bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Making Explicit What has Been Implicit
Authors: Denil Mark
Published: July 2021

How is a map different from things that are not maps? What is a map? How do you know it's a map? Such questions appear quite simple—the answers would seem to be things everyone knows almost without thinking—yet comprehensive answers have proved elusive. Hitherto, such existential questions have almost inevitably been either conflated with practical ones or deliberately ignored.

Map artifacts are, by themselves, mere things. Like any text, the map artifact can be read, and, through the action of being read, the artifact comes to bear meaning. Maps, however, go beyond mere meaning-bearing to achieve a state where they actually embody meaning. Reaching a state of meaning-embodiment requires a transformation that is analogous to an apotheosis or a transfiguration of the common clay of the artifact into an abstract conceptual state of map-hood.

Describing this transfiguration into a conceptual state requires a Conceptual theory of cartography—one that defines the relationship between the artifact as a thing and the map as an abstract entity, and that also defines the map entity in a manner unambiguously applicable to every, any, and all maps. Such a theory would also have to define the discipline of cartography in relation to that abstract map entity.

This paper proposes the outlines for the required Conceptual theory—one based on the proven model of Conceptual Art. Practically speaking, the first step—and the effective scope of the paper—is an inquiry into the nature of the map as an abstract conceptual entity. It provides a model for an investigative methodology for interrogating the formal map, and sketches out a framework for assimilating the findings of such investigations. This paper will not settle all fundamental questions about what a map is, but it will outline an analytical course that can address them. It proposes that asking how one knows something is a map is a step on the road to discovering what a map is.
Does team cohesion always positively influence team innovation? A chain mediation model
Authors: Zhang Hua , Shi Kun , Hu Haoxiang
Published: July 2021

This study explores the chain-mediating mechanism between organizational climate and team job crafting on team cohesion and team innovation behavior, based on the input-mediator-outcome-input (IMOI) theory .Using 229 valid samples, the result shows that team cohesion, organizational climate and team job crafting can significantly positively predict team innovation behavior; team job crafting plays an intermediary role between team cohesion and team innovation behavior; organizational climate and team job crafting play a chain mediating role between team cohesion and team innovation behavior. When other factors are taken into account, team cohesion is not always a positive factor in team innovation behavior This research attempted to combine the organizational factors with the mediating mechanism of team job crafting on team innovation behavior, and provide theoretical and practical guidance for the organizations on team innovation.
The Contribution of Community Education towards Minimizing the Spread of COVID-19: Ethnographic Research Approach
Authors: Mabade Avhurengwi Samson
Published: July 2021

Although the Government put protocols in place to minimize the spread of COVID-19, it remains the community’s obligation to adhere to the protocols and drive reform. It is the community’s responsibility to communicate succinctly and elegantly all the protocols in a morally unobjectionable manner. It is however a community-based problem although it is a worldwide pandemic to be fought holistically. Unless an individual community understands the impact of COVID-19 in the community, community members would hardly understand its impact in the entire community. If community members could heed the super spreading ways, almost all community members would advise one another on the best ways to mitigate the spread of this pandemic. The transformation brought about by community itself would result the transformation of each community member. Community leadership remains responsible to advocate this community education. The researcher adopted an Ethnographic Research Approach to provide an in-depth description of community members towards adhering to the protocols in place for minimizing the spread of this horrifying and deadly disease. The researcher employed qualitative technique for the collection of data. The responses of the community members were audio recorded and transcribed by the researcher and then analyzed for presentation as a report.
Being Chinese in Lived Intercultural Experiences: A Discourse Analysis of Chinese Undergraduates’ Perceptions of Chinese Culture
Authors: He Yuanyuan , Xiao Lin
Published: July 2021

The current study investigates a group of Chinese undergraduates’ perceptions of Chinese culture. It examines the discourses that the students drew on to assign meaning to Chinese culture and how the students used these discourses in constructing their Chinese cultural identity. A qualitative study was conducted collecting written self-reflective reports on critical intercultural incidents from 39 Chinese undergraduates at a university in Beijing. Questions designed to evoke reports from the students had them describe incidents in their past intercultural experiences that made them acutely aware of themselves “being Chinese” and specify aspects of Chinese culture that they felt such awareness could be attributed to. A discourse analysis reveals the multiplicity and contextuality of the students’ notions of Chinese culture. The findings raise important considerations for contemporary Chinese undergraduates’ cultural identity and their much debated “identity crisis.”
Exploring the Effects of Innovation Ecosystem Models on Innovative Performances of Start-Ups: The Contingent Role of Open Innovation
Authors: Zhang Jing , Yu Bo , Lu Chang
Published: July 2021

A firm’s participation in an innovation ecosystem can increase its competitiveness and potentiality in turbulent circumstances. From a resource-based view (RBV) and the value proposition perspective, this study explored how participation in heterogeneous innovation ecosystems affects the innovative performances (IPs) of start-ups. We studied the adaptability between innovation ecosystem models and open innovation (OI) strategies, as well as examined their effects on new ventures. Specifically, innovation ecosystem models were classified into platform- and product-based innovation ecosystems according to the structural logic of accessing resources. Then, we examined the effects of these ecosystems on the IPs of start-ups and analyzed the moderating effects of the breadth and depth of OI on these ecosystems. The findings revealed that the participation of start-ups in such ecosystems had positive effects on their IPs and OI breadth’s inverted U-shape moderated the relationships between product-based innovation ecosystems and the IPs while strengthening the positive relationships between platform-based innovation ecosystems and the IPs. In addition, OI depth enhanced the positive effects of both ecosystems on the IPs of start-ups. This study has enlightening implications for research on innovation ecosystems, OI, and entrepreneurs.
Efficacy of Ḥammām-i-yābis (dry bath) in metabolic syndrome: a single arm, open-labelled clinical trial
Authors: Ahmad Mohammad Zaki , Ansari Abdul Nasir , Nayab Mohd
Published: July 2021

Objectives

This study intended to evaluate the efficacy of Ḥammām-i-yabis (dry bath) in metabolic syndrome as primary objective and perceived improvement and changes in quality of life as secondary objective.

Methods

The study was designed as single arm, open-labelled, pre and post without control clinical trial comprising 30 diagnosed cases of metabolic syndrome belonging to 20–50 years of age of either sex. The enrolled patients were exposed to the dry heat of Ḥammām-i-yābis for 15 min at a temperature of 60 degree centigrade on every third day for a duration of 30 days (a total of 10 sittings). Objective parameters comprising systolic and diastolic blood pressure and waist circumference were assessed on every follow up, while other objective parameters (FBS, HDL and Serum Triglycerides) were assessed before and after the study.

Results

Significant statistical difference was observed in objective parameters. Two tailed paired Student’s t-test, (for pre and post) and repeated measure ANOVA (for 0, 15th and 30th day) were used to find the significance of mean change in study parameters. No significant adverse change appeared in safety parameters.

Conclusions

Ḥammām-i-yābis was found effective, safer, more feasible and less expensive regimenal modality for the patients of metabolic syndrome.
Association of antimullerian hormone with the size of the appendix testis, the androgen and estrogen receptors and their expression in the appendix testis, in congenital cryptorchidism
Authors: Sinopidis Xenophon , Kostopoulou Eirini , Rojas-Gil Andrea Paola , Panagidis Antonios , Kourea Eleni , Skiadopoulos Spyros , Georgiou George , Spiliotis Bessie E.
Published: July 2021

Objectives

Antimullerian hormone (AMH) causes regression of the mullerian ducts in the male fetus. The appendix testis (AT) is a vestigial remnant of mullerian duct origin, containing both androgen (AR) and estrogen (ER) receptors. The role of both AMH and AT in testicular descent is yet to be studied. We investigated the possible association of AMH with AT size, the AR and ER, and their expression in the AT, in congenital cryptorchidism.

Methods

A total of 26 patients with congenital unilateral cryptorchidism and 26 controls with orthotopic testes were investigated, and 21 ATs were identified in each group. AMH and insulin-like three hormone (INSL3) concentrations were measured with spectrophotometry. AR and ER receptor expression was assessed with immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibodies R441 for AR and MAB463 for ER. For the estimation of receptor expression, the Allred Score method was used.

Results

AMH concentrations did not present significant differences between patients with congenital cryptorchidism and the controls. Also, no correlation was found between AMH, INSL3, and AT length. Allred scores did not present significant differences. However, expression percentiles and intensity for both receptors presented significant differences. Three children with cryptorchidism and the highest AMH levels also had the highest estrogen receptor scores in the AT.

Conclusions

No association was found between AMH and the studied major parameters. However, higher AMH concentrations, in combination with higher estrogen receptor scores in the AT, may play a role in cryptorchidism in some children. Larger population samples are needed to verify this observation.
New obstetric systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria for early identification of high-risk of sepsis in obstetric patients
Authors: Rojas-Suarez Jose , Paternina-Caicedo Angel , Miranda Jezid , Cuello María , Piñerez María , Santacruz José , Anichiarico Walter , Bello-Muñoz Camilo , Gonzalez-Hernandez Jeniffer , Tymon Jennifer , Coronado Jorge , Tolosa Jorge , Meza Camila , Iriarte Nicole , Ramos Alfonso , Soto Oscar , Maza Fabian , Viloria Mariam , Dueñas-Castell Carmelo
Published: July 2021

Objectives

We aimed to establish new cut-off values for SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) variables in the obstetric population.

Methods

A prospective cohort study in pregnant and postpartum women admitted with systemic infections between December 2017 and January 2019. Patients were divided into three cohorts: Group A, patients with infection but without severe maternal outcomes (SMO); Group B, patients with infection and SMO or admission to the intensive care unit (ICU); and Group C, a control group. Outcome measures were ICU admission and SMO. The relationship between SIRS criteria and SMO was expressed as the area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUROC), selecting the best cut-off for each SIRS criterion.

Results

A total of 541 obstetric patients were enrolled, including 341 with infections and 200 enrolled as the reference group (Group C). The patients with infections included 313 (91.7%) in Group A and 28 (8.2%) in Group B. There were significant differences for all SIRS variables in Group B, compared with Groups A and C, but there were no significant differences between Groups A and C. The best cut-off values were the following: temperature 38.2 °C, OR 4.1 (1.8–9.0); heart rate 120 bpm, OR 2.9 (1.2–7.4); respiratory rate 22 bpm, OR 4.1 (1.6–10.1); and leukocyte count 16,100 per mcl, OR 3.5 (1.6–7.6).

Conclusions

The cut-off values for SIRS variables did not differ between healthy and infected obstetric patients. However, a higher cut-off may help predict the population with a higher risk of severe maternal outcomes.
Radiometric analysis of micas used in many industries and evaluation of radiological hazards
Authors: Gezer Ferhat , Turhan Şeref , Ufuktepe Yüksel
Published: July 2021

Mica group minerals have been utilized in various industries such as paint, cement, rubber, plastic, paper, automotive, cosmetics, textile, etc. due to their unique electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. In this study, the radiometric properties of 58 mica samples collected from three quarries operated commercially in Turkey were investigated using gamma-ray spectroscopy with an HPGe detector. The average activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K analyzed in mica samples were found as 12, 44, and 2763 Bq kg−1, respectively. The radon emanation coefficient and radon mass exhalation rate of mica samples varied from 4 to 22% with an average of 10% and 0.4–5.9 µBq kg−1 s−1 with an average of 2.6 µBq kg−1 s−1, respectively. The radiological hazard caused by the utilization of mica samples as raw materials in the cement and concrete industry was evaluated for adults by calculating the gamma index and annual effective dose due to external exposure indoor. The study results revealed that there are no significant radiological hazards associated with the utilization of mica samples as building raw materials.
Community health workers as a sustainable health care innovation
Authors: Cueva Katie , Ingemann Christine , Zaitseva Larisa , Akearok Gwen Healey , Lavoie Josée G.
Published: July 2021

Health care delivery in the Circumpolar North is challenged by a scarcity of culturally relevant health care services, few medical providers trained in cross-cultural care, and high costs of transportation. Community health workers (CHWs) are primarily Indigenous individuals who provide on-the-ground health care and health promotion services in their own communities. The CHWs’ scope of work varies from health education to clinical care and often focuses on upstream factors that impact the public’s health. Although often overlooked and underutilized, the CHW role is an innovative approach to promoting more sustainable and culturally relevant care within health systems. Investigating and understanding the potential ways that CHW-integrated health care systems support health and wellness could allow for a clearer understanding of how to translate this approach to other regions seeking a transition to sustainability in health and wellness. Drawing on experiences with CHWs in the Circumpolar North, this article introduces a conceptual model summarizing pathways that describe how integrating CHWs supports wellness in their communities. The proposed model includes five pathways for how CHWs could support wellness: (1) the recruitment of CHWs from within a community promotes community capacity and control; (2) the CHW role allows them to advocate to address structural and systemic inequalities that contribute to ill health, if CHWs are supported to organize their communities around wellness; (3) CHWs have the potential to support and empower community members;  (4) CHWs have the potential to develop culturally relevant, feasible, and effective health promotion strategies; and (5) CHWs have the potential to build on community strengths. This model allows for CHW-integrated health care systems to be critically examined to both test and refine this proposed model, and support and empower community health workers as a transition to a more sustainable health care delivery system that reduces inequities and promotes health.
Socio-cultural characteristics of the Russian Indigenous communities in the Barents region
Authors: Kudryashova Elena V. , Zadorin Maksim Y. , Gladun Elena
Published: July 2021

Legal regulation of socio-cultural processes taking place in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region (BEAR) is not effective without involving indigenous communities, which is a specific population group representing the traditional ethno-cultural landscape of the region, unchanged for centuries and affected by globalization. Owing to the cross-border nature of the BEAR, socio-cultural characteristics acquire special synergetic properties determining the vectors of intergovernmental cooperation. With areas of its land making up the largest part of the BEAR, Russia seems to be the key actor in its socio-cultural development. It is difficult to estimate the progress of the unity without understanding the legal and political background of Russia in the field of indigenous issues. This paper sheds light on the policy and regulations on indigenous-related issues in Russia by examining five cases of regions which are part of the Russian Arctic Zone and the BEAR members. The authors compare the essential actions and measures the Russian Arctic regions have taken for complying with the international indigenous agenda. The paper also makes an effort to examine the potential for cooperation in the BEAR through establishing institutional, political and legal mechanisms. The conclusion arrived at is that Russia needs to take major steps to ensure progress and development of its part of the BEAR and to contribute to the BEAR development by fostering further discussion and cooperation on indigenous rights, joint decision-making, clean environment, education and native languages, peace and security.
Proces studiowania realizowany w ramach Programu Erasmus Plus – studium indywidualnych przypadków
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Wróblewska Walentyna
Published: July 2021

The article presents a report on qualitative research related to the study process under the Erasmus Plus Program. The motives for making the decision to study in this way and the actions taken by students were highlighted. The analysis of the process of studying of the respondents allowed us to formulate several practical guidelines aimed at improving the process.
Znaczenie Internetu dla zarządzania reputacją naukowca
Authors:   Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy, Pawiak Anna
Published: July 2021

The article aims at drawing attention to opportunities of reputation management by researchers using new media, considering the importance of internet tools for image creation and identifying opportunities and threats. The research problem of the article focuses on answers to the question formulated as follows: What might the possible importance of the Internet for reputation building be? The problem relates to the issue of researchers’ active participation in creating and shaping their reputation online. The presented considerations have been based on literature and studies on the subject. The article attempts to clarify the distinction between the concepts of identity, image, and reputation. It discusses image-creating factors and refers to the question of immanent credibility and guise in research. The author describes examples of internet tools and points to their importance for reputation management, which concerns the sum of partial images accumulating over time. Communication plays an important role in building reputation. Owing to its availability, interactivity and variety of forms, as well as the speed of information transfer, the Internet has become an indispensable channel of communication. All researchers should recognise the fact in order to build their reputation thoughtfully. Their reputation involves a multitude of accumulated images formed as a result of interactions between factors associated with the subjects themselves, information the recipients obtain, and factors relating to the recipients. The conclusions of the study point to the necessity of reputation management by planned and deliberate actions taking advantage of internet tools. Thus, every effort should be made to prevent a situation where reputation is shaped irrespective of the interested person’s participation.
Bariery w edukacji osób z autyzmem
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Otapowicz Dorota
Published: July 2021

Education of adults with autism creates great opportunities for further individual development of these people and their involvement in social and professional life. The aim of the study was to recognize the educational situation of adults with autism, identify the barriers experienced by them, and their needs in terms of social and educational support. The study involved 13 adults with autism who continued their education after high school. The research material was obtained using a structured interview conducted with individuals with autism or their guardians. The study presents the results of the research, showing a number of barriers faced by the subjects and their resultant needs in terms of support.
Fostering foreign language grammatical competence. Ways of representing linguistic knowledge
Authors:   Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University at Cherkasy (Ukraina), Vovk Olena
Published: July 2021

This study presents the framework for mastering foreign language grammar within a University curriculum. Fostering learners’ grammatical competence (GC) is identified as a desired effect of grammar acquisition. The premise is advanced that to achieve this target, the teaching and learning process has to take into account multiple factors, which might facilitate enhancing GC. It is hypothesized that developing GC can be efficacious on condition that the teacher considers cognitive profiles of the students and takes into account affective determinants of grammar acquisition. Multiple ways of presenting linguistic knowledge are emphasized in the paper. Specifically, the key idea is that rationally combining various types of linguistic input may turn out conducive to the understanding, conceptualization, and internalization of the subject matter.
Errores matemáticos persistentes al ingresar en la formación inicial de profesores de matemática: El caso de la linealidad
Authors: Aguerrea Maitere , Solís María Eugenia , Huincahue Jaime
Published: July 2021

El objetivo de esta investigación fue identificar errores persistentes de conceptos y procedimientos matemáticos, en particular, la inadecuada aplicación del concepto de linealidad, e implementar situaciones de aprendizaje para abordarlos, para lo cual se diseñan tareas de aprendizaje en contexto de modelización y uso de software matemático. El estudio se aplicó a 42 estudiantes de pedagogía en matemática, durante el periodo 2019-2020. La investigación se realizó desde un enfoque cualitativo y longitudinal. La recolección de datos inició con la aplicación de un test, al ingresar a la carrera, y un segundo test, luego de cursar un semestre de formación. Posteriormente, se implementaron talleres colaborativos para confrontar los errores de linealidad, y se finalizó con la aplicación de un postest. Al ingresar en la formación inicial de profesor de matemática, el estudiantado presentó un alto porcentaje de errores; aplicó linealidad en raíces, potencias, logaritmos y trigonometría. Luego de un semestre en la carrera, estos persistieron. Una vez realizados los talleres, el total de participantes no evidenció errores de linealización en raíces, potencias y trigonometría. Solo algunos estudiantes continuaron aplicando linealidad a expresiones con logaritmos. Se concluye que, al ingresar a estudiar pedagogía en matemática, el estudiantado comete errores en conceptos y procedimientos que debieron ser superados en la enseñanza escolar y que muchos de estos son altamente persistentes, pese a haber cursado asignaturas para la formación de profesor de matemática. También, que su abordaje con situaciones de aprendizaje que articulen modelización con uso de software facilitaría su superación.
Criterios que guían la práctica del profesor de matemáticas en cursos de ciencias básicas para ingeniería
Authors: Garcés-Córdova Walmer , Font-Moll Vicenç
Published: July 2021

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo inferir los criterios que orientan la práctica del profesor universitario para explicar matemáticas en un curso de ciencias básicas en carreras de ingeniería y, en concreto, para explicar derivadas. Se trata de una investigación cualitativa de estudio de caso múltiple que busca comprender la enseñanza del cálculo diferencial a través del análisis de las prácticas de un grupo de siete docentes, y de la reflexión sobre dichas prácticas, cuando implementan sus clases en facultades de ingeniería de universidades públicas y privadas en Lima. Se videograbaron las clases de cada profesor y se infirieron los criterios que siguen en el diseño e implementación de estas mismas, tomando como referente los criterios de idoneidad didáctica, los cuales también se usaron para diseñar el cuestionario de la entrevista semiestructurada; luego, se hizo la triangulación entre lo que señala cada docente y lo que se ha observado que hace. Se encontró que los profesores de matemáticas de las carreras de ingeniería están completamente condicionados por el programa de la asignatura al momento de desarrollar sus clases de derivadas; así como también, por los medios y recursos de enseñanza y la disponibilidad de tiempo para sus clases de cálculo diferencial. Se concluye, pues, que el grupo de profesores participantes tiene como criterio prioritario el cumplimiento del currículo en el tiempo planificado. Por otra parte, dan más importancia a realizar una adecuada gestión de la interacción en el grupo, que a enseñar unas matemáticas de calidad que sean aprendidas de manera significativa por los estudiantes.
Preliminary study on integrated production of ethanol and lignin from bagasse pulp waste
Authors: Yang Huanlei , Yan Jinhua , Li Jun
Published: July 2021

Bagasse pulp waste (BPW) is a material generated from the depithing of sugarcane bagasse stems prior to pulping. It was subjected to a modified oxygen delignification or ammonia catalytic steam explosion (AE) pretreatment for delignification and retaining carbohydrates of raw materials, followed by simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SSCF) to ethanol. Based on this process, an environmentally sustainable two-stage process for lignin purification was employed to obtain nontoxic “green lignin”. The results indicated that both pretreatment methods, particularly AE, had outstanding performance in the SSCF process. The highest ethanol yield (based on dry matter of BPW), 67.5% for the AE pretreatment, was obtained from the SSCF procedure at 8% (w/v) solids loading. Furthermore, the obtained lignin products from this process possessed better structural integrity.
Adaptacijos sutrikimas psichotraumatologijoje
Authors: Želvienė Paulina
Published: July 2021

Metodinė priemonė skirta tiek studentams, tiek specialistams, besidomintiems stresiniais sutrikimais ir psichotraumatologija. Leidinyje apžvelgiama adaptacijos sutrikimo kaip diagnostinės kategorijos raida Tarptautinės ligų klasifikacijos (TLK) kontekste. Aptariamos naujausios adaptacijos sutrikimo mokslinės studijos bei teorinės prielaidos. Taip pat supažindinama su adaptacijos sutrikimo, kaip vienos iš stresinių sutrikimų kategorijų, problematika šiuolaikinėje psichotraumatologijoje.
Principles of plant nomination in the Khanty language
Authors: Lelkhova Fedosia M.
Published: July 2021

Introduction. The article considers the identification of the ways of plant nomination in the dialects of the Khanty language. The aim of the research is to classify the principles of flora nomination in the Khanty language, taking into account dialectal features. The object is the vocabulary of the plant world, which provides rich material in synchronic and diachronic aspects, since it belongs to the most archaic layers of vocabulary. The relevance of the work is due to the fact that until now the principles of plant nomination in this language have not been studied.
Materials and Methods. The material for the article was the floristic vocabulary of the Khanty dialects. The linguistic material was collected during the field work and direct communication with the speakers of the dialects. The work employs a complex of research methods such as: descriptive, including the identification and classification of material, the method of component analysis, as well as individual elements of etymological analysis.
Results and Discussion. As a result of the analysis, it identifies various and numerous principles of plant nomination in the Khanty language and its dialects, such as “consumption of plants by animals and birds as food”, “place of growth”, “color”, “function”, “edibility for humans”, etc.
Conclusions. The process of naming plants is based on certain characteristics that reflect both the characteristics of the plants themselves and the specifics of the culture of the people. In the Khanty language, the most representative motivational features for the nomination of plants are the correlation with objects of the animal world, place of growth, color, specificity of economic use.
Cognitive Training on the Solving of Mathematical Problems: An EEG Study in Young Men
Authors: Molina Jahaziel , Guevara Miguel Angel , Hernández-González Marisela , Hidalgo-Aguirre Rosa María , Cruz-Aguilar Manuel Alejandro , Hevia Jorge Carlos
Published: July 2021

Objective. This study characterized the electroencephalographic correlation (rEEG) between prefrontal and parietal cortices in young men while solving logical-mathematical problems after 18 sessions of cognitive training. Method. Two training groups were formed: one trained with gradually increased complexity (CT), the other with no increase in complexity (ST). Results. CT had a greater number of correct responses in the post-training evaluation than ST and showed a higher correlation between the left frontopolar-parietal cortices in almost all EEG bands, and between the dorsolateral-parietal cortices in the alpha1 band while solving math problems post-training. Results suggest that major functional synchronization between the left prefrontal and parietal cortices plays an important role in improving mathematical problem-solving after cognitive training.
Physicochemical Properties and Antibiofilm Activity of Tricalcium Silicate Cement and its Association with Cetrimide
Authors: Rodrigues Giulia Bueno , Tanomaru-Filho Mario , Chavez-Andrade Gisselle Moraima , Esteves Torres Fernanda Ferrari , Guerreiro-Tanomaru Juliane Maria
Published: July 2021

Cetrimide (CTR) is a cationic surfactant detergent with antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate setting time, pH, solubility and antibiofilm activity of tricalcium silicate cement (TSC) with zirconium oxide (ZrO2) and its association with 0.2 and 0.4% cetrimide. Initial and final setting times (IST and FST) were assessed based on ISO-6876. pH was evaluated at periods of 1,3,7,14 and 21 days. Solubility was analyzed by weight loss. A modified direct contact test (MDCT) on the biofilm of Enterococcus faecalis formed on bovine root dentin blocks was performed, after 6 hours of manipulation and 15 hours of contact time. The analysis was performed by UFC mL ­¯¹ counting. The data were analyzed by ANOVA and Tukey’s tests (α=0.05). Higher IST was observed for TSC/ZrO2+CTR in both concentrations than for TSC/ZrO2 and lower FST for TSC/ZrO2+0.4% CTR (p<0.05). On day 1, TSC/ZrO2 showed lower pH than the associations with CTR (p<0.05). During the other periods, TSC/ZrO2 and associations promoted similar alkalinization (p>0.05). All materials exhibited increased mass. TSC/ZrO2+CTR 0.4% had lower mass gain than the other materials (p<0.05). The highest antibiofilm activity was observed for TSC/ZrO2+CTR in both concentrations, when compared with the positive control (p<0.05). In conclusion, CTR exhibited potential to promote greater antibiofilm activity to tricalcium silicate cement, without harming its physicochemical properties of setting time, pH and solubility.
Diseño de un modelo universitario de vinculación laboral y apoyo a la gestión académica
Authors: González Conejo Franky
Published: July 2021

El presente ensayo tiene como propósito plantear el diseño de modelo universitario de vinculación laboral, resultante de la reflexión posterior a la investigación positivista desarrollada por el autor, basada en el estudio de cuatro casos institucionales; para esto se analizan los aspectos relevantes acerca de los servicios de empleo en las universidades estatales costarricenses, las condiciones del mercado laboral profesional y los referentes teóricos más importantes, especialmente desde la perspectiva teórico-práctica de la Orientación Laboral. Se estima que esta propuesta de modelo podría tener efectos positivos en el abordaje de las incertidumbres que enfrentan las personas universitarias ante la desmesurada sobreoferta de profesionales, el posible desfasaje con respecto a los requerimientos del mundo del trabajo que presenta indicadores cada vez menos favorables, lo que asegura la insuficiencia de una sola disciplina para investigar e intervenir el fenómeno de inserción laboral, así como la impostergable vinculación entre el sector empleador y la academia universitaria; por ello, podría constituir un insumo valioso para las demás universidades, principalmente de Latinoamérica, debido a la similitud contextual, favoreciendo sus procesos de asesoramiento para la inserción laboral del estudiantado universitario y las personas graduadas, así como los procesos de gestión de la calidad de las carreras.
La retroalimentación escrita en la producción escrita del francés L2
Authors: Chao Chao Kuok Wa , Durand Micheline-Joanne
Published: July 2021

Esta investigación tiene como objetivos, por un lado, identificar los tipos de retroalimentación escrita dada por el profesorado a las producciones escritas de sus estudiantes según el modelo de Rodet (2000) y, por otro lado, analizar el uso de la retroalimentación escrita por parte del estudiantado. Es una investigación de tipo colaborativo con tres docentes participantes de francés de la Universidad de Costa Rica y sus grupos de estudiantes. Se emplearon varias técnicas de recolección de datos: grupo de discusión y análisis de las producciones escritas. Se realizó un análisis de contenido por medio de la herramienta QDA Miner. Los principales resultados obtenidos fueron, por parte del personal docente, el uso de la retroalimentación de tipo cognitivo en cuanto al contenido, constructivo en relación con la formulación e informativo con respecto a la intención. El estudiantado encontró una gran utilidad con respecto a la retroalimentación recibida debido a varias razones como la motivación, la claridad de la información la indicación de lo que se debía corregir. Se recomienda utilizar las retroalimentaciones de tipo descriptivas y precisas, para que estas sean útiles al estudiantado. Tienen que ser también inmediatas.
Condiciones problematizadoras y facilitadoras del proceso de evaluación con estudiantes migrantes
Authors: Nocetti de la Barra Alejandra Viviana , Mellado Bustos Abigail , Contreras Sanzana Gladys
Published: July 2021

El incremento de migrantes en el sistema educativo chileno ha llevado a reflexionar en torno al proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje en perspectiva intercultural y sobre las condiciones que inciden en la evaluación de aprendizaje. Así, el objetivo del estudio fue analizar las condiciones problematizadoras y facilitadoras del proceso de evaluación con estudiantes migrantes en establecimientos educacionales de la provincia de Concepción, Chile. La investigación se desarrolló bajo enfoque interpretativo debido a su centralidad en la experiencia del personal docente. Se realizó un estudio de caso instrumental, con diseño de caso múltiple y, en ese marco, se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a cinco profesoras de Educación Secundaria, seleccionadas mediante muestreo intencional. El dato textual se sometió a un análisis de contenido, que contempló categorías apriorísticas y emergentes, el desarrollo de subcategorías, que posteriormente se representaron en dos esquemas. Los resultados indican que las relaciones interpersonales y las adecuaciones evaluativas, constituyen condiciones facilitadoras de la evaluación, ya que contribuyen a fortalecer la relación pedagógica entre el docente y estudiantado migrante, favoreciendo una mayor sensibilidad hacia las particularidades del alumnado. Por otra parte, la insuficiente preparación en la formación inicial y continua, junto con escasas orientaciones educativas ministeriales, problematizan los procesos de evaluación con migrantes, pues los docentes declaran no disponer de lineamientos que guíen sus prácticas de enseñanza y de evaluación. En conclusión, se requiere mayor preparación en el ámbito de la evaluación, a fin de que las prácticas educativas atiendan la diversidad cultural presente en el aula. Se recomienda comparar los contenidos nacionales con el currículo del país de origen del estudiantado migrante para idear intervención pertinente. Adicionalmente, se requiere mayor consideración de aspectos afectivos y actitudinales que influyen en el proceso evaluativo, promoviendo espacios para compartir experiencias docentes desde una perspectiva inclusiva y abierta a la valoración del saber práctico.
Los Grupos Interactivos en la formación para la sostenibilidad del estudiantado de ingeniería
Authors: Díaz García Juan Isidro , Chacón-Corzo María Auxiliadora
Published: July 2021

El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar los resultados de una experiencia desarrollada en la Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira (UNET), Venezuela, mediante la estrategia de Grupos Interactivos (GI). Participaron diez estudiantes de Ingeniería Ambiental, Civil, Mecánica e Industrial, que realizaban sus Proyectos Especiales de Grado (PEG) y respondieron un guion de preguntas para valorar su experiencia como integrantes del GI. El análisis de la información fue de tipo cualitativo e interpretativo, es decir, se examinaron, compararon e interpretaron cada una de las respuestas de los y las informantes en proceso cíclico y recursivo para agrupar y configurar tres categorías: valoración de la participación y aprendizaje en el grupo interactivo, aprendizajes sobre sostenibilidad como profesional de la ingeniería, y relación entre sostenibilidad y trabajo colaborativo. Con base en los resultados, puede afirmarse que los GI les permitieron aprender juntos y comprender su compromiso como personas ingenieras en la protección de los recursos naturales. Por tanto, se considera necesario que el profesorado de las carreras de ingeniería incorpore en sus prácticas los principios de la sostenibilidad, orientados a formar profesionales conscientes de su responsabilidad en el respeto y preservación del planeta y, en este sentido, los GI constituyen una posibilidad para el trabajo en equipo y el aprendizaje compartido de un tema actual y pertinente como la sostenibilidad.
Influencia de la educación emprendedora sobre la intención de emprender del alumnado universitario
Authors: Araya Pizarro Sebastián Cristóbal
Published: July 2021

Dada la importancia de la enseñanza para impulsar el emprendimiento, el presente estudio planteó por objetivo analizar la influencia de la educación emprendedora sobre la intención de emprender del estudiantado universitario. Se realizó una revisión de la literatura (periodo 2010-2020) mediante una ecuación de búsqueda en la base de datos Web of Science, que permitió identificar 80 publicaciones relevantes. La información seleccionada fue revisada a través de la técnica de análisis documental, que incluyó el análisis de contenidos, el examen de indicadores bibliométricos y de redes de coocurrencia de palabras claves. Los hallazgos revelan que la mayoría de los estudios teórico-empíricos aplican el Modelo del Comportamiento Planificado de Ajzen, con el cual se indaga la influencia de diversos predictores individuales y contextuales sobre la intención de emprender. Además, destaca la utilización de un paradigma de investigación positivista, basado en un enfoque cuantitativo y de corte transversal, que aplica como técnicas de estudio las encuestas y el análisis estadístico multivariante (ecuaciones estructurales). Por lo demás, los resultados muestran que los trabajos provienen principalmente de Asia y Europa; se encuentran pocos artículos de países latinoamericanos. En relación con la influencia de la educación emprendedora sobre la intención de emprender, se observa un efecto significativo y positivo, pero dependiente del contexto de estudio y del tipo de enseñanza impartida. Por tanto, se sostiene que los programas de emprendimiento efectivos se vincularían a una formación emprendedora más dinámica, práctica y alineada al contexto y características del cuerpo estudiantil. Finalmente, se recomienda profundizar el escrutinio de aquellos factores pedagógicos que influyen en la actitud del estudiantado hacia el emprendimiento.
Percepciones del estudiantado argentino de Psicopedagogía en relación a su capacidad empática en la construcción de identidad profesional
Authors: Schlegel Daiana , Paoloni Paola Verónica , Gaeta Martha Leticia
Published: July 2021

La empatía es una de las competencias socio-emocionales más importantes para quienes se desempeñan en el ámbito de la educación. Así, este estudio tiene como objetivo identificar las percepciones que un grupo avanzado de estudiantes de Licenciatura en Psicopedagogía tiene acerca de su capacidad para empatizar. Se empleó un diseño cuantitativo exploratorio. Durante el ciclo lectivo 2019, se trabajó con estudiantes que cursaron Didáctica II en la Carrera de Licenciatura en Psicopedagogía de la Universidad de Río Cuarto (Argentina). Se trató de una muestra incidental constituida por 41 estudiantes. Los datos fueron recabados mediante el Test de Empatía Cognitiva y Afectiva (López-Pérez, Fernández-Pinto y Abad, 2008), en el que se consideraron puntuaciones totales y en relación con sus dimensiones constituyentes: Empatía Cognitiva y Empatía Afectiva. El análisis de los datos se realizó según procedimientos cuantitativos; se empleó el programa PSPP para el procesamiento y análisis de respuestas obtenidas que fueron previamente codificadas. Los resultados destacan fortalezas y debilidades del grupo en estudio respecto de su capacidad empática, el cual obtuvo niveles bajos de empatía –desde una perspectiva global– y puntaciones medias en la capacidad empática cognitiva y bajas en la capacidad empática afectiva –niveles recomendados teóricamente–. Sin embargo, hay un subgrupo de estudiantes que se percibe con un grado extremadamente bajo de capacidad empática –tanto a nivel global como al interior de cada una de sus escalas–. Los hallazgos obtenidos reflejan la necesidad de pensar en contextos instructivos que ayuden a las futuras personas profesionales a desarrollar empatía como una competencia que les permitirá un mejor desempeño de su rol profesional. Orientado a tal fin, en este trabajo se proponen tres posibles acciones a llevar a cabo en las aulas: promover oportunidades para el autoconocimiento; promover procesos de feedback orientados a destacar cualidades de la persona en situación de aprendizaje, generar contextos ricos en oportunidades para la interacción social.
Cuidar no respeito pela Dignidade Humana da pessoa idosa institucionalizada: um protocolo de scoping review
Authors: Lúcio Henriques Liliana Vanessa , Carvalho Pereira de Melo Rosa Cândida , Correia de Azevedo D´  Espiney Luísa Maria
Published: July 2021

Objetivo: Mapear a literatura existente sobre o cuidar no respeito pela dignidade humana de idosos institucionalizados. Método: Protocolo de scoping review, assente na metodologia proposta pelo Joanna Briggs Institute, considerando os critérios definidos e a adaptação às bases/repositórios propostos. Resultados: O mapeamento das evidências possibilitará identificar como é abordada a temática do cuidar no respeito pela dignidade humana, obter informações sobre população, tipo, desenho e contexto dos estudos e momentos/práticas promotores do cuidar no respeito pela dignidade humana. Conclusão: Prevê-se que esta revisão constitua um ponto de partida para a análise e sistematização dos estudos relativos ao cuidar no respeito pela dignidade, contribuindo para otimizar a prática e promover investigação nesta temática.
Fortalecimiento de las estrategias de afrontamiento en relación al estrés laboral: una experiencia de sistematización
Authors: Noguera Mena Helder Gabriel
Published: July 2021

Objetivo: analizar las transformaciones que se presentan en el sistema cliente a la luz de las experiencias sistematizadas, del facilitador y las personas participantes, en la intervención de enfermería en salud mental para el fortalecimiento de las estrategias de afrontamiento del estrés en el contexto laboral de la empresa Hellman, Costa Rica. Método: El presente trabajo corresponde a una sistematización de experiencias de una intervención de enfermería en salud mental, posicionado desde el modelo de Sistemas de Betty Neuman, para el fortalecimiento de estrategias de afrontamiento del estrés. Para la sistematización de experiencias, se articuló una intervención de enfermería en salud mental, utilizando el proceso de atención de enfermería como hilo conductor, desarrollada entre el 27 de abril y el 22 de Junio del año 2018. El análisis se realizó mediante una triangulación de datos, donde se analizaron las experiencias vividas desde lo que se conoce sobre los distintos fenómenos a la luz de la teoría Resultado: Participaron 14 personas, 10 hombres y 4 mujeres, con roles de liderazgo. Los aprendizajes individuales destacados estuvieron relacionados con la mayor conciencia para la identificación de los elementos estresantes y las EA dirigidas a la emoción y al pensamiento. Conclusión: Las personas participantes fueron capaces de identificar agentes estresores laborales y cotidianos, así como las formas en que los mismos generan respuestas en el sistema cliente; además del reconocimiento y entrenamiento en estrategias de afrontamiento frente a los mismos.