bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Differential effects of Ydj1 and Sis1 on Hsp70-mediated clearance of stress granules in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Authors: Walters Robert W. , Muhlrad Denise , Garcia Jennifer , Parker Roy
Published: July 2015

Stress granules and P-bodies are conserved assemblies of nontranslating mRNAs in eukaryotic cells that can be related to RNA–protein aggregates found in some neurodegenerative diseases. Herein, we examine how the Hsp70/Hsp40 protein chaperones affected the assembly and disassembly of stress granules and P-bodies in yeast. We observed that Hsp70 and the Ydj1 and Sis1 Hsp40 proteins accumulated in stress granules and defects in these proteins led to decreases in the disassembly and/or clearance of stress granules. We observed that individual Hsp40 proteins have different effects on stress granules with defects in Ydj1 leading to accumulation of stress granules in the vacuole and limited recovery of translation following stress, which suggests that Ydj1 promotes disassembly of stress granules to promote translation. In contrast, defects in Sis1 did not affect recovery of translation, accumulated cytoplasmic stress granules, and showed reductions in the targeting of stress granules to the vacuole. This demonstrates a new principle whereby alternative disassembly machineries lead to different fates of components within stress granules, thereby providing additional avenues for regulation of their assembly, composition, and function. Moreover, a role for Hsp70 and Hsp40 proteins in stress granule disassembly couples the assembly of these stress responsive structures to the proteostatic state of the cell.
Research of availability of foodstuff to residents of the large city (on the example of Kursk)
Authors: Андреева Елена , Andreeva Elena , Некрасова Лилия , Nekrasova Liliya
Published: July 2015

The authors pay attention to problem of organizing the trade service of inhabitants of large Russian cities with non-uniform residential buildings, which, due to a significant change in external factors of doing business for 2011-2015., caused to attract attention again. Applying the techniques of geomarketing analysis, authors describe the way of research of the problems of using the criteria of availability of goods for the population. The article reveals the concepts that characterize the degree of end consumer’s security in food products from the viewpoint of territorial, price and quality affordability. The approaches to evaluating within socio-economic system of providing commercial services to the population of a large city are proved. As an example of monitoring the effectiveness of the organization of urban distribution network in the article are shown the elements of the research of availability of retail trade objects in the densely populated area of the city of Kursk with inhomogeneous buildings for the period of 2011-2014. The dynamics of changes in the basic indicators of evaluation of availability of trade services is represented. The article summarizes the results of the carried out at the end of 2014 sample survey of evaluation of the level of availability of products with high demand. In the sampling was included a part of trade objects of researching district, as well as large kolkhoz markets as trading formation with a different organizational structure. As a basis for comparison was used average price levels recorded in the analytical materials FGBI "Specialized center accounting in agriculture". Results of the analysis allowed creating the rating of commercial enterprises, drawing conclusions, and comparing them with maps of positioning of trade brands (networks), which active in the Kursk.
Improvement of programs of additional professional education in the sphere of service and housing and communal services taking into account requirements of modern labor market
Authors: Голубев Андрей , Golubev Andrey , Голубев Олег , Golubev Oleg , Сумзина Лариса , Sumzina Larisa
Published: July 2015

The results of ongoing monitoring of federal and regional labor markets of current and future staffing requirements, of requests for economic and social sphere, science and technology are caused the needs of development educational complexes of additional professional education in the field of innovative technologies. Such technologies are in demand b

The program of additional professional education, which aims to increase the competitiveness of students and professionals up to actual level of competences necessary to be successful in their chosen field, and in discovering their professional and creative potential, is developed.

Special attention in the program is given to innovative resource-saving technologies based on metalplacking technologies. These technologies are most effective to use of in the following areas: machine tools and presses, metal cutting tools, ventilation systems and electric actuators, hydraulic machines, urban and internal transport, clothing, footwear, knitting equipment, compressors, domestic and industrial refrigeration systems, gearboxes of rolling mills and drilling equipment, high pressure pumps of hydraulic units and fuel equipment, tools sliding cutting wood, fabric and polymeric materials, processing of natural and synthetic yarns by metalplacking compositions.

Low cost of innovative technologies offered as part of the additional professional education, their low energy consumption, accessibility and ecological safety allows to create new, highly qualified working places in both on large and on existing small enterprises, and to carry out the opening of new enterprises with high-tech manufacturing with the appropriate elaboration of a business plan and connecting it to the region through technology transfer centers.
Features of development of remote education in the Russian Federation
Authors: Изаак Светлана , Izaak Svetlana , Исаев Роман , Isaev Roman
Published: July 2015

The article deals with current issues of distance education in the Russian Federation, the basic concepts of educational technology used in the training are revealed, and possible solutions of problems are offered, the questions submitted in electronic form of training are described, a comparative analysis of the basic forms of education and compared trends and international experience in the field informatization of education carried out. Preconditions of occurrence of distance education in the Russian Federation are briefly described, certain patterns and problems of implementation are revealed, topical questions of implementation are described and feasibility of effective use of this form of education in the current realities of society is compared. The legislative decisions on the issues of electronic forms of learning management are considered and a comparative observation, which describes the reasons for the introduction of this form of training in different countries carried out. The general patterns of occurrence of the needs for this type of services are defined. In addition to the problems connected with the introduction of this technology, the article analyzes the issues associated with the creation of their own training concepts and technologies that could satisfy the demand in the education market. Priority issues in the creation of educational of software tools are defined. In the budget educational establishment in conditions of current socio-economic crisis may occur difficulties with the implementation of this decision. According to the authors, for the successful implementation of new technologies need to make all potentially effective training methods for special evaluation expert group to evaluate qualitative component of educational technology
Innovative training in a training format as the instrument of professionalizing and personal growth (on the example of discipline of "Technology of business communication")
Authors: Киреенкова Зоя , Kireenkova Zoya
Published: July 2015

The article addresses the issues of the need of use a form of training in teaching techniques of business communication, the stage of the natural cycle of learning and the preferred styles of learning are described, the recommendations for their use to increase the motivation of students and the effectiveness of the learning process are given. The author describes the features of the interaction between the coach and the client, i.e., between teacher and student in different paradigms of the training, conditions that helping students to take a subjective position in the educational process are given, as well as a model in the format of the training exercise is represented.

The methodological basis of training technology is the theory of natural learning, the natural mastering of the experience of the American Psychologist Consultant of training D. Kolb. We easily learn on the basis of directly lived experience. This approach is opposed to education in which the student only reads, listens, and retells material. The "natural" educational cycle started in a particular experience, developing our ability to perceive of new. Further, we observe this new, comprehend – this is the stage of analysis, developing the capacity for reflection and interpretation. The third phase - the conceptualization of experience. It is our ability to think systemically, holistically, logical and purposeful, ability to form concepts. And finally, it is the active experimentation directed by our ability to solve problems and draw conclusions on the basis of theoretical knowledge. This is the phase of development of new experiences. It´s possible to address for different phases few times and many times before will be achieved new knowledge and new real acting experience. Cycle of education can be called a spiral of learning.

Correct training program needs to be balanced. It is the most effective to mastering a new experience in own style of learning. Competent understanding of these styles allows knowingly use strong points, to develop less expressed abilities and to be tolerant to other people´s preferences. Individually and precisely allocating roles, defining forms of activity, the teacher creates the conditions for a comfortable and efficient learning process.
Problems of moral development of the personality in system of higher education: organizational and methodical aspect
Authors: Салитова Фаридэ , Salitova Faride
Published: July 2015

The article examines the main organizational and methodological aspects of the moral education of student contingent in higher professional educational establishments. The author substantiates the leading role higher education establishments in the formation of moral priorities of the most educated part of youth. This presupposes the improving of relevance and quality of teaching of the cycle of humanitarian disciplines because the requirements are now to the educational activities of the Russian high school, actualize not only the problem of increasing the quality of education, but also the comprehensive personal development of future professionals who will carry out professional activities in the realities of the current society. The moral potential and the level of general culture of the future first-year students can be possible to identify on the stage professionally-oriented activities. The moral potential and the level of general culture of the future first-year students can be identified on the stage professionally-oriented activities. Clear guidelines for working with the generated the student contingent laid in the federal state standards. They aim at achieving the objectives of modern Russian higher education on the base of use a wide range of traditional and innovative teaching methods and techniques, which targeted at stimulating of personal development, implementation of creativity and intellectual possibilities of students. They aim at achieving the objectives of modern Russian higher education on the base of use a wide range of traditional and innovative teaching methods and techniques, which target at stimulating of personal development, implementation of creativity and intellectual possibilities of students. The educational orientation of teaching is realizing in personal-active, cultural, individual and creative, communicative and dialogic aspects of the pedagogical process. Training of graduate of higher educational establishments now should be an educational process, all parts of which stand in an indissoluble unity. Comprehensive solution of educational problems not only determines the professional readiness, but also ideological positions, the level of moral and civic consciousness of the young specialist.
Development of programs of assistance of employment of the population as direction of modern anti-recessionary policy
Authors: Шубцова Людмила , SHubtsova Lyudmila , Белохвостова Наталья , Belokhvostova Natalya
Published: July 2015

The article describes the features of management of the population employment on the base of development of programs for promoting employment in terms of macroeconomic crisis and budget deficits. In this period of economic cycle are most exacerbated employment problems associated primarily with mass layoffs, with the reduction of vacancies, the spread of hidden forms of unemployment, the extension of the shadow economy and, therefore, the shadow employment, increase the free space, which is not used in the production, high unemployment, aggravation conflictness in the field of social and labor relations. The most effective way to solve these problems – is the development of programs of population employment promoting as a fundamental element state system of crisis management. The authors paid attention to the basic principles used in the development of programs and highlighted their importance in terms of turbulence and multi-directional processes occurring in the economy today. Program-oriented management of employment has significant advantages because allows to save investment while maximizing the results, which is particularly in demand in times of crisis. The authors in the article highlights the main features of the development of regional programs in the field of employment and makes suggestions for the regulation taking into account features of the crisis 2014-2016. The creation of new jobs in competitive enterprises that will ensure sustainable economic growth in the long term as a priority in management and funding is considered. The introduction of principle of comparative evaluation of competitiveness in the medium term with the including of companies in the list of participants in the program of the state anti-crisis support allows avoiding of irrational use of budget funds and will provide the strategic direction of anti-crisis measures.
Education and service in pre-revolutionary Russia: experience of the Yaroslavl Demidovsky legal lyceum
Authors: Иерусалимская Светлана , Ierusalimskaya Svetlana
Published: July 2015

The article is devoted to the research of position of students of Yaroslavl Demidov Juridical Lyceum in the second half of the XIX century, their educational activity, everyday life and service. During this period, the Juridical Lyceum converted from cameral in the course of one of the most important components of the era of the Great Reforms in Russia - the judicial reform of 1864, largely coincided with the functioning of the law faculties of the leading universities of the country. Liberal reforms of Alexander II gave the initial impulse to the organization and the formation of the student life of the Lyceum. However, on its existence reflected counterreform of Alexander III, manifested in the reconstruction and reinforcing the social-estate education bureaucracy. However, on its existence was reflected counter reforms of Alexander III, which was manifested in the reconstruction the social-estate education and reinforcing bureaucracy. Against this background, the author considers educational activity and household position Yaroslavl students. A major role in the financial support of students played the board of trustees of Yaroslavl Demidov Juridical Lyceum. It was manifested in the organization of free and reduced price meals of students, granting privileges in hiring accommodation and payment of stipends. All this allowed Demidov Lyceum overtake on certain indicators even metropolitan universities. Analysis of the lists of lyceum students shows that by social origins the vast majority among them are nobles, but there were among the students and people from clerical estate - the former seminarians, as well as children of minor officials and even peasants. However, about 50% of the students paid themselves for their education. However, about 50% of the students paid for their education by themselves. Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of position of students in the period under review show that the Yaroslavl Demidov Juridical Lyceum continued to develop successfully, helped by the efficient organization of the educational process and the establishment of a student service. Demidov Lyceum was the real source of legal personnel in Russia. As a result, the urban community and local authorities quite logical has put on the agenda the question of the transforming the Lyceum into University.
Methodical approaches to research of a condition of a tourist route network (on the example of the Volga Federal District)
Authors: Саранча Михаил , Sarancha Mikhail , Голубева Оксана , Golubeva Oksana
Published: July 2015

The article presents the research results of the tourist route network Privolzhsky Federal District. Research was conducted according to the following stages: identification of possible basic properties of tourist routes (in the following blocks: requisites, consumers, the periodicity of functioning and limits, means and ways of movement, food and accommodation services, staff, cost parameters, notes and other information); the development forms of passports route (consisting of 61 questions); collecting information from open sources and by sending the completed form to the regional specialized executive authorities; data processing; development of a database of tourist routes; identifying the current situation; findings. The information about 360 tourist routes was collected. Research results show predominance of intraregional routes in Privolzhsky Federal District, interregional routes perform the functions of integration between the tourism sectors of the economy of covered regions. Almost 2/3 of the network was formed in 2010s, by thematic most part - it is informative, educational, sporting and environmental roots. Half of the routes are not targeted on specific customers, most of the rest is focused on school children and young people. Routes of small extent and duration are dominated in regions of districts, the seasonality of routes functioning not strongly expressed, usually this is the months from May to September. Weak use the services of accommodation and food is observed. The transport of tourist companies is primarily used, nevertheless a significant role performs rented vehicles. The level of comfort of used transport is characterized as high and medium. 90% of the network is functioning on a permanent basis and is well elaborated. Price per one day of program of tourist routes in 2/3 of the cases is up to 1000 rubles, and 1/5 - from 5 to 10 thousand rubles. Thus, there is a predominance of short-term and excursion tourist routes with rigorous curriculum, with a low involvement of the tourist infrastructure, which reduces the efficiency of the positive impact of tourist activities on the receiving territory.
Threats and Risks of Nanoindustry Development
Authors: Frolov Daniil , Yakovlev Anatoly
Published: July 2015

The paper deals with the negative aspects of nanotechnology development on the global and national scales. Possible economic, environmental and social risks and latent threats to the formation of nanoindustry and nanoproducts consumption are discussed. The conclusion about the need of intensive studies of this complex problem and development of regulatory mechanisms, legal frameworks and institutions of nanotechnology progress monitoring is made.
Inter-Election Vote Swings for the Turkish Ruling Party: The Impact of Economic Performance and Other Factors
Authors: Akarca Ali T.
Published: July 2015

Inter-election vote swings for the AKP, the incumbent party inTurkey, during 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011 elections are decomposed into parts attributable to economic conditions, strategic voting, cost of ruling, incumbency advantage, political realignment and other factors. For this purpose a vote equation, fitted to data covering twenty-seven National Assembly, Senate, and Provincial Council elections, held between 1950 and 2011 is used. The results show the pivotal role played by the economy on the political fortunes of incumbent parties.
The Importance of the Financial Sector and Its Impact on Economic System in the United States in Years 1970–201
Authors: Umiński Paweł
Published: July 2015

Capitalism is an economic system which is subject to dynamic and continual changes. In the history of market exchange of goods and services a few of factors can be enumerated which had considerable influence on the whole socioeconomic system. These include the industrialization of the production process, the introduction of the production line, the growth of international trade and the information revolution. Financialization of economy is another factor that has a huge impact on today's capitalism. A huge increase in turnovers value on the financial markets has been observed since the early eighties. Already in the early nineties the whole financial sector, together with financial corporations, became very significant in the American economy. That was when the profits of the financial sector exceeded the profits of the manufacturing sector. This article is based on the descriptive method and presents the growth of relevance of financial sector in the United States of America which took place in the years 1970–2010. This phenomenon has a huge impact on the contemporary capitalism. The author strives to answer the following question in the recapitulation – what is the impact of the changes described above on the efficiency and competitiveness of the whole socioeconomic system?
The Labor Market in Romania – Between Structural Reform and Current Adjustment
Authors: Pociovalisteanu Diana-Mihaela
Published: July 2015

The economic and political changes generated by the reforms after 1990 have had consequences on the labour resources. In such context, there have been several structural and functional changes on various segments of the labor market. However, the instability at the level of this market can be also seen as a result of the impact of the global crisis on Romania’s economy. The negative demographic tendencies had direct consequences on the labor market, such as the lowering of the percentage of employed population following the small birth rate, high general and infant mortality rate, the deterioration of the population’s biological potential of, the decreased life expectancy rate, ageing population, especially in the rural environment, a high rural-urban migration as a result of the necessity for survival, as well as the intensification of the qualified workforce migration from our country. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some policy measure to counter the disfunctions existing on the labor market in our country.
An Analysis of Spanish Accidents in Automobile Insurance: The Use of the Probit Model and the Theoretical Potential of Other Econometric Tools
Authors: Ordaz Jose Antonio , Melgar Maria Del Carmen , Khan M. Kazim
Published: July 2015

Automobile insurance is one of the main pillars of the entire insurance industry in the developed economies. Knowing as much as possible about the factors related to the accidents is an essential issue for the insurance companies so that they may improve their levels of efficiency. Therefore, in this paper we focus on studying the most relevant variables that help explain the registration of claims in the automobile insurance sector. For this purpose, we fit a probit model specification using a database from a Spanish insurance company. Our research points out the significance of certain variables, such as the policyholders’ driving experience, their region of residence as well as their levels of insurance coverage, towards the likelihood of registering an insurance claim. However, probit analysis represents only one of the multiple perspectives which we can consider to examine the question of accidents and their reporting. Very briefly, we also discuss the utility of zero-inflated count data models to study the number of accidents declared by policyholders. Finally, we point out the possibilities that thinned models could offer for this type of research.
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr ) on Companies’ Competitiveness – Proposed Research Directions
Authors: Flak Olaf , Pyszka Adrian
Published: July 2015

The present paper is the continuation of the authors’ previous publication on the potential impact of corporate social responsibility on the competitiveness of organizations. The research objective is to show the area of study as the junction of the classic concept of competitiveness and a new business model created out of CSR-focused management seen from the perspective of the value chain and the competitive context. The planned effect the paper is the presentation of a proactive and strategic approach to CSR and a way of exploring and testing hypotheses concerning the impact on enterprises’ competitiveness. In the final section attention is paid to the pitfalls connected with implementing CSR.
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Polish Companies
Authors: Werenowska Agnieszka , Stankiewicz Tomasz
Published: July 2015

The aim of this study was the attempt to investigate corporate social responsibility in the selected Polish companies. During the research procedure it was possible: to determine general awareness in the investigated companies in terms of their social responsibility activities; to determine the level of competence and the use of available tools as well as CRS standards. Due to the established aims of research, the following assumptions were formulated: Corporate social responsibility plays a significant role in the business activities that are undertaken by the researched companies. Selected Polish companies abide by international CRS quality standards.
Optimal Policies for Security Patch Management
Authors: Dey Debabrata , Lahiri Atanu , Zhang Guoying
Published: July 2015

Effective patch management is critical to ensure the security of information systems that modern organizations count on today. Facing numerous patch releases from vendors, an information technology (IT) manager must weigh the costs of frequent patching against the security risks that can arise from delays in patch application. To this end, we develop a rigorous quantitative framework to analyze and compare several patching policies that are of practical interest. Our analyses of pure policies—policies that rely on a single metric such as elapsed time or patch severity level—show that certain policies are never optimal and no single policy may fit all information systems uniformly well. Depending on the context parameters, particularly the setup and business disruption costs for patching, either a time-based approach or an approach based on the cumulative severity level may be effective. To develop a more complete guideline for policy selection, we decipher hybrid policies that combine multiple metrics. Finally, we conduct extensive numerical experiments to verify the robustness of our analytical results. Overall, our paper establishes a comprehensive framework for analyzing various patching policies and furnishes useful insights for IT managers.
Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of three alternative compression systems used in the management of venous leg ulcers
Authors: Guest J.F. , Gerrish A. , Ayoub N. , Vowden K. , Vowden P.
Published: July 2015

Objective:

To assess clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of using a two-layer cohesive compression bandage (TLCCB; Coban 2) compared with a two-layer compression system (TLCS; Ktwo) and a four-layer compression system (FLCS; Profore) in treating venous leg ulcers (VLUs) in clinical practice in the UK, from the perspective of the National Health Service (NHS).

Method:

This was a retrospective analysis of the case records of VLU patients, randomly extracted from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database (a nationally representative database of clinical practice among patients registered with general practitioners in the UK), who were treated with either TLCCB (n=250), TLCS (n=250) or FLCS (n=175). Clinical outcomes and health-care resource use (and costs) over six months after starting treatment with each compression system were estimated. Differences in outcomes and resource use between treatments were adjusted for differences in baseline covariates.

Results:

Patients' mean age was 75 years old and 57% were female. The mean time with a VLU was 6–7 months and the mean initial wound size was 77–85cm2. The overall VLU healing rate, irrespective of bandage type, was 44% over the six months' study period. In the TLCCB group, 51% of wounds had healed by six months compared with 40% (p=0.03) and 28% (p=0.001) in the TLCS and FLCS groups, respectively. The mean time to healing was 2.5 months. Patients in the TLCCB group experienced better health-related quality of life (HRQoL) over six months (0.374 quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) per patient), compared with the TLCS (0.368 QALYs per patient) and FLCS (0.353 QALYs per patient). The mean six-monthly NHS management cost was £2,413, £2,707 and £2,648 per patient in the TLCCB, TLCS and FLCS groups, respectively.

Conclusion:

Despite the systems studied reporting similar compression levels when tested in controlled studies, real-world evidence demonstrates that initiating treatment with TLCCB, compared with the other two compression systems, affords a more cost-effective use of NHS-funded resources in clinical practice, since it resulted in an increased healing rate, better HRQoL and a reduction in NHS management cost. The evidence also highlighted the lack of continuity between clinicians managing a wound, the inconsistent nature of the administered treatments and the lack of specialist involvement, all of which may impact on healing.
Diotima and kuèsis in the light of the myths of the god’s annexation of pregnancy (Symposium 201d-212b)
Authors: Wersinger Anne Gabrièle
Published: July 2015

Reported by a male, one of Diotima’s thesis seems rather surprising: men’ desire is to become pregnant. Scholars have pretended that kuèsis applied to males must be interpreted in a metaphorical sense, but this prohibits understanding why Diotima chooses this metaphor rather than another. In the light of the mythological traditions going back to Hesiod, Orpheus, and the New Musicians who emphasize the novelty of their music while considering themselves as begetting a newborn child, it seems reasonable to assume that Diotima means that creation can’t reduce itself to the begetting of novelty, but takes time as does a maternal gestation.
Inspiration and Technē : Divination in Plato’s Ion
Authors: Landry Aaron
Published: July 2015

In Plato’s Ion, inspiration functions in contradistinction to technē. Yet, paradoxically, in both cases, there is an appeal to divination. I interrogate this in order to show how these two disparate accounts can be accommodated. Specifically, I argue that Socrates’ appeal to Theoclymenus at Ion 539a-b demonstrates that Plato recognizes the existence of intuitive seers who defy his own distinction between possession and technical divination. Such seers provide an epistemic model for Ion; that he does not notice this confirms he is not an exemplary rhapsode.
A corrupção em Portugal – abordagens distintas de um mesmo objeto
Authors: Maia António João
Published: July 2015

O problema da corrupção apresenta diversas vertentes que traduzem os diferentesângulos através dos quais pode ser equacionado. Neste texto procuramos perceberas principais perspetivas – a que chamamos verdades – de análise do problema,designadamente as que derivam do discurso mediático que tem sido produzido, osprincipais traços evidenciados pela perceção social dos portugueses sobre o problema, o quadro dos conceitos jurídico‑criminais associados à noção de corrupção, as verdades formais que tendem a ser apuradas na fase de investigação criminal e depois em julgamento. Finalizando com uma breve caraterização e análise da dimensão que o problema apresenta em Portugal.
O projeto corrupteca – uma ferramenta analítica para a análise do fenómeno da corrupção
Authors: Mesquita Nuno , Moisés José Álvaro , Eldasi Giovanni
Published: July 2015

A corrupção política é um dos problemas mais severos e complexos enfrentadospor novas e velhas democracias. A pesquisa acadêmica já abordou o papel defatores gerais responsáveis pelo seu enraizamento no sistema político. Entretanto,falta avaliar o quanto ela afeta a qualidade da democracia, além da influência dacultura política na sua ocorrência. A Corrupteca é uma biblioteca digital especializada no tema da corrupção que visa preencher essa lacuna. O seu objetivo principal é subsidiar as pesquisas e análises sobre o fenômeno da corrupção no Brasil e no mundo. A ideia é que os interessados possam avaliar, para além de outros objetivos de conhecimento, a influência da corrupção na relação de confiança dos cidadãos com as instituições da democracia.
Acogimiento residencial y producción de subjetividades: identidades y trayectorias ciudadanas de los niños y niñas en protección
Authors: Ramiro Julia
Published: July 2015

El artículo analiza los procesos identitarios de los niños/as y adolescentes en acogimiento residencial, relacionados con la construcción de sus trayectorias ciudadanas. Siguiendo el método biográfico y realizando entrevistas abiertas en profundidad, se exploran tanto el impacto de los valores institucionales como la incidencia de las normas y rutinas residenciales en la producción de sus subjetividades. Desde el enfoque de la ciudadanía vivida, se muestra cómo los niños y niñas acogidos representan, reelaboran e interactúan con el sistema de normas y valores de la protección a la infancia. El análisis del material empírico pone de manifiesto las tensiones existentes en los relatos de los niños/as entrevistados en torno a sus identidades y pertenencias y su visión particular sobre el ser ciudadano. Ambas cuestiones deben ser vistas como consecuencia del impacto del marco simbólico de la protección y el producto (aunque reelaborado) del conjunto de prácticas cotidianas en los recursos de acogimiento residencial.
El uso de las colocaciones en muestras escritas de aprendices de español. Análisis e implicaciones metodológicas
Authors: Alba Quiñones Virgina de
Published: July 2015

En este trabajo se analiza el uso de las colocaciones léxicas en 173 estudiantes alemanes de español como lengua extranjera. A través de las respuestas de un cuestionario, al que han tenido que responder estos aprendientes, y de una composición posterior que elaboraron, se ha confeccionado un corpus sobre el que se ha llevado a cabo un análisis de la actuación. Los resultados han demostrado que son capaces de producir un número mayor de estructuras correctas que de incorrectas, sobre todo porque no son muchas las que difieren o presentan unos componentes totalmente divergentes entre la L1 y la L2. No obstante, los errores de naturaleza interlingual son los que parecen influir en las anomalías detectadas. Por esta razón, resulta adecuado aplicar una perspectiva didáctica de naturaleza contrastiva que se centre, de manera especial, en aquellas combinaciones en las que los colocados del español sean distintos de los de la lengua alemana.
Coexistencia de lenguas y planificación lingüística: la convivencia del castellano y catalán en Cataluña
Authors: Escariza Morera Luis
Published: July 2015

En el marco de una denominada planificación lingüística de determinación, en la que se intenta solventar situaciones problemáticas derivadas de la presencia de varios sistemas lingüísticos en contacto, existen en el panorama internacional diferentes modelos que permiten establecer una tipología de actuaciones encaminadas a regular el uso y la coexistencia de dichas modalidades en un mismo espacio geográfico. Dichas actuaciones se reflejan en el establecimiento de diferentes modelos educativos y en el control de los medios de comunicación. En el desarrollo histórico de la planificación lingüística en Cataluña en el último siglo podemos observar cómo la defensa del unilingüismo hispanófono ha dado paso a la aparición de un marco legal dirigido al fomento de la lengua catalana. Por tanto, el objetivo de este trabajo es el de recoger las cuestiones inherentes al controvertido marco actual de decisiones, incluyendo tanto los argumentos que lo sostienen como los movimientos de reacción frente al mismo.
Un análisis sintáctico de dos tipos de causante
Authors: Fábregas Antonio
Published: July 2015

Este trabajo muestra que, sobre la suposición de que los papeles temáticos deben corresponder a posiciones específicas dentro de una jerarquía sintáctica, deben distinguirse dos tipos de causantes. Combinando pruebas sintácticas y semánticas tomadas de (a) los participios resultativos; (b) las nominalizaciones eventivas y (c) las construcciones causativas se argumenta que hay un causante directo, por debajo de la posición de los agentes, que debe ser coextensivo temporalmente con la situación y también un causante indirecto, jerárquicamente más alto que los agentes, que no tiene este requisito de coextensión temporal.
La presencia del euskera en el español: los vasquismos en el diccionario académico
Authors: Fernández de Gobeo Díaz de Durana Nerea
Published: July 2015

La influencia del euskera en la lengua española es de gran importancia como consecuencia del contacto prolongado entre ellas en un mismo territorio. Así, a pesar de que el español se ha hallado en una posición de superioridad frente a la lengua vasca, ha ido incorporando de forma continua un cierto número de elementos léxicos procedentes de esta. Por ello, el objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar la inclusión y el tratamiento de las palabras consideradas como vasquismos en las diferentes obras lexicográficas españolas desde el comienzo hasta la actualidad, así como su relevancia dentro de la historia de la lexicografía hispánica.
Esto/eso, que X/de que X en contraste. Del significado evidencial perceptivo al significado evidencial citativo
Authors: García Negroni María Marta , Libenson Manuel
Published: July 2015

Este artículo busca poner de manifiesto, en primer lugar, el desplazamiento semántico-pragmático que, desde el significado propio de dos pronombres neutros con valor deíctico espacial, esto y eso, se produce hacia un significado evidencial perceptivo directo (esto/eso, que X) y desde allí hacia una lectura evidencial citativa (esto/eso de que X). Para dar cuenta de este movimiento desde la marcación de la evidencialidad directa a la de la evidencialidad indirecta, se realizará un análisis contrastivo entre diferentes conjuntos de enunciados que contienen estos dos grupos de marcadores. En segundo lugar, buscaremos explicitar que las diferencias semánticas en este continuum de significados evidenciales tienen relación necesaria con la especificidad de las instrucciones polifónicas (Ducrot, 1984) contenidas en las estructuras analizadas. Esto significa que el empleo de cada una de ellas contribuye a representar semánticamente una situación x como surgida de cierto tipo de evidencia z, al mismo tiempo que pone en escena diferentes perspectivas y posicionamientos subjetivos a partir de los cuales dicha evidencia aparece modalizada por el sujeto de la enunciación.
Effects of innovative teaching methods on students’ academic performance: An empirical study on financial accounting
Authors: Tejedo Romero Francisca , Pontones Rosa Carolina , Ramírez Corcoles Yolanda , Tejada Ponce Ángel
Published: July 2015

The implementation in Spain of the European Higher Education Area has involved a substantial change in traditional practices of university education, introducing important modifications both to the teaching methodology and the evaluation criteria.The objective of this work is to determine whether there is a relationship between the methodology and the evaluation scheme used and the results obtained by the students, differentiating academic years in which different methodologies were applied within the framework of the ECTS philosophy. To this aim this work focuses on the results achieved for the Financial Accounting subject, located in the first course of the Management and Business Administration degree. Firstly, a depiction of its electronic guide is undertaken, showing the teaching methodology followed for the subject. Afterwards, the results of the research are displayed, analyzing the relationships between the applied methodology and the marks achieved by the use of contingency tables and Pearson’s chi-square tests.
Percepciones sobre la Integración de Modelos Pedagógicos en la Formación del Profesorado: La Simulación y Juego y El Flipped Classroom
Authors: Angelini María Laura , García-Carbonell Amparo
Published: July 2015

La formación de futuros docentes en innovación educativa es de vital importancia para obtener una educación de calidad adaptada al nuevo paradigma educativo. La sociedad actual requiere de profesionales de la educación versátiles, en pos de una mejora en la calidad de la educación ofertada. Durante los cursos 2012-13 y 2013-14, en el programa oficial de doctorado de la Universidad Católica de Valencia ‘San Vicente Mártir’, se lleva a cabo un curso de formación destinado a docentes de educación secundaria sobre recursos didácticos para la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera. En el curso se aborda, desde la experiencia, la implementación de la metodología de la simulación y juego y la clase invertida o flipped classroom, donde los alumnos-docentes experimentan el potencial de la clase invertida. Se parte del marco teórico de la metodología y el estudio de casos de manera no presencial, para dedicar el tiempo de clase a diseñar escenarios que permitan estudiar la literatura en inglés. Un estudio cualitativo sobre percepciones de los profesores en formación permite analizar el potencial de la simulación y juego a través de la clase invertida, en la adquisición de competencias específicas y transversales.
We are European Citizens. Jugar para aprender a ser europeos.
Authors: Legeren Lago Beatriz , Doval Ruiz Maria Isabel
Published: July 2015

A pesar de los esfuerzos realizados por los sistemas educativos de los diferentes países en los últimos años, informes europeos coinciden en afirmar que el alumnado de los centros educativos de Primaria y Secundaria de Europa todavía debe incrementar su grado de conocimiento sobre las cuestiones básicas de la Unión Europea. Para ello, la formación inicial y permanente del profesorado sigue siendo una cuestión clave, como también lo es el introducir en las aulas materiales y recursos educativos más innovadores y atractivos para el alumnado.En este trabajo presentamos el proceso de diseño y desarrollo de dos videojuegos educativos dirigidos a alumnado de Primaria y Secundaria de Europa, a fin de mejorar el conocimiento de la Unión Europea a través de la experiencia de juego. Nuestro trabajo se desarrolló en el curso 2013-14 en 11 centros educativos de la ciudad de Vigo (Pontevedra), en el marco de un proyecto más amplio, “We are European Citizens”, financiado por la UE dentro de su programa Jean Monnet “Learning Europe at School”.Pretendíamos con ello responder a las siguientes cuestiones: ¿Es posible que con nuevos recursos, como los videojuegos educativos con la UE como tema principal, los alumnos de Primaria y Secundaria de Europa muestren más interés por adquirir los conocimientos básicos sobre la misma?; ¿mejorarían con ese videojuego su nivel de conocimiento sobre la UE?.A fin de conocer el estado de la cuestión en las aulas viguesas, hicimos un diagnóstico inicial sobre actitudes y conocimientos previos de los alumnos de Primaria y Secundaria y materiales y recursos educativos que están utilizando habitualmente profesores y alumnos para la enseñanza y aprendizaje de estos contenidos. Una vez establecida la línea base, un equipo multidisciplinar adaptó los contenidos académicos para el aprendizaje de las cuestiones europeas, puso en marcha cursos de formación teórico-prácticos para el profesorado y diseñó y desarrolló un proyecto de entretenimiento interactivo para el alumnado que consistió en dos videojuegos multilingües (una aventura gráfica y una simulación). Finalmente evaluamos el nivel de satisfacción de alumnos y profesores con respecto a los cursos de capacitación y las nuevas herramientas diseñadas. En el presente curso 2014-15 estamos evaluando los conocimientos adquiridos por los alumnos de los centros participantes después de mejorar el nivel de formación del profesorado y del uso y disfrute de los videojuegos desarrollados. En el trabajo que presentamos ahora nos centramos en la fase de creación y validación de dichos videojuegos y en la metodología de aprendizaje basada en la experiencia en el diseño de los productos de entretenimiento interactivos.Las conclusiones a las que hemos llegado tras este trabajo han sido que el uso de videojuego para el aprendizaje de materias tan teóricas como puede ser el conocimiento de la Unión Europea pueden ser herramientas muy motivantes y efectivas para su uso en el aula.
Characterization of the geological and geotechnical properties of soil using the surface wave approach
Authors: Oloye Oluwatobi , Adepelumi Adekunle
Published: July 2015

As part of the efforts to examine the elastic and engineering properties of the subsurface sequence at a proposed new power plant site in Edo State, a geophysical survey involving Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) was carried out. The MASW was adopted to determine the vertical and lateral variations in velocity beneath each seismic line. The MASW was carried out on two seismic lines each trending NE-SW. A geophone interval of 3 m was used, and the length of the seismic lines ranged from 60 – 90 m. The ES-3000 seismograph was used for the surface wave data acquisition and the Shear-Wave velocity structures of the area were obtained through the inversion of the acquired surface wave data. The one dimensional (1D) S-Wave velocity profiles along the lines were diagnostic of generally low velocity lithologies that suggest sand, clayey sand and sandy clay formations with relatively varying thicknesses. The subsurface layers delineated had shear-wave velocity values in the range of 63-400 m/s. They were classified using the NEHRP Seismic Site Classification, and all of them were in the range of stiff soil to soft clay soil. The bulk moduli (k) for these soils were in the range of 3.22-3.98 GPa. This depicts relatively low strength of the subsurface materials. The shear moduli (μ) values range from 7.15-7.43 MPa, which is indicative of low to moderate strength. The information provided in this study will aid the structural engineer or architect in foundation design of the proposed power plant. From the results of this study, it is concluded that although the subsurface layers are of relatively low strength, with the right intervention of the civil engineer, a suitable foundation can be designed for the gas plant.
Past, present, and future distribution of Afromontane rodents (Muridae: Otomys) reflect climate-change predicted biome changes
Authors: Taylor Peter John , Nengovhela Aluwani , Linden Jabulani , Baxter Roderick M.
Published: July 2015

Climate change constitutes a potential threat to montane biodiversity, particularly in low-altitude, tropical mountains; however, few data exist for the Afromontane taxa. In South Africa, the temperate grassland and fynbos biomes are mostly associated with the Great Escarpment and the high-lying central plateau. Varying contractions of the grassland and fynbos biomes are predicted under different climate scenarios by 2050. Animal taxa adapted to these biomes should suffer similar range declines and can be used to independently test the vegetation models. We constructed MaxEnt models from 271 unique locality records for three species of montane and submontane vlei rats that are closely associated with grassland (