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The Implementation of Best Practice Model in Tenancy Management
Authors: Isa Mona , Zainol Nurul Nadiah , Nordin Muhamad Saiful Alizan , Sulaiman Muhammad Azwan
Published: July 2022

Guidelines for property tenancy management in Malaysia have been set out in Malaysian Property Management Standards and several property-related acts. However, the implementation approach practiced by public and private practices differs according to the organization's functions and objectives. This study aims to develop a Tenancy Management Best Practice Model for Property of Mayor Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). Qualitative data collection, through three series of structured focus group discussions (FGDs) was conducted to develop a best practice model for tenancy management consisting of three tenancy phases, namely, (i) Pre-Tenancy, (ii) Tenancy Execution, and (iii) Post-Tenancy.
Keywords: Tenancy, management; best practice model
eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Impact of the Covid19 Pandemic on Remittances to Mexico
Authors: Cuecuecha Mendoza Alfredo , Cruz Vásquez Miguel
Published: July 2022

This paper seeks to show the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on remittances from the United States to Mexico. Using monthly data from January 2014 to May 2021, it shows that there is a structural break in the long and short run equations that explain remittances. Using evidence from orthogonalized impulse response functions, we find that before COVID 19 there was evidence in favor of the altruistic, the risk sharing and the investment motive hypotheses for sending remittances. During the COVID 19 period, there is evidence that remittances became more a necessity reducing space for investment motives and the preferences of the sender households and increasing the role of the risk sharing motive. The main limitation of the study is that we do not show results specific to remittances corridors due to the lack of data. Further research is needed to understand if the COVID 19 has long run impacts over the remittance flow and the usage that receiving households give to the remittances.
Teorías del crecimiento cara a cara (Englobamiento estadístico: hacia una especificación general)
Authors: Guerrero-de-Lizardi Carlos
Published: July 2022

Nuestro objetivo es integrar en una especificación general tres restricciones al crecimiento económico que actualmente enfrenta la economía mexicana, entre otras. Para lograrlo aplicamos el principio de “adecuación estadística”, la metodología “de lo general a lo particular”, y los criterios de “selección de modelos”. Nuestra principal aportación radica en que adicionamos, a los determinantes sugeridos por las teorías neoclásica y postkeynesiana de tercera generación, la restricción ligada a la huella ecológica. Al mismo tiempo nuestra principal limitación es que solo incorporamos dos hipótesis convencionales, la del Nobel Solow y la propuesta por Thirlwall. Una conclusión clave es que, a diferencia de las restricciones por el lado de la oferta y la demanda, la restricción ligada a la huella ecológica es “no vinculante”, esto es, no cuenta con mecanismos de corrección −ni automáticos de mercado ni explicitados en las políticas públicas− en vistas a detener el sobregiro ecológico.
Co2+ Doping and Molecular Adsorption Behavior of Anatase TiO2 (001) Crystal Plane
Authors:   Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China, Fang Jiarui , Li Ziheng ,   Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China, Bai Xiruo ,   Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China, Zhang Yichu ,   Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China, Liu Jiahui ,   Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China, Wang Dan ,   Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China, Yao Ye ,   Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
Published: July 2022

TiO2 (001) crystal plane exhibits molecular adsorption and photocatalytic activity. The loading capacity of reactive oxygen species present on crystal planes helps in the significant improvement of catalytic activity. The methods of synthesis and conditions of existence significantly affect the molecular adsorption properties of crystal planes, which in turn affects the ability of the system to load reactive oxygen species. Herein, we report the simulation of the molecular adsorption behavior on the TiO2 (001) using the density functional theory technique. The results show that the crystal plane doped with Co2+ produces an oxygen defect and chemisorbs O2 molecules present in the vicinity. Under conditions of adequate O2 concentration, the second O2 molecule is chemisorbed. This significantly improves the ability of the crystal plane to store oxygen. However, the undoped planes adsorb H2O molecules and undergo hydroxylation under the synthesis and processing conditions. The ability to adsorb O2 molecules is poor. The doping of Co2+ increases the electrical conductivity of the crystal plane and the electrical sensitivity of adsorbed O2 molecules, which is beneficial to the further improvement of the catalytic activity of the system. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques were used to confirm these results. The results indicate that the adsorption capacity of O2 present on the TiO2 (001) crystal plane can be changed by Co2+ doping to improve the catalytic activity of the crystal plane.
The Effects of Early Childhood Teachers’ Play Beliefs and Instructional Creativity on Their Play Teaching Efficacy
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Lee You Jin , Kim Kyung Sook
Published: July 2022

Objectives The purposes of this study is to investigate the effect of early childhood teachers’ play beliefs and instructional creativity on their play teaching efficacy.
Methods This research was conducted with 284 early childhood teachers at the early childhood educational institutions located in G City. The play beliefs scale, the instructional creativity scale, and the play teaching efficacy scale for early child hood teachers were responded by the teachers. The collected data were analyzed by using the Jamovi Statistical Program.
Results First, both early childhood teachers’ play beliefs and instructional creativity showed significant correlations with their play teaching efficacy. Second, the early childhood teachers’ play beliefs explained 30% and their instructional creativity did about 52% of their play teaching efficacy. Third, based on analysis of relative effects of the teachers’ play beliefs and instructional creativity on their play teaching efficacy, the play teaching efficacy were explained 46% by cognitive instructional creativity, 7% by affective instructional creativity, and 3% by the positive play beliefs.
Conclusions The instructional creativity and positive play belief were the major factors that explained the play teaching efficacy. Especially the teachers’ cognitive instructional creativity had much greater effect on their play teaching efficacy than other factors did.
An Analysis of Research Trends on Mentalizaiton: A Review of Journals in Korea
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Kang Min-Jin , Lee Jee-Yon
Published: July 2022

Objectives The purpose of this study is to systematically understand the characteristics of mentalization and provide implications for future research by overviewing domestic research trends related to mentalization, which are considered one of the important cognitive-emotional abilities.
Methods For this purpose, 46 papers related to mentalization published in KCI-registered journals related to major counseling in Korea from 2001 to 2020 were analyzed for the year of publication, research subjects, research topics and analysis methods, measurement tools, research types, and psychological problem variables.
Results First, mentalization research has been on a marked increase since 2017, and the subjects of the study were mainly focused on adults. Second, in terms of research methods, all but five literature studies and three qualitative studies were all quantitative studies. Looking at this by research analysis method, 18.5 pieces (48.7%) of regression analysis were used the most, followed by 14 pieces (36.9%) of structural analysis. Third, by research topic, 34 studies on variable relations were the most common (73.9%), followed by 5 studies (10.9%) and 4 studies (8.7%) on scale development. Fourth, the most widely used measurement tool in relation to the measurement tool was the ‘mentalization questionnaire’, followed by SRMQ and Ments. Finally, most of the studies confirmed the role of mentalization in the relationship with other psychological variables using mentalization as a parameter, followed by 4 studies (11.8%), 2 studies (5.9%), and 3 studies (8.8%), respectively.
Conclusions Based on the results of this study, the main implications of mentalization research and suggestions for future research were discussed.
An analysis of directive speech act in Business Korean textbooks
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Yun Mira
Published: July 2022

Objectives This study aims to investigate the performance aspect of directive speech act and hedging sentence patterns for politeness according to power relations through the discourse analysis of the Business Korean textbooks and suggests the ways of improving Business Korean textbooks.
Methods This study chose three kinds of Business Korean textbooks published after 2018. These textbooks are composed of basic levels and intermediate levels. To analyze these textbooks, this study classified subtypes of directive speech act at first and then arranged the performance aspect of directive speech act according to the context variables and the aspect of the use of hedging sentence patterns for politeness in directive speech act.
Results Based on the findings of this study, Business Korean textbooks published after 2018 are mainly composed of dialogues related to boss’ directive speech act. For this reason, the textbooks mainly dealt with boss’ command among subtypes of directive speech act. And hedging sentence patterns of ‘-(으)세요’와 ‘아/어 주세요’ were most commonly utilized in boss’ command speech act. But, subordinate and coworkers’ dialogues and directive speech act in the workplace were very little descried in the textbooks. Various politeness strategies and hedging sentence patterns are seldom used in Business Korean textbooks.
Conclusions In the future, Business Korean textbooks have to deal with various directive speech act dialogues according to the power relation. And they have to use various kinds of politeness strategies and hedging sentence patterns for Business Korean learners. But this study did not suggest educational methods for directive speech act. In short, how to deal with directive speech act in Business Korean textbooks will be discussed in a follow-up study.
The effects of Self-regulation and Attention concentration on Computational Thinking according to Coding Play experience of children
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Kim Mi-Jung , Pu Sung-Sook
Published: July 2022

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a difference in the effect of self-regulation, attention concentration on computational thinking according to the presence or absence of coding play experience in children.
Methods The subjects of the study were 135 5-year-old children enrolled in kindergartens and daycare centers in Gyeonggi-do, and data were collected through one-to-one interviews for children and questionnaires for teachers and parents. For the analysis of the collected data, descriptive statistics, t-test, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were performed using the SPSS WIN 22.0 program.
Results First, it was found that computational thinking, self-regulation, attention concentration were all significantly higher than that of children without coding play experience. Second, it was found that there was a statistically significant positive (+) correlation between computational thinking and attention concentration of children with coding play experience, but there was no significant correlation between computational thinking and self-regulation. However, among the sub-factors of computational thinking, logical thinking ability showed a statistically significant positive correlation with self-regulation ability. Third, it was found that attention concentration had a significant effect on the computing thinking ability of infants with coding play experience, and self-regulation did not have a significant effect. Attention concentration was found to have 21.4% explanatory power, and neither variable had a significant effect on the computational thinking of children without coding play experience.
Conclusions This study revealed the influence of self-regulation and attention concentration as predictive variables that can explain computational thinking in early childhood, and confirmed that coding play experience is an important factor in enhancing computing thinking ability. Therefore, important implications for the applicability and necessity of coding play (or coding education) in the field of early childhood education were presented to improve children's computational thinking.
A Consensual Qualitative Study on School Counselors’ Peer Supervision Experience
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Kim Myong Hwa , Song Hyun Sim , Ha Jung Hee
Published: July 2022

Objectives This study was conducted to check school counselors’ importance of peer supervision and examine what experiences are done in peer supervision and which support system are required based on the experiences.
Methods For this, a research was conducted by selecting total ten school counselors with school counseling experiences for three years or more as research participants. The collected data was analyzed by using the Consensual Qualitative Research(CQR) method developed by Hill.
Results The results of the study were summarized as task and organization systems felt by school counselors, awareness of school counselors, awareness of peer supervision, and factors for growing as school counseling experts. Based on the results of the study, school counselors’ peer supervision experiences and the development direction were discussed. That is, the school counselors experienced difficulties due to an increase in various tasks, roles, and cases of crises and difficulties due to differences of the recognition of peer supervision according to school managers. On the other hand, they have found to participate in peer supervision and agonize about practical help, emotional comfort, efforts for improving expertise, and the necessity of institutional support.
Conclusions In the results of this study, the school counselors were living their lives as a counselor in the working environment which was neither diverse nor systematic. They were also solving difficulties they experienced as a school counselor by finding their own method through peer supervision. Even though the school counselors were receiving realistic help and emotional comfort that could complement deficiencies through peer supervision, they were experiencing limitations and feeling psychological discomfort at the same time. In order to complement this, the results of this study imply the necessities to systematically carry out the official and professional education, and also to provide the supervisor education as an expert in some areas.
Analysis of the effectiveness of gender sensitivity education program for preservice teachers
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Park Sung Hee
Published: July 2022

Objectives This study was to examine the effects of gender sensitivity education programs for preservice teachers on gender sensitivity and gender role stereotypes.
Methods The responses of 60 preservice teachers who faithfully answered the pre- and post-questionnaires among 75 preservice teachers at A University located in the metropolitan area were analyzed. Of these, 32 preservice teachers participated in the gender sensitivity education program as an experimental group, and the remaining 28 preservice teacehrs were participated into a control group. The education program was conducted over 4 sessions, and pre- and post-surveys were conducted immediately before and immediately after the implementation of the gender sensitivity education program. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, analysis of covariate variance (ANCOVA), and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).
Results As a result of the study, firstly, the gender sensitivity education program improved the gender sensitivity of preservice teachers. Secondly, the gender sensitivity education program improved preservice teachers' openness to self-reflection, non-violence, and gender roles among the sub-elements of gender sensitivity. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in openness to gender identity. Lastly, it was found that the gender sensitivity education program significantly lowered the gender role stereotypes of preservice teachers compared to the control group.
Conclusions The strategies to improve the gender sensitivity and to make lower the gender role stereotypes of preservice teachers were specified, and points to consider when planning and operating the program for preservice students were suggested.
Evidence in the eye of the beholder: portrayals of risk and scientific (un)certainty in ‘Don't look up’
Authors: Guenther Lars , Granert Lutz
Published: July 2022

In this invited comment, we discuss portrayals of risk and scientific (un)certainty in ‘Don't look up’. Specific scenes of the movie were selected, to reflect how within and between the spheres of science, politics, journalism, and economics an upcoming risk and its scientific (un)certainty is (re-)interpreted and (re-)framed, in line with the respective sphere's logic. We extend our assessment by common criteria of film analysis and comparisons to climate change, where applicable. This comment emphasizes how in the movie the logic of economy is taken over by politics and journalism, and how it prevails over the logic of science.
Cimarrones en el sur de la Nueva España: rutas y estrategias de fuga de los africanos esclavos del obispado de Oaxaca (1591-1769)
Authors: Córdova Aguilar Maira Cristina
Published: July 2022

El presente artículo tiene el objetivo de estudiar las estrategias de fuga de la población esclavizada de origen africano de Oaxaca, de 1591 a 1769. El trabajo aborda dos ejes. El primero trata sobre la resistencia colectiva desde espacios rurales, para lo cual se analizan los registros de las  comunidades denominadas cimarronas, así como su resistencia y enfrentamiento con las autoridades coloniales. El segundo se enfoca en casos de fugas individuales de esclavizados que vivían en la ciudad de Antequera. El texto concluye con el análisis de dos procesos judiciales a dos esclavizados fugitivos. El propósito de estudiar estos casos es conocer las dificultades que enfrentaron en su huida y las alianzas que establecieron en su trayecto.
Chamanismo en mutación: de chamanes a medicine-man: el caso panche y pijao a inicios del siglo XVII
Authors: Rubiano Carvajal Juan Carlos
Published: July 2022

A partir del análisis del juicio seguido a Pedro Meléndez por envenenamiento con plantas, se busca caracterizar la religión y la medicina  tradicional panche y pijao (chamanismo) y los cambios que experimentara a inicios del siglo XVII. Aquel fue un tiempo de cambios rápidos, pero ¿cómo se dio ello en el sistema religioso (chamánico)? Una lectura detallada del documento “De officis de la Real Justicia contra Don Martín, indio del pueblo de Cayma y otros indios e indias por herbolarios”, a la luz de los documentos etnográficos, históricos y teóricos sobre chamanismo y brujería, trae a la luz las transformaciones del sistema religioso y pone en evidencia los nuevos contextos sociales y el surgimiento de un accionar mestizo.
La explotación española del oro de la Araucanía: sus características y su aporte a la economía del reino de Chile durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVI
Authors: Zavala Cepeda José Manuel
Published: July 2022

Este trabajo analiza la situación de la economía aurífera de la Araucanía, grosso modo, entre 1565 y 1585; muestra la dificultad gubernamental para controlar el mercado interno del oro y su tributación, así como la preocupación constante de las autoridades por tratar de reglamentar y ordenar el proceso extractivo y la relación entre encomendero e indígenas tributarios. El artículo aborda además el papel de los mercaderes en esta economía minera de la periferia imperial y constata lo dificultoso que es poder establecer volúmenes de productividad. Con todo, queda claro que las ciudades del sur chileno aportaron significativamente durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVI a la economía aurífera del reino de Chile, en un rango probablemente cercano al 40%.
La tutela del Caribe hispano: fortificación francesa en los puertos españoles al comienzo de la guerra de sucesión
Authors: López Hernández Ignacio J.
Published: July 2022

En este trabajo se plantea la existencia de un plan coordinado entre las coronas borbónicas de surtir a los principales puertos del Caribe hispano de los recursos facultativos necesarios para actualizar sus planes de fortificación al inicio de la guerra de sucesión e spañola. Para ello se ofrecen noticias inéditas, que se analizan con otras conocidas, por medio de las cuales se identifican principios defensivos y modelos fortificados para la nueva guerra en el Caribe del setecientos.
“No soy portugués, sino criollo de esta provincia de donde es mi madre”. Hijas e hijos de portugueses nacidos en el Virreinato del Perú, 1570-1700
Authors: Sullón Barreto Gleydi
Published: July 2022

Este artículo, centrado en estudios de casos, analiza la forma en que los hijos y las hijas de los portugueses que habían nacido en territorio peruano lograron desarrollar sus actividades con total naturalidad. Aunque, desde el punto de vista jurídico, eran tenidos por originarios y naturales  de los reinos de España, en la práctica, no dejaban de ser descendientes de extranjeros. Este trabajo aborda, por un lado, las estrategias que habrían utilizado sus respectivos progenitores para consolidar la inserción de la familia en la comunidad, y, por otro, la iniciativa y los ámbitos de actuación de nuestros protagonistas, quienes alcanzaron la plena asimilación en la tierra de adopción de sus padres y en no pocos casos una ascensión social rápida y eficiente.
Wet Electrospinning and its Applications: A Review
Authors: Mejía Suaza Mónica Liliana , Hurtado Henao Yarledis , Moncada Acevedo María Elena
Published: July 2022

In wet electrospinning, a natural or synthetic polymer solution is deposited on a non-solvent liquid coagulant used as collector. This technique can create 3D nanofiber scaffolds with better properties (e.g., porosity and high surface area) than those of traditional 2D scaffolds produced by standard electrospinning. Thanks to these characteristics, wet electrospinning can be employed in a wide range of tissue engineering and industrial applications. This review aims to broaden the panorama of this technique, its possible fields of action, and its range of common materials. Moreover, we also discuss its future trends. In this study, we review papers on this method published between 2017 and 2021 to establish the state of the art of wet electrospinning and its most important applications in cardiac, cartilage, hepatic, wound dressing, skin, neural, bone, and skeletal muscle tissue engineering. Additionally, we examine its industrial applications in water purification, air filters, energy, biomedical sensors, and textiles. The main results of this review indicate that 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering applications are biocompatible; mimic the extracellular matrix (ECM); allow stem cell viability and differentiation; and have high porosity, which provides greater cell infiltration compared to 2D scaffolds. Finally, we found that, in industrial applications of wet electrospinning: (1) additives improve the performance of pure polymers; (2) the concentration of the solution influences porosity and fiber packing; (3) flow rate, voltage, and distance modify fiber morphology; (4) the surface tension of the non-solvent coagulant on which the fibers are deposited has an effect on their porosity, compaction, and mechanical properties; and (5) deposition time defines scaffold thickness.
A comprehensive author ranking evaluation of network and bibliographic indices
Authors: Maqsood Sahar , Islam Muhammad Arshad , Afzal Muhammad Tanvir , Masood Nayyer
Published: July 2022

With the immense growth of scientific literature over the Web, the authors of research papers are being ranked for various purposes such as for being shortlisted for different scientific awards, for prestigious position, for tenured appointments, for keynote speaker invitation or for allocation of research grants. The traditional paradigm to attain these aspects is based on bibliometric indices, such as publication count, citation count and h-index. The quintessential indicator among all these indices are based on a number of citations received by the publication of an author. Generally, when a research paper is published, it receives citations after some time and may take more than a couple of years to attain a reasonable number of received citations which could make a difference in researcher ranking based on bibliometric parameters. Therefore, dependability over these bibliometric indices for authors ranking is not beneficial for researchers at the start of their academic career. Such authors are less likely to have a fair chance to compete with their senior counterparts. This study aims at overcoming the above-mentioned deficiency with the assistance of network centrality measures using the co-author network. The experiments are conducted to rank authors in order to identify the awardees of various scientific societies. The obtained ranking is further evaluated by comparing the results of bibliographic indices and network-based indices. The results revealed that network indices have equal potential to identify influential authors as compared with bibliometric indices such as h-index, particularly in the case of networks having a high value of cluster coefficient. Based on the obtained results, it is observed, awardees that are exclusively identified by network centrality measures are more than 5 years younger as compared to their counterparts who are exclusively identified by bibliometric indices
Shaping library’s social media authority through trust -creating activities: A case of selected academic libraries in Nigeria
Authors: Magoi Joshua Sani , Abrizah A. , Yanti Idaya Aspura M.K.
Published: July 2022

Trust and authority are emerging as key elements of success on social media environment. In spite of a burgeoning field of social media research, the topic on how institutions earn users’ trust and establish their social media authority has received very little attention to date. This study describes how academic librarians strategize in creating trust in social media contents and orient their actions towards the goals of achieving social media authority as information experts. The study is guided by the following research question: What are the trust-creating activities that academic librarians do on library’s social media to establish social media authority? Data were collected through interviews with 15 librarians from three Nigerian university libraries. Six themes on trust-creating activities emerged from the findings. Three themes are related to trust-creating activities by individual librarians: (a) post credible and useful social media contents; (b) provide relevant and responsive feedback; and (c) have authorized identification or social media icons. Another two themes are associated with trust-creating activities by librarians as a group: (a) collaborate in assessing social contents; (b) be an authority in library and information services. One trust-creating activity taken by the library management emerged i.e. involving the university authority for content. The researchers offer suggestions for librarians to orient their actions towards the goals of achieving social media authority and the distinctions are made in the trust- creating activities between individual, group and organisation. This paper contributes to the under-researched field investigating the actual implementation of social media authority in libraries. The study has shown that social media authority is built on the platter of users’ trust. Based on this observation, we believe that successful implementation of social media in the library is associated with not only how proficient librarians are in social media use, but also how they build their social media contents through trust-creating activities.
Geographic Information Systems based performance assessment: Case study of selected medical libraries in Iran
Authors: Eskrootchi Rogheyeh , Janbozorgi Mojgan , Kumar Chetan , Yuvaraj Mayank , Vaziri Farideh
Published: July 2022

The study aims at determining the capability of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in mapping library performance indicators. Six categories were identified as the potential library performance indicators in the study: per capita space, per capita seat, per capita staff, collection flow, circulation per capita, and per capita costs of providing printed sources. A comprehensive checklist was designed for data collection. The collected data were analysed utilizing ArcGIS version 10.7. Correlations between the six identified library performance indicators were validated in the study. ArcGIS software has the capability to display performance indicators in the form of clear images to conduct suitable analysis. Displaying performance indicators in the form of graphs and tables without using GIS makes data analysis and presentation difficult and it lacks precision and generalization. Maps incorporating performance indicator analysis using GIS, function as blueprints for displaying information on maps. The study validates the capability of GIS in mapping library performance indicators.
Instant response to the novel virus: A bibliometric analysis of the incipient publications on COVID-19
Authors: Lan Rong , Jiang Peiru , Wang Yujun , Ye Mengliang , Ou Rong
Published: July 2022

The emergence of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a serious global public health problem. The mystery around the causative agent was revealed on 7 January 2020 when the pathogen was isolated by Chinese scientists and named as novel coronavirus-2019 (2019-nCoV). With quicker reaction to the contagion, the number of scholarly research publications have increased exponentially, which calls for bibliometric analysis and review of the incipient studies. Therefore on 7 Feb 2020, the English language and Chinese publications on COVID-19 were retrieved from PubMed and CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure). A retrospective bibliometric analysis was performed to gauge the output, language, document type, journal, authorship, geographical distribution, research focus, resulting in a total of 154 papers comprising 100 papers in English and another 54 in Chinese. There were 30 journals published at least 2 papers, and the Journal of Medical Virology published the most papers (11). China and USA were the most productive countries, and there were 24 international collaborative papers. Fudan University contributed the most papers. Isaac I. Bogoch, Kunling Shen, Xingguang LI, Hongzhou Lu were the most active authors as first authors, with 2 papers respectively. Among the 154 publications, 35 were opinions papers, and 30 were research articles. Papers were categorized by research areas, and five research foci were identified. Our study offers an overview of the incipient publications and quantitative information for future research on coronavirus. Besides, Chinese publications were also retrieved for an integrated data analysis and diversity comparison.
Structures of THE, QS and ARWU Top 100 universities’ websites in different languages and social media accounts: Binary matrix approach
Authors: M Moskovkin Vladimir , Sizyoongo Munenge , Zhang He , V Sadovski Marina
Published: July 2022

The aim of the study is to understand how the diversity of university language websites and social networks influence the universities’ reputation in the World University Rankings and how this diversity can be described. Combining the union of sets of university names in Times Higher Education (THE), QS World University Ranking (QS), and Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2018, the World’s Top 100 Universities Rankings enabled us to obtain a set of 146 universities. From October 18, 2018, through November 1, 2018, the availability of website versions in different languages and social media applications was checked. The study enabled a 146x15 binary matrix to be built in the first case, and a 146x21 one in the second, with 15 meaning the number of website versions in foreign languages, and 21 standing for respective number of various social media accounts. The binary matrices were clustered with a view to obtaining dense submatrices consisting of units only. The study shows that approximately 47 percent of the universities surveyed have their websites in more than one language. All the 146 universities have websites in English, those in Chinese coming second and equalling to 21. Most popular social networking sites have been revealed, with over 84 percent of universities having Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram accounts. On the whole, 18 universities form a dense binary submatrix for 6 social media, including four of the above, as well as LinkedIn and Google+. The binary matrices are proved to be effective for higher education managers and experts focusing on specific regions and social media. Correlational dependence calculations on comparative analysis of traditional and altmetrics rankings are also performed.
An exploratory study on competitive intelligence: Managers' information needs in higher education sector
Authors: Oraee Narges , Sanatjoo Azam , Ahanchian Mohammad Reza
Published: July 2022

Competitive intelligence is the collection and analysis of information to support strategic decision making for an organisation, as a means to achieve competitive advantages. Identification of information needs is a prerequisite for the subsequent actions and activities in the competitive intelligence process, and, if not done well, optimal intelligence will not be provided. Intending to identify the information needs of university managers in higher education sector, this study addressed the different dimensions of information needs, information sources, and channels used by them. Due to the nature of the subject and research objectives, the research approach was qualitative based on Grounded Theory, an inductive, theory discovery methodology. Twenty-three university managers in Iran were purposively sampled for interviews. It was found that their information needs were mostly about university competitors, university customers and their higher education providers. Their information needs for strategic decisions and actions were about their collaborators in education and information field, effective marketing about product and services, as well as economic, socio-cultural and legal aspects. They need to pay attention to political and economic information in dealing with unexpected topics. Managers obtained information they needed from four types of information sources and channels - human, organisations, open source documents and captured media, and mixed channels. Electronic information sources were considered to be more abundant for them than printed sources. The paper suggests that the findings can contribute to the design, implementation, and development of competitive intelligence information systems that managers and decision-makers are among its major users.
Aplicación del segundo principio del Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje en la producción de materiales didácticos con Microsoft Visio©
Authors: Delgado Mercedes Peraza
Published: July 2022

Introducción: El Consejo Universitario de la UNED de Costa Rica aprobó, en febrero de 2019 (Consejo Universitario, 2019), la política para la implementación del Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA); su segundo principio, proporcionar múltiples medios para la representación, implica la inclusión de recursos gráficos que contribuyan a la mediación didáctica de los contenidos; sin embargo, solo las unidades didácticas en versión final cuentan con la participación de un diseñador gráfico, no así el resto de materiales didácticos del Programa de Producción de Material Didáctico Escrito (Promade). Objetivo: Plantear una propuesta para el cumplimiento del segundo principio del DUA y proporcionar múltiples medios de representación en los materiales didácticos producidos por Promade, en cumplimiento del acuerdo CU-2019-096, sin que esto signifique un costo adicional en cuanto a licencias de programas de cómputo para la UNED. Método: Análisis, mediante un estudio cuantitativo exploratorio, de la utilización, por parte de productores académicos de Promade, del software Microsoft Visio© para la elaboración de esquemas y planeación y ejecución de capacitación piloto con productores académicos de Promade. Resultados: Se comprobó que, mediante una guía para el uso del programa y una inversión mínima de 3 horas, los productores académicos pueden crear sus propios diagramas en ese programa, orientados a la mediación pedagógica y el cumplimiento del principio dos del DUA. Conclusiones: Desde 2014, las personas funcionarias de la UNED y sus estudiantes, a través de la cuenta institucional, tienen acceso a Microsoft Visio©, programa que permite crear esquemas fácilmente. El uso del software propuesto no implica costos adicionales para la institución y puede ser extendido a funcionarios de otras dependencias de la UNED mediante el Centro de Capacitación a Distancia (CECED). Adicionalmente, una guía breve podría ser provista al estudiantado para cumplir con el tercer principio del DUA, proporcionar múltiples medios de acción y expresión.
Comparación de requisitos específicos para el registro sanitario de medicamentos biológicos en Centroamérica y República Dominicana
Authors: Daniela González Rodríguez  , Keren Zuñiga Villalobos  , Jorge Andrés Pacheco Molina  , Mora Román Juan José
Published: July 2022

Introducción: Los medicamentos biológicos son productos que tienen como principios activos uno o más derivados de material biológico extraídos de fluidos, tejidos o microorganismos, mientras que los biotecnológicos se desarrollan a través de la tecnología de ADN recombinante con la implantación de material genético de genes pertenecientes a una especie en otra diferente. Objetivo:comparar los requisitos regulatorios específicos para el registro sanitario de medicamentos biológicos, específicamente productos de ADN recombinante, vacunas y hemoderivados de acuerdo con la legislación vigente en Centroamérica y República Dominicana. Métodos: se obtuvieron las normativas vigentes de cada país de interés. Luego, se hizo una revisión minuciosa de los documentos y se resumieron los requisitos que aplicaban para cada nación y se compararon entre ellos. Resultados: Costa Rica es el único país que cuenta con requerimientos específicos para proteínas recombinantes, vacunas y hemoderivados. Guatemala y Panamá los solicitan para los dos últimos grupos, y Nicaragua para proteínas recombinantes y vacunas. Conclusiones: la ausencia de homologación complica la labor para obtener el registro sanitario en estos territorios, por lo que es necesario agilizar este proceso a través de dicha homologación.
AMOR FATI COMO POSSIBILIDADE DE VIDA ÉTICA EM NIETZSCHE
Authors: Souza Farias Ícaro
Published: July 2022

O presente trabalho se concentra em refletir sobre a relação entre o conceito de Além-do-homem e o Eterno retorno em Nietzsche. Com tais conceitos Nietzsche pretende estabelecer uma nova relação com a vida e com o tempo. O além-do-homem (ou super-homem) consiste na superação do homem, isto é, na necessidade de superar o homem uma vez que a referência maior historicamente consolidada foi perdida, a saber, Deus está morto. Nietzsche almeja um novo homem afirmador da vida, um “tipo superior”. Nesse sentido, o Eterno retorno se relaciona com o Além do homem. O pensamento abissal (Leia-se, Eterno retorno) é um pensamento terrível, uma vez que afirma que todas as coisas retornam eternamente, sem cessar; mas, pensa Nietzsche: afirmar o retorno eterno de todas as coisas é a máxima expressão da aceitação da vida, do amor fati. Não por acaso, Nietzsche o relaciona ao além-do-homem, um “tipo superior”: além-do-homem, eterno retorno e amor fati são, em última instância, as marcas de uma nova cultura em que deve prevalecer a afirmação da vida.
ARTE DE VIVER E CUIDADO DE SI: O MEU ENSAIO EXISTENCIAL ENREDADO ENTRE EDUCAÇÃO, FILOSOFIA E MAGIA
Authors: Brentam Perencini Tiago
Published: July 2022

Dedico-me no presente texto a responder à provocação recebida pelo Dossiê Aprender - Como o autor ou corrente filosófica que estudo me ajuda a viver? Quanto eles me formam para a vida? Narro o meu percurso formativo desde os seguintes pontos de emergência, conectados por diferentes ciclos, onde procurei aliar o estudo filosófico aos acontecimentos existenciais que me acometiam: a) o encontro com o ensino de filosofia desde a formação universitária e seus desdobramentos para a pesquisa na pós-graduação; b) minhas experimentações fora da universidade, que fecundam desde o envolvimento com teatro e a palhaçaria, até a vivência com a educação popular e a ayahuasca. Tal enredo abre em mim um portal de convivência com saberes, práticas e modos de vida desde a magia, que foram fundamentais para a escrita de minha pesquisa de Doutoramento e trazem desdobramentos enquanto formador no campo da Saúde, função que ocupo atualmente.
RESSIGNIFICAR A VIDA PELO ESTRANHO: UMA ABORDAGEM HERMENÊUTICA E PÓS-METAFÍSICA A PARTIR DE RICHARD RORTY
Authors: Barreira Marcelo
Published: July 2022

O artigo recontextualiza na contemporaneidade a filosofia como modo de vida. A (trans)formação do humano no pensamento pós-metafísico retoma a atitude tradicional da filosofia antiga, pluralizando-a e a deflacionando em seu caráter fundacional. Assim, nossa costura hermenêutica se tece pela figura do estranho, da estranheza e, mais concretamente, do estrangeiro como eixo-interpretativo desse decurso (trans)formativo do universo psíquico — na primeira parte do artigo, fortemente marcado pela proposta rortiana — e sociocultural — tratada na segunda parte deste artigo—, onde se trava mais amplamente o diálogo com, sobretudo, Derrida; Taylor e Honneth.
FORMAÇÃO, IMAGINAÇÃO E MODO DE VIDA
Authors: Mesti Diogo Norberto
Published: July 2022

O objetivo deste artigo é evidenciar os laços existentes entre Platão, Vico e Gadamer, com o intuito de investigar uma tradição filosófica que fundamenta sua proposta de formação humana a partir de uma teoria das imagens e da imaginação. Mesmo diante da distância temporal entre eles, é possível observar a centralidade do uso e a teoria das imagens para a formação humana, colocando a educação no interior de uma prática imagética, retórica e científica também. Estabelecendo a conexão entre esses três autores como estrutural, tentaremos nos reconectar a essa tradição do uso retórico da imagem na educação, pensando se isso carrega também um modo de vida.
KATHĒKONTA: A ÉTICA DO HOMEM COMUM
Authors: Fontoura Fernando
Published: July 2022

A ética estoica tem uma característica amplamente humana e social e esta característica fica mais evidente através do termo kathēkonta, que traduzimos por atos adequados com forte ênfase social, pelo menos nos escritos do filósofo estoico Hiérocles. Neste artigo, apresentamos de forma ampla o conceito de kathēkonta, sua importância para uma ética que leva em conta o indivíduo ordinário ou comum com suas relações sociais e circunstâncias. Embora a ética estoica tenha fundamentação metafísica (o tópico da física estoica) e teológica (Zeus ou a Natureza Divina), os kethēkonta enquanto ética do indivíduo ordinário ou comum tem como parâmetro as relações sociais que estabelecemos, as circunstâncias empíricas dessas relações, a agência humana e suas características enquanto natureza humana. Pode-se pensar que a base dessa ética dos kathēkonta é, ao invés de metafísica, tanto o cosmopolitismo estoico, onde somos todos cidadãos iguais de um mesmo cosmos, quanto pela sympatheia estoica, que nos liga tanto através de nossa racionalidade humana quanto de nossa natureza enquanto seres humanos. Definiremos kathēkonta enquanto atos adequados sociais e afirmaremos sua importância, nos dias de hoje, para um fundamento de uma coesão social.
FILOSOFIA COMO PRÁTICA DE VIDA: UM DIÁLOGO ENTRE PIERRE HADOT E MICHEL FOUCAULT
Authors: Lopes Stephan Cassiana
Published: July 2022

Neste ensaio, pretendemos problematizar a maneira pela qual Pierre Hadot e Michel Foucault concebem o aspecto ético da arte de viver. Ambos compreendem a filosofia como uma prática de vida, contudo, talvez seja possível afirmar que o estatuto prático dos exercícios espirituais, assim como interpretados por Hadot, diverge do caráter prático das técnicas de si, tal como consideradas por Michel Foucault a partir da estética da existência. Assim, almejamos argumentar que (1) para Pierre Hadot a teoria e a prática sobre a natureza fundamentam a moralidade, pois a transformação ética do si mesmo depende do conhecimento da Natureza; e que (2) para Foucault a teoria sobre a natureza é compreendida sob o viés prático do cuidado de si, visto que no período helenístico-romano o conhecimento passou a integrar um conjunto de técnicas entrelaçadas pelo nexo de um êthos filosófico. Com base nisso, também indicaremos que, no caso de Foucault, o conhecimento teórico seria imediatamente prático porque concerniria a um exercício ético; diferentemente, no caso de Hadot, a teoria seria mediatamente prática porque fundamentaria a moral na medida em que se aplicaria à vontade, de modo a determinar os desejos e as ações dos homens.
O ESPÍRITO LIVRE E A UNIVERSIDADE: REFLEXÕES SOBRE O ENSINAMENTO DE NIETZSCHE
Authors: Busellato Stefano
Published: July 2022

Comparado ao panorama da história da filosofia tradicional, o pensamento de Friedrich Nietzsche possui singularidades e excentricidades que se evidenciam ainda mais no interior do ensino universitário. O presente artigo, tendo a figura do espírito livre como ponto de partida, pretende desenvolver algumas reflexões sobre o conceito de ensino proposto pelo filósofo alemão.