bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nursing students’ experiences of bullying in clinical practice
Authors: Luhanga Florence L. , Puplampu Vivian A. , Arvidson Sherry , Ogunade Adeyemi
Published: December 2019

Bullying is a major concern in the nursing profession because of its implications for patients’ safety, the health of nurses and nursing students, as well as on the workforce in the healthcare system. The purpose of the study was to explain the incidence and state of bullying experienced by nursing students in the undergraduate nursing program during clinical practice. Fifty-five undergraduate nursing students participated in the mixed methods research conducted in a tertiary institution in Western Canada. Participants completed an online survey and an individual interview. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics while thematic analysis was employed for the open-ended questions on the survey and individual interviews. The findings from the study showed that a small number of students four (7.7%) frequently experienced bullying in the clinical setting with clinical instructors and practicing nurses being the main perpetrators. Students reported anxiety connected with going for clinical practice however a unique finding from this study was that the affected students continued to go for clinical practice and decided to remain in the program because of their goal to become registered nurses. Peers from the program were one of the key support systems for the students when they experienced the negative behavior. Irrespective of the low incidence of bullying at the research site, the impact of the behavior aligns with the literature. The findings from this study has the potential to inform clinical practices and policies in undergraduate nursing programs.
Perceptions of Students and Teachers about Students’ Proficiency in English Language at Higher Secondary Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Khan Kifayatullah , Khan Wasal
Published: December 2019

This cross-sectional quantitative research was conducted to compare the average perceptions of students and teachers regarding students’ English language proficiency at the higher secondary level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The participants were 1975 students and 108 teachers belonging to one each district of the seven divisions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Data were collected through pre-tested questionnaire i.e., one each for students and teachers. To analyze the significance difference between the average perceptions of students and teachers about higher secondary students’ English language proficiency; independent samples t-test was applied. The findings of the study revealed significant difference in teachers’ and students’ perceptions regarding students’ partial command over English language; use of English in and beyond classroom; expressing views fluently in English; students’ listening, speaking and reading skills; while no significant difference was seen regarding students’ full command over English language and their writing skill.
Semantic and Cognitive Communicative Aspects of Abbreviation in the Modern English Discourse Varieties
Authors: Minyar-Beloroucheva Alla Petrovna , Sergienko Polina Igorevna , Vishnyakova Elizaveta Alexandrovna , Vishnyakova Olga Dmitrievna
Published: December 2019

The paper focuses on the integrated approach to investigation of abbreviations that are referred to the units of secondary nomination. Abbreviations facilitate the communication process due to the principle of economy in language. Abbreviation that goes back to ancient times is one of the most actively performed and intensive processes in the English language. The use of abbreviations is connected with both linguistic and extra-linguistic factors that to a great extent determine a variety of discourse under consideration and ways of decoding certain linguistic units of abbreviated form, where context plays the most important role. There exists a number of structural types or models, according to which abbreviations are created in order to function as separate linguistic units used in the communicative process, where in the course of time they tend to acquire new independent and sometimes unique semantic properties. In socially determined professional registers certain regularities of abbreviations constructing and functioning are observed. In this paper most of the examples refer to such discursive varieties as politics, public relations, business and to a less extent medicine. Interdiscursivity that in this particular context means actualisation of the same abbreviated form within different discursive varieties seems to be one of the basic features of the abbreviation process under analysis.

From the cognitive point of view, the study of abbreviated forms is based on the theory of propositional structures in the human mind manifestation. The cognitive approach correlates with linguistic semiotic and general semiotic issues, as at the iconic level of representation an abbreviation can be considered a starting point for creation of new entities and images, based on the results of perception, and the object for subsequent interpretation. This involves operation with fragments of reality, subject to reflection in the domain of human consciousness. Cognitive communicative approach takes into account different formats of knowledge that present the foundation for abbreviations active use and distribution.

The Internet as a new medium for the language existence, as well as application and formation of human thought, plays an important role in optimizing messages as well as the communication process as a whole due to abbreviation techniques.
Oil Prices and Banking Instability: A Jump-Diffusion Model for Bank Capital Structure
Authors: Semmler Willi , Issa Samar
Published: December 2019

We develop an empirical model of bank capital structure to study the impact of large oil shocks on overleveraging of banks which presents severe challenges for banks’ balance sheet management. The measure of overleveraging builds on the Stein (2012) model by adding a jump-diffusion component that captures the jump size and intensity of predictors such as oil prices and political instability. Overleveraging is derived and estimated for a sample of six banks in three oil-producing countries and Western countries using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method, for the years 2006-2016. The estimation of the optimal debt shows that most of the banks in this context had a high optimal debt around 2008, overlapping with the oil price shock. In addition, most of the predictors, namely oil prices and political instability factors proxied by terrorism, political corruption, and military expenses, regularly appeared in volatility and jump intensity factors.
The Vertical and Horizontal Distributive Effects of Energy Taxes: A Case Study of a French Policy
Authors: Douenne Thomas
Published: December 2019

This paper proposes a micro-simulation assessment of the distributional impacts of the French carbon tax. It shows that the policy is regressive, but could be made progressive by redistributing the revenue through flat-recycling. However, it would still generate large horizontal distributive effects and harm a significant share of low-income households. The determinants of the tax incidence are characterized precisely, and alternative targeted transfers are simulated on this basis.

The paper shows that given the importance of unobserved heterogeneity in the determinants of energy consumption, horizontal distributive effects are much more difficult to tackle than vertical ones.
Imperfect Competition in Electricity Markets with Renewable Generation: The Role of Renewable Compensation Policies
Authors: Brown David P. , Eckert Andrew
Published: December 2019

We analyze the effects of commonly employed renewable compensation policies on firm behavior in an imperfectly competitive market. We consider a model where firms compete for renewable capacity in an auction prior to choosing their forward positions and competing in wholesale markets. We focus on fixed and premium-priced feed-in tariff (FIT) compensation policies. We demonstrate that compensation policies impact both the types of resources that win the auction and subsequent competition. While firms have stronger incentives to exercise market power under a premium-priced FIT, they also have increased incentives to sign pro-competitive forward contracts. In net firms have stronger incentives to exercise market power under the premium-priced policy. We find conditions under which renewable resources that are more correlated with market demand are procured under a premium-priced design, while the opposite occurs under a fixed-priced policy. If the cost efficiencies associated with the “more valuable” renewable resources are sufficiently large, then welfare is higher under the premium-priced policy despite the stronger market power incentives in the wholesale market.
European Industrial Energy Intensity: Innovation, Environmental Regulation, and Price Effects
Authors: Ajayi Victor , Reiner David
Published: December 2019

We investigate the direct role of technological innovation and other factors influencing industrial energy intensity across 17 EU countries over 1995-2009. We develop an innovative industry-level patent dataset and find compelling evidence that patent stock negatively influences industrial energy intensity. In particular, we find a much stronger effect of patent stock on energy-intensive industries with an estimated coefficient of -0.138 which almost double that of less energy-intensive industries (estimated at -0.085). While our results show that energy price remains the major determinant of energy intensity, the chemicals industry, which is not covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) during the sample period, appears more susceptible to energy prices relative to other energy-intensive industries that are covered by the EU ETS. Exploring regional differences in carbon taxation, we find a significant decline in energy intensity in Northern Europe owing to the carbon tax policy implemented in the early 1990s across the Nordic countries.
Herding Cats: Firm Non-Compliance in China’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Program
Authors: Karplus Valerie J. , Shen Xingyao , Zhang Da
Published: December 2019

We study firm responses to a large-scale energy efficiency program in China, focusing on the quality of reporting and compliance outcomes. Using statistical methods to detect data manipulation in compliance reports, we find evidence that firms deliberately exaggerated performance during the first phase of the program (2006-2010), suggesting the high compliance rate was overstated. In its second phase (2011-2015), the number of firms in the program expanded by an order of magnitude, and the compliance rate decreased. We develop a simple model to show how the observed increase in non-compliance is consistent with reduced misreporting. Statistical tests find no evidence of manipulation in the second phase. Larger firms, especially those not controlled by the state, and firms in cities with relatively low growth were more likely to report non-compliance, which suggests a role for state control and local protectionism in shaping compliance decisions. Based on our findings, we offer several lessons for future program design.
Een stok in het duister: boetes voor niet-tijdige inburgering en rechtszekerheid
Authors: Bierbach Jeremy
Published: December 2019

A stick in the dark: financial penalties for not satisfying civic integration requirements and the principle of legal certainty

Since 2007, a statute has been in force in the Netherlands (the Wet inburgering or Act on Civic Integration) that provides for a system of fines that can be imposed on certain classes of immigrants for not passing the ‘civic integration exam’, testing knowledge of Dutch language and culture, by a certain deadline. However, the way in which the statute defines the precise obligations on immigrants, which classes of immigrants have those obligations, what the exact deadline is and when it can be extended leaves much to be desired in terms of legal certainty, especially considering the frequent changes that the legislature of the Netherlands makes to the statute. Morever, since a fine is imposed as a penalty for what is effectively a ‘criminal charge’ (in the sense of article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights), what role does the establishment in a fair trial of the immigrant’s culpability play in the imposition of such a fine? For a completely different perspective on integration policy, the author discusses the 2015 decision P. and S. of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in which he was the legal representative of the plaintiffs. When an immigrant is a beneficiary of an EU directive providing for immigration rights for third-country nationals, the Court holds that it is permissible to impose fines in order to stimulate the immigrant’s integration in the society of the host member state, but that such a penalty may not go so far as to actively endanger the goal of aiding integration. In general, the Court is highly sceptical of the effectiveness and fairness of the system of fines provided for by the Act on Civic Integration. The author concludes that the Act, with its clear emphasis on punishment rather than promotion of civic integration, ultimately has the effect of criminalising entire classes of immigrants to the Netherlands.
VARIANCE OF THE ISOTROPIC UNIFORM SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING
Authors: Janacek Jiri , Jirak Daniel
Published: December 2019

The integral of a smooth function with bounded support over a set with finite perimeter in Euclidean space ℝd is estimated using a periodic grid in an isotropic uniform random position.Extension term in the estimator variance is proportional to the integral of the squared modulus of the function over the object boundary and to the grid scaling factor raised to the power of d+1. Our result generalizes the Kendall-Hlawka-Matheron formula for the variance of the isotropic uniform systematic estimator of volume.
Development Investment as an Example of Human Capital Management in the Project System
Authors: Kawecki Grzegorz
Published: December 2019

The current economic situation imposes remodeling of the approach towards managing
their organizations into property development firms, which have adopted a strategy
of long-term operation on the market. The success of the industry has imposed the interdisciplinarity
of management methods and changes in the approach towards human capital.
In the scientific space, the industry, despite its great importance for the economy, is
not a subject of study. The aims of firms are pursued, above all, through the conduct of
construction sites. Each construction site is a distinct project and in the case of multiple
projects, which is the rule in large firms, we may speak of the management of a project
portfolio. In the article fragments of the results of pilot studies have been presented, the
aim of which was to analyze the management processes taking place while conducting
property development investments, with the particular consideration of human capital
management. The article is to represent a contribution to the scientific study of the property
development industry. It has been showcased that the contemporary management
of a property development enterprise is an example of a projects-oriented organization.
Intra-Organizational Mobility as an Instruments of High Potential Employee Retention
Authors: Bednarska-Wnuk Izabela
Published: December 2019

Retaining employees identified as high potential is currently a problem for many organizations. This situation requires them to be coded and reoriented to build an environment conducive to the retention of such employees. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to define the intra-organizational mobility activities as a retention method for employees with high potential. The study has a theoretical character and was based on literature studies.
Place and Role of Actors in the Strategic Talent Management
Authors: Łukasiewicz Grzegorz
Published: December 2019

The aim of this article is to identify actors taking active part in the process of strategic
talent management. The theoretical part discusses selected issues related to the concept
of strategic talent management, including its basic assumptions resulting from the
resource-based theory and links to the overall organization strategy. An attempt was also
made to identify actors involved in the strategic talent management processes and their main roles. The empirical part contains partial results of research on talent management
carried out by employees of the Department of Human Capital Management at the Cracow
University of Economics.
Acqui-Hiring as a Method of Minimization
of the Competence Gap
Authors: Nogalski Bogdan , Tyburcy Rafał
Published: December 2019

The number of company acquisitions in recent years has been increasing every year
(Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances, IMAA). At the same time, as research
and analysis show, it is increasingly difficult to obtain employees for the organization.
According to Manpower in 2016 as many as 40% of all respondents in the world declared
problems in finding employees, while in 2014 there were 36% of them. There is also an
increase in the value of the valuation of intangible assets. As a result of these activities,
an increasingly common phenomenon of acquiring key resources to the company appeared by buying a company to acquire high-skilled employees, called acqui-hiring. The article
characterizes the phenomenon on the example of global and national experience of
enterprises and shows future challenges.
Role of HR Specialists from the Standpoint of Quality Audits
Authors: Pietroń-Pyszczek Agata , Dziuba Szymon T.
Published: December 2019

One of the important barriers to the functioning of quality management systems (QMS) is misunderstandings (conflicts) between auditors and staff. It can be assumed that these phenomena are caused by the fact that employees equate audit with inspections, which is almost always accompanied by emotions that make an objective approach to the legitimacy of the „test” more difficult. The question arises to what extent this perception results from the auditor’s behaviors. Against this background, an attempt was made to indicate the extent to which the relations between the auditor and the audited employees can be shaped by a HR specialist. Referring to the literature on the subject and authors’ own experience in empirical research conducted in companies where the QMS systems were implemented based on the ISO 9000 series of standards, the study aims to characterize the tasks which HR specialists should perform in order to prevent conflicts between the internal auditor and the staff.
IT Branch – Challenges for Human Capital Management
Authors: Krawczyk-Bryłka Beata
Published: December 2019

The article concerns the processes of human capital management in companies from the IT sector, where the greatest challenges concern two areas: employment and retention of IT specialists. HR departments providing services in IT companies outdo each other in applying solutions to acquire and motivate competent IT professionals to work for the company. The main goal of the article is to present recruitment and motivation practices in IT sector on the example of two selected companies. The comparison of the organizational culture, recruitment and selection methods, the management styles and the role of HR departments, as well as development practices was made. The results were presented in the context of factors affecting the IT industry characteristics, such as globalization, virtualization and competitiveness of the labour market.
Employer Branding Activities Targeted at Employees
Authors: Zając-Pałdyna Urszula
Published: December 2019

Employer brand management gains more and more interest of theoreticians and business practitioners. Employers, wanting to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage and to attract and maintain talents, apply activities within the scope of employer branding directed in and outside the organization. The aim of the article is to analyze the actions taken by enterprises in the field of the employer branding, the recipients of which are employees. The author, based on the available literature, analyzed the concept of the employer branding and reviewed the actions taken by employers directed to and within the organization. Based on empirical research, brand activities aimed at internal stakeholders were analyzed. Applications will be used for further research on the employer branding.
Assessment of Effectiveness of Training Courses Conducted
in Traditional Method and in Edutainment Formula
Authors: Radzka Beata , Szaban Jolanta , Trochimiuk Renata
Published: December 2019

The aim of the article is to present the results of the research carried out as part of the
project RPMA.01.02.00-14-7402/16 co-financed by the Regional Operational Program of
the Mazovian Voivodeship. The study was conducted among participants of traditional
training and the one with elements of education and entertainment. The aim of the study
was to identify expectations and needs affecting satisfaction and quality assessment of
the training process of employees in the business sector. Respondents’ opinions concerned
courses in the areas of: leadership, negotiation, employee motivation and change management.
The increase in the participants knowledge attending two types of training was
examined as well as the level of their satisfaction regarding their expectations.
Competencies of Alumni from the Perspective of Future Employers
– SGH Alumni Based Example
Authors: Żukowska Joanna , Kuźnar Andżelika
Published: December 2019

The paper is the effect of Rector’s Inter-College Grant at Warsaw School of Economics
[SGH]: ‘Strengths and Weaknesses of SGH Alumni In The Opinion Of SGH Partners Club’.
The purpose of the study was to define the strengths and weaknesses of SGH alumni,
based on structured interviews carried out with a group of respondents representing all
SGH Partners Club members, the analysis of the literature on the subject and the authors’
own experience. The purpose of the paper is to indicate the answer to two of four questions
developed in the study: 1. What competences of the alumni are most significant
from the point of view of SGH Partners Club members? 2. In which competences there
is a gap? The result of the studies was the ranking of the most important competences,
competency gap of the alumni and settling the key factors deciding on employment of
a candidate for a job.
Gallbladder GIST: A review of literature
Authors: Gupta Ashish
Published: December 2019

Mesenchymal tumors of the gallbladder are rarely encountered in clinical practice. The Gastrointestinal Stromal tumors(GIST) of the gallbladder are rarely encountered. These tumors most commonly arise from the interstitial cells of cajal(ICC), the pacemakers of the intestinal system. There can be benign as well as malignant form of GIST .The literature on GIST arising from the gallbladder wall is limited to few case reports only.on extensive search of the indexed literature only 9 cases of gallbladder GIST were retrieved. Based on the available literature these tumors are commonly found in females. They usually present with hypochondrial pain with or without other features of cholangitis. These tumors are usually malignant and warrant a radical surgical excision.The data on postoperative adjuvant therapy and survival is limited. The authors are presenting a review of the available literature on this rare pathology.
Environment Mapping Algorithm Using Semantic Description and Constrained Delaunay Triangulation
Authors: Figurowski Daniel , Dworak Pawel
Published: December 2019

The article discusses the issue of creating an environment’s map with semantic division of areas. This simplifies some aspects of mobile robot control and permits the robot to carry out tasks issued in a human-understandable form. The article presents an innovative algorithm for mapping the environment by a mobile robot. Its novelty stems from the use of a semantic description of the world and Delaunay triangulation method with constraints. This description is used to segment the map of the environment and to reduce redundant information. The developed algorithm is based on the idea of extending the borders of the already discovered areas; they are expanded as the new data are collected from the environment. These data contain information about the location of semantic types in the explored space and is used to update the areas during analysis of the environment’s map. The beforementioned triangulation method is used in that process. The performance of the proposed algorithm is tested in simulation studies. The obtained results show a good computational efficiency of the method, which is crucial in the problem of environment exploration by mobile robots with limited computational resources.
Electronically Adjustable Emulator of the Fractional-Order Capacitor
Authors: Dvorak Jan , Kubanek David , Herencsar Norbert , Kartci Aslihan , Bertsias Panagiotis
Published: December 2019

This paper presents a design of the controllable emulator of the FOC (Fractional-Order Capacitor) and its application. The circuit is based on 5th-order RC topology (type Foster I), where the passive elements in the topology are replaced by electronically adjustable components. The proposed emulator is based on OTA (Operational Transconductance Amplifier) and VDCC (Voltage Differencing Current Conveyor). The electronically controllable resistors are implemented by OTAs. The electronically tunable capacitors are implemented using capacitance multipliers, which employ VDCCs. The proposed structure provides the electronic control of the order and electronic shifting of the frequency band of the approximation validity. The proposed FOC emulator is also used for fractional-order filter design. The proposed circuits are verified using PSpice simulations.
Performance Assessment of a High-Powered Boost Converter for Photovoltaic Residential Implementations
Authors: Ghaderi Davood , Bayrak Gokay
Published: December 2019

This paper introduces a new boost converter operating in several duty cycles with a high powered and no transformer design for Photovoltaic residential implementations. The proposed converter is performed without any extra power switch by a voltage pre-amplifier unit between the input inductor and the power switch and is derived with a simple structure. The designed converter provides a voltage gain by 38 times for the operation of 90% of the duty cycle. This condition shows that the proposed converter has more efficient compared to the conventional boost converters. Besides, a higher amount of DC gain is possible by adding a cascade blocks connection of switched-capacitor (SC) in the converter’s output. The operational principles are evaluated to justify the utility of converter for residential PV systems in the study. Also, a 200 W powered prototype converter is implemented by applying a commercial PV panel in the laboratory. The experimental results confirm both the mathematical and simulation results.
A Similarity-Inclusive Link Prediction Based Recommender System Approach
Authors: Kurt Zuhal , Ozkan Kemal , Bilge Alper , Gerek Omer Nezih
Published: December 2019

Despite being a challenging research field with many unresolved problems, recommender systems are getting more popular in recent years. These systems rely on the personal preferences of users on items given in the form of ratings and return the preferable items based on choices of like-minded users. In this study, a graph-based recommender system using link prediction techniques incorporating similarity metrics is proposed. A graph-based recommender system that has ratings of users on items can be represented as a bipartite graph, where vertices correspond to users and items and edges to ratings. Recommendation generation in a bipartite graph is a link prediction problem. In current literature, modified link prediction approaches are used to distinguish between fundamental relational dualities of like vs. dislike and similar vs. dissimilar. However, the similarity relationship between users/items is mostly disregarded in the complex domain. The proposed model utilizes user-user and item-item cosine similarity value with the relational dualities in order to improve coverage and hits rate of the system by carefully incorporating similarities. On the standard MovieLens Hetrec and MovieLens datasets, the proposed similarity-inclusive link prediction method performed empirically well compared to other methods operating in the complex domain. The experimental results show that the proposed recommender system can be a plausible alternative to overcome the deficiencies in recommender systems.
Nuevas representaciones, Nuevas concepciones: “entender y hacer entender”. MBArch ETSAB
Authors: Zaragoza Isabel , Esquinas Dessy Jesús
Published: December 2019

En el taller Nuevas Representaciones Nuevas Concepciones, el interés de la asignatura se ha centrado en la exploración del proceder de Enric Miralles, quien nos ha dejado un interesante legado de su quehacer arquitectónico en Barcelona. Una experiencia docente focalizada en el desarollo, investigación y/o redescubrimiento de instrumentos de representación gráfica que enriquecen el contenido y la riqueza visual de los proyectos, a través del estudio de cinco casos concretos. Mediante el empleo de una metodologia activa basada en la participación, los estudiantes promueven su propio conocimiento y lo comparten en diferentes formatos, apoyado por actividades dentro y fuera del aula. Todo ello  conduce al aprendizaje de una nueva manera de “mirar”,  potenciar las habilidades del dibujo creativo y desarrollar una producción gráfica significativa. Para contextualizar la comunicación, se apunta una “mirada” a los resultados gráficos de una experiencia docente contemporánea de la Universidad de Harvard.

The workshop New Representations New Conceptions, the subject's interest was focused on the exploration of the contemporary way of doing of Enric Miralles, who has bequeathed us an interesting legacy in Barcelona. It was centered on the development, research and / or rediscovery of graphic representation tools that enrich the content and visual richness of the projects, through the course of five study cases. Through the use of an active methodology based on participation, students promote their own knowledge and share it in different formats, supported by activities inside and outside the classroom. All this allows the learning of a new way of “looking”, enhancing the skills of creative drawing and developing a significant graphic production. To complete the communication and open pedagogical debate, a "look" is pointed to the graphic results of a recent experience at Harvard University.
Aprendiendo de Australia. El feminismo en la enseñanza y la práctica de la arquitectura
Authors: Pérez-Moreno Lucía Carmen , Amoroso Serafina
Published: December 2019

Esta comunicación presenta los trabajos liderados por las arquitectas Naomi Stead y Janet McGaw desde varias Universidades australianas. En ellos el pensamiento feminista se incorpora a sus prácticas docentes e investigadoras fomentando con ello el debate sobre cómo la perspectiva de género fortalece las bases pedagógicas para una práctica docente y profesional más equitativa e inclusiva. Desde las Universidades de Queensland primero y Monash en la actualidad, Stead esta visibilizando la situación de desigualdad laboral de las arquitectas en el contexto australiano contemporáneo y propone soluciones a través de proyecto Parlour. Y, McGaw desarrolla talleres sobre ‘arquitecturas menores’ con planteamientos interdisciplinares y transversales afines al pensamiento eco-feminista y postcolonialista.

This communication presents the works led by the architects Naomi Stead and Janet McGaw, based at several Australian universities. They share feminist approaches to their teaching and research practices, which encourage a deep debate on how the gender perspective strengthens pedagogical bases for a most equitable and inclusive teaching and professional practice. Base in the Universities of Queensland firstly and Monash nowadays, Stead is making visible the inequalities that female architects have in the contemporary Australian architecture discipline. Therefore, she is proposing solutions through the Parlour project. McGaw has been developing different workshops on ‘minor architecture’ with an interdisciplinary and transversal approach close to eco-feminist and postcolonialist thinking.
El mapa y el territorio. Cartografías prospectivas para una enseñanza flexible y transversal
Authors: Bambó-Naya Raimundo , Sancho-Mir Miguel , Ezquerra Isabel
Published: December 2019

Las áreas de Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica y Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio de la Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura de la Universidad de Zaragoza imparten conjuntamente la asignatura optativa Mapping Urbanism en el quinto curso del Grado en Arquitectura. Complementando la transversalidad que define el Plan de Estudios de la titulación, en la que el proyecto actúa como eje e hilo conductor, esta asignatura propone un planteamiento colaborativo en el que el proyecto, si bien presente, no desempeña ese papel central. Esta comunicación expone esta experiencia docente planteada desde la transversalidad, en la que las dos áreas implicadas trabajan en paralelo, con una metodología flexible basada en el aprendizaje activo y cooperativo de los estudiantes, que emplea la cartografía prospectiva como herramienta proyectual y que incorpora herramientas TIC para un análisis crítico de la realidad urbana y territorial.

Graphic Architectural Expression and Urban and Territorial Planning areas of the School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Zaragoza teach jointly the optional subject Mapping Urbanism in the fifth year of the Degree in Architecture. Complementing the transversality that defines the Degree Studies, in which the project acts as the axis, this subject proposes a collaborative approach in which the project, although present, does not play that central role. This paper exposes this teaching experience raised from transversality, in which the two areas involved work in parallel, with a flexible methodology based on the active and cooperative learning of students, which uses prospective cartography as a design tool and incorporates ICT tools for a critical analysis of urban and territorial reality.
Learn 2 teach, teach 2 learn. Aprendizaje-Servicio e intercambio de roles en Arquitectura
Authors: Carcelén González Ricardo , García Martín Fernando Miguel
Published: December 2019

Introducción: learn 2 teach, teach 2 learn es una actividad docente complementaria de las Olimpiadas de Arquitectura de la Región de Murcia impulsada desde la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura y Edificación de la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Método: la experiencia se sustenta en una metodología docente de Aprendizaje-Servicio poco habitual en Arquitectura y utiliza como herramienta de aprendizaje el intercambio de roles docente-discente para potenciar la adquisición de competencias propias de los estudios reglados de Arquitectura. Resultados: el trabajo presenta una valoración de los diferentes parámetros objeto de este estudio a través de la toma de datos mediante un formulario de respuesta anónima: herramientas, trabajo en equipo, metodología e intercambio de roles. Conclusiones y discusión: el estudio de los resultados revela la consecución de los dos objetivos planteados por la tarea L2T/T2L, evidenciándose su éxito en términos generales entre los estudiantes participantes.

Introduction: learn 2 teach, teach 2 learn is a complementary teaching activity of the “Olimpiadas de Arquitectura de la Región de Murcia” promoted by the “Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura y Edificación” of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Method: the experience is based on a teaching methodology of Service-Learning unusual in Architecture and uses as a learning tool the change in roles (professor-student) to enhance the acquisition of competencies of the regulated studies of Architecture. Results: the work presents an analysis of the different parameters obtained through an anonymous response form about: tools, teamwork, methodology and change in roles. Conclusions and discussion: the results reveals the achievement of the two objectives set by the L2T/T2L task, evidencing its success in general terms among the participating students.
Los límites de la ciudad y el rol del arquitecto
Authors: Esguevillas Daniel , García Triviño Francisco , Psegiannaki Katerina
Published: December 2019

Este artículo presenta una aproximación a la complejidad de los límites urbanos y su potencial en el debate sobre el rol del arquitecto en el diseño y gestión de ciudades contemporáneas. Específicamente, examina el proceso y producción de un curso integrado de Proyectos Arquitectónicos y Urbanos basado en aprendizaje-servicio, enriquecido mediante la oportunidad de colaboración con el promotor de una nueva actuación urbana al límite de Madrid y asociaciones de vecinos de una comunidad colindante. Los estudiantes se benefician de actividades de aprendizaje comprendidas en el convenio entre la universidad y la empresa promotora, incluyendo conferencias y talleres con expertos interdisciplinares. La interacción con el urbanismo participativo mejora sus competencias para comprender la dificultad de aunar en el planeamiento los requisitos empresariales y las necesidades ciudadanas. El impacto es alto en aprendizaje proyectual de los estudiantes, transferencia de conocimiento de la universidad –se publican los resultados– y responsabilidad social corporativa.

This paper provides an approach to the complexity of city limits and their potential to foster the debate on the architect’s role in the design and management of contemporary cities. Specifically, it examines the process and outcomes of an integrated course of Architectural and Urban Design that pursues service-learning, enriched through the opportunity of collaboration with the developer of a new urban area in the limits of Madrid and the neighborhood associations of a surrounding community. Students benefit from different learning activities covered by the agreement between the university and the developing company, including talks and workshops with cross-functional experts. The interaction with participatory urbanism enhances the students’ skills to understand the difficulty of meeting business requirements and citizen needs in planning. Impact is high on the students’ learning by doing, the university knowledge transfer—results are published—and the corporate social responsibility.
En busca del cuestionario necesario para el estudio de la didáctica de la arquitectura
Authors: Santalla Blanco Luis Manuel
Published: December 2019

Esta comunicación se presenta en el ámbito de la tesis doctoral “Auditoría a la didáctica de la arquitectura” desarrollada por el autor en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de A Coruña, un trabajo que quiere ser una revisión de la enseñanza de arquitectura, en un momento en el que las universidades están lanzando al mercado profesionales formados con un nuevo plan de estudios, el Plan Bolonia. Con el cambio generacional que estamos viviendo parece oportuno comprobar los resultados de esta formación, pudiendo comparar con un mismo patrón las diferentes escuelas de arquitectura de la península ibérica. La parte principal de este trabajo es el desarrollo y puesta en práctica de un cuestionario, el cual se dirige en un primer momento al alumnado de una selección representativa de doce escuelas de arquitectura en España y Portugal.

This communication is presented in the scope of the doctoral thesis “Audit to the didactis of architecture” developed by the author at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de A Coruña, a work that wants to be a review of the teaching of architecture, in a moment when the universities are launching professionals trained in a new curriculum based in the Bologna Plan. We are living a generational change and it seems appropriate to check the results of this formation, being able to compare the different architecture schools of the Iberian Peninsula with the same pattern. The main part of this work is to develop and implement a questionnaire, whose target is the students of a representative selection of twelve architecture schools in Spain and Portugal.
Aprendiendo construcción mediante retos: despertando conciencias, construyendo intuiciones.
Authors: Barrios-Padura Ángela , Jiménez-Expósito Rosa Ana , Serrano-Jiménez Antonio José
Published: December 2019

En la práctica profesional el arquitecto se enfrenta a retos en los que el análisis integrado, la creatividad y la toma de decisiones son habilidades esenciales. Conceptos, procedimientos, normativa y casos de estudio son fundamentales, pero siempre acompañados de la adquisición de destrezas y actitudes que garanticen su capacitación para responder a los desafíos que la sociedad demande. Esta comunicación presenta una experiencia de innovación docente a través del Modelo Metodológico “Aprendizaje basado en proyectos” con un “Reto Social” motivante realizada en la asignatura de Construcción de 2º curso de la ETSA de Sevilla con el objetivo de motivar a los estudiantes con el proyecto de una vivienda en un campo de refugiados, haciendoles entender el papel del arquitecto en relación a las condiciones de habitabilidad del entorno construido y en el trabajo con los recursos disponibles para garantizar la optimización de la envolvente.

In the professional practice, the architect faces challenges in which integrated analysis, creativity and decision making are essential skills. Concepts, procedures, regulations and case studies are essential, but always accompanied by the acquisition of skills and attitudes that guarantee their training to respond to the challenges that society demands. This communication presents an experience of teaching innovation through the Methodological Model "Proyect based Learning" with a motivating "Social Challenge" carried out in the subject Construction of the 2nd year of the degree in Architecture at the university of Seville with the aim of motivating students with the project of a house in a refugee camp, making the architect's role in relation to the habitability conditions of the built environment and at work with the resources available to modify the optimization of the envelope understood.
Metodología: “Aprende haciendo”, aplicado al área de Construcciones Arquitectónicas
Authors: Muñoz González Carmen María , Ruiz Jaramillo Jonathan , Alba Dorado María Isabel , Joyanes Díaz María Dolores
Published: December 2019

En la actualidad, el mundo laboral demanda personas que sean capaces de desenvolverse en un contexto cambiante y de resolver problemas de forma reflexiva y planificada. La educación está cambiando de dirección y enfoques, para formar a personas que sean capaces de activar los conocimientos adquiridos, que puedan utilizar diferentes estrategias para dar respuesta a problemas y trabajar en equipo. Este trabajo, es un proyecto de innovación docente desarrollado por el Departamento de Arte y Arquitectura de la Universidad de Málaga, el cual pretende el desarrollo y fomento de los procesos de pensamiento creativo en la docencia universitaria. Se pretende acercar al alumnado a la vida laboral del arquitecto, a través de prácticas reales, donde se desarrollan las competencias propias de la profesión, enriqueciendo así el proceso de aprendizaje y facilitando la adquisición de capacidades profesionales vinculadas al proceso de diseño y construcción. Los resultados conseguidos, han puesto de manifiesto que el aprendizaje por la práctica, la ejercitación y la repetición conocida como aprender haciendo, mejora las habilidades, destreza y productividad del alumnado y de los docentes.

At present, people who are able to function in a changing environment and solve problems reflexively and planned are demanded in a  work world. So, the education methodology must be changed to train people who are able to activate the knowledge acquired, who can use different strategies to respond to problems and work in teams. This research project aims to develop and promote creative thinking processes in university teaching. It is a teaching innovation project developed by the Department of Art and Architecture of the University of Malaga. It is intended to bring the student closer to the architect's working life, through real practices, where the competences of the profession are developed, thus enriching the learning process and facilitating the acquisition of professional skills linked to the design and construction process. The results achieved have shown that learning through practice, exercise, and repetition known as learning by doing improves the skills, dexterity, and productivity of students and professor.
La Plurisensorialidad en la Enseñanza de la Arquitectura
Authors: Guerrero Pérez Roberto Enrique , Molina Burgos Francisco Javier , Uribe Valdés Javiera Ignacia
Published: December 2019

A pesar de las múltiples formas de enseñar, ha dominado una visión ocularcentrista en las metodologías de enseñanza, en la cual se olvida que los seres humanos son plurisensoriales, dado a la hegemonía de la imagen y visión (Pallasmaa, 2006). Sin embargo, en esta investigación nos cuestionamos qué ocurre con el resto de los sentidos (gusto, audición, tacto y olfato) y si es que estos permiten obtener información sensorial que beneficia en la percepción del espacio al momento realizar un proyecto arquitectónico. Debido a esto, se realizaron talleres transversales en cinco universidades latinoamericanas: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, Universidad Presbiteriana Mackenzie São Paulo, Universidad de Concepción y Universidad San Sebastián Sede Concepción. A través de los cuales se evidenció la incidencia de todos los sentidos dentro de las primeras etapas de la proyección arquitectónica.

Despite the multiple ways of teaching, an ocularcentrist vision dominates in teaching methodologies, where it is forgotten that we are multisensory human beings, because of the hegemony of image and vision (Pallasmaa, 2006). However, it is worth asking what happens with the rest of the senses (taste, hearing, touch and hearing) and if they allow to obtain sensory information that benefits the perception of space when thinking and realize the project, that is to say, if they influence in the architectural decisions. Because of this, an investigation was conducted, through transversal workshops, at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, Universidad Presbiteriana Mackenzie São Paulo, Universidad de Concepción y Universidad San Sebastián Sede Concepción. Through the results obtained in the different universities, the incidence of the senses was observed in the early stages of the architectural projection.