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Home and Exile in Irène Némirovsky’s Novella Les Mouches d’automne (1931)
Authors: Cenedese Marta-Laura
Published: September 2021

Irène Némirovsky’s novella Les Mouches d’automne (1931. Snow in Autumn, 2007) paints an effective portrait of exile, of the longing for the lost home, and the disorientation that one feels when faced with a reality that is neither recognizable nor understandable. In this article, I analyse Némirovsky’s narrative strategies in relation to spatio-temporal phenomena. My analysis is based on the work of philosophers Mikhail Bakhtin and Gilles Deleuze: Bakhtin’s chronotope and Deleuze’s crystal-image illuminate how the novella’s dominant themes, exile and nostalgia for the home, are irreducible to the clichés of a linear narration and to the simplistic dichotomy home/exile, past/present, and here/there. Instead, Némirovsky creates a productive tension of overlapping and coalescing space- and time-frames. The philosophical framework provided by Bakhtin and Deleuze is useful to unlock and make visible how this thematic complexity is reflected in the novella’s narrative structure. Indeed, my analysis of Les Mouches’s chronotopes and crystal images illuminates Némirovsky’s innovative experimentation in the creation of time–space crossings and a/synchronies, and also contributes to extend further our understanding of Némirovsky’s place within the contemporaneous literary panorama.
EDIÇÃO COMPLETA
Authors: Editores Os
Published: September 2021

REVISTA AUGUSTUS

Rio de Janeiro: UNISUAM, 2020. Semestral.

 

DOI: 10.15202/1981-1896.v27n54
APROVEITAMENTO DO SILÍCIO DERIVADO DA EXTRAÇÃO DO QUARTZITO SÃO THOMÉ NA CULTURA DO PEPINO
Authors: Alcantra Eliana , Martins Marco Antônio Sales , Corrêa Fredderico Avelar Viana , Marques Rosângela Francisca de Paula Vitor
Published: September 2021

O silício absorvido pelas plantas melhora a sua morfologia e fisiologia, com redução na taxa de transpiração e confere eficiência fotossintética às plantas, é muito eficiente na proteção de estresses abióticos e bióticos de muitas culturas e pode conferir resistência ao ataque de insetos-praga e nematóides. O silício derivado da extração e produção mineral de quartzito em São Thomé das Letras, MG tem se tornado um rejeito gerador de problema ambiental e o seu aproveitamento na agricultura pode ser uma forma de uso sustentável. Assim objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar o uso do silício, derivado da extração e produção mineral de quartzito São Thomé, na cultura do pepino. O experimento foi implantado na Fazenda São Francisco de Assis, em Três Corações – MG. O delineamento foi em blocos casualizados com dois tratamentos e 10 repetições. Os tratamentos utilizados foram: T1: 3 ton.ha-1 de sílica pura (95% de SiO2), e T2: sem silício. A varáveis analisadas foram: altura de planta, diâmetro de haste, comprimento de raiz, comprimento e largura de folha, diâmetro vertical e horizontal de fruto, peso e número de frutos. Os dados foram analisados pelo teste de F com 5% de significância. Observou-se diferença significativa para altura de planta, peso de fruto e diâmetro vertical de fruto. Conclui-se que o silício é promissor para o desenvolvimento e crescimento do pepineiro podendo ser uma alternativa viável e sustentável para a produção de pepino e para o ambiente.
APRESENTAÇÃO
Authors: Editores Os
Published: September 2021

Os Editores
Strategies of Disability Activism in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia
Authors: Borodina Svetlana
Published: September 2021

Despite Russia’s history of state surveillance of activists and civil society, both in the Soviet era and after, people with disabilities have found ways to challenge their living conditions and push for change. Through a variety of grassroots tactics, they have historically been active participants in society. Disability rights activists have developed an expansive repertoire of activist engagements (including online) that transcend the boundaries of familiar models of overt protest, dissent, and confrontation typical of disabled activists in Western democratic countries.
Soft Animal Heart
Authors: Mitchell Lauren A.
Published: September 2021

What does it mean to create familial bonds between humans and animals? Do love, mourning, and empathy matter less if they are directed toward nonhuman animals? This narrative-driven essay explores the nuances of loss during a widely precarious year, and the ways families are created and dissolved through mourning, while also addressing the socially fraught history of the “witchy cat lady.” The author, a full-spectrum doula who had previously specialized in stillbirth support, argues that empathy may offer a heightened version of itself when it demands communicating across a species difference.
Who Is a Good Death for?
Authors: Tran Jenn , Tullis Jillian A.
Published: September 2021

This essay introduces the Critical Intervention forum focused on the question “Who is a good death for?” The eight contributions in this Critical Intervention forum use art, prose, performance, and critical analysis to explore this guiding question. Dying well should be for everyone, but as the contributors observe, accomplishing a good death is complicated by context, geography, relationships, politics, and ideology.
A Just Death
Authors: Niburski Kacper
Published: September 2021

The following is a poem about dying.
Staging Sexual Assault
Authors: Santoro Patrick
Published: September 2021

This essay examines a staged production of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland reimagined through the lens of childhood sexual assault. Primarily, it serves as a pedagogical case study of theoretical and practical approaches for conceptualizing, staging, and reflecting on performance as activism. Incorporating the director’s/author’s own voice, alongside that of the cast, it creates the possibility for understanding sexual assault and theatrical creation with greater nuance and urgency, while also illustrating the work of directing in the same light as critical performative pedagogy.
A review on recent research studies on vibration analysis of fluid-conveying nanotubes
Authors: Fatahian E. , Hosseini Ebrahim , Fatahian H.
Published: September 2021

Nanotube (such as carbon and boron nitride nanotubes) is a key component of modern technology applications of nanostructures due to their unique mechanical, electrical, and physical characteristics such as high elasticity modulus, suitable heat transfer, and electrical conductivity. Carbon and boron nitride nanotubes are among the promising choices in nano-fluidic, gas storage, and drug delivery systems due to their hollow cylindrical shape and appropriate chemical, mechanical, and physical properties. Thermal vibration assessment should be conducted on fluid-conveying carbon nanotubes since the effect of thermal fluctuations on the mechanical characteristics of nanostructure are significant. Previous studies have revealed that when thermal vibration is taken into account, quantum effects can become extremely important in nanoscale electronics and structures. Hence, the present review focuses mostly on previous work on fluid-conveying nanotubes and the dynamical characteristics of size-dependent vibration and non-local strain gradient theory of fluid-conveying nanotubes. Furthermore, a special effort is made to address recent and rare investigations on the vibration of fluid-conveying nanotubes in thermal environment, as well as thermal vibration concerns of carbon nanotubes.
Investigation on the physical properties and diffusion layer phase transformation at the interface of Sialon-Duplex Stainless-Steel bonding
Authors: Rady Mohamed Ahmed , Hussain Patthi , Shaik Nagoor Basha , Bakthavatchalam Balaji
Published: September 2021

Joining SiALON to duplex stainless steel utilizes the properties of two materials which may provide an opportunity for distinctive applications. Ceramic is hard and operates at a high temperature but it is brittle whereas metal is tough but it can work at a low temperature. The benefits of the best properties of both materials can be utilized by joining them. The objectives of the research work are to investigate the physical properties and the phase transformation at the interface and at the inter-diffusion layer in between the SiAlON and duplex stainless steel. The experiment incorporated nitriding, then diffusion bonding the duplex stainless steel using the hot press. Bonding was carried out at 1200°C for the holding times of 30 minutes and 1 hour.  Metallography and micro analyses were conducted to achieve the above objectives. The study has demonstrated that 30 minutes joining time is sufficient to develop the thickness of the interface. However, 1 hour joining duration achieved cohesive and sound diffusion bonding of the SiAlON to duplex stainless steel. This is possible due to the formation of diffusion interlayer which accommodates the residual stress presence during cooling down process.
The effect of modal properties of crash box structures with trigger mechanisms towards the crashworthiness by using finite element analysis
Authors: Asri M.N.A.M. , Abdullah N.A.Z. , Mohd Sani Mohd Shahrir
Published: September 2021

In the automotive structure, there are different components that utilise aluminium alloy (AA) sheets and it is used widely in the car body-in-white which comprise bumpers and the crash box structure at the front end of the car which specifically designed to withstand the event of collision. As the structures are also experiencing dynamic loading, it were also a concern for the structures to show satisfied modal properties. In this study, the modal properties of the crash box structures are investigated along with the effect of the modal properties towards the crashworthiness behaviour of the structure itself with the approach of finite element analysis. Experimental modal analysis was also done to further validating the finite element analysis of the modal properties. Three different designs of trigger mechanisms are applied towards the crash box structure to observe on both findings. For the connector element, equivalent nodes of both parts of the crash box structures are used. For the results, the correlation from both findings did show that the presence of trigger mechanism did decreased the magnitude of natural frequencies as well as the mode shape as shown by crash box type 3 by 9.50% and for the crashworthiness output, the crashworthiness behaviour of the crash box with trigger mechanisms were better in term of the collisions phases indicated by the primary peak force and the secondary peak force from the force-displacement curve as also shown by crash box structure type 3 with the percentage of 22.59%. The study does shows that the stiffness and mass distribution due to the presence of trigger mechanism do affect the modal properties of a structure as well as its crashworthiness output.
Contribution of high-fat diet-induced PCSK9 upregulation to a mouse model of PCOS is mediated partly by SREBP2
Authors: Guo Wen-jing , Wang Yi-cheng , Ma Yong-dan , Cui Zhi-hui , Zhang Li-xue , Nie Li , Zhang Xue-qin , Wang Mei-jiao , Zhang Jin-hu , Yuan Dong-zhi , Yue Li-min
Published: September 2021

The incidence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) due to high-fat diet (HFD) consumption has been increasing significantly. However, the mechanism by which a HFD contributes to the pathogenesis of PCOS has not been elucidated. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a key protein that regulates cholesterol metabolism. Our previous study revealed abnormally high PCSK9 levels in serum from patients with PCOS and in serum and hepatic and ovarian tissues from PCOS model mice, suggesting that PCSK9 is involved in the pathogenesis of PCOS. However, the factor that induces high PCSK9 expression in PCOS remains unclear. In this study, Pcsk9 knockout mice were used to further explore the role of PCSK9 in PCOS. We also studied the effects of a HFD on the expression of PCSK9 and sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2 (SREBP2), a regulator of cholesterol homeostasis and a key transcription factor that regulates the expression of PCSK9, and the roles of these proteins in PCOS pathology. Our results indicated HFD may play an important role by inducing abnormally high PCSK9 expression via SREBP2 upregulation. We further investigated the effects of an effective SREBP inhibitor, fatostain, and found that it could reduce HFD-induced PCSK9 expression, ameliorate hyperlipidemia and improve follicular development in PCOS model mice. Our study thus further elucidates the important role of an HFD in the pathogenesis of PCOS and provides a new clue in the prevention and treatment of this disorder.
Der Defining-Issues-Tests (DIT) in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Konsumforschung
Authors: Hoffmann Nils Christian , Müller Sebastian
Published: September 2021

Der auf der kognitiven Entwicklungstheorie moralischen Urteilens von Kohlberg basierende Defining Issues Test (DIT) ist eine Methode, mit der sich Aussagen über die moralische Urteilsfähigkeit von Individuen treffen lassen. Mit Hilfe verschiedener Indizes können Handlungsdilemmata empirisch untersucht werden und so neue Impulse für die wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Forschung gewonnen werden.
Instrumente für ein Finanzmanagement im nachhaltigen Tourismus
Authors: Röhrich Martina , Teichert Wilfried
Published: September 2021

Zu den Steuerungsinstrumenten für Nachhaltigkeit im Tourismus zählen ökonomisch fiskalische Instrumente wie Steuern und Lenkungsabgaben. Die Fallstudie zeigt am Beispiel einer Investition im Tourismus auf, wie externe Effekte aus touristisch bedingtem Verkehr internalisiert werden und wie soziale und ökologische Aspekte in das Finanzmanagement integriert werden können. Nach dem Ende der Krise durch das Coronavirus werden ökologische Aspekte im Tourismus vermutlich noch stärker in den Blick genommen, als es bislang schon der Fall war.
The institutional environment of Germanic controlling - is it hindering digitalisation?
Authors: Clerkin Brenda , Gann Raymond , Quinn Martin
Published: September 2021

Die Dominanz der Finanzbuchhaltung kann ein Hindernis für die Digitalisierung des Controllings im deutschen Mittelstand sein. Während die Digitalisierung sowohl in Großbritannien als auch in Deutschland zu beobachten ist, profitieren KMU in Großbritannien von besseren Informationen für Entscheidungsfindung und Controlling, da die Informationsquellen Finanzbuchhaltung, Steuern und Controlling enger miteinander verknüpft sind.
Sobre el tema de las estrategias didácticas en los trabajos especiales de grado
Authors: Doubront-Guerrero Marcel Alejandro , Doubront-Guerrero Luis Gerardo
Published: September 2021

This article is a reflection on how special graduate projects move away from the humanist context, promoting humanism, that is, a humanization of education without taking the human as a reference but the didactic strategies, ignoring who applies them and the factors involved in their application. In this sense, an approach is made referring not only to the purpose of education but also to Maslow’s theory of emotions in order to know, understand, and determine how and why teachers think, and also, what the most appropriate alternative should benefit education and its students.
ARQUEOLOGÍA EXPERIMENTAL EN LAS CUEVAS DE LA ARAÑA (MÁLAGA, ESPAÑA)
Authors: Ramos Fernández Julián , Torres Navas Concepción , Baena Preysler Javier , Domínguez de la Maza Elena , Álvarez Sánchez Soledad , Galacho Jiménez Federico-Benjamín , García Sanz Olga , Gallego Cort Alejandro , Aguilar Ruiz Álvaro-José , Cabello Hernández Juan Alberto , Ortega Ruiz Alberto , Delgado Ruiz Alba , Benítez Doblado Cristina
Published: September 2021

En este trabajo abordamos las actividades de Arqueología Experimental desarrolladas en las Cuevas de La Araña. Éstas, cubren los campos más significativos de la Arqueología y sus protocolos -de campo y laboratorio-, así como la reproducción de los procesos tecnológicos con que se tuvieron que enfrentar los grupos prehistóricos para su supervivencia, desde el Paleolítico Inferior hasta el Calcolítico. Con la reproducción de las diversas tecnologías se obtiene una información más directa, y se aprecia mejor las dificultades inherentes a cada una de ellas, obteniéndose una visión más ajustada de la propia evolución tecnológica, y los avances conseguidos en cada periodo cultural.
Pratarmė
Authors: Vilnensia Acta Paedagogica
Published: September 2021

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Cultural Astronomy in Hispanic-Indigenous Contexts of Central Chile
Authors: Moyano Ricardo , Bustamante Patricio
Published: September 2021

We present the results of an archaeoastronomical analysis of structures dating from the Inca and early colonial periods in the Mapocho River basin, Chile. Our purpose is to show possible continuities or ruptures in the creation and management of architectural and natural spaces, particularly those linked to the observation of astronomical phenomena with ceremonial and calendrical significance in the Andean world. We focus on Santiago, where we undertook topographical and horizon survey work at the Main Square, Metropolitan Cathedral, San Francisco Church and Santa Lucía Hill, and evaluate documentary and ethnographic sources. Using models developed in cultural astronomy and landscape archaeology, we found these places were ancient observation spots for the Sun and Moon around the solstices, equinoxes and lunar standstills. Sightlines (ceques) may have connected these places to potentially sacred elements of the environment from a central point located in the Main Square (haukaypata).
Family displays in child–parent interaction
Authors: Ericsson Stina
Published: September 2021

This article engages with the sociological concept of ‘display’, that is, the process by which families show that they are family. The article argues for the need to include considerations of how displays are done at the local interactional level. In conversations between children, parents, and an interactive app, this study identifies two distinct patterns regarding how children develop their answers to the question Who are the people in your family?: the nuclear family display and the family of choice display. Each pattern is characterized by both a specific content and specific interactional, structural properties. Such matches between content and structure show that how something is displayed, as revealed by minute details of interaction, form part of participants’ display work.
Asking for more
Authors: Willemsen Annerose , Gosen Myrte , Koole Tom , de Glopper Kees
Published: September 2021

This paper addresses the ways in which teachers in whole-class discussions invite students to elaborate their previous turn. Our conversation analytic study uncovers that the teachers’ invitations are prompted by elicited as well as spontaneous student turns of both subjective and factual nature. While giving the students the space to expand on their previous turn, most invitations nevertheless steer towards a specific type of response, namely an account or explanation. Only incidentally, the invitations simply solicit a continuation. The fact that the invitations follow not only teacher-initiated, but also student-initiated contributions reflects the teachers’ attempts to foster an actual discussion framework in which they partly hand over control and in which the student contributions are taken up for further consideration.
‘You all go to check there’
Authors: Sonoda Koji
Published: September 2021

Previous studies of children’s directive use in peer interaction have paid attention to practices related to hierarchical relationships. This study demonstrates egalitarian directive use by Baka hunter–gatherer children engaged in giant rat hunting as a group activity. Self-selection and ‘you all do’ construction were identified as the ways they proceeded with this activity. These two egalitarian directives were not limited to specific persons with authority or power; rather, the children interacted with each other on an equal footing using these forms. Trajectories of action described the difficulties of being in an authoritative position in during activity. This study identified alternative ways to construct equal footing in children’s group activities.
Children’s demands for parental action
Authors: Tam Catherine L.
Published: September 2021

Theory and research on parent–child interaction generally make a priori assumptions of asymmetry in authority between parent and child. Rather than investigating how children exercise autonomy by resisting parental authority, I examine their methods for exercising deontic authority in interaction with their parents. Using conversation analysis and drawing on Stevanovic and Peräkylä’s distinction between deontic status and stance, I analyse video-recorded naturally occurring interactions in which children issue demands to their parents, thus claiming a high deontic stance. Parents may choose to comply and reinforce the claim or not. Domains of deontic authority are (re)negotiated when children pursue compliance; though children can test the boundaries of their authority, parental responses reinforce them, reifying their own authority.
‘What? Olaf is the taxi driver?’
Authors: Kim Younhee , Tse Crepaldi Yvonne
Published: September 2021

While children’s remarkable ability to co-construct spontaneous fantasy narratives in pretend play interaction has been noted, sequential organization embedded in the collaborative construction of narratives have received little research attention. Drawing on an ethnomethodological and conversation analysis perspective, the current study examines the sequential organization of pretend play narratives co-constructed in children’s play interaction. Close sequential analysis based on 30 hours of audio and video recordings reveals an array of resources and interactional practices used to construct and maintain the spontaneous narratives. Sequential analysis allows to observe sense-making procedures embedded in the way participating children respond to and develop the storyline. The paper concludes with a reflection on how real-world knowledge informs and regulates the co-constructional process of fantasy narratives.
‘Awww, she is feeding you’
Authors: Gan Yumei
Published: September 2021

Undertaking a video call with very young children can pose significant challenges, as children may wander away or fail to pay attention to the people on the screen. Previous studies have provided important insights into how adults try various strategies to engage young children in such video calls. Less attention has been paid, however, to the children’s perspective: how children orient themselves toward video-mediated communication technologies and the nature of these mediated interactions. Based on 56 recorded hours of naturally occurring video calls between migrant parents and the very young children (aged 8–36 months) they leave behind in China, this article examines how these children spontaneously display engagement and disengagement during a video call. This study highlights children’s interactional competence in engaging with the mediated format of interactions. Very young children can deploy various communicative resources that orient towards the affordance of video-mediated communication technology, such as manoeuvring the camera direction and initiating feeding and showing sequences. The analyses also illustrate that young children actively achieve disengagement in video calls through the artful use of language, body and the material world. These findings contribute to understanding children’s situated practices with digital technology in family communication, and how children are active interlocutors who guide the adults’ actions in moment-by-moment unfolding interactions.
To the anniversary of Valery Manchuk
Authors: Editorial Article
Published: September 2021

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Completude e caracterização dos registros de sífilis gestacional e congênita na Bahia, 2007-2017
Authors: Soares Maria Auxiliadora Santos , Aquino Rosana
Published: September 2021

Resumo Objetivo Descrever a completude e as características das notificações de sífilis gestacional e congênita no estado da Bahia, Brasil, no período 2007-2017. Métodos Estudo ecológico, com dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan). Foram calculadas as taxas de incidência para a Bahia e suas macrorregiões de saúde, e o percentual da completude dos dados. Resultados Foram identificados 15.050 casos de sífilis gestacional e 7.812 de sífilis congênita, no período analisado. A taxa de incidência variou de 1,3 para 15,1 casos em gestantes/1 mil nascidos vivos, e de 0,5 para 6,7 casos em menores de 1 ano/1 mil nascidos vivos. A completude da ‘classificação clínica’ dos casos de sífilis gestacional apresentou preenchimento variável, entre 58,2% e 67,2%, entre 2007 e 2017. Conclusão Evidenciou-se aumento nas taxas de incidência, falha no preenchimento das notificações e necessidade de implementação de uma rotina de avaliação da qualidade das informações.
ICT-Related Intangibles and Organizational Innovation: Indicators for Improving Connectedness and Flexibility
Authors: Koskinen Minna , Luomala Joni , Maaranen Petri
Published: September 2021

In this paper we address the role of ICT-related intangible assets in organizational innovation. We focus on two important innovation enablers: first, connectedness, the ability of individuals to create and maintain connections to each other; and second, organizational flexibility to adapt to changing needs. For connectedness and flexibility, an agile ICT infrastructure and information management services are needed. Through a Delphi study, we identified several factors hindering organizational innovation, and formulated a set of indicators and related metrics for improvement. We conclude that it is necessary to consider ICT-related factors when organizations pursue improving their innovativeness. However, ICT solutions do not lead to organizational innovativeness independent of other organizational factors and people. If the organization is well-functioning, suitable ICT solutions can provide important added value for its innovation activities.
Utilización de la Teoría de la Información para evaluar el comportamiento de la estabilidad estática en amputaciones transtibiales
Authors:   Universidad Distrital Francisco José De Caldas, Luengas-C Lely A. , Toloza-C Daissy C. ,   Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Wanumen Luis F. ,   Universidad Distrital Francisco José De Caldas
Published: September 2021

Para examinar la influencia de la amputación en la estabilidad se empleó la teoría de la información (TI), se midió el centro de presión (CoP) de nueve individuos amputados transtibiales y nueve no amputados. Se hizo el análisis de difusión de estabilogramas no lineales y se calcularon medidas infométricas. Los estabilogramas indicaron diferencias en el CoP entre los dos grupos, tanto en dirección antero-posterior (AP) como medial-lateral (ML), siendo mayor el parámetro de la excursión del CoP en los amputados, existe asociación entre la amputación y la estabilidad. La TI dejó en evidencia la incidencia del desplazamiento del CoP en las direcciones AP y ML sobre la estabilidad, en los amputados la mayor afectación de la estabilidad se da AP en el lado no amputado, hay empleo de estrategia de cadera y rodilla para mantener estabilidad postural. Este es el primer reporte del análisis del CoP en amputados transtibiales utilizando TI.
Framework multimodal emocional en el contexto de ambientes dinámicos
Authors:   Instituto de Sistemas Inteligentes y Enseñanza Experimental de la Robótica, Jorge Ierache , Iris Sattolo ,   Instituto de Sistemas Inteligentes y Enseñanza Experimental de la Robótica, Gabriela Chapperón ,   Instituto de Sistemas Inteligentes y Enseñanza Experimental de la Robótica
Published: September 2021

En este trabajo, se presentan los antecedentes entorno a instrumentos, métodos y modelos en la temática de computación afectiva. En particular se exploran los modelos emocionales deductivos y categóricos. Se describe el Framework multimodal (MM) emocional desarrollado y su arquitectura conceptual. Finalmente se exhiben y se discuten los resultados generales de las experimentaciones realizadas, en particular las que se realizaron con un simulador de vuelo. El resultado de las experiencias permitió verificar la correlación entre los registros SAM y los valores del BCI (excitación y relajación, EEG) registrados por el Framework para el caso de prueba presentado.
Nuevos desafíos en tecnologías de información y comunicación
Authors:   Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas- Unidad zacatecas, Mejía Jezreel , Muñoz Mirna ,   Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas- Unidad zacatecas, Alor-Hernández Giner ,   Instituto Tecnológico de Orizab, Laporte Claude Y ,   École de technologie supérieure, Montreal
Published: September 2021

Nuevos desafíos en tecnologías de información y comunicación.
Desarrollo de un sistema embebido para un compostero doméstico inteligente
Authors:   Departamento de Ciencias Computacionales e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Sepúlveda-Cisneros Oscar , Acevedo-Juárez Brenda ,   Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Saldaña-Durán Claudia Estela ,   Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Castro Wilson ,   Facultad de Ingeniería en Industrias Alimentarias, De-la-Torre Miguel ,   Departamento de Ciencias Computacionales e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Avila-George Himer ,   Departamento de Ciencias Computacionales e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara
Published: September 2021

Uno de los grandes problemas de la humanidad es la excesiva cantidad de residuos que se generan a nivel mundial; por lo tanto, es de vital importancia no sólo reducirlos sino también transformarlos en nuevos productos. Aproximadamente, el 50% de los residuos generados en las ciudades son orgánicos, para darles un valor agregado se pueden transformar en composta. En este artículo, se presenta el desarrollo de un software embebido para un compostero doméstico inteligente. El proceso de desarrollo del software propuesto está guiado por un método específico para sistemas embebidos el cual combina las técnicas de desarrollo en espiral y prototipos; consta de once etapas y tres iteraciones. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de la primera iteración del proceso de desarrollo de software utilizado.
Apoyando a las Mipymes en la Evaluación Interna de Procesos y Proyectos para la Certificación en la Norma ISO/IEC 29110
Authors:   Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas, Parque Quantum, Mejía Jezreel , Bonilla Edgar ,   Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas, Parque Quantum, Faustino Israel ,   Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas, Parque Quantum, Jhordany Einar ,   Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas, Parque Quantum, Villanueva Elizabeth ,   Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas, Parque Quantum
Published: September 2021

Las Mipymes de desarrollo de software son muy importantes para el desarrollo general en cualquier país. Esto genera la necesidad de crear modelos y estándares de acuerdo a su tamaño y características. Además, este tipo de empresas enfrentan problemas como falta de conocimiento, de personal capacitado y de experiencia en la implementación de modelos y normas de calidad, aun cuando ya existen normas ajustadas a su tamaño como lo es la norma ISO/IEC 29110. Este articulo propone una herramienta que apoye a las Mipymes a evaluar los procesos y el proyecto con base a la norma ISO/IEC 29110 para presentarse en una futura certificación. Para ello, la herramienta fue implementada en una Mipyme de desarrollo de software previo a iniciar un proceso de certificación en esta norma. Después de la implementación de esta herramienta, la Mipyme obtuvo la certificación en la norma ISO/IEC 29110 de una manera mas controlada y guiada, ya que le permitió solucionar las observaciones con antelación antes de presentarse a un proceso de certificación.
Más allá de la caridad y la filantropía: el surgimiento del trabajo social en Antioquia
Authors: Ramírez Duarte Diana , López Palacio Leidy Karina , Uribe Espinosa Daniela
Published: September 2021

Objetivo. Presentar un análisis histórico-crítico sobre el surgimiento del Trabajo Social en Antioquia a partir de la perspectiva de totalidad. Metodología. Revisión documental de artículos de prensa en El Colombiano y documentos sobre la historia del Trabajo Social de la época, como parte de una investigación más amplia sobre la historia de la profesión en Colombia, realizada por el Colectivo de Trabajo Social Crítico Colombia. Resultados. El surgimiento del Trabajo Social en Antioquia respondió a los intereses de la clase burguesa y la iglesia católica para paliar las expresiones de la cuestión social, favoreciendo la reproducción de la fuerza del trabajo, desde la mediación de los servicios sociales regulados por las políticas estatales. Conclusión. Superar la enseñanza sobre la historia del Trabajo Social en cuanto evolución de la caridad y la filantropía, para ubicarlo dentro de la división social del trabajo y así descubrir las contradicciones propias en su devenir.
Memoria y olvido : participación de Antonia Moreno durante la campaña de la Breña. Andes centrales (Perú), 1881-1883.
Authors: Ramos Dolorie Luz Estefany
Published: September 2021

Este trabajo intenta dar a conocer la historia de las mujeres durante el desarrollo del conflicto bélico Perú-Chile (1879-1883), particularmente la figura de Antonia Moreno de Cáceres, mujer de clase alta. En dicha oportunidad se publicará tal volumen en el que está presente la bibliografía anotada.
Aciertos y desaciertos del servicio de policía en el ámbito rural del departamento de Santander, Colombia.
Authors: Gutiérrez Otálvaro Fernando Albeiro , Sacristán Carrillo Edwin Estiven , Cañas Cañas Carmen Sofía
Published: September 2021

Objetivo. Evaluar aciertos y desaciertos del servicio de seguridad rural en el departamento de Santander, Colombia. Metodología. Paradigma cualitativo, privilegiando un enfoque participativo con diseño de investigación acción a través de tres grupos focales distribuidos en: a) sociedad civil involucrada, b) actores de las entidades territoriales relacionados con la seguridad y c) oficiales activos de carabineros con responsabilidad de seguridad rural de cada provincia de Santander. Resultados. Se identificó que esta especialidad del servicio de policía en su proceso de profesionalización debe acentuar la formación de policiales con vocación hacia la ruralidad, el trabajo comunitario, productivo y énfasis en habilidades para la resolución de conflictos. Conclusión. El número de uniformados dedicados a esta actividad en este sector del país es insuficiente y usualmente son ocupados en labores que no estás asociadas a su perfil.
Nuevas ruralidades como reconfiguración del territorio en transformación: imaginarios sociales corregimentales a la luz de organizaciones socioculturales
Authors: Salinas-Arango Natalia Andrea , Sanmartín-Gaviria Mateo
Published: September 2021

Objetivo. Identificar los imaginarios sociales sobre las transformaciones de lo rural a lo urbano y su incidencia en el desarrollo local desde la perspectiva de cuatro organizaciones socioculturales. Metodología. Cualitativa bajo el enfoque histórico-hermenéutico, mediante el estudio de caso, se aplicaron las técnicas de entrevista, observación y conversatorio con experto. Resultados. Se encontró que las organizaciones perciben el tránsito de un territorio con características campesinas a un corregimiento dormitorio y urbanizado, conversión dada por la explosión demográfica y la creciente y descontrolada construcción de conjuntos habitacionales en espacios antes dedicados a la agricultura, así como otras afectaciones en la vocación económica y medioambiental, lo cual conlleva a cambios socioculturales y ambientales de gran impacto para los pobladores. Conclusión. La capacidad de adaptación de las organizaciones sociales a las realidades que proponen las nuevas circunstancias en el corregimiento posibilita la búsqueda de salidas sociales y culturales para la integración social.
Parkour y skateboard, intersubjetividad en las calles de la ciudad de Bogotá
Authors: Cortés-Murillo John Carlos
Published: September 2021

Objetivo. Interpretar los sentidos y significados que subyacen en las relaciones que los practicantes de parkour y skateboard tejen dentro de su práctica y con los demás habitantes de la ciudad. Metodología. Este es un estudio fenomenológico que recurre a entrevistas de discusión y entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas a grupos e individuos que hacen parte de las prácticas. Resultados. Los resultados indican que las relaciones intersubjetivas en la práctica se caracterizan por su horizontalidad, en ellas los saberes y experiencias valen por su carácter formativo y amistoso y no por la jerarquía. Dentro de las practicas la interrelación de los sujetos está circunscrita a la solidaridad, la responsabilidad, la motivación y cuidado del otro. Conclusión. Los procesos de subjetivación e intersubjetividad se alimentan del sí mismo de los otros, traceurs y skaters proyectan no solo sus propias subjetividades, sino que reflejan algunas formas de aquellos con los que confrontan.
Estrategias didácticas en el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico en estudiantes de educación básica
Authors: Núñez-Lira Luis Alberto , Gallardo Lucas Dally Mayer , Aliaga-Pacore Alicia Agromelis , Diaz-Dumont Jorge Rafael
Published: September 2021

Objetivo. Evaluar las estrategias didácticas usadas en las sesiones de aprendizaje del área de comunicación para desarrollar el pensamiento crítico en estudiantes de educación secundaria de instituciones educativas de la jurisdicción de Ocros. El desarrollo del aprendizaje en el siglo XXI exige que sus estudiantes desarrollen altos niveles de pensamiento y creatividad, utilizando diversas estrategias pedagógicas por parte de la comunidad docente. Metodología. Se utilizaron los diseños cuantitativo y cualitativo, por lo tanto, este estudio se caracteriza por ser de naturaleza mixta; triangulándose no solo datos, eventos y entrevistas aisladas, sino también el análisis y la reflexión pedagógica. Se utilizaron los diseños cuantitativo y cualitativo, los cuales permiten analizar e inferir cómo los docentes de la provincia de Ocros-Huaraz-Perú desarrollan la gestión del aula. Resultados y conclusión. El pensamiento crítico, en sus tres subcategorías: razonamiento, argumentación y toma de decisiones, permite afirmar que los docentes presentan fuertes debilidades en su proceso de conducción de los aprendizajes y los estudiantes carecen de herramientas cognitivas que posibiliten realizar una lectura crítica.
Desarrollo de competencias digitales en docentes universitarios a través de entornos virtuales: experiencias de docentes universitarios en Lima.
Authors: Laurente-Cárdenas Carlos Miguel , Rengifo-Lozano Raúl Alberto , Asmat-Vega Nicanor Segismundo , Neyra-Huamani Lidia
Published: September 2021

Objetivo. Describir cómo la interacción de habilidades y conocimientos, para desenvolverse en entornos virtuales, generan espacios para el desarrollo de competencias digitales. Metodología. A partir de la revisión documental, el presente estudio se enmarca como una investigación de tipo mixta con un diseño concurrente ya que los datos cualitativos y cuantitativos se recolectaron de manera simultánea. Resultados. Los docentes universitarios que combinan la presencialidad de sus sesiones de aprendizaje y los ambientes virtuales han encontrado nuevas formas de enseñar y aprender a través estos entornos, los cuales proponen innovadoras modalidades de interacción educativa, ayudando también a su labor de docente investigador. Conclusiones. El panorama actual se presenta como un reto para la educación universitaria, por tal razón el docente de educación superior no deber ser esquivo al uso de entornos virtuales; asimismo, al desarrollo de competencias digitales donde ha de combinarse el conocimiento, las habilidades y uso responsable de las TIC.
THE ROLE OF REASONABLENESS IN THE REVIEW OF LABOUR ARBITRATON AWARDS (PART 1)
Authors: Carli Botma  , Adriaan van der Walt
Published: September 2021

This article is published in two parts. In the first part (published in this edition of Obiter) the authors establish the general principles relating to administrative review and consider the different forms of review. Thereafter CCMA arbitration award reviews are considered. As is characteristic of special statutory reviews the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (“the LRA”) makes specific provision for the review of CCMA arbitration awards. The grounds of review are presented in such a manner that it has the effect of limiting the ambit. The administrative nature of CCMA arbitrations is considered. It is pointed out that the courts regard the CCMA as organ of state andthat the rendering of an arbitration award is considered as the commission of an administrative act that is subject to the constitutional imperatives of the administrative justice right of the Constitution. The authors also establish that the courts have not interpreted the restrictive scope of section 145 of the LRA as falling foul of the constitutional right to administrative justice. Rather, the courts have reasoned that, when reading section 145 in light of the constitutional right to administrative justice, the alleged misconduct, grossirregularity, exceeding of powers or impropriety as the case may be need only be measured against the constitutional imperatives of the administrative justice right in order to ensure constitutional consistency. So construed, an arbitration award would be reviewable if the reviewing court is able to conclude that the commissioner has committed misconduct or a gross irregularity or has exceeded his powers in terms of section 145(2) of the LRA because the decision is not justifiable in terms of the reasons given. The award would, however, not be reviewable only because it is perceived to be unjustifiable per se; the justifiability must be attributed to one or moreof the statutory grounds of review found in section 145(2) of the LRA. In Part 2 of the article the effect of the judgment of the Constitutional Court in Sidumo v Rustenburg Platinum Mines Ltd 2007 12 BLLR 1097 (CC) will be analysed as well as the application of the principles established in Sidumo in subsequent case law. Finally the reasonableness standard and private arbitration reviews will be considered. Part 2 will be published in the following edition of Obiter.
AUCTION SALES “SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION” AND FORMATION OF CONTRACTS Withok Small Farms (Pty) Ltd v Amber Sunrise Properties 5 (Pty) Ltd 2009 2 SA 504 (SCA)
Authors: Henk Delport
Published: September 2021

The Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment in Withok Small Farms (Pty) Ltd v Amber Sunrise Properties 5 (Pty) Ltd (2009 2 SA 504 (SCA) (“Withok”)) raises two important issues for property practitioners, the one relating to auction sales and the other to the formation of contracts. The dispute arose largely because of a badly drafted agreement of sale document, but the import of the judgment is such that it may be prudent for practitioners to revisit even their well-drafted standard form sale and lease documents. The facts were straightforward. Certain properties owned by the first and second appellants (“the sellers”) were put up for sale at a public auction on 13 June 2006. The respondent, represented by one A, put in the highest bid, which the auctioneer accepted. Both A and the auctioneer signed a document entitled “Agreement and Conditions of Sale” (“the conditions of sale”), which set out the conditions relating to the auction. On 20 June 2006 the sellers’ representative confirmed the sale in writing by adding his signature in the allotted space on the final page of the document. However, the confirmation of the sale was not communicated to the respondent within the time contemplated in clause 1. In fact, the respondent did not receive notice of the confirmation until some time early in July 2006.The respondent did not wish to be bound by the sale and in due course applied for an order declaring the agreement to be of no force and effect. Its case was that the confirmation of the sale had not been communicated to it within the seven-day period contemplated in clause 1 of the conditions of sale, with the result that no agreement came into existence. The sellers, in turn, contended that the conditions of sale signed by the respondent and the auctioneer at the time of the auction constituted an agreement of salesubject to a suspensive condition, namely the confirmation of the sale by the sellers; the condition was fulfilled immediately upon the confirmation of the sale and without any need for it to be communicated to the respondent. The only issue in dispute was whether or not the confirmation of the sale had to be communicated to the respondent within the seven-day period.
“SANITIZING” CORPORATE POLITICAL EXPENDITURE IN SOUTH AFRICAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Authors: Aubrey Sibanda
Published: September 2021

Companies have become catalysts of socio-economic development due to various activities or initiatives they undertake in their countries of incorporation. Among the broad range of corporate activities, political expenditure has emerged as a new trend through which companies advance socio-economic development. Whilst there have been mixed reactions to companies availing financial resources to support political objectives, this article submits that, for South Africa, corporate political expenditure is an effective way for the country’s business entities to participate in nation-building, provided the practice is adequately regulated. With reference to developments in other jurisdictions, the article proposes a model to provide a starting point for the regulation of corporate political expenditure under South African company law.
PERSONAL LIABILITY OF A DIRECTOR IN TERMS OF SECTION 424(1) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 61 OF 1973 IN RELATION TO DEFAULT JUDGMENT IN TERMS OF RULE 39 OF THE UNIFORM RULES OF THE HIGH COURT: AN ANALYSIS OF Minnaar v Van Rooyen NO [2015] ZASCA 114
Authors: Simphiwe P Phungula
Published: September 2021

The Uniform Rules of the High Court regulate procedure to be followed from the beginning of the matter until it is settled or decided by the courts. The Rules provide for the procedure to be followed prior to the litigation process when the court is not yet involved. During the litigation process, when the court is involved, the court establishes whether proper procedure has been followed before the matter is heard. The court will then conduct the litigation process, either the application process or the action process, and make a determination. The Rules may again provide guidance to the court when granting an order in that specific matter. However, complications may arise when the Uniform Rules clash with the procedures to be followed by the court in terms of the Statute.In Minnaar v Van Rooyen NO ([2015] ZASCA 114) the Supreme Court of Appeal was called upon to interpret section 424(1) of the Companies Act of 1973, in order to determine whether section 39(1) of the Uniform Rules allowed the court to grant a default judgment for a relief under section 424(1). The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the appeal against the decision of the court a quo, that the court has the discretion to grant a default judgment for a relief under section 424(1), without evidence. The SCA held that there must be evidence establishing – on a balance of probabilities – that a former director of a company has acted recklessly before such an order can be granted. In the absence of that evidence an order granted under section 424(1) of the Companies Act is erroneously made, and had to be set aside. Since this is the first case decided by the Supreme Court of Appeal regarding the interpretation of Rule 39(1) and section 424(1), it is imperative that attention is drawn to the decision and how it has impacted on the Uniform Rules of the High Court. The aim of this paper is to interpret and determine how the court reached this conclusion, and how this conclusion has set out a new approach of interpreting Rule 39(1) of the Uniform Rules of the High Court and section 424(1) of the Companies Act.