scholarly journals The Socio-technical Adoption of Dry Toilets at a Public University in Mexico City (prototype)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Flor Yunen Garcia-Becerra ◽  
Miriam Alfie Cohen ◽  
Javier Pérez Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Public University ◽  
University Culture ◽  
Urban Sanitation ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Sanitation Systems ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Three Phases ◽  
University Community

This paper reports the findings of a two-year project on the relationship between a university community and its sanitation issues, the potential benefits of decentralized urban sanitation, and methods for transforming university culture regarding these topics. Using a public university in Mexico City as a case study, the research included three phases: diagnosis, training, and promotion; design and building a dry toilet prototype; and evaluation. The phases were facilitated through interdisciplinary participatory methodologies. Our approach achieved a significant socio-technical transformation. We also discovered great interest in alternative sanitation systems within Mexico City. This research may help inform interdisciplinary and participatory interventions involving these systems.

Satisfaction and Consumption Emotions of Library Users at a Public University in Mexico: A Case Study

Libri ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanca-Lidia Miranda-Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Education Institution ◽  
Public University ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Consumption Emotions ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Machine Learning Approach ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Consumption emotions are not always considered when satisfaction with library services is assessed. In this research, consumption emotions perceived by users of eight different libraries of a Mexican higher education institution are identified when using library services. Laros and Steenkamp. 2005. “Emotions in Consumer Behavior: A Hierarchical Approach.” Journal of Business Research 58: 1437–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2003.09.013 hierarchical scale was used to assess library users’ consumption emotions. The relationship between those emotions and the users’ satisfaction is then established and analyzed using both descriptive statistics analysis and an entropy-oriented machine learning approach. The first approach suggests that users feel more positive consumption emotions (contentment and happiness) than negative emotions (anger). The entropy analysis shows that the identified consumption emotions have a great prediction power over the satisfaction level that users will manifest. This research contributes to the issue of satisfaction assessment by including library users’ consumption emotions in Mexico.

scholarly journals Visualizing Student Behavior and Performance in an Online Course

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J Parker
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Course Structure ◽  
Course Material ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Online learning has been an area of tremendous growth in recent years [1], further accelerated by necessity during the coronavirus pandemic [2]. Without the feedback provided by synchronous sessions, however, instructors may lack ongoing insight into students’ progress and performance in fully asynchronous online offerings. Providing greater visibility into students’ online learning behavior has several potential benefits: 1) teachers who seek to provide live sessions that depend on knowledge from asynchronous resources will have a better gauge of students’ preparation; 2) enhanced understanding of the relationship between student pacing and performance can help teachers and researchers characterize the impact of timely engagement with online course material; 3) providing a means of monitoring the effect of changes in course structure or incentives may guide course designers/planners in continuous improvement; and 4) visualizations that illustrate the relationship between students’ course progress and performance have the promise of allowing teachers to take steps early to positively affect students’ outcomes. In this visual case study, visualizations are provided for exploration of the relationship between student progress and performance in an online medicine-related course.

Virtual Functional Build for Body Assembly

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Gerth
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Vehicle Body ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
Modeling Software ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Functional Viewpoint ◽  
Remote Part

Functional build (FB) is a critical process in launching a vehicle, whereby individual prototype parts are stamped and then sent to a central location to be assembled into a prototype vehicle body. FB is premised on the realization that from a functional viewpoint the relationship between parts is important, not the relationship of the parts to their respective nominal dimensions. FB has been widely adopted in the automotive industry, and the financial benefits have been large and well documented. This paper describes Virtual Functional Build (VFB) where point cloud representations of parts are assembled virtually using assembly modeling software. The potential benefits of VFB over traditional FB techniques are reduced capital investment in tooling and, more importantly, reduced lead time due to earlier collaboration between geographically remote part and sub-assembly suppliers. This paper will contrast the FB and VFB processes on an actual automotive case study.

scholarly journals Relation between Burnout Syndrome and Resilience in Higher Teaching Activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 177-186
Author(s):  
Juliana Carvalho de Sousa ◽  
Franscisco Roberto Pinto ◽  
José Carlos de Lacerda Leite ◽  
Antônio de Pádua Araújo ◽  
Pablo Marlon Medeiros da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Correlation ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Public University ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The objective of this research was to analyze the relationship between burnout and resilience in teachers at a public university in the State of Ceará, Brazil. It is a case study, quantitative, descriptive and explanatory. Data were collected through questionnaires: characterization of respondents, MBI-ED scale and Human Resilience. In the canonical correlation, a low explanatory power was observed between the constructs. The modeling of structural equations indicated that the dimensions self-sufficiency, sense of life, equanimity and perseverance of resilience, presented significant results to act in the protection of some dimensions of Burnout Syndrome.

Not Everybody Is a Golfer: Bourdieu and Affluent Bodies in Mexico

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Ceron-Anaya
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Golf Clubs ◽  
The World ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
The Relationship

The present article analyzes processes of social reproduction among upper-middle- and upper-class individuals in contemporary Mexico City, using affluent golf clubs as a case study. Drawing on ethnographic data, it shows how private golf clubs are invisible sites for the average city dweller, both metaphorically and literally. This characteristic fulfills a dual political role, by (1) preventing any questioning over the monopolization of resources and (2) reinforcing social distance. The analysis then examines the relationship between old golfers (natives) and new golfers (newcomers) and how the growing participation of newcomers illustrates an important transformation in the world of affluent private golf clubs. This change reflects the inherent struggle between preservation and transformation that characterizes any social universe. The results demonstrate that Bourdieu’s concepts of field, capital, and habitus offer a flexible and powerful model to analyze affluent communities within the context of a developing nation.

scholarly journals Student Burnout: A Case Study about a Portuguese Public University

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Sofia Salgado ◽  
Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public University ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Student Burnout ◽  
The Relationship

Burnout is increasingly present in organizations and in the most diverse professions, namely, in university students. Burnout can have negative repercussions on their well-being and can even lead them to abandon their studies. The objective of the study focuses on academic burnout and taking medication as a consequence of the requirements of the academic path of students at a Portuguese public university. To achieve this goal, a quantitative methodology was used, consisting of the distribution of a questionnaire to a sample of students from the analyzed university. The first study questionnaire obtained 207 responses, all valid. To perform the analysis of the quantitative data, the program IBM SPSS Statistics, version 25 was used. Inferential statistics were used, namely, Student t-test and one-way ANOVA (parametric tests), Spearman’s correlation coefficient, and the Chi-square test, to test the previously defined research hypotheses. Among the variables for which statistically significant relationships with burnout were found, the following stand out: the arithmetic mean (course average); the professional situation; participation in extracurricular activities; the practice and frequency of physical exercise; the choice and expectations regarding the course; the uncertainty felt about the professional future; the evaluation of the relationship with colleagues.

Kämpfe um Bergbau und die Möglichkeiten demokratischer Transformation

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (189) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Dietz
Keyword(s):  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Political Effects ◽  
Mining Project ◽  
National Governments ◽  
The Relationship

The article explores the political effects of popular consultations as a means of direct democracy in struggles over mining. Building on concepts from participatory and materialist democracy theory, it shows the transformative potentials of processes of direct democracy towards democratization and emancipation under, and beyond, capitalist and liberal democratic conditions. Empirically the analysis is based on a case study on the protests against the La Colosa gold mining project in Colombia. The analysis reveals that although processes of direct democracy in conflicts over mining cannot transform existing class inequalities and social power relations fundamentally, they can nevertheless alter elements thereof. These are for example the relationship between local and national governments, changes of the political agenda of mining and the opening of new spaces for political participation, where previously there were none. It is here where it’s emancipatory potential can be found.

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