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Intersticios Intangibles: Educación intercultural apoyada en las TIC, para el reconocimiento y visibilidad de la cultura makuna
Authors: Valbuena Wilman Said
Published: March 2018

En el presente documento se encuentran los hallazgos, las discusiones, los aportes y las proyecciones de la etapa inicial del estudio quese orienta hacia el desarrollo de un modelo educativo intercultural bilingüe macuna, apoyado en las Tecnologías de la Información y laComunicación (TIC). Se considera que este modelo debe estar constituido, principalmente, por el conocimiento ancestral y ecológicodel pueblo indígena macuna, por el conocimiento pragmático de la vida cotidiana de las personas de Caño Toaka que habitan la SelvaAmazónica colombiana, por el conocimiento en técnicas ancestrales de aprendizaje y enseñanza (Århem, 2004) y por los aportes quedesde la sociedad occidental, en términos de pedagogía y desarrollo tecnológico, se pueden hacer para cumplir con este propósito.Los resultados se obtuvieron a partir de un proceso de investigación cualitativa, de alcance exploratorio y de carácter etnográfico parala recolección de información, cuyo tratamiento se basó en lo propuesto por la teoría fundamentada. Por medio de esto, se logra teneruna descripción del estado actual de la educación intercultural en la comunidad en relación con el fenómeno técnico y la educaciónintercultural, la educación intercultural y las TIC y el objeto digital educativo intercultural; así mismo, se infieren las proyeccionespara adelantar las etapas de diseño y desarrollo del modelo educativo intercultural apoyado en TIC, de modo que fortalezca la culturamacuna a través de: (1) procesos de apropiación de recursos culturales, (2) empoderamiento, (3) reconocimiento, y (4) visibilidad.
Narrar-nos es formar-nos: las historias de vida en la formación de maestros
Authors: Gonzalez Lara Mireya
Published: March 2018

El presente artículo explora la relación entre las historias de vida y la formación docente a través de tres experiencias formativas realizadas entre el año 2010 y el 2014; además de mostrar la manera cómo se configura esta relación, se avanza en las posibilidadesformativas de las historias de vida y en los efectos de la historia de vida en la formación.
La formación en las universidades pedagógicas. Un punto de encuentro
Authors: Martinez Boom Alberto
Published: March 2018

El siguiente artículo presenta un recorrido histórico alrededor de la formación de maestros en América Latina y la reforma educativa que actualmente se está implementando en México. Parte de las múltiples consideraciones políticas que han afectado de manera directa a las instituciones formadoras de maestros, ya que en las diferentes reflexiones que se gestan acerca de la calidad en la educación, se reconoce al maestro como la base de la misma. Es determinante, entonces, la participación de estos agentes transformadores en laconstrucción y legitimación de las políticas para lograr el éxito en la lucha por mejorar la educación.
X Congreso Internacional sobre Investigación en la Didáctica de las Ciencias: una invitación para pensar los desafíos de la educación científica y de la práctica docente
Authors: Martinez Rivera Carmen Alicia
Published: March 2018

Encontrarnos con el Congreso número X de Investigación en Didáctica de las Ciencias, suscita una mirada retrospectiva frente a lo que éste ha significado en los últimos 30 años.
El uso de la biota local, como posibilidad para el aprendizaje de los contenidos de enseñanza de la Ecología
Authors: Arias Santos Ingrid Angélica
Published: March 2018

El presente trabajo, surge del proyecto de práctica pedagógica planteado como requisito de formación de la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional durante el año 2015. La investigación tuvo como objeto identificar los procesos de modificabilidad en el aprendizaje de contenidos de enseñanza de interacciones ecológicas tras la implementación de cuatro actividades, que pretendían diagnosticar, diseñar y evaluar, diversas estrategias didácticas que involucraran la biota local. Este proyecto se lleva a cabo en el Instituto Alberto Merani, con una población de 20 estudiantes del curso Proyectivo C (estudiantes en su último año escolar entre los 16 y 18 años). Se empleó como metodología el análisis de contenido para sistematizar y encontrar categorías que permitieran identificar los cambios producidos durante el estudio. Como principales conclusiones, se encuentra que la planificación y uso de actividades que involucren el contexto de los estudiantes puede favorecer la comprensión y transferencia de los contenidos abordados en clase, por otro lado los procesos de aprendizaje difieren significativamente entre estudiantes y pese al uso de estrategias diversas, en algunos estudiantes persisten las ideas previas adquiridas en su contexto social.
EL DISEÑO DE LA “CoRe”: UNA ESTRATEGIA MEDOLÓGICA PARA INICIAR LA IDENTIFICACIÓN, EXPLICITACIÓN Y DESARROLLO DEL CPC DE UN PROFESOR DE BÁSICA PRIMARIA SOBRE EL NÚCLEO CONCEPTUAL DE LA NUTRICIÓN HUMANA
Authors: Candela Rodríguez Boris Fernando , Ruíz Taramuel Diana Patricia
Published: March 2018

El presente trabajo de investigación documenta el proceso por el cual una profesora en ejercicio de grado quinto de Básica Primaria identifica, explicita y desarrolla el Conocimiento Pedagógico del Contenido (CPC) hipotético del núcleo conceptual de la nutrición humana. Para ello, se proponen actividades a realizar en dos fases: fundamentación e intervención. Así, la primera brinda la oportunidad a la profesora de conceptualizar e internalizar los siguientes elementos: el constructo del CPC, la herramienta de la CoRe3; dificultades/limitaciones y concepciones alternativas del tópico de la nutrición humana; aspectos de la pedagogía general; conocimiento del contexto; currículo estatal de la biología, y comprensión profunda del núcleo conceptual de la nutrición humana. La segunda fase se focaliza en asistir a la profesora en ejercicio durante la construcción consciente y progresiva del contenido que fundamenta a la CoRe de la nutrición humana, y posterior desarrollo del material de enseñanza de dicho núcleo conceptual en formato digital (blog). La metodología de investigación utilizada en este trabajo es de perspectiva cualitativa e interpretativa por estudio de casos, en la cual la recolección de datos se lleva a cabo a lo largo de las anteriores fases, utilizando para esta tarea las siguientes fuentes documentales: observación participante de la serie de tareas de aprendizaje que han sido diseñadas, secuenciadas y temporalizadas por el investigador durante la fase de fundamentación; entrevista semiestructurada a la profesora; versiones de la CoRe, y diálogo informal.
LA TOPOFILIA EN LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE PROCESOS DE EDUCACIÓN AMBIENTAL COMUNITARIOS EN COLOMBIA.
Authors: Pérez Darío
Published: March 2018

En Colombia, pese a los esfuerzos por generar procesos de Educación Ambiental de impactoen las necesidades del territorio y de trascendencia a través de las generaciones, aún noexisten programas gubernamentales fuertes en la materia y que, con variables sólidas, midanel impacto de estos procesos en la sociedad; por el contrario, hoy en día se formulan proyectoscortoplacistas que buscan responder a los requerimientos institucionales.En este texto se sugiere el uso de la topofilia, vista como el vínculo que tienen los sujetos conel lugar, como una estrategia para la apropiación territorial y como el primer paso para lograruna educación ambiental comunitaria que forme sujetos espaciantes, democráticos yconscientes de su papel en la formulación de planes de manejo y conservación de labiodiversidad local, como patrimonio biocultural e identitario
RESIGNIFICACIÓN DE LOS IMAGINARIOS COLECTIVOS ACERCA DE LAS ORQUÍDEAS COMO UNA PROPUESTA PEDAGÓGICA PERTINENTE PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DE LA BIOLOGÍA CON EL GRADO (903) EN LA INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA DEPARTAMENTAL RICARDO HINESTROSA DAZA DE LA VEGA/CUNDINAMARCA
Authors: Henao Rodriguez Olsidier Adrian
Published: March 2018

Este artículo recopila la investigación hecha con especies botánicas de la gran familia Orchidaceae, en un contexto educativo. Se implementó el enfoque cualitativo de la investigación guiada por la metodología de Investigación-acción-reflexión y el referente ecléctico pedagógico. La investigación tuvo 4 fases orientadas por los objetivos específicos de indagar e identificar cuáles eran los imaginarios colectivos acerca de las orquídeas, de ese modo se pudo trabajar la reflexión referida a la vida y lo vivo, que consideraron los estudiantes del grado 903 en la Institución Educativa Departamental Ricardo Hinestrosa Daza (RHIDA) del municipio de La Vega/Cundinamarca. Posteriormente se reorientaron dichos pensamientos mediante el diseño e implementación de actividades que conllevaron a la reflexión en torno a las problemáticas encontradas en la contextualización en cuanto a la clasificación, lo cultural, usos étnicos, lo educativo y lo ambiental; especialmente visibilizando un afecto subjetivo o sensible en cada aspecto, válido en el referente conceptual de lo biocultural trabajado para entender otras lógicas propias del contexto.Finalmente, las orquídeas en una exquisita versión ilustrada, son como un buen fondo para fortalecer la obra de arte de la enseñanza de la vida y lo vivo en contexto, logrando afrontar temáticas, quizá un poco complejas en la enseñanza de la biología como la reproducción, que a través del lenguaje de las orquídeas se pudó sintetizar y afrontar el tabú, como por ejemplo trabajando: la hibridación, polinización, dimorfismos sexuales etc,; en la que cada estudiante fortaleció su propia reflexión.
CONCEPTOS ESTRUCTURANTES: REFLEXIONES TEÓRICAS Y PROPUESTAS PRÁCTICAS PARA ORGANIZAR LA ENSEÑANZA DE LAS CIENCIAS.
Authors: Galfrascoli Adrián
Published: March 2018

La enseñanza de las ciencias naturales viene atravesando una crisis desde hace yadécadas. Según los especialistas, dicha crisis se reconoce al analizar el númerodecreciente de estudiantes que eligen seguir carreras científicas en institucionessuperiores y en el desinterés manifiesto de los alumnos del Nivel Medio por lasdisciplinas que conforman el área. A pesar de que realizaron grandes aportes desde elcampo de la psicología del aprendizaje, la didáctica de la ciencia, la sociología, lafilosofía y la historia de la ciencia, para mejorar la comprensión de los procesos deenseñanza y aprendizaje de contenidos científicos, el problema parece persistir. Uno deesos aportes interesantes es, a nuestro entender, la noción de conceptos estructurantes.En este artículo presentamos una propuesta innovadora para la enseñanza de esta nociónen el Nivel Superior, desarrollada en Santa Fe, Argentina. En nuestra experienciaelaboramos, implementamos y evaluamos una secuencia de enseñanza que incluye unaanalogía, con el objeto de facilitar la comprensión de esta categoría conceptual a losfuturos profesores de primaria. La propuesta surge como una alternativa que supere lasproblemáticas generadas por los currículos excesivamente extensos. Luego exponemosalgunas ideas relacionadas con el papel que los conceptos estructurantes deben jugar enla organización de los contenidos del currículo científico.
O conjunto ferroviário do Oeste Paulista: a importância das Vilas Ferroviárias para a formação dos municípios de Álvares Machado e Santo Anastácio
Authors: Branco Mariana Souza , Baron Cristina Maria Perissinotto
Published: March 2018

As vilas ferroviárias são patrimônio cultural e industrial, sendo indutoras de uma nova forma de viver. Construídas pelas companhias ferroviárias para seus trabalhadores habitarem próximo ao local de trabalho (garantindo o funcionamento da ferrovia vinte e quatro horas por dia) foram responsáveis junto com a estrada de ferro pelo surgimento de núcleos urbanos e posteriormente muitas cidades, principalmente no Oeste Paulista. Os municípios de Álvares Machado e Santo Anastácio surgiram a partir da chegada da ferrovia, usada para escoamento de produtos, que trouxe também a construção de um patrimônio arquitetônico: o complexo ferroviário; incluindo suas vilas, contribuindo para a difusão de um novo modo de vida, cultura e tecnologias. A pesquisa identifica o conjunto de edifícios componentes do complexo ferroviário: Estação Ferroviária, Galpões e Vilas Ferroviárias, sendo o foco principal o estudo das habitações dos trabalhadores da ferrovia.  A metodologia proposta estruturou-se em revisão bibliográfica, levantamento iconográfico, documental e de campo, concentrando-se na moradia dos trabalhadores, identificando-as, classificando suas tipologias e selecionando uma unidade de cada para registro. O complexo ferroviário de ambas cidades conta com estação, galpão, e habitações, que apresentam diferentes padrões, seguindo uma hierarquia social. Porém se encontram abandonados e deteriorados, sem dada devida importância como patrimônio industrial. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Patrimônio Industrial. Vilas Ferroviárias. Oeste Paulista.
Cidades e Rios no Oeste Paulista – Rio Tietê e a cidade de Barra Bonita
Authors: Mota Viviane Gasparini , Constantino Norma Regina Truppel
Published: March 2018

As cidades formadas no Oeste Paulista no final do século XIX e início do século XX apresentam, ainda hoje, uma paisagem bastante homogênea, não só quanto ao aspecto da paisagem natural, mas também quanto à forma de ocupação e o desenho urbano. Algumas dessas cidades dispostas ao longo do rio Tietê – usado como via fluvial para se enveredar pelo interior durante a fase das monções –  atuaram como elemento primordial para o processo inicial de povoamento do Oeste Paulista durante o século XVIII, apresentando pontos de paragem para os viajantes e áreas de desenvolvimento para outras cidades. Os diferentes usos do rio ao longo da história das cidades configuraram o processo de desenvolvimento das mesmas e refletiu nas características econômicas, sociais, físicas das mesmas, adicionando características particulares de acordo com a relação obtida com o curso d’água. A cidade paulista de Barra Bonita, situada às margens  do rio Tietê foi escolhida para análise, com o intuito de estabelecer as diferentes relações que o município teve com o rio, ao longo da sua história e desvendar os elementos responsáveis pelo processo e de que forma influenciaram o seu cenário atual. O trabalho foi realizado através de chaves de leitura baseadas em Besse na qual incluem análise da paisagem de fundo de vale do rio Tietê enquanto representação e território fabricado e habitado reconhecendo a complexidade de relações entre rio e  cidade, seus conflitos e contradições, ao longo da história das cidades, sendo moldados segundo os valores culturais. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Barra Bonita. Rios Urbanos. Oeste Paulista.
Arquitetura, ideologia e governança urbana: uma leitura a partir da cidade de Fortaleza-CE
Authors: Arruda Daniel Marques , Farias José Almir
Published: March 2018

Historicamente, a produção de edifícios institucionais públicos tem um peso importante nos arcabouços ideológicos da política brasileira. Se há algo a lamentar nessa herança é o fato de que, quase sempre, ela está associada ao dogmatismo e às decisões autocráticas. Este artigo traz uma reflexão sobre como esse caráter autoritário e ideológico busca refúgio no conceito de governança urbana, mas insidiosamente distorce a sua “boa prática”. Considera-se para tal entendimento a relação causal explicitamente estabelecida entre gestão pública (ou seja, a governança) e o campo arquitetônico e urbanístico, que ganha importância estratégica porque a cidade passa do status de objeto para sujeito-ator das políticas urbanas, convertendo-se agora em um laboratório privilegiado para revigorar as políticas de desenvolvimento econômico e social. A análise aqui realizada se apoia em uma prospecção sobre a concepção de edifícios institucionais públicos na cidade de Fortaleza nos últimos trinta anos. Em nome do turismo e da industrialização, esse esforço projetual caracteriza-se por tomadas de decisão que extrapolam ou simplesmente ignoram os dados mensuráveis da realidade socioespacial que deveriam nortear as intervenções urbanas. A prioridade econômica e o discurso mistificador fundamentam a implantação incoerente de objetos autônomos, propiciando novos conflitos e distorções urbanas. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Arquitetura institucional pública. Governança urbana. Política urbana.
Desenhar com as pedras: política urbana e proteção da paisagem
Authors: Carvalho Rodrigo de , Campos Martha Machado
Published: March 2018

Este artigo analisa a integração da política de gestão urbana de Vitória (ES) com os princípios que regem a legislação nacional. Resgata de forma sintética a evolução da construção de uma política urbana no Brasil. Reconhece as cidades como campo protagonista para o efetivo exercício desta política. Equipara em relevância a política municipal do meio ambiente com a gestão do desenvolvimento urbano. Reafirma a necessidade de compatibilização entre o desenvolvimento sócio econômico e a preservação ambiental para a promoção da qualidade do ambiente urbano. Ressalta os monumentos naturais de interesse de preservação no município face sua relevância histórica e cultural. Apresenta aspectos da política de meio ambiente, presentes no Plano Diretor Urbano e na minuta de sua revisão, em andamento. Destaca os Morros da Gamela e do Itapenambi como marcos naturais determinantes para o traçado da expansão urbana da Capital. Descreve o método adotado para a elaboração de Plano de Preservação da Paisagem dos Morros da Gamela e do Itapenambi, incorporado à proposta de Lei. Identifica as pressões do mercado imobiliário por reconhecer os limites construtivos propostos para a preservação visual da paisagem como ameaças à sua lógica especulativa. Conclui reconhecendo a necessidade de sistematização e renovação da gestão da ocupação do território de modo a proteger a paisagem, ressaltando seus benefícios para a preservação e disseminação da memória cultural, com resultados imediatos para a qualidade de vida dos cidadãos, mas que reverberam para outros campos, como o turismo e o desenvolvimento consciente. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Paisagem. Proteção. Planejamento.
TERRITÓRIOS DOS GÊNEROS: A Experiência Urbana da Cidade as margens da dicotomia Sexual
Authors: Del Valle Ricardo Mingareli , Ramos Fernando Guillermo Vázquez
Published: March 2018

RESUMO Kevin Lynch (1999) define a essência da experimentação de cidade com o termo “Legibilidade”, que caracteriza a imagem da cidade pelas ações produzidas através das experimentações urbanas vivenciadas na cidade, compondo seu sistema organizacional. Este trabalho pretende possibilitar uma leitura de como estas experiências são geradas através das experimentações sensoriais de visão, audição, olfato e tato, estipuladas por Edward T. Hall (2005), que permite a concepção efetiva da imagem especifica do ambiente, incorporando assim sua legibilidade.Quando estas experimentações são categorizadas pela distinção de gêneros, elas proporcionam uma visão diferenciada entre homens e mulheres, como apontados nos estudos de Beatriz Preciado (2010), podendo assim classificar o ambiente pelo seu uso específico, decorrente das experimentações sensoriais humanas e urbanas.Este trabalho apresenta uma reflexão sobre o contexto social segregado pela sexualidade, criando uma fissura classificatória de cidade que categoriza a quem o espaço urbano é destinado.Tendo estereotipado o espaço masculino e feminino, o intuito deste trabalho estará na identificação da composição simbólica construída pelo emaranhado de experiências sociais segregadas pelos gêneros que compõe as histórias territoriais e cotidianas do espaço, criando experiências, ainda que completamente, distintas entre homens e mulheres no espaço urbano apropriado.PALAVRAS-CHAVE Legibilidade, Segregação, Territorialidade.
O papel do espaço público na construção da cidade compacta sustentável: as estratégias de projeto e os benefícios resultantes para uma sociedade urbana
Authors: Tosta Elza Hessel , Noleto Rodrigo de Andrade Costa
Published: March 2018

O conceito de cidade compacta sustentável representa na atualidade um modelo amplamente discutido e aceito como estratégia de planejamento e projeto para as cidades contemporâneas. Aliando diversas estratégias de caráter sustentável (sociais, econômicas, políticas, culturais e ambientais) que posicionam o indivíduo e o bem-estar social no cerne da construção do ambiente urbano. Segundo dados publicados pela ONU - Organização das Nações Unidas (2014) no relatório "Perspectivas Globais de Urbanização”, aproximadamente 54% da população mundial - constituída por aproximadamente 7 bilhões de pessoas - vive em área urbana e, até 2050, esse percentual será de 66% da população. O impacto ambiental e social que essas cidades terão no ecossistema global e na sociedade é indiscutível, uma vez que tais mudanças já vêm tornando-se realidade em nosso planeta. O objetivo desta pesquisa é demonstrar alguns dos benefícios sociais, físicos, bem como ambientais que podem vir a ser alcançados ao se valorizar o pedestre e os espaços públicos na construção da cidade compacta sustentável. Para este fim, realiza-se um levantamento bibliográfico e análise de um estudo de caso: as estratégias de Seattle (EUA) para seus espaços públicos. As considerações finais destacam como a criatividade no desenho urbano pode potencializar e auxiliar na construção de uma comunidade urbana sustentável. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Cidade compacta, Pedestrianização, Sustentabilidade.
Establishment of clonal algal cultures by flow cytometry sorting v2
Authors: D. Marie , Le Gall F. not provided , Edern R. not provided , Gourvil P. not provided , Vaulot not provided , D. not provided
Published: March 2018

This protocol can be used : to isolate novel cultures from natural samples to isolate novel cultures from enriched samples to purify existing cultures and remove contaminants to obtain clonal cultures from a unialgal strain Reference :Marie, D., Le Gall, F., Edern, R., Gourvil, P. & Vaulot, D. 2017. Improvement of phytoplankton culture isolation using single cell sorting by flow cytometry. J. Phycol. in press.
Barriers in Teaching Reading to ELLs and Ways of Overcoming Those Obstacles
Authors: Sadeghi Masoud , Izadpanah Siros
Published: March 2018

Reading is one of the language skills, which is imperative in English learning and the requirement for exploring the effect of instructional strategies on instructing reading to the students have elevated in recent years. The purpose of this study was to determine what knowledgable and expert teachers of ELLs in the junior high schools make out as the barriers to the reading accomplishment of English students and what are the methods for conquering those barriers. The information were gathered from 60 successful teachers who taught in junior high schools of Zanjan, Iran. The successful educators were identified based on student accomplishment using purposive sampling. A Likert scale was utilized for the questionnaire. The successful teachers sort effective instructional tactics in the five constituent of reading and had the capacity to set up supplementary instructional tactics, barriers, and ways they overwhelmed barriers in an open-ended question on the questionnaire. The study was mixed-method research, which, as stated by Isaac and Michael (1995), is utilized " to explain systematically the realities and the features of a given population or domain of interest, factually and precisely ". The open-ended questions of questionnaire were intended to gather data in regards to barriers and methods for overcoming barriers for instructing reading to English students The findings uncovered that the participants’ thoughts regarding barriers and ways of overcoming those barriers in instructing reading to English students.
A Study of Chinese Culture Aphasia in College English Teaching in China
Authors: Song Jie , Bai Lin
Published: March 2018

The relationship between language and culture make culture teaching enter into FLE that cultural understanding of the target language is indispensable. But much emphasis on western culture led to Chinese culture aphasia among Chinese English learners. Consequently, an investigation is conducted in this paper to check whether the phenomenon exists; and if so, to test the extent, reasons and feasible solutions of students’ aphasia of Chinese culture. The results demonstrate the tested college students master the Chinese culture well, but have difficulties in translating them into English and some college English teachers are not proficient in translating sentences containing Chinese culture into English. Chinese Culture Aphasia is due mainly to lacking of Chinese culture in college English teaching class. Based on analyzing results of the investigation and summarizing scholars’ teaching strategies, the author claims the incorporation of Chinese culture into college English teaching adhering to certain principles, effective teaching strategies including preparing reasonable syllabus and improving teachers’ comprehensive qualities.
A Study on Chinese TALK Metaphor from Corpus-based Approach
Authors: Luo Ruifeng
Published: March 2018

Metaphor is a vitally important concept in Cognitive Linguistics and refers to the mapping from source domain to the target domain. It is the mapping from the concrete entity to the abstract one, through which we can understand the process of men’s mental cognition to handle abstract things through specific ones and has been researching by many linguistic scholars by means of traditional methods such as introspection. The Corpus method is a newly utilized and empirical method to conduct linguistic research and contains the language materials of real and the actual use of language, and corpus is the carrier of basic language knowledge resources based on the computer. The real corpus must be processed (analysis and processing), in order to become useful resources. This paper takes advantage of CCL Corpus(Center for Chinese Linguistics Corpus) which is the biggest Chinese Corpus in China constructed by Beijing University to investigate TAKL metaphor and conduct the empirical research to make metaphor research more objective and convincing.
On Linguistic Philosophy of Mikhail Bakhtin and Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics
Authors: Zou Hang
Published: March 2018

It is noteworthy that florid descriptions of interaction between linguistics and the philosophy of language are regularly inspired. In this paper, parallels have been drawn between Bakhtin’s philosophical perspectives and Hallidayan theoretical claims of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). Through the analysis of Bakhtin’s theory of dialogism, heteroglossia, chronotope and metalinguistics, I argue that Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistic theory is compatible with Bakhtin’s philosophical perspectives to a great extent in terms of the close relations between speech genre and register, heteroglossia and appraisal theory as well as metalinguistics and metafunctions. It is safe to say that as a precursor, Bakhtin has a profound influence on socio-semioticians like Halliday who has expounded in linguistics.
The Listen-to-write Approach Proposed for EFL Teachers of College English in China: Definition and Its Essentials
Authors: Gu Qingsong
Published: March 2018

College English writing in China has been faced with at least three problems: marginalization, poor input and reducing participation of the teacher. Considering these problems, the author introduced listening in the teaching of College English writing and this strategy has developed into an integrated approach: The Listen-to-Write Approach. In this paper, the author gives a complete and comprehensive definition to the Approach and has a detailed study of its essentials, including EFL classroom teaching, the intensification of listening, the assistance by computer technology, and the orientation to classroom teaching as a cognitive process. Finally, the author presents an overview of the Approach by analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, which helps readers to make their own decisions on it.
Sexism in English Proverbs and Idioms
Authors: He Ali , Zhang Yang
Published: March 2018

The study of “language and gender” has been always popular among linguistics. Language, as a mirror of the society, reflects a nation’s values and beliefs. Sexism against women has been common in English-speaking countries. So we can also see sexism in English here and there. Proverbs and idioms are blood and guts of a nation. This paper pays much attention to the sexism in English proverbs and idioms. This paper first discusses the preview studies about sexism and the definition of English proverbs and idioms; and then the thesis expounds the manifestations of sexism in proverbs and idioms from the perspectives of social status, wisdom, character, and marriage; then the paper also makes deep studies into the causes of sexism from three aspects: society, culture and psychology; finally, this paper indicates the development trend of sexism in English proverbs and idioms. Through the studies on English proverbs and idioms, this paper tries to reveal the phenomenon of sexism in language and find out solutions to help people reduce and eliminate discrimination against women in society and language.
Optimal Tuning of PID Controller Using Grey Wolf Optimizer Algorithm for Quadruped Robot
Authors: Şen Muhammed Arif , Kalyoncu Mete
Published: March 2018

The research and

development of quadruped robots is grown steadily in during the last two

decades. Quadruped robots present major advantages when compared with tracked

and wheeled robots, because they allow locomotion in terrains inaccessible.

However, the design controller is a major problem in quadruped robots because

of they have complex structure. This paper presents the optimization of two PID

controllers for a quadruped robot to ensure single footstep control in a

desired trajectory using a bio-inspired meta-heuristic soft computing method

which is name the Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) algorithm. The main objective of

this paper is the optimization of KP, KI and KD

gains with GWO algorithm in order to obtain more effective PID controllers for

the quadruped robot leg. The importance to this work is that GWO is used first

time as a diversity method for a quadruped robot to tune PID controller.

Moreover, to investigate the performance of GWO, it is compared with widespread

search algorithms. Firstly, the computer aided design (CAD) of the system are

built using SolidWorks and exported to MATLAB/SimMechanics. After that, PID

controllers are designed in MATLAB/Simulink and tuned gains using the newly

introduced GWO technique. Also, to show the efficacy of GWO algorithm

technique, the proposed technique has been compared by Genetic Algorithm (GA)

and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. The system is simulated in

MATLAB and the simulation results are presented in graphical forms to

investigate the controller’s performance.
Design of Unified Power Quality Conditioner for Power Quality Improvement in Distribution Network
Authors: Biricik Samet
Published: March 2018

Unified Power Quality

Conditioner (UPQC) is one of the most advanced Custom-Power-Devices in use

today to improve the quality of Power (PQ) in the distribution network. UPQC

compensates both voltage and current related PQ disturbances. Its control in

unbalanced and distorted weak grid condition is of research interest. Also the

performance of UPQC in the presence of unbalanced and non-linear harmonic loads

is critical to maintain desirable PQ. In this work, a Self-Tuning Filter (STF)

is implemented on the controller part to improve the performance of UPQC in the

weak grid voltage along with current unbalance and distortion. The studied

control structure gives an adequate voltage and current compensation for

voltage sag with distorted voltage conditions, and also for unbalanced current

conditions. A three-phase system is modelled in MATLAB/Simulink. The results of

simulation study are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed

control technique.
A GaN-Based Synchronous Buck Converter for High Power Laser Diode Drive Applications
Authors: Uğur Abdulkerim , Yılmaz Murat
Published: March 2018

Laser Diodes are the essential

components for development of high power laser systems. To operate these

devices, highly efficient and high power density, compact, current regulated

switching converters are necessary. In this paper, Gallium Nitride (GaN) based synchronous

buck converters are studied for the application of laser diode driver. For this

purpose, two synchronous buck converters one with Si-based the other one with

GaN-based are designed, simulated, tested and compared. With the application of

GaN-based semiconductors, 96.6% efficiency and 9.1 W/cm3 power

density is achieved for 11A, 28V load at 700 kHz operating frequency. 
Duygusal Yeme
Authors: İNALKAÇ Seher , ARSLANTAŞ Hülya
Published: March 2018

Sağlıklı olabilmenin ön koşullarından birisi yeterli ve dengeli beslenmektir. Beslenme; sağlığı korumak, geliştirmek ve yaşam kalitesini yükseltmek için bilinçli yapılması gereken bir davranıştır. Beslenme ihtiyacının karşılanması, biyolojik bir gerekliliğinin yanı sıra psikolojik açıdan da önemlidir. Bireyler öfkelendiklerinde ya da kendilerini baskı altında hissettiklerinde normalden daha fazla yiyecek tüketebilirler. Bu yiyecek tüketiminin yapıldığı yeme problemlerinden birisi de duygusal yeme (emotional eating) olarak tanımlanmakta olup duygusal yeme olumsuz duygulara karşılık olarak gelişen aşırı yeme eğilimini anlatan bir yeme bozukluğudur. Duygusal yeme için risk gruplarıçocuklar ve ergenler, obez bireyler vb. olabilir. Duygusal yemeyi stres, depresyon, ebeveyn modellemesi, öfke, can sıkıntısı ve mutluluk etkileyebilmektedir. Bu derleme yazısında duygusal yem” konusundaki literatür gözden geçirilmiştir.
Travma Sonrası Stres Bozukluğunda HPA Ekseninin Disregülasyonu
Authors: Usta Miraç Barış
Published: March 2018

Endokrinolojik çalışmalar hipotalamik-pitüiter-adrenal ekseninin travma sonrası stres bozukluğu patofizyolojisinde rolünü değerlendirmiş ve modeller oluşturmuştur. Travma sonrası stres bozukluğunda tedavi etkinliğinin izlenmesi başta olmak üzere birçok nedenle biyolojik belirteç arayışı söz konusudur ve travma mağduru hastalarının komorbidite, klinik görünüm, travma etiyolojisi ve travmadan sonra geçen zaman açısından farklılar göstermesi bulgularda çeşitliliklere sebep olmuştur. Bu gözden geçirmede, travma sonrası stres bozukluğunda hipotalamik-pitüiter-adrenal ekseninin fonksiyonu üzerine etkilerini araştıran çalışmaların yöntem ve bulguları gözden geçirilmiştir ve biyolojik terapi belirteci olarak denenen hipotalamik-pitüiter-adrenal ekseninin hormonları ile ilgili bulgular tartışılmıştır.
Macular hole surgery under retrobulbar local anesthesia increases visual acuity
Authors: Simanjuntak Gilbert WS , Simanjuntak Golda AM , Christine Reinne Natali
Published: March 2018

Background Macular hole surgery can be done under general or local anesthesia, and general anesthesia is still the standard procedure. The objective of this study was to investigate the results of macular hole surgery under local anesthesia. MethodsA retrospective study on medical records of patients who had undergone macular hole surgery under local anesthesia. Funduscopic examination of macular hole had been performed and all other diseases with deterioration of visual acuity eliminated. Surgery was performed under retrobulbar local anesthesia, using 2 ml of 2% lidocaine mixed with 3 ml bupivacaine in one syringe. Vitreous tamponade used 20% sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). Demographic and clinical characteristics, visual acuity before and after surgery, and improvements that occurred were assessed. Results No significant interruption occurred during surgery. Mean age of the patients was 53.89 ± 13.3 years (22-74 years), with mean duration of symptoms of 48.83 ± 100.51 weeks (1-560 weeks). The patients comprised 20 males (55.6%) and 16 females (44.4 5). There were improvements in visual acuity after surgery in 31 patients (86.1%), the rest (13.9%) had identical or lower visual acuity after surgery. A total of 20 patients (55.6%) had postoperative visual acuity of 6/18 or better. Initial mean preoperative visual acuity was 0.08 ± 0.08 (0.01 - 0.29) and improved after the surgery to 0.38 ± 0.26 (0.00 - 1.00), the improvement being statistically significant (p=0.000). ConclusionRetrobulbar anesthesia is an effective and safe method in macular hole surgery. Macular hole surgery can be done well under local anesthesia, and visual acuity improved significantly.
Complications as important predictors of disability in ischemic stroke
Authors: Pinzon Rizaldy Taslim , Sanyasi Rosa De Lima Renita
Published: March 2018

BackgroundStroke is the main cause of disability and death in many countries. The high incidence of disability in stroke survivors requires special attention to determine various predictive factors of disability. This study aimed to identify the various predictive factors of disability in ischemic stroke.MethodsThis study was a cross sectional study on 4510 ischemic stroke patients. Each patient’s data had been recorded in the electronic stroke registry of Bethesda Hospital. Ischemic stroke diagnosis was confirmed by brain CT scan, which was interpreted by a neurologist and a radiologist. Disability was assessed using the modified Rankin scale. Predictors of disability were assessed. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to analyse the data. ResultsThe subjects were predominantly males, >60 years of age, and suffered stroke for the first time. The incidence of disability was 31.5% (1420/4510). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the presence of complications (OR: 6.43; 95% CI: 4.74-8.73; p<0.001), decreased level of consciousness (OR: 4.82; 95% CI: 3.95-5.90; p <0.001), onset ³3 hours (OR: 1.93; 95% CI: 1.52-2.45; p<0.001), recurrent stroke (OR: 1.63; 95% CI: 1.39-1.90; p<0.001), and age >60 years (OR: 1.55; 95% CI: 1.35-1.79; p<0.001) were independent predictive factors of disability.ConclusionWe demonstrated that a substantial proportion of patients with ischemic stroke become disabled. And the presence of complications was the most predictive factor of disability in ischemic stroke.
Propolis increases neuronal count in hippocampal area CA1 and prefrontal cortex in stressed rats
Authors: Nugroho Kuswati , Handayani Ety Sari , Nugraha Zainuri Sabta
Published: March 2018

Background Stress induces neuronal cell damage in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Propolis has a neuroprotective effect that can inhibit apoptosis and decrease neuronal cell count. This study aimed to determine the effect of propolis on neuronal cell count in hippocampal area CA1 and prefrontal cortex in Sprague Dawley rats with induced stress.MethodsA study of laboratory experimental design was conducted involving 24 male Sprague-Dawley Rattus norvegicus. The animals were randomly divided into 4 groups, i.e. controls (K), and stress groups P1, P2 and P3. Controls did not receive treatment, stress group (P1) received stress treatment, groups P2 and P3 received stress and propolis at 100 and 200 mg/kgBW, respectively. Stress and propolis were given for 14 days, followed by termination. The number of neurons in the hippocampal area CA1 and prefrontal cortex were counted. One way ANOVA was used to analyze the data.Results The neuronal count in the hippocampal area CA1 and prefrontal cortex in the stress group (P1) was lower than in groups K, P2 and P3. There were significant differences in the neuronal count of the hippocampal area CA1 between P1 and P3 and P1 and K (p=0.019) and also in the neuronal count of the prefrontal cortex between P1 and P2, P3 and K (p=0.002).Conclusions This study strongly suggest that propolis inhibits the decrease in neuronal count in in the hippocampal area CA1 and prefrontal cortex of Sprague Dawley rats with induced stress. The present study suggests a potential neuroprotective effect of propolis in the prevention of neurodegenerative disorders.
Glycemic control for prevention vascular complication in diabetic patient
Authors: Pusparini Pusparini
Published: March 2018

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Complications of totally implantable venous access devices: experience with 852 Moroccan cancer patients
Authors: Bazine Aziz , Fetohi Mohamed , Traibi Akram , Atoini Fouad , Bakzaza Walid , Boukhabrine Khalil , Ichou Mohamed
Published: March 2018

Background: Totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) provide easy vascular access in cancer patients for chemotherapy administration, blood products, parenteral nutrition and blood sampling. However, they are associated with several complications which can be divided into early and late. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the various complications related to TIVADs in a single center in Morocco.Methods: This was a retrospective, observational, descriptive study conducted at the Medical Oncology Department of the Military Hospital Moulay Ismail in Meknes, Morocco, during a 6-year period, between January 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2016. Author included all patients older than or equal to 18 years, with solid malignancies who had TIVAD placement for chemotherapy.Results: A total 852 TIVADs were placed. There were 92 complications (10.8% of patients). Early complications included 16 (1.9%) cases of pneumothorax and 12 (1.4%) cases of arterial puncture with a cervical hematoma. Infection was the most common late complications (2.8%), followed by thrombosis (1.8), extravasations of cytotoxic drugs (1.3%), mechanical dysfunction of the catheter (1.3%) and skin necrosis (0.3%).Conclusions: The results of the analysis confirm the safety and tolerability of TIVADs for chemotherapy administration in Moroccan patients, with similar rates of early and late complications compared to the published data.
Települési egészségegyenlőtlenségek a gazdasági fejlettség triadikus felbontása alapján
Authors: Egri Zoltán
Published: March 2018

Tanulmányom célja a magyar települési szintű egészségegyenlőtlenségek bemutatása a gazdasági fejlettség összefüggésében. Ezen vizsgálati célhoz a gazdasági fejlettség háromtényezős (triadikus) felbontásának módszerét hívtam segítségül, amellyel kimutattam, hogy az egyes fejlettségi kategóriák és az egészségi állapot mutatói paralel módon alakulnak. Eredményeimet matematikai-statisztikai módszerekkel (Spearman-féle rangkorreláció, Kruskal-Wallis H test) is validáltam.
Az angliai és a magyarországi földminősítési módozatok és földárak összehasonlító elemzése
Authors: Naárné Tóth Zsuzsanna , Varga Júlia
Published: March 2018

A téma aktualitását a termőföld kitüntetett helyzete és a földértékelés reformjának megoldatlansága adja. A földértékelésnek az egyik oldala a természeti viszonyokat kifejező talajértékszám (termőhelyi értékszám), a másik pedig a közgazdasági tényezőket kifejező értékszám. E kettő együttesen fejezi ki a föld valós értékét. A földértékelésre vonatkozóan továbbra sincs egységesen alkalmazott módszer használatban az Európai Unióban, értékelési mód és cél szerint különbözik. Ez többek között problémát jelent a termőföld közgazdasági értékének és árának meghatározásában is. Kutatásunk során vizsgáltuk a Magyarországon és Angliában alkalmazott földértékelési módszert, melynek hasonlósága abban rejlik, hogy mindkettő figyelembe veszi az ökológiai és ökonómiai tényezők hatásait is. Véleményünk szerint az angliai eljárások bizonyos elemei (rugalmasság vizsgálata) hasznosak lehetnek a hazai föld értékelési rendszer korszerűsítése során.
Customer Response towards Non-deceptive Counterfeit Brands
Authors: Faruqui Md. Farhan , Hoque Md. Anamul , Hride Fabliha Tasnim
Published: March 2018

Universally counterfeiting is a very significant growing problem and profitable business, occurring both in less and well developed countries. A recent report in early February 2017 which published by Frontier Economics on the Behalf of the international Chamber of Commerce and BASCAP (Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy), along with INTA (International Trademark Association), reports the value of international and domestic trade in counterfeit products in 2013 reached a total of $710 to $917 billion a year. The main purpose of this study that integrates the main predictors of consumer reaction towards non-deceptive counterfeit brands; to help companies understand the main factors influencing consumer behavior toward counterfeits brands and create effective anti-piracy approaches. The main contribution of the research is to demonstrate that consumer intentions to buy counterfeit products are dependent on the attitudes they have towards counterfeits, which in turn are more influenced by price sensitivity, social marketing communication, fashion consciousness, price quality schema, status seeking, perceived control behavior, subjective norms, product attributes, whether consumers have bought a counterfeit before and so on. The paper contributes to notify government and original brands managers about the main predictors of consumer’s attitudes towards counterfeiting.
Effects of Breeder Age on Genetic Parameter Estimates of Slaughter and Carcass Traits in Japanese Quail
Authors: Gurcan Eser Kemal , Narinc Dogan , Kaplan Selcuk
Published: March 2018

This study aimed to determine the phenotypic values of the slaughter and carcass traits in the flocks of quails obtained when a flock of parent quails were at 12, 16, and 20 weeks of age and to estimate the heritabilities and the genetic correlations for these traits. For this purpose, a total of 1,346 Japanese quails were slaughtered at 8 weeks of age, and their slaughter weights as well as carcass, breast, leg, and abdominal fat weights and ratios were determined. Differences in all traits were detected between female and male quails (P<0.05). The averages of many important traits, primarily slaughter weight, carcass weight, and breast weight, increased with the increase in the breeder age. On the contrary, the carcass yield decreased (P<0.05). There were no significant variations in the phenotypic and genetic variances for the slaughter and carcass traits in the flocks obtained when the breeder flock was at different ages. The heritabilities for slaughter weight, carcass weight, and abdominal fat weight were estimated to be moderate, and the genetic correlations among them were estimated to be positive and high. In conclusion, it is possible to state that positive results might be obtained by using the carcass ratio as the criterion for selection in quails. Besides, the breeder age was discovered to have had no significant effect on the genetic parameter estimations.
Assessment of Beneficiary Satisfaction with Community Based Solid Waste Management Service. A case of Okoa Maisha Project in Mnarani Village, Kilifi County, Kenya
Authors: Hassan Farida A. , Ong’ayo Hilda A. , K. Osore Melckzedeck , Morara George N. , M. Aura Christopher
Published: March 2018

Abstract

Solid Waste Management Service (SWMS) is an important public good, although most local governments in developing countries have failed to effectively provide it to their populace. Ineffective SWMS has serious environmental and public health ramifications. Consequently, other players such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), private companies and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) have to be involved in the delivery of SWMS. This study assessed the level of beneficiary for households’ satisfaction with SWMS as rendered by Okoa Maisha Project (OMP - the Swahili translation for project of saving lives) operating under the auspices of Where Talent Lives (WTL) - a local CBO located in Mnarani Village in Kilifi County in Kenya. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (52.4%, n=152) were very satisfied with the overall SWMS as rendered by OMP. The satisfaction was mostly due to quality variables such as householders’ education on solid waste management (54%, n=157), neatness of waste collection crew (52.4%, n=152) and reliability of waste collection (49.7%, n=144). Relative to other indicators, the respondents ranked low quality variables such as frequency of waste collection from households and the behaviour of the waste collection crew towards the residents. The study concludes by emphasising on the need for assessment of SWMS as provided by CBOs for improved service delivery. The study recommends routine supervision of the SWMS rendered by donor or government sponsored projects for effective and sustainable service delivery to the beneficiary householders and the community