a more relevant impact than the number of confirmed cases.
Contributions of the Pandemic to the Redefinition of Quality Management Systems in Higher Education
Authors: Lourenço Rodrigo Teixeira , Gonçalves Helena Costa , Cremon de Lemos Angela
Published: June 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic required quick responses from the organizations, making it necessary for them to reinvent and rethink themselves. This reality was also evident in the higher education context, where the institutions had the need to assure the continuity of their activities remotely, without compromising the quality of the provided services (the educational and the support ones). This was a major challenge for the institutions' quality management systems (QMS), unusually designed to respond to rapid changes, especially in what concerns to an effective response to the students' needs. In the case of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, the institutional response resulted from an action plan based on two major principles—the use of the existing quality's structure/instruments and its integrated reflection—in order to find improvement inputs to the system's performance. The results evinced a globally positive response but also the need to adjust the QMS to better serve the academic community's needs, particularly those of students.
Automated Remote Control of Cheese Ripening Chambers
Authors: Ferreira Paulo , Teixeira Nuno , Dias Joao Mestre , Pires Maria Clara , Carvalho Graça P. , Santos Rute , Rodrigues Francisco Mondragão , Martins João C. , Caeiro José , Alvarenga Nuno , Garcia João , Coelho Luis
Published: June 2021

A new prototype of a ripening chamber was proposed aiming to evaluate the application of computational fluid dynamics in the optimization of traditional cheeses ripening conditions. With the purpose of evaluating the possible impact in the production of cheese in three Portuguese regions, the potential economic benefits of the prototype were demonstrated. The proposed automation process would imply higher production efficiency, increasing sales, decreasing stock levels and a significant reduction in the consumption of water and electricity. Based on average values, it was estimated potential increases of 133 010 € in sales and an individual net present value of almost 560 000 €. In addition to the economic impact in firms, which are mostly small and medium firms, the results also contribute to an increase on the sustainable use of natural resources. However, it is important to highlight the contribution of the project in a pandemic situation to develop a better financial situation of the firms based on a higher margin of the business.
The Impact of COVID-19 and the Role of Higher Education in Making a Sustainable Recovery
Authors: Gowan Sunaina
Published: June 2021

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the implications of COVID-19 to higher education and how universities and colleges can play a critical role in helping shape new ways for the world by adopting environmental sustainability as its academic mission. The effects of the pandemic have reached such proportions that the world may never be the same again. Even though educational institutions have been affected at different levels, there are some measures that can be undertaken to mitigate its impacts. The findings indicate the need for the integration of higher education for sustainable development. This study provides a unique and timely commentary about how coronavirus has altered in positive and negative ways higher education. It suggests that, due to its areas of influence, COVID-19 may also jeopardise the implementation of the sustainable development goals. It sends a cautious warning about the need to continue to put an emphasis on education for sustainable development, so that progress achieved to date is not endangered.
Child and Adolescent Care Services
Authors: Vilà Baños Ruth , Niella Montse Freixa , Sánchez Martí Angelina , Mateo Gomà Maribel
Published: June 2021

Although unaccompanied minors became visible in Spain in the late 1990s, they are still seen as a new migratory phenomenon, provoking numerous debates and questions around appropriate responses. This chapter aims to unveil the rights and wrongs of the current protection system in Catalonia through analysis and discussion of the role of socio-educational intervention in overcoming the prejudice-based discourses and attitudes that criminalize these migrants. In a descriptive study, staff from all the centres of the protection system of the Barcelona General Directorate for Child and Adolescent Care were interviewed. Results showed that overcrowding in the protection system was causing tensions and dysfunctions. Great efforts must be made to develop individualized educational interventions adapted to unaccompanied minors' specific situations and to facilitate their integration. Five main recommendations and a range of future lines of research derive from these findings.
Methodological Proposals for a Renewal of Antiracist Socio-Educational Action
Authors: Aguilar-Idañez Maria-Jose , Buraschi Daniel
Published: June 2021

Anti-racist socio-educational intervention is not proving effective at combating contemporary racism. Traditional awareness models suffer from serious limitations that prevent them from achieving their stated objectives. In this chapter, these limits are described and explained, based on an analysis of the dominant models implicit in current anti-racist intervention. Second, two new conceptual tools are proposed that are essential to reframe anti-racist action, so that socio-educational intervention is truly able to transform and eliminate moral boundaries. Finally, several operational proposals are presented and described to renew anti-racist socio-educational action from a critical-transformative perspective: critical reflexivity, the decolonization of one's own culture, understanding to transform, the enabling of racialized and discriminated groups, participatory communication, and communicational empowerment.
The Media Representation of Refugee Women in Spain
Authors: Castaño Francisco Javier García , Fernandez Ariet Castillo , Martínez Antolín Granados
Published: June 2021

Research on the migratory phenomenon has produced many studies and from various disciplines. However, the knowledge that citizens have of this phenomenon is linked to the discourse by the media. It is not different in the case of refuge and asylum. The contribution of the authors involves questioning to what extent the media are present in shaping the image of migrations. Until now, the image presented is negative, problematic, conflictive, ethnic, and alarming. But this chapter focuses on refugees and, in particular, refugee women. In the same way that research on the migratory phenomenon shows that immigrant women have not been the subject of notable media coverage, it is to be expected that refugee women are not either. For this reason, it is interesting to check the degree of media coverage of the migratory phenomenon in the press (including the mobility of refugees) during the so-called “refugee crisis” in Europe. The chapter focuses on the news that include the refugee woman. For this purpose, the news published in the Spanish newspaper El País are used.
Understanding and Facing Migration Through Stories for Influence
Authors: Salmon Angela K. , Melliou Kiriaki
Published: June 2021

Preparing students to face migration depends on how schools are responding to the needs of the children and their families. The authors introduce Stories for Influence to help teachers scaffold children's understanding of migration so they can gain perspective, create, and share their own stories. Research shows how stories make us humans by exposing the humanity in both our own and others' migration stories. The authors use Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory, neuroscience, and socio-emotional aspects of storytelling to support the effectiveness of Stories for Influence. They also provide venues, such as the Out of Eden Learn framework, children's literature, and thinking routines and global thinking routines strategies to cognitively and emotionally engage children in constructing meaning and making sense of human events as igniters of their stories. Migration is approached from the Reimagining Migration (RM) educational framework that sees the presence of migrant-origin children as an asset.
Balancing the Initial Teacher Training in Intercultural Education in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia (Spain) in the Period 2000-2020
Authors: Alcalá del Olmo-Fernández María José , Leiva-Olivencia Juan José
Published: June 2021

The presence of interculturality in the university curriculum is a relevant and topical pedagogical issue, which leads to the need for future education professionals to be properly prepared to face it with guarantees of success, linking the intercultural phenomenon with the approaches emanating from inclusive education. The objective of this chapter is to take stock of the discourses, theories, and pedagogical practices in the initial formation of intercultural education in the last 20 years in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia (Spain). Based on a thorough review of scientific literature, university plans in education sciences of Andalusian universities, as well as regulatory references on interculturality, the authors will proceed to carry out a critical pedagogical analysis to understand the trajectory and evolution of intercultural training in recent decades, projecting new lines of development for improvement, transformation, and impact of new intercultural training in university training spaces.
Refugee Voices on Active Citizenship and Social Justice
Authors: Mora María Elena Mora
Published: June 2021

The purpose of this chapter is to explore whether the opportunities and challenges that refugees face in education prepare them or hinder them when exercising active citizenship. The author will analyse the challenges and opportunities that two refugees, Amal and Amani, faced in their education journeys and which enabled them to become active citizens by bringing positive change to their communities. Using a narrative approach, the author will attempt to gain an empathetic insight into several aspects of social justice and active citizenship in education for refugees. Such exploration of knowledge will be carried out through the analysis of the perceptions and experiences of the refugees, subjects of study, as well as the personal involvement of the author. This chapter intends to spark reflection in the audience through the exploration of refugee voices.
Application of Technology in Healthcare
Authors: Lopes Andreia Robert , Dias Ana Sofia , Sá-Moura Bebiana
Published: June 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare worldwide and laid several fundamental problems that will have to be tackled to ensure high-quality healthcare services. This pandemic has represented an unparalleled challenge for healthcare systems and poses an opportunity to innovate and implement new solutions. Digital transformation within healthcare organizations has started and is reshaping healthcare. Technologies such as blockchain and IoT can bring about a revolution in healthcare and help solve many of the problems associated with healthcare systems that the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated. In this chapter, IoT and blockchain technologies were discussed, focusing on their main characteristics, integration benefits, and limitations, identifying the challenges to be addressed soon. The authors further explored its potential in describing concrete cases and possible applications for healthcare in general and specifically for COVID-19.