bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Expectativas de los usuarios sobre la atención primaria en menores de 5 años en un consultorio de enfermería eficaz, Chiclayo - 2017
Authors: Vega Ramírez Angélica Soledad , Carrasco Huamán Nadia Antuaneth del Carmen , Sánchez Chancafe Olenka Romina , Bazán Sánchez Asunción Carmen Luz , Mesta Delgado Rosio del Pilar
Published: May 2019

Las políticas de salud en Perú inician una reforma sanitaria que implica renovar el modelo de atención. Por ello, conviene la expansión de los servicios de atención primaria a través de consultorios de enfermería, ya que es enfermería quien lidera el programa de crecimiento y desarrollo infantil, reafirmando la autonomía del trabajo enfermero. Esta investigación cualitativa con abordaje estudio de caso tuvo como objetivo describir, analizar y comprender las expectativas de los usuarios sobre la atención primaria en menores de 5 años en un consultorio de enfermería eficaz de una Clínica Universitaria. La muestra determinada por saturación y redundancia fue de 15 madres usuarias que acuden al consultorio con sus niños menores de 5 años. Para la recolección de datos se utilizó la entrevista semiestructurada. Mediante el análisis de contenido, se obtuvo como resultados tres categorías: Experticia y afectividad: Expectativas esenciales de los usuarios del consultorio de enfermería; Innovación y uso de la tecnología como valor agregado en la educación, socialización y oportunidad del cuidado; Demanda de los usuarios para acceder a un consultorio de enfermería. Se concluye que las madres esperan evidenciar durante el control la experticia del profesional sumado con la afectividad; además de higiene, orden e implementación del consultorio. Asimismo, desean estrategias innovadoras, como la educación colectiva, el material educativo y las redes sociales para el seguimiento y control del niño. Se tuvo en cuenta los principios éticos personalistas y los criterios de rigor científico.
Percepción sobre el tratamiento paliativo en personas con enfermedad oncológica avanzada.
Authors: Rioja García Bertha Susana , Cervera Vallejos Mirtha Flor
Published: May 2019

Objetivo: Describir, analizar, y comprender la percepción sobre el tratamiento paliativo en personas con enfermedad oncológica avanzada en una Clínica de tumores en la región Norte del Perú. Método: Estudio cualitativo basado en el estudio de caso. Los sujetos de estudio fueron 6 pacientes voluntarios, previo consentimiento informado, a quienes se aplicó la entrevista semiestructurada a profundidad. La investigación se desarrolló en un marco de criterios éticos y rigor científico. Resultados: Emergieron cuatro categorías: 1) El cáncer, enfermedad temida, verdad oculta, tratamiento inadecuado; 2) Del desconocimiento al reconocimiento de los beneficios del tratamiento paliativo, con las subcategorías: Ignorando la importancia del tratamiento paliativo, experimentando la diferencia entre el tratamiento común y tratamiento paliativo, apreciando los bienes de los cuidados paliativos; 3) Los recursos humanos de apoyo para quienes tienen cáncer, con las subcategorías: La familia como eje central de apoyo, reconociendo el apoyo del equipo de salud, considerándose apoyo para las personas con similar diagnóstico; 4) Espiritualidad: sentido de la enfermedad a la muerte, con las subcategorías: conduciendo el dolor y el sufrimiento hacia Dios y preparándose para morir dignamente con trascendencia. Conclusión: se apreció que los pacientes valoran diferencias entre el tratamiento común y el tratamiento paliativo e identifican al hospital con soledad, miedo y temor por no sentirse tratados como personas.
Trabajo nocturno en enfermería: un análisis descriptivo de la perspectiva de los enfermeros hospitalarios, Chiclayo, 2016
Authors: Monzón Gonzales Nataly del Carmen Katherin , Urbina Blua Liliana Marcela , Lázaro Alcántara Elaine
Published: May 2019

Estudio de tipo cualitativo, Estudio de caso. Tuvo como objetivos describir, analizar y discutir la percepción de los enfermeros hospitalarios sobre el trabajo nocturno, en uno de los escenarios más tradicionales de Chiclayo, el Hospital Regional Docente las Mercedes. Se entrevistaron a 16 enfermeros, mediante muestreo por conveniencia. Los discursos fueron procesados siguiendo el Método de análisis de contenido temático (Bardin, 1996). El estudio se desarrolló respetando los principios éticos (Sgreccia, año) y de rigor científico (Guba y Lincol, 1995). Las categorías que emergieron fueron: El Trabajo Nocturno: Comprometido, Continuo y Sacrificado, La Sobrecarga Laboral Nocturna y Dicotomías del Trabajo Nocturno. Concluyendo que, en el pensamiento del enfermero sobre el trabajo nocturno, existen discrepancias entre lo ideal y real. Lo ideal surge en la formación académica donde se inculca una imagen de la labor centrada en un cuidado humanizado, sin embargo, el estudiante no internaliza el compromiso y sacrificio que este demandará, en cuanto el cuidado exige una actuación ininterrumpida. Lo real surge cuando el enfermero se enfrenta a la labor nocturna, que por ley tiene que realizar, reconfigurando su percepción y enfoque, ya sea como positiva o negativa, siendo manipuladas por factores como: disponibilidad de un ambiente que garantice confort, el tiempo de descanso, demanda de pacientes, cumplimiento de múltiples funciones a la vez, roles sociales: ser esposa(o), madre, padre, hija, y la importancia de ellos en la sociedad. Esto convierte al trabajo nocturno en el hospital, en algo a lo que no es posible adaptarse completamente, a pesar del tiempo que se tenga ejerciendo la profesión.
Educación de la libertad para el amor en estudiantes universitarios
Authors: Bobadilla Vásquez Leodán
Published: May 2019

El presente artículo informa sobre el resultado de una investigación que tuvo como propósito comparar el nivel de comprensión sobre la libertad que tienen los estudiantes universitarios por especialidades de la escuela de Educación de la USAT en el año 2013. Para ello se aplica un instrumento que recoge el nivel de comprensión de la libertad de los estudiantes de la escuela de educación y luego propone acciones educativas para educar su libertad, en su inteligencia y voluntad. La metodología que se siguió es de tipo cuantitativa, a nivel descriptivo simple.
Blog educativo de física general para estudiantes universitarios de ingeniería y rendimiento académico
Authors: Cubas Sánchez John
Published: May 2019

La investigación tuvo como objetivo establecer si el uso del blog en el curso de Física General influye en el rendimiento académico de los alumnos del primer ciclo de la Facultad de Ingeniería Industrial y Sistemas en una universidad privada de Lima. Se seleccionó a 31 alumnos a quienes se les enseñó Física General haciendo uso del blog Física sin fronteras (http://www.fisica-1dued.blogspot.com/) y otro grupo de 31 alumnos sin el uso del blog, con el método tradicional. Para medir el aprendizaje de ambos grupos de se utilizó dos instrumentos de medición, con características similares considerando las dimensiones de aprehensión, flexibilidad, mecanismos de soporte, destreza y organización del curso con y sin el uso del blog. Los resultados más importantes se dan en el nivel de aprehensión, destreza del alumno y organización. Se concluye que el uso adecuado del blog en la asignatura de Física General influye en el buen rendimiento académico.
Valores éticos en la formación profesional de obstetras en una universidad peruana
Authors: Elena Cholán Pérez María
Published: May 2019

Este artículo es consecuencia de una investigación de enfoque mixto, empleando datos cualitativos (análisis documentario) y cuantitativos (estadística descriptiva, encuesta). Su diseño es no experimental transeccional analizando las variables: valores éticos, malla curricular y comprensión valorativa. El nivel de la investigación fue exploratorio – descriptivo. Se tiene como unidad de análisis la currícula de la Escuela de Obstetricia de una universidad privada en el momento de la investigación, y por muestra los estudiantes del V ciclo de esta misma universidad. Se concluye la presencia de los valores éticos en la malla curricular, con particular incidencia en algunas asignaturas, y que los estudiantes tienen mayoritariamente una adecuada comprensión de los valores éticos; sin embargo, un porcentaje carecen de ello, por lo que habría de mejorar ciertas estrategias de formación axiológica para la idoneidad del futuro obstetra.
¿Opinión o ciencia? O ¿ciencia y opinión?
Authors: Mera Rodas Armando
Published: May 2019

El presente ensayo tiene como propósito analizar las concepciones de ciencia y opinión que se tienen comúnmente, diferenciándolos a partir de sustentos gnoseológicos desde una filosofía realista, de tal manera que la concepción de ciencia se encuentre al servicio de la persona y su desarrollo integral.
Fundamentación antropológica personalista para la educación básica regular en el Perú
Authors: Sandoval Laura Francisco Javier
Published: May 2019

Esta investigación surge a partir de la necesidad de recuperar el sentido de la educación centrada en la persona. El Diseño Curricular Nacional del Perú (DCN) no presenta una fundamentación antropológica clara y coherente, situación que dificulta la formación integral de los educando en la Educación Básica Regular peruana (EBR). Se considera que al diseñar el DCN con una fundamentación antropológica personalista, se potencia la formación integral en la EBR. La metodología es de tipo descriptivapropositiva. La investigación ha sido elaborada con el propósito de que las autoridades educativas locales y nacionales muestren mayor interés por una educación integral en el Perú, pues se sabe que si se ponen buenos cimientos en el desarrollo integral la sociedad, las familias, las instituciones y cada ser humano, se verá mejorado y enriquecido.
Sistema INTERSYS y mejora del nivel de satisfacción en la gestión y control del proceso de aplicación de estudiantes extranjeros a la USAT
Authors: Berrios Guevara Yeiner Michael
Published: May 2019

Esta investigación diseña el sistema web INTERSYS, con metodología ágil de desarrollo Scrum, y medir el nivel de satisfacción de los estudiantes extranjeros en el proceso de aplicación para realizar un intercambio en la USAT. La investigación es cuantitativa pre experimental con diseño de pre y pos prueba con un solo grupo. Se aplicó un cuestionario inicial a estudiantes de intercambio y al personal de la oficina de relaciones internacionales y determinar la percepción que tienen sobre el proceso actual de aplicación. Luego estimuló a la población de estudio mediante el uso de INTERSYS, finalmente se aplicó un cuestionario final que permitió medir el nivel de satisfacción utilizando el sistema desarrollado. Se determinó que la totalidad de la población bajo estudio prefiere INTERSYS frente al procedimiento actual. El personal de relaciones internacionales concuerda en que INTERYS acelera los procesos de recibir los formatos de postulación, gestionar la aceptación y la matrícula de los estudiantes.
Perfil del líder político fundamentado en las virtudes cardinales para el desarrollo social de Chota
Authors: Díaz Vásquez Arcenio , Hoyos Lobato Segundo
Published: May 2019

El liderazgo político engarzado en las virtudes cardinales (prudencia, justicia, fortaleza, templanza) es importante y de gran trascendencia, pues mediante su vivencia se fortalece el buen obrar del hombre y se potencia la voluntad, el entendimiento y la praxis antropo-axiológica a favor del desarrollo y bienestar social. Actualmente se ve corrupción política por doquier además de carencias en los planes de desarrollo social; aspectos que limitan el desarrollo de los pueblos. Esto, también se refleja en el contexto social de Chota. Por ello se diseña un perfil del líder político, determinando la caracterización de las áreas estructurales o constitutivas, precisando las virtudes cardinales y proponiendo un listado de obras incidentales. La unidad de análisis de esta investigación está constituido por 24 integrantes de las municipalidades del distrito de Chota, Chalamarca y Chimbán durante el 2014.
Liderazgo y empoderamiento directivo en instituciones educativas de Chiclayo
Authors: Ruiz Coronado Willam Antonio
Published: May 2019

El presente estudio aporta evidencia empírica sobre el nivel de relación entre el estilo de liderazgo y el empoderamiento directivo en instituciones educativas, previa identificación del estilo directivo predominante. Se aplicó a 65 directivos de instituciones educativas de la provincia de Chiclayo una encuesta de 29 reactivos, construida en base al sistema administrativo de Likert y empoderamiento psicológico de Menon. Los resultados muestran que el estilo autopercibido por los directivos escolares es el autoritario coercitivo; así mismo, perciben que son competentes para el ejercicio de su rol directivo. Se concluye en el estudio que existe una relación muy significativa entre estilos de liderazgo de Likert y las dimensiones del empoderamiento psicológico propuesto por Menon.
La Responsabilidad Social y el Voluntariado Universitario
Authors: Córdova Pissani María , Sánchez Oliva Eda Yolanda
Published: May 2019

En la actualidad, las universidades plantean una responsabilidad social como una experiencia de formación integral para los estudiantes, a partir de la cual la USAT propone al voluntariado, como estrategia de formación profesional con ética social y sostenibilidad, poniendo en práctica sus conocimientos y habilidades profesionales y/o personales, dentro de sus funciones como la docencia, investigación, extensión universitaria y proyección social, que favorece la organización participativa y libre del estudiante universitario, con el triple compromiso, de cooperación, con búsqueda de soluciones a problemas de la sociedad, y su colaboración voluntaria y activa, a la par que aprenden y obtienen nuevas experiencias desde las diversas realidades, en busca de la mejora en su calidad de vida, vinculándose con poblaciones que enfrentan situaciones de vulnerabilidad o desigualdad en nuestro país.
Desarrollo de la competencia digital en los docentes
Authors: Fernández Otoya Fiorela
Published: May 2019

Las TIC’s han generado una revolución cultural y social logrando una rápida evolución del mundo actual. Su incorporación en el sector educativo, supone cambios en la conceptualización del proceso, el rol de docentes y estudiantes, las metodologías utilizadas y las competencias que los actores educativos deben desarrollar. Este artículo da un panorama general de cómo se viene desarrollando la competencia digital de los docentes en la última década. Para ello, se ha realizado una exhaustiva investigación y análisis de un conjunto de artículos académicos publicados entre 2000 y 2016 sobre el tema. El análisis de estas investigaciones revelan las principales propuestas que se viene ofreciendo a los docentes para la apropiación y uso óptimo de las TIC´s. Sin embargo, el pleno aprovechamiento de las inmensas oportunidades ofrecidas por las tecnologías está aún lejos.
Entre la filosofía y la ciencia: el estudio de las religiones como parte del desarrollo integral del ser humano
Authors: Alata Palacios Josellyn
Published: May 2019

La integridad del homo religiosus es  objeto de la religiología o estudio de las religiones. Sin embargo, parece no haber espacio para ella entre las ciencias y las humanidades. La ciencia la entiende incoherentemente para atacar y socavarla, viéndola como un estudio nada serio; situación parecido hallamos en la Filosofía, mientras que la Teología la mira con reticencia. Sucede muchas veces que no se ve el potencial que tienen estos estudios para la investigación interdisciplinaria, sobre todo en temas de ciencias sociales y humanísticas. No se tiene en cuenta que los Estudios de la Religión pueden mostrarnos senderos olvidados de nuestro humanismo y limitaciones o nuevas aperturas de nuestra ciencia y sabiduría moderna; pero, por sobre todo, nos recarga de “coherencia”.
Competencias funcionales y mejora de la calidad de servicio en los tenientes gobernadores de San Ignacio
Authors: Ramírez Larreátegui Hugo
Published: May 2019

Esta investigación asume un enfoque cuantitativo de tipo descriptivo. Responde a las deficiencias encontradas entorno al conocimiento de las competencias funcionales de los tenientes gobernadores de un distrito cajamarquino. Se analiza a 20 tenientes gobernadores aplicando una evaluación de conocimiento básico de sus funciones, encontrando carencias respecto a las competencias funcionales propuestas en el DS.Nº 004-2007-IN. La investigación diagnosticó y propuso un programa de mejora en torno a sus competencias funcionales. Se concluye que los tenientes gobernadores se encontraron en un nivel bajo en conocimiento de sus competencias funcionales, diseñándose una propuesta basada en talleres, cuya pertinencia y confiabilidad fue validada en su aplicación y por juicio de expertos.
Electro-magnetic Field Radiation of Mobile Phones As A Cause of Increased Release of Mercury from Amalgam Fillings and Risk of Harmful Effects on Health
Authors: Krstic Dejan , Dunjic Momir , Zigar Darko , Stanisic Siavisa , Rajevic Bojan , Mirkovic Milos , Ignjatic Jovanovic Z. , Dunjic Marija , Stefanovic Branislav , Dunjic Katarina , Krstic Mina
Published: May 2019

The aim of the research is to determine whether there was synergism between mobile phone exposure and higher release and accumulation of mercury in tissues of the individuals with amalgam fillings. For this purpose, the computer electro-magnetic simulation and the Bi-Digital O-Ring
Test (BDORT) method were used. For the electro-magnetic simulation, the FIT method (Finite Integration technique - numerical simulation method for calculation elelctromagnentic fields in space, expecialy in body) was used and the results of the electric field and Specific absorption rate (SAR)
in the tooth model with and without amalgam fillings were obtained. Specific absorption rate is a measure of the rate at which energy is absorbed by the human body when exposed to a radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic field. It is dose for absorbed electromagnetic radiation which is dependent
on frequency and can be associated with the adverse effect of tissue heating. Standards indicate SAR values that should not be exceeded. The numerical result of absorption electro-magnetic energy shows increased value of the electric field, magnetic field, induced currents and SAR in teeth
with fillings. These results indicated the possible explanation of the increased release mechanism of the mercury (Hg) when using mobile phones. The Bi-Digital O-Ring Test method tested the levels of mercury in the body, liver, and urine in a group of examinees who had amalgam fillings and
used cell phones. By using indirect BDORT we examined groups of examinees 10 with and 10 examinees without amalgam fillings. By using BDORT we measaured level ofHg in the body and urin samples in all examinees before exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) of mobile phone and after 15 minutes
of exposure of mobile phone EMF. The results showed significantly higher level of Hg in urin after exposure of EMF of mobile phone, only in a group of examinees with amalgam fillings. The results showed significant matches with some published papers by other researchers. These effects might
cause potential organism disorders and represent secondary harmful effects of electro-magnetic radiation on the health of individuals. This approach throws a new light in clarifying the interplay of cellular electro-magnetic radiation and increased the release of mercury from the amalgam fillings.
Increased toxic effects are imposed by themselves as possible.
Interactions between Radio Galaxies and Cluster Shocks. I. Jet Axes Aligned with Shock Normals
Authors: Nolting Chris , Jones T. W. , O’Neill Brian J. , Mendygral P. J.
Published: May 2019

We report from a study utilizing 3D MHD simulations, including cosmic-ray electrons, of the interactions between radio galaxies (RGs) and dynamically active intracluster media (ICMs). Here we consider interactions involving plane ICM shocks having Mach numbers 2–4 and their normals aligned with steady, active bipolar RG jets penetrating uniform, stationary ICMs. The shock impact disrupts the preformed RG jet cocoons into ring vortex structures. Sufficiently strong post-shock winds can stop and even reverse the upwind jet and strip jets to virtually naked states, leaving them without a surrounding cocoon. Strong shock-induced vorticity can also disrupt the downwind jet, so that the ring vortex remnant of the cocoons appears ahead of that jet’s visible terminus. Magnetic field amplification in the ring vortex can significantly enhance its synchrotron emissions well after the vortex becomes isolated from the RG and its fresh cosmic-ray electron supply. We examine these dynamics and their observable consequences in detail.
Gray Radiation Hydrodynamics with the FLASH Code for Astrophysical Applications
Authors: Chatzopoulos E. , Weide K.
Published: May 2019

We present the newly incorporated gray radiation hydrodynamics capabilities of the FLASH code based on a radiation flux-limiter-aware hydrodynamics numerical implementation designed specifically for applications in astrophysical problems. The implemented numerical methods consist of changes in the unsplit hydrodynamics solver and adjustments in the flux-limited radiation diffusion unit. Our approach can handle problems in both the strong and weak radiation–matter coupling limits, as well as transitions between the two regimes. Appropriate extensions in the “Helmholtz” equation of state are implemented to treat two-temperature astrophysical plasmas involving the interaction between radiation and matter and the addition of a new opacity unit based on the OPAL opacity database, commonly used for astrophysical fluids. A set of radiation-hydrodynamics test problems is presented aiming to showcase the new capabilities of FLASH and to provide direct comparison to other similar software instruments available in the literature. To illustrate the capacity of FLASH to simulate phenomena occurring in stellar explosions, such as shock breakout, radiative precursors, and supernova ejecta heating due to the decays of radioactive 56Ni and 56Co, we also present 1D supernova simulations and compare the computed light curves to those of the SNEC code. The latest public release of FLASH with these enhanced capabilities is available for download and use by the broader astrophysics community.
Cosmology-independent Estimate of the Fraction of Baryon Mass in the IGM from Fast Radio Burst Observations
Authors: Li Zhengxiang , Gao He , Wei Jun-Jie , Yang Yuan-Pei , Zhang Bing , Zhu Zong-Hong
Published: May 2019

The excessive dispersion measure (DM) of fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been proposed to be a powerful tool to study intergalactic medium (IGM) and to perform cosmography. One issue is that the fraction of baryons in the IGM, f
IGM, is not properly constrained. Here, we propose a method of estimating f
IGM using a putative sample of FRBs with the measurements of both DM and luminosity distance d
L. The latter can be obtained if the FRB is associated with a distance indicator (e.g., a gamma-ray burst or a gravitational-wave event), or the redshift z of the FRB is measured and d
L at the corresponding z is available from other distance indicators (e.g., SNe Ia) at the same redshift. As d
L/DM essentially does not depend on cosmological parameters, our method can determine f
IGM independent of cosmological parameters. We parameterize f
IGM as a function of redshift and model the DM contribution from a host galaxy as a function of star formation rate. Assuming f
IGM has a mild evolution with redshift with a functional form and by means of Monte Carlo simulations, we show that an unbiased and cosmology-independent estimate of the present value of f
IGM with a ∼12% uncertainty can be obtained with 50 joint measurements of d
L and DM. In addition, such a method can also lead to a measurement of the mean value of DM contributed from the local host galaxy.
Type catalogue of the thick-headed flies (Diptera, Conopidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Authors: Stuke Jens-Hermann , Ziegler Joachim
Published: May 2019

Type material of thick-headed flies (Diptera, Conopidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (ZMHB) is documented. The entire collection holds primary type material (i.e. holotypes, lectotypes, syntypes) of 73 species. Five Conops species with previously unknown subgenus belong to the subgenus Asiconops:C.frontosusKröber, 1916;C.indicusKröber, 1916;C.maculiventrisKröber, 1916;C.nigrofasciatusKröber, 1916; andC.punctifronsKröber 1916. Two new synonyms are introduced:ConopsvaginalisRondani, 1865 syn. nov. ofConopstruncatusLoew, 1847 andSiniconopsfuscatusQiao & Chao, 1998 syn. nov. ofPhysocephalasepulchralisBrunetti, 1912.
Pulmonary Artery Involvement in Patients with Takayasu Arteritis
Authors: He Yanru , Lv Naqiang , Dang Aimin , Cheng Nan
Published: May 2019

Objective.

This study was performed to explore the clinical manifestations and longterm prognosis in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) with pulmonary artery involvement (PAI).

Methods.

The medical records of 194 patients with TA who underwent traditional catheter angiography or computed tomography of pulmonary artery from 2009 to 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical manifestations, angiographic features, and mortality of 128 patients with TA with PAI were further analyzed.

Results.

Patients with TA with PAI had a higher risk of pulmonary hypertension (PH) than patients with TA alone (61.7% vs 7.6%, p < 0.001). Patients with PAI and PH more frequently developed dyspnea, hemoptysis, and lower limbs edema (all p < 0.05) than those without PH. Patients with PH also had a higher incidence of bilateral PAI (84.8% vs 34.7%, p < 0.001) and a higher pulmonary artery obstruction index [23 (interquartile range 20–27) vs 10 (6–15), p < 0.001]. Left heart disease was presented in 39 (30.5%) patients with TA with PAI. During the median followup of 38 (21–58) months, 19 and 2 deaths occurred among patients with and without PH, respectively. Among patients with PAI, the mortality rate was 7 times higher in patients with than without PH (p = 0.009). Independent predictors of mortality were the disease duration (p = 0.047), New York Heart Association class III/IV (p = 0.019), right ventricular systolic dysfunction (p = 0.019), and respiratory failure (p = 0.007).

Conclusion.

Patients with TA with PAI have a higher risk of developing PH than patients with TA alone. The presence of PH in patients with PAI increases the risk of early mortality.
L’apocalypse au pluriel
Authors: Carey Matthew
Published: May 2019

L’apocalypse selon la modernité tardive – une apocalypse absolue, celle de la destruction totale de l’humanité – diffère-t-elle radicalement des traditions religieuses de l’Apocalypse, qui toutes voyaient la fin d’un monde comme le prélude à la renaissance d’un autre ? Nous proposons ici, en lieu et place de cette distinction, deux thèses entrelacées : la fin d’un monde est toujours, en premier lieu, la fin du monde pour ceux qui la conçoivent. Toute fin du monde par ailleurs, quelle que soit son envergure, admet la possibilité d’un monde à venir. Dans ce cadre, temporalités de la fin, dénaturalisation du monde et Heimatlosigkeit sont parmi les principaux opérateurs des imaginaires apocalyptiques contemporains.
The skulls and the dancing pig
Authors: Reinert Hugo
Published: May 2019

In late 2017, protesting the ongoing forced slaughter of indigenous reindeer herds in Norway, a young Sámi artist traveled to Oslo to set up a “curtain” of some 400 reindeer skulls in front of the national parliament. The demonstration drew considerable attention, both nationally and internationally, and mobilized a complex range of historical resonances—from the first Sámi protests against the Alta hydroelectric project, half a century earlier, to the vast piles of bison skulls that accumulated during the US campaign against the Plains Indians in the 19th century. Situating the curtain in a context of chronic state violence, indigenous invisibility, and crisis biopolitics, the article examines the multiple apocalyptic logics summoned in the work.
Demain y aura-t-il un monde ?
Authors: Charuty Giordana
Published: May 2019

Au début des années 1960, Ernesto De Martino projetait une vaste recherche comparative sur les représentations culturelles de la fin du monde et de la sortie des temps historiques. Il s’agissait de transformer les diagnostics portés au début du xxe siècle sur la crise ou le déclin de l’Occident en symptômes pour penser la singularité que les sociétés occidentales héritent du christianisme. Les principes méthodologiques adoptés par cette recherche inachevée éclairent la genèse savante d’une narration apocalyptique mondialisée qui s’est fixée, en France, dans un village des Pyrénées.
Miner la vie
Authors: Krøijer Stine , Kollöffel Mike
Published: May 2019

Depuis 2015, Ende Gelände est le slogan d’un mouvement anticharbon en pleine expansion en Allemagne. Celui-ci réunit tous ceux qui protestent contre le développement continu de l’extraction de lignite dans le pays. Ce slogan joue sur le double sens d’« une région touchant à sa fin » et de « la fin d’une pratique dans une région donnée », soulignant à la fois le principal problème de l’exploitation minière et sa possible résolution. Cet article dépeint les paysages dévastés d’une région minière allemande qui apparaissent comme une synecdoque de l’apocalypse. Il traite des expériences des villageois locaux qui ont vu leur cadre de vie disparaître du fait des mines à ciel ouvert et des préparations des militants écologistes radicaux au Jour J et à son scénario postapocalyptique.
La fascination de Gog et Magog
Authors: Mercier Jacques
Published: May 2019

L’aspect des Gog et Magog dans l’illustration éthiopienne de l’Apocalypse de Jean est issue du Roman chrétien d’Alexandre. Les auteurs de l’image talismanique de Gog et Magog ont puisé à la même source, mais leurs représentations sont radicalement différentes. Les serpents ont été transformés en regards fascinants destinés aux esprits habitant le corps des malades. L’art talismanique éthiopien, multicentenaire, est aujourd’hui en voie d’extinction, vaincu par la médecine moderne, banni par les autorités civiles et religieuses. Toutefois, à la fin du xxe siècle, deux créatifs auteurs de talismans, Gera et Gedewon, ont développé des expressions artistiques de leur art, ce qui les a fait accéder à une notoriété mondiale.
Dans l’attente du vrai leader
Authors: Voix Raphaël
Published: May 2019

Dans le Bengale contemporain, des membres d’un groupe religieux croient à l’imminence d’une guerre apocalyptique. Ils affirment que, au cours de cette dernière, réapparaitront Balak Brahmachari (1920-1993), leur maître qui est décédé en 1993, ainsi que Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945), le plus célèbre leader indépendantiste bengali, tenu pour mort dans un accident d’avion en 1945. À partir de l’entretien avec le leader de ce groupe, cet article analyse la manière dont cette croyance s’appuie sur la théorie des âges du monde hindou et l’attribution de pouvoirs extraordinaires aux yogis. Il souligne également comment sa force d’attraction repose sur la nostalgie d’une grandeur passée et l’espoir de la retrouver.
On the Evolutionary Interplay Between Remittances, Financial Development, and Economic Growth
Authors: Fahrani Ramzi , Béjaoui Azza
Published: May 2019

In this chapter, the authors attempt to investigate the interaction between remittances and financial development and its impact on the economic growth over the period 1980-2016. In this respect, they apply the autoregressive distributed lag bound test (ARDL) approach on cross-country of data series from 1980 to 2016 to study the short- and long-run relationship of remittances and financial development with economic growth. The empirical results show that the direct effects of shipments on growth are significant. On the other hand, the impact of remittances on economic seems to be more significant by means of the financial development. It also shows that these shipments are more efficient in the case of a less developed informal sector, a politically stable economy, and a developed financial structure.
Transnational Protocol Authority for Economic Gains in Water Management
Authors: Zgheib Philippe W.
Published: May 2019

Throughout human history, struggles over access and control of water resources have been a root cause of tension and armed conflict. In Middle Eastern scheming for power, water is viewed as a strategic resource, quickly becoming the dominant resource issue. As water shortages are acute and laden with emotive conflictual tones, this is exacerbated by the lack of a mechanism short of war or external governance for allocating the resource. A strategy based on economic efficiency gains will lead to improved equity and will reinforce any peace prospect. Some of the most conflictual issues may thus be settled through a rational and equitable foundation of incentives and institutions. An evaluation of the potential welfare gains under constrained conditions provides an assessment of economic incentive to be derived from an existential gap in multinational water basins.
Transmission Line and Its Implementation
Authors: Debnath Pampa , Deyasi Arpan
Published: May 2019

In unbounded media, wave propagation is supposed to be unguided. The existence of uniform plane wave is considered to be all through the space. Electromagnetic energy related with the wave stretched over a broad area. In TV and radio broadcasting, unbounded medium propagation of the wave is required. Here transmission of information is destined for one and all who may be interested. Another way of transmitting information is by guided media. Guided media acts to direct the transmission of energy from transmitter to receiver. Transmission lines are usually used in low frequency power distribution and in high frequency communications as well as in the ethernet and internet in computer networks. Two or more parallel conductors may be used to construct a transmission line, which connects source to a load. Typical transmission lines consist of coaxial line, waveguide, microstrip line, coplanar waveguide, etc. In this chapter, problems related with transmission lines are solved with the help of EM field theory and electric circuit theory.
All-Optical Switching and Logic-Gates Design Using Mode (Polarization)-Conversion in Micro-Ring Resonator
Authors: Rakshit Jayanta Kumar , Bharti Gaurav Kumar
Published: May 2019

The realization of all-optical polarization switch and all-optical logic gates based on polarization-conversion on single silicon micro-ring resonator (MRR) is demonstrated. By adjusting the mode state of the input source as well as the pump light, the all-optical polarization switch, and hence, all-optical NOT, OR/NOR. AND-NAND logic gates are realized. The design is ultra-compact, ultrafast, and less optical power is required for all-optical polarization-conversion-based switch and logic gates, respectively. The MRR also shows outstanding performance as its Q (quality) factor is very high. The design is robust, simple, stable, easy-to-fabricate, and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) compatible. The structure is compatible for interconnects and capable for integrating in electronics as well as in plasmonics circuits.
Challenges Facing Technology Standardization in the Age of Digital Transformation
Authors: McAuliffe Brian
Published: May 2019

It is widely recognized that we are in rapid transition to the so-called fourth industrial revolution, a world of digitalization and mass interconnectedness enabled by a plethora of emergent powerful technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), and distributed ledgers (DLT). A key element of this “revolution” is the move to digital manufacturing. While undoubtedly exciting, this transition presents challenges to policymakers, industry, and societal stakeholders alike. One such challenge is defining an optimum level for any market intervention measure(s), such that a balance is struck between ensuring a pro-industrial and economic innovation-friendly approach and guaranteeing adequate levels of consumer-focused protection. Standardization can be leveraged as one element of interventionary policy designed to help strike the required balance, both in its well-proven bottom-up and industry-led voluntary application and as a tool to support implementation of regulations. With a focus on digital transformation, this chapter will analyze the readiness of the current standardization system to support this significant transition focusing on strengths and challenges to be addressed from the perspective of industry, policymakers, and standards-setting organizations.
Licensing Terms for IoT Standard-Setting
Authors: Heckman Matt
Published: May 2019

The development of 5G and IoT standards requires an active participation of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). These SMEs do not always have the resources and expertise to participate in the work of standard development organizations (SDOs). The valuation of the patents in standards can be based on “license for all” or “end-user” concepts. A specific choice for use-based licensing terms by an SDO might drive SMEs more towards standard-setting in consortia. The chapter will discuss the competition law aspects of both licensing concepts for SMEs and the recent communication in this field by the EU Commission.
Customer-Driven Standardization in the Forensic Science Market in England and Wales
Authors: Richmond Karen McGregor
Published: May 2019

This chapter aims to contribute to the nascent, but expanding, body of literature concerned with sociologies of standards and standardization. Specifically, this chapter focuses on the creation of standardized forensic “products” within the marketized forensic science sector in England and Wales. This “menu” of standardized forensic products emerged during a period of significant economic and organizational disruption. The implementation of these codified products created further tensions, demonstrating the unintended consequences, which may flow from incomplete application of standards, incomplete understanding of their effect, and the instrumental use of these same standards, not to achieve efficiencies or harmonization but to affect particular institutional goals, and which are not shared across the wider community of practice.
Profit Expansion Method by Standard as an Outbound Open Innovation
Authors: Eto Manabu
Published: May 2019

Among open innovations, standardization activities that do not cause some souse of profits, such as issuing standard essential patents for standardized technologies, can be said to be offering-type outbound open innovations. Technology providers require a careful strategy to make a profit from standardization activities. The core of this is to determine in what state the technology in the target product itself will be kept, which is the technology control strategy. What is particularly important is to determine what information will be proactively disclosed based on the theory, utility, and implementation of the technology, and what information will be kept secret. In this chapter, the author examines several cases of standardization and, by focusing on those that earned profits, presents technology management strategies that generate profits using standardization.
The Belief Model of Sentience
Authors: Schafer Stephen Brock , Shafer Brock
Published: May 2019

The media model called “belief” serves as the language by which humans converse with God in the scripture of redemption. Hypothetically, redemption is based on the same cognitive dynamic as healing with dream analysis established by Carl Jung. These dynamics promote coherence within a sentient-cognitive psyche (a combination of conscious/unconscious scales of sentience), universal reality based on unity/energism, and narrative/dramatic structure. Based upon these dynamics, this chapter establishes a correspondence between the cognitive language of the mediated dreamscape and the cognitive language of belief that allows for conversation between God and humanity. The key to understanding this cognitive conversation is the belief model of sentience. Conflicting belief systems are endemic to human experience. Differences in the languages of belief contribute to the most psychotic-hysterical misunderstandings and their resulting mayhem. Due to illiteracy relative to the emergent language of cognitive mediation, the portents for planetary survival are dire.
The Media-Dream Model
Authors: Schafer Stephen Brock
Published: May 2019

We live in a world not of science but of science fiction. Like pixel patterns from unconscious software is projected onto a monitor, unconscious archetypal quantum patterns are projected as what Carl Jung called archetypal representation (AR). Projected images are then subject to the vagaries of personal perception, so it may be stipulated that no absolute reality exists for humans. Rather, each person lives in a perceptual fiction. According to Carl G. Jung, dreams are projections from quantum-level unconscious dimensions into the cognitive dimension of “consciousness.” In the language of dream analysis, Jung would have described the science fiction genre as a prospective (future-oriented) dreamscape of archetypal representations. In the media-dream model, quantum patterns are derived from research in cognitive neuroscience and physics. Contemplated as AR, the sci-fi genre is predictive of cultural futures and formats psychological motives and morality. Sci-fi has the potential to detect the psychological dynamics at work during the paradigm shift into a dreamscape of illusion.
Heart-Brain Neurodynamics
Authors: McCraty Rollin
Published: May 2019

As pervasive and vital as they are in human experience, emotions have long remained an enigma to science. This chapter explores recent scientific advances that clarify central controversies in the study of emotion, including the relationship between intellect and emotion and the historical debate on the source of emotional experience. Particular attention is given to the intriguing body of research illuminating the critical role of ascending input from the body to the brain in the generation and perception of emotions. This discussion culminates in the presentation of a new, systems-oriented model of emotion in which the brain functions as a complex pattern-matching system, continually processing input from both the external and internal environments. From this perspective, it is shown that the heart is a key component of the emotional system, thus providing a physiological basis for the long-acknowledged link between the heart and our emotional life.
Gaming Cultural Atonement
Authors: Schafer Stephen Brock
Published: May 2019

According to theological precedents and science—just as sub-human sentient scales exist—so must super-human scales of sentience exist in a quantum field structured as fractal geometry. If the human organism is multi-functionally “conscious,” so is the quantum field in which it is embedded. Just as differences exist among the frequencies of light, differences exist in harmonic scales of the universal frequency spectrum. The loosely defined term “consciousness” is too limited to express the cosmic range of “sentient” access to frequencies. Though humans have unique choice-making agency, theological-philosophical and experiential precedents which place limits on its coherence. With their emphasis on coherent choice-making, PSYCHecology video games (PEGs) could be designed as “dreamlike” analogs to harmonize functional agency. According to Jungian principles, these dream analogs could be employed to reinforce coherent humanitarian sentience with mediated biofeedback for the purpose of healing the collective unconscious.
Mediatization of Solidarity Myth at the Permanent Exhibition of the European Solidarity Centre
Authors: Knoch Konrad
Published: May 2019

This chapter attempts to define the concepts of myth and of mediatization in the context of building great historical narratives. Modern historical museums and narrative exhibitions are treated in the publication as new media whose main task is to communicate narratives about the past to mass audiences, using digital methods of recording, saving, storing data, as well as of creating and transmitting messages. The chapter describes a short history of the creation of the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk and the permanent exhibition. In the main part, the text also describes how the ECS (and the permanent exhibition located within) attempt to both present the myth of solidarity and to mediatize it.
Culturally Relevant Preparedness Using STEAM Integrative Teaching in the Classroom
Authors: McKeen Heather
Published: May 2019

Although there exist some studies that examine culturally relevant teaching and its positive impact on learning outcomes; overall, these studies are not abundant, and teachers are generally unaware of the educational frameworks that would allow them to apply their theoretical knowledge of culturally relevant preparedness in practice. In this respect, STEAM can be a perfect solution for reinforcing culturally relevant teaching at schools. First, culturally relevant teaching requires certain conditions (e.g., diversity, inclusion, a teacher's willingness to learn, etc.) that are inherent in the STEAM educational framework. Second, the STEAM educational framework shares similar values with culturally relevant teaching (e.g., brain focus on social and cross-cultural skills, pedagogical focus on teachers' learning, etc.). Finally, the literature review demonstrates that there are numerous strategies of using the STEAM educational framework to reinforce culturally relevant teaching (e.g., to design a culturally relevant program based on STEAM).
Cultivating Ecological Generosity and Sustainability in Elementary Youth and Student Teachers via Children's Books
Authors: Liu Laura B.
Published: May 2019

Teacher candidates enrolled in a Civic Science for Elementary Schools course at a public university in a Midwestern state developed children's books on ecological diversity and sustainability. The children's books were analyzed qualitatively using constant comparative analyses that involved analyzing each book's images and text for evidence of key themes. Analyses demonstrated children's book creation as an instructional pedagogy and ecological diversity and sustainability as curricular content powerful to enhance ENL student engagement, identification, and learning in a new cultural, linguistic, and ecological setting. Book creation involves narrative and visual explanation of key concepts accessible to ENL learners. Ecological diversity and sustainability are values shared across regions and can enhance ENL student identification with a new school context, while valuing their knowledge funds. The public library emerged as a supportive glocal civic space to build pedagogical bridges among teacher candidates, elementary schools, and the shared community resource of children's books.
Ready Together
Authors: Suárez Alpha Martínez , Lindahl Kristen M.
Published: May 2019

Many challenges that English learners (ELs) face are compounded for children and families from undocumented immigrant backgrounds. Educators, school support staff, community-based organizations, and other service providers play key roles in advocating during a sudden immigration crisis. A sudden immigration crisis occurs when children experience the sudden loss of a caregiver or family member due to deportation procedures. This chapter describes a “Ready Together” (RE-TO) rapid response initiative, which consists of three components: First, it provides a rationale as to why teacher education programs should prepare future educators to respond in case of sudden immigration crisis. Second, it conceives of a “rapid response team” for schools working with students from diverse immigration backgrounds that includes roles and responsibilities for administrators, counselors, and teachers, and third, it provides examples of emergency preparedness plans, workshop topics and materials that prepare families with documents and directives in case of a sudden immigration crisis.