scholarly journals Research Competencies Mediated by Technologies: A Systematic Mapping of the Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. e23897
Author(s):  
Carlos Enrique George Reyes ◽  
Leonardo David Glasserman Morales
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Scientific Texts ◽  
Research Competencies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Of Information

This study starts from the need to identify which are the research competencies mediated by technologies, required to support the acquisition of knowledge in higher education institutions. The work developed here aims to analyze the scientific production related to the subject with the intention of identifying current research trends. To achieve this, the method of systematic review of literature adjusted to social sciences was used, taking as a source of information the Scopus database. The results indicate that most of the scientific texts have been produced in English, and that the treatment of the topic has been constantly developed since 2016, mostly from the approach of the relationship between research strategies with digital literacy, information literacy, access to digital library databases and the development of critical thinking.

scholarly journals Financing and financial sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs): a conceptual view

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Innocent Bayai ◽  
Sylvanus Ikhide
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Agency Problems ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Mission Drift ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Financing Option

Recent evidence shows that MFI financing continues to evolve with an increased inclination towards commercial financing. Taking stock on MFI financing and refocusing on the relationship between financing options and financial sustainability (FS) is unavoidable. The authors consummated a literature review based on complementing the little evidence on the subject with both theoretical and implied evidence from related studies in unpacking the relationship. Though donations are losing grip as a popular MFI financing option, review of literature recommends smart subsidies to spur FS and counter inefficiency, mis-targetting, dependency and distortions. As much as debt addresses agency problems and endorses FS, it has to be kept within limits to curb liquidation and mission drift. Deposit attraction augments FS and outreach, though MFIs must prepare to foot licensing costs, otherwise, mission drift ensues. Equity, though scarce in microfinance, is cheap and additive to FS. The authors suggest that MFIs should consider commercial funding, whilst keeping a check on the downside of each commercial financing option to augment FS and multiply outreach

scholarly journals Research Competencies Mediated by Technologies: A Systematic Review of the Literature in Scopus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Enrique George Reyes ◽  
Leonardo Glasserman
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Research Competencies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Methodological Strategy

Cultivating research competencies facilitated by the use of technology in the university is crucial to boost acquisition of knowledge, educational innovation, and successful professional development. The objective of this article is to analyze the evolution and characteristics of scientific production that has had the greatest impact on the momentum of investigative competencies and their articulation within technological scenarios. Applying various selection criteria in the Scopus database, we utilized systematic, bibliometric mapping as a methodological strategy in which 250 articles related to the topic were identified, then analyzed with the semantic analysis software VOSViewer. The results indicate that there is an emerging line of research on the subject since 2016 and point to the underdevelopment of lines that associate research skills with digital literacy, information literacy, digital libraries databases, and the development of critical thinking.

scholarly journals Admirative Category with an Assessment of Possibility and Motivation in Russian and Persian Interrogative Sentences

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1096-1103
Author(s):  
T. Kh. Kahnamouei ◽  
A. A. Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Persian Language ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Of Information

In Russian and Persian, the category of indirect evidentiality points out to some unreliable source of information. The category of admirativity expresses unexpected and new information gained by the speaker. Such interrogative sentences convey combine admirativity with diff erent modal meanings. Foreign students of Russian often fi nd it hard to distinguish these meanings in Russian interrogative sentences. The authors compared Russian and Persian interrogative sentences and the linguistics tools that refl ect the admirative category with an assessment of modal meanings of possibility and motivation. This is the fi rst research of the category of admirativity in the Persian language and the fi rst publication on the comparison of Russian and Persian interrogative sentences, as well as on the relationship between admirativity and modal meanings in Russian and Persian interrogative sentences. The research objective was to perform a comparative analysis of admirativity in Russian and Persian interrogative sentences and to study the situations in which this meaning conveys the surprise of the speaker from the availability or lack of possibility to perform a certain action. In both languages, admirativity can accompany the feeling of motivation in the subject of the speech act. The findings can be useful in teaching Russian as a foreign language.

scholarly journals The correlations between certain features of the journal Neotropical Ichthyology and its impact factor: a comparative analysis at the thematic and national levels

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sabrina Menezes ◽  
Letícia Strehl
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Impact Factor ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Short History ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Journal Citation Reports ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

The present article analyzes the relationship between characteristics of the journal Neotropical Ichthyology and its impact factor (IF) between 2006 and 2011 using bibliometric descriptive quantitative methods. To perform this analysis, two samples of journals included in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) were studied. One sample was composed of journals classified within the subject of zoology, and the other contained journals from different areas published in Brazil. The instrument used for data collection was a database created in Microsoft Excel 2007 and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18. The results show that despite its short history, Neotropical Ichthyologyhas exhibited a distinctive impact, as manifested in a significant progression in the IF of this journal in the field of zoology during the investigated period.

INFLUENCE OF E-PROCUREMENT ON PERFORMANCE OF PARASTATALS IN KENYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Mercy Mueni Kioko ◽  
Dr.Patrick Mwangangi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Policy Recommendation ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to analyze the influence of e-procurement on performance of parastatals.Methodology: This research study adopted a descriptive research design approach. The researcher preferred this method because it allows an in-depth study of the subject. For this study census was used, all the 187 heads of procurement in all parastatals were issued with questionnaires. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. The data collected was analyzed by use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Multiple regression model was used to show the relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables. Data generated was be keyed in and analysed by use of Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 to generate information which was presented using tables, charts, frequencies and percentages.Results: The findings of the study indicated that e-sourcing, e-informing, e-payments and e-tendering have a positive relationship with performance in parastatals.Conclusion: Based on the study findings, the study concludes that performance of parastatals can be improved by e-sourcing, e-informing, e-payment and e-tendering. Policy recommendation: Finally, the study recommended that public institutions should embrace e-procurement practices so as to improve their performance and further researches should to be carried out in other public institutions to find out if the same results can be obtained.

Science, Sulloway, and Birth Order: An Ordeal and An Assessment

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-245 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Religious Commitment ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Legal Action ◽  
Independent Review ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Legal Defense ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
University Officials

This issue of Politics and the Life Sciences includes an article, ten commentaries, and three responses on the subject of birth order and rebelliousness, focusing in particular on Frank Sulloway's Born to Rebel (1996, 1997). Extraordinary events have surrounded the publication of this roundtable, including threats of legal action, accusations of misconduct, letters to university officials, termination of the journal's publishing contract, and an almost five-year delay in publication. This editorial reviews these events and goes on to assess Frank Sulloway's responses (published in this issue), as well as parts of Born to Rebel. It also reports the results of a replication of Sulloway's study of Reformation martyrs. The replication generated markedly different data than those reported by Sulloway. Data from an expanded sample were also inconsistent with the relationship that Sulloway reported finding between birth order and religious commitment among Reformation martyrs. The editorial supports the suggestion by Frederic Townsend that an independent review of Born to Rebel would be appropriate. It concludes with a call for establishment of a multidisciplinary legal defense fund that would reduce the likelihood that legal threats can succeed in stifling research and publication in the natural and social sciences.

Aggression as a Potential Mediator of the Home Advantage in Professional Ice Hockey

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
E J. McGuire ◽  
Kerry S. Courneya ◽  
W. Neil Widmeyer ◽  
Albert V. Carron
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
National Hockey League ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Potential Mediator ◽  
Home Advantage ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Little research has been conducted on the role of various behaviors in contributing to the home advantage in sport competitions. The present study investigated whether player aggression mediated the relationship between game location and performance in professional ice hockey. Based on the subject-defined delineation between aggressive and nonaggressive ice hockey penalties established by Widmeyer and Birch, 13 measures were used on data collected from the official game reports and penalty records of the National Hockey League for the 1987–1988 season. Both macroanalytic and microanalytic research strategies and analyses were employed. Initial analysis revealed that home teams won 58.3% of the decided games. Further analyses showed a significant interaction between game location and performance. Home teams incurred more aggressive penalties in games they won whereas visiting teams incurred more aggressive penalties in games they lost. Implications for the potential role of aggression in contributing to the home advantage are discussed.

scholarly journals Pilomatrixoma: A Case Study & Review of Literature

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Alessandro Crisci ◽  
Alessandro Crisci ◽  
Michela Crisci
Keyword(s):  
Histopathological Examination ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Outpatient Basis ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Medial Aspect ◽  
Clinical Presentations ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Pilomatrixoma, or calcific epithelioma of Malherbe, is a rare benign subcutaneous tumor of adnexal origin. Females are twice as affected as males. The authors carry out a review of the literature on the subject and present a clinical case. It is a 60-year-old patient with this type of tumor on the medial aspect of her left leg, who was operated on an outpatient basis two years ago and currently has no recurrence. Diagnosis is often difficult to make clinically, and therefore can only be definitively established after histopathological examination of the lesion after surgical removal. Ultrasound role is to validate the clinical diagnosis, exclude pathologies with similar clinical presentations, and establish the relationship of the lesion with the surrounding structures.

scholarly journals Interrelation of Communication Subjects: the degree of trust to the source of information

Communicology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
P. Yu. Simonov
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Communicative Act ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Of Information

The paper is devoted to the issues of interrelations between subjects of communication. The aim of the study is to analyze the role of trust in the source of information as a factor in effective communication. The objectives of the research are to differentiate the environmental and subjective approaches to the study of communication, to identify models of the communicative act at the present stage, to determine the principles of the relationship between the subjects of communication, to describe the factors that affect the degree of trust in the source of information, to develop criteria for studying the subject and his behavior in the communication process at the present stage. The research methodology includes a descriptive and survey method in the study of the theory of the issue, analysis and comparison of concepts from the point of view of philosophy, sociology, communication, psychology. The author examines the criteria for determining the “subject”, “subjectivity”, the psychological phenomenon of “trust” in the process of implementing media communication. The article describes various aspects of communicative relations related to the degree of subjects’ trust in the source of information and gives practical examples of the behavior of subjects of communication.

scholarly journals Intensitas Mengakses Media Sosial Dengan Perilaku Phubbing Pada Mahasiswa

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 519
Author(s):  
Beauty Bintang Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan intensitas mengakses media sosial dengan perilaku phubbing. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 75 mahasiswa Psikologi Universitas Mulawarman. Teknik sampling yang digunakan dengan nonprobability sampling yaitu purposive sampling. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah skala perilaku phubbing dan intensitas mengakses media sosial. Teknik analisa data yang menggunakan uji korelasi product moment dengan bantuan program Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 21.0 for Windows. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan antara intenstias mengakses media sosial dengan perilaku phubbing pada Mahasiswa, dengan nilai r = -0.083 dan nilai Sig = 0.475 (p > 0.05).This study aims to determine the relationship between the intensity of accessing the social media with phubbing behavior. This study uses quantitative approach. The subject of this study was 75 Psychology students of Mulawarman University. The sampling technique used was nonprobability sampling, which was purposive sampling. The data collection method used was the scale of phubbing behavior and the intensity of accessing social media. The data analysis techniques use the product moment correlation test with the assistance of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 21.0 for Windows program. The result of this study indicates that there is no relationship between the intensity of accessing social media and phubbing behavior among the Students, with the value of r = -0.083 and Sig = 0.475 (p > 0.05). 

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