scholarly journals Tuning impact in Latin America: is there implementation beyond design?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Beneitone ◽  
Maria Yarosh
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Present Article ◽  
General Framework ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
World Regions ◽  
Large Scale Study ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact

Deusto International Tuning Academy is undertaking a large-scale study to analyse the impact Tuning projects may have had in participating universities. More particularly, the study hopes to provide an unambiguous answer regarding the presence or absence of the implementation of a competence-based student-centred approach in the different world regions where Tuning projects have taken place. The present article focuses only on Latin America where two Tuning projects have been developed. It describes the findings of the first two stages of the study. After reporting the data, the authors argue that there is evidence of a Tuning impact in each of three intended impact domains: (1) understanding of the importance of a shift from content- to competence-based education; (2) provision of institutional support necessary to facilitate this change; and (3) appropriate teaching, learning and assessment within the general framework of the study plans and degree profiles.

scholarly journals THE ACTIVITY OF F.F. ERISMAN IN MOSCOW LOW TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATIONS (ON THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH)

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-377
Author(s):  
Irina V. Egorysheva
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Dental Hygienist ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Large Scale Study ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Work And Life

The article is devoted to the participation of the outstanding dental hygienist F. F. Erisman in the development of the Moscow low territorial sanitary organization. Under his leadership, there was carried out a large-scale study of the impact of conditions of the work and life on the health of plant workers, served as a model for similar types of sanitary-statistical research in a number of rural provinces. F. F. Erisman actively participated in the work of the sanitary organization of the Moscow gubernia Zemstvo, the creation of the first district sanitary Bureau.

scholarly journals Widespread effects of DNA methylation and intra-motif dependencies revealed by novel transcription factor binding models

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Grau ◽  
Florian Schmidt ◽  
Marcel H. Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Transcription Factor Binding ◽  
Cpg Methylation ◽  
Motif Analysis ◽  
Factor Binding ◽  
Large Scale Study ◽  
Binding Models ◽  
The Impact

AbstractSeveral studies suggested that transcription factor (TF) binding to DNA may be impaired or enhanced by DNA methylation. We present MeDeMo, a toolbox for TF motif analysis that combines information about DNA methylation with models capturing intra-motif dependencies. In a large-scale study using ChIP-seq data for 335 TFs, we identify novel TFs that are affected by DNA methylation. Overall, we find that CpG methylation decreases the likelihood of binding for the majority of TFs. For a considerable subset of TFs, we show that intra-motif dependencies are pivotal for accurately modelling the impact of DNA methylation on TF binding.

scholarly journals Sin equidad de género no hay desarrollo

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Miryan Zúñiga Escobar
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
And Gender

Resumen: El presente artículo analiza la problemáticadel desarrollo socioeconómico en Latinoamérica a la luzde la perspectiva de género; articulando tres conceptosesenciales, desarrollo, género y perspectiva de género,se afirma que sin equidad de género no hay desarrollo.A partir de los aportes mencionados, se contempla laposibilidad de integrar indicadores que incluyan la relaciónhombre-mujer en la planificación del desarrollo endiversas instituciones y organismos internacionales, quepermitan evaluar la situación específica de las mujeres y agran escala generar procesos de desarrollo humanizados.Palabras claves: desarrollo, género, perspectiva de género,indicadores de género, planificación.No Development Is Possible without Gender EquityAbstract: The present article analyzes the problematicof socioeconomic development in Latin America in lightof the gender perspective. Articulating three essentialconcepts, development, gender and gender perspective,the conclusion is reached that no gender equity means nodevelopment. The possibility is contemplated of integratingindicators that include gender relations in developmentplanning in diverse institutions and internationalorganizations, in order to evaluate the specific situationof women and to generate large-scale humanized developmentprocesses.Key Words: development, gender, gender perspective,gender indicators, planning.

scholarly journals Incented Voluntary Municipal Mergers as a Two-Stage Process: Evidence from the Swiss Canton of Fribourg

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Strebel
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Local Characteristics ◽  
Swiss Canton ◽  
Merger Process ◽  
Stage Process ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact

Voluntary mergers of local jurisdictions in Europe gained in importance in the last two decades. A debated but rarely analyzed issue in this field is the impact of different local characteristics on the probability to merge. The article contributes to this debate by assessing the importance of local determinants in two stages of a merger process. The quantitative study of a large-scale territorial reform in the Swiss canton of Fribourg shows that factors linked to the functional dimension of local government, such as economic hardship, explain the start of a merger process but not the decision taken at the ballots. Here, factors associated with the political dimension of local government, such as political power considerations, offer a better explanation. These findings might be explained by the variation of different political actors’ strength along the two stages of a merger process.

scholarly journals Historiografia dos decolonialismos para o ensino/aprendizagem em artes visuais

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
John Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Teaching Learning

ResumoO presente artigo, fruto de uma conferência realizada no Ciclo de Debates intitulado Experiências Educativas em Artes Visuais na Amazônia Paraense, visa a organizar uma historiografia dos pensamentos Decoloniais na América Latina, com sua contrapartida na Amazônia paraense. Desse modo, delineia possibilidades convergentes com os atuais debates sobre Ensino/Aprendizagem em Artes Visuais. Os autores trabalhados, dentro de uma premissa historiográfica, são Inge Valencia, Luciana Ballestrin, Walter Mignolo, Osmar Pinheiro Junior, João de Jesus Paes Loureiro, Maria Fusari, Maria Heloísa Ferraz e Rosa Iavelberg. Pretende, portanto, ajudar profissionais, pesquisadores, artistas, estudantes e interessados em agendas críticas, realistas-progressistas, capazes de iluminar condições de conhecimentos em países e regiões da chamada periferia global.AbstractThe present article, result of a conference held during the Cycle of Debates entitled Educational Experiences in Visual Arts in Pará Amazon, aims to organize a historiography of Decolonial thoughts in Latin America, with its counterpart in Pará Amazon. In this way, it delineates convergent possibilities with the current debates on Teaching/Learning in Visual Arts. The authors, working within a historiographical premise, are Inge Valencia, Luciana Ballestrin, Walter Mignolo, Osmar Pinheiro Junior, João de Jesus Paes Loureiro, Maria Fusari, Maria Heloísa Ferraz and Rosa Iavelberg. It aims, therefore, to help professionals, researchers, artists, students and interested in critical, realistic-progressive agendas, capable of illuminating conditions of knowledge in countries and regions of the so-called global periphery.

scholarly journals Doing Global History: Reflections, doubts and commitments

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (60) ◽  
pp. 241-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio Sánchez Román
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Global History ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The main purpose of the present article is to present some reflections and doubts that have emerged during and after the Global History Conference held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. For that purpose, the importance of the spatiality and temporality for the studies of the so-called "global turn" will be discussed and analyzed. Another point that will be discussed along this article is the impact of the globalization on the field of History and on its subfields. Finally, there will be a discussion on how Global History has been produced in Latin America and its similarities and differences with the Global History produced in Europe

scholarly journals The h-index is no longer an effective correlate of scientific reputation

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0253397
Author(s):  
Vladlen Koltun ◽  
David Hafner
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
H Index ◽  
Large Scale Study ◽  
Scientific Reputation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scientific Awards ◽  
Scientific Fields

The impact of individual scientists is commonly quantified using citation-based measures. The most common such measure is the h-index. A scientist’s h-index affects hiring, promotion, and funding decisions, and thus shapes the progress of science. Here we report a large-scale study of scientometric measures, analyzing millions of articles and hundreds of millions of citations across four scientific fields and two data platforms. We find that the correlation of the h-index with awards that indicate recognition by the scientific community has substantially declined. These trends are associated with changing authorship patterns. We show that these declines can be mitigated by fractional allocation of citations among authors, which has been discussed in the literature but not implemented at scale. We find that a fractional analogue of the h-index outperforms other measures as a correlate and predictor of scientific awards. Our results suggest that the use of the h-index in ranking scientists should be reconsidered, and that fractional allocation measures such as h-frac provide more robust alternatives.

Water bouncing robots: a first step toward large-scale water running robots

Robotica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1659-1676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Gallina ◽  
Gabriele Bulian ◽  
Giovanni Mosetti
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Simulation ◽  
General Framework ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Impact Force ◽  
Standing Position ◽  
Water Entry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Running Robots ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Water Exit

SUMMARYRobots running on water have attracted the attention of researchers in the last decades as an alternative to conventional aquatic propulsion mechanisms. Up to now, a large scale robot capable of running on water has not been realized. Bouncing on water is a prerequisite for running on water. For this reason, the development of a water bouncing robot represents a necessary first step. The paper presents the model of a 2-degree-of-freedom water bouncing robot inspired by the pogo-stick, a device for jumping off the ground in a standing position. An analytical model of the impact force between “robot's foot” and water is provided for both water-entry and water-exit phases. Such a model has been integrated in a dynamic simulation of whole robot. The model represents a useful and general framework to gain an insight into the parameters that characterize the efficiency of robot.

Impact of COVID-19 on Nuclear Medicine in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: An International Survey in April 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (04) ◽  
pp. 294-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz S. Freudenberg ◽  
Ulf Dittmer ◽  
Ken Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Public Versus Private ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Preparations of health systems to accommodate large number of severely ill COVID-19 patients in March/April 2020 has a significant impact on nuclear medicine departments. Materials and Methods A web-based questionnaire was designed to differentiate the impact of the pandemic on inpatient and outpatient nuclear medicine operations and on public versus private health systems, respectively. Questions were addressing the following issues: impact on nuclear medicine diagnostics and therapy, use of recommendations, personal protective equipment, and organizational adaptations. The survey was available for 6 days and closed on April 20, 2020. Results 113 complete responses were recorded. Nearly all participants (97 %) report a decline of nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures. The mean reduction in the last three weeks for PET/CT, scintigraphies of bone, myocardium, lung thyroid, sentinel lymph-node are –14.4 %, –47.2 %, –47.5 %, –40.7 %, –58.4 %, and –25.2 % respectively. Furthermore, 76 % of the participants report a reduction in therapies especially for benign thyroid disease (-41.8 %) and radiosynoviorthesis (–53.8 %) while tumor therapies remained mainly stable. 48 % of the participants report a shortage of personal protective equipment. Conclusions Nuclear medicine services are notably reduced 3 weeks after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic reached Germany, Austria and Switzerland on a large scale. We must be aware that the current crisis will also have a significant economic impact on the healthcare system. As the survey cannot adapt to daily dynamic changes in priorities, it serves as a first snapshot requiring follow-up studies and comparisons with other countries and regions.

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