Film-induced tourism in the UK: the role of British Film Institute on promoting the image of the country

Film-induced tourism-also referred to as Film Tourism- is a recent growing phenomenon whose main purpose is to explore the potential tourist’s motivations when planning their upcoming visit to a destination. Furthermore, this phenomenon gives power to the future filming locations in terms of creating new film heritage museums, film tours, developing new destination marketing and so on. Thus, we will study the brand new type of tourist: ‘Core Screen Tourist’. Core screen tourists are those who would not travel to a destination where a film has been shot unless they have seen it on screen previously. Films provide a powerful way to shape people's perceptions of the place, creating new and strengthening old ones. Gaining the power to increase international tourism and the entertainment industry, the development of the film is seen as a growing phenomenon, which must be taken into account for each tourism promotion strategy.Universidad de Sevilla. Grado en Turism

Financial statement analysis of the steel industry (period 2013-2017)

The main objective of this project is the economic financial analysis of three companies: Acerin ox Europa S.A.U., Siderúrgica Sevillana, S.A., and ArcelorMittal Sestao, S.L. These three companies belong to the steel sector, being the first one well known not to say the most important and representative in Spain. At the same time, they all form part o f the Steel Producer Association (UNESID for its initials in Spanish), this association is the most important of its kind in Spain. Moreover, we are going to prove that although they belong to the same sector and association, a priori, they have different economic financial structure. After that, once we have all the information, and the financial indicators have been calculated, we are going to explain what the evolution was between 2013 and 2017. Furthermore, we are going to be able to predict what is goi ng to happen with the companies in the future. Finally, we will see how Acerinox Europa, S.A.U., Siderúrgica Sevillana, S.A. and Arcelor M ittal Sestao, S.L. have been able to survive the most financial crisis.El proyecto de fin de grado que se presenta a continuación tiene como principal objetivo el análisis económico-financiero de tres empresas: Acerinox Europa, S.A.U., Siderúrgica Sevillana, S.A., y ArcelorMittal Sestao S.L. Las tres compañías pertenecen al sector siderúrgico, siendo la primera de ellas una de las más importantes y representativas en España (por no decir la primera). Todas ellas al mismo tiempo pertenecen a la “Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas (UNESID) que es la asociación de Empresas Productoras de Acero y de productos de primera transformación del acero en España. Se podrá comprobar que, aunque pertenecen a una misma asociación y mismo sector, a priori, tienen diferente estructura de propiedad. Una vez recopilados todos los datos y calculado todos los indicadores económicos-financieros, explicaremos cual ha sido la evolución de estos entre los periodos 2013 – 2017. Además, de ser capaces de pronosticar el futuro que le depara a cada una de ellas. Finalmente, veremos cómo Acerinox Europa, S.A.U., y Siderúrgica Sevillana, S.A. ArcelorMittal Sestao, S.L. han podido sobrevivir, o de qué manera han podido ser afectadas por la crisis más reciente.Universidad de Sevilla. Grado en Finanzas y Contabilida

Strategies to define performance specifications in laboratory medicine: 3 years on from the Milan Strategic Conference

Measurements in clinical laboratories produce results needed in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients. These results are always characterized by some uncertainty. What quality is needed and what measurement errors can be tolerated without jeopardizing patient safety should therefore be defined and specified for each analyte having clinical use. When these specifications are defined, the total examination process will be "fit for purpose" and the laboratory professionals should then set up rules to control the measuring systems to ensure they perform within specifications. The laboratory community has used different models to set performance specifications (PS). Recently, it was felt that there was a need to revisit different models and, at the same time, to emphasize the presuppositions for using the different models. Therefore, in 2014 the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) organized a Strategic Conference in Milan. It was felt that there was a need for more detailed discussions on, for instance, PS for EQAS, which measurands should use which models to set PS and how to set PS for the extra-analytical phases. There was also a need to critically evaluate the quality of data on biological variation studies and further discussing the use of the total error (TE) concept. Consequently, EFLM established five Task Finish Groups (TFGs) to address each of these topics. The TFGs are finishing their activity on 2017 and the content of this paper includes deliverables from these groups

Participatory Modelling and Decision Support for Natural Resources Management in Climate Change Research

The ever greater role given to public participation by laws and regulations, in particular in the field of environmental management calls for new operational methods and tools for managers and practitioners. This paper analyses the potentials and the critical limitations of current approaches in the fields of simulation modelling (SM), public participation (PP) and decision analysis (DA), for natural resources management within the context of climate change research. The potential synergies of combining SM, PP and DA into an integrated methodological framework are identified and a methodological proposal is presented, called NetSyMoD (Network Analysis – Creative System Modelling – Decision Support), which aims at facilitating the involvement of stakeholders or experts in policy - or decision-making processes (P/DMP). A generic P/DMP is formalised in NetSyMoD as a sequence of six main phases: (i) Actors analysis; (ii) Problem analysis; (iii) Creative System Modelling; (iv) DSS design; (v) Analysis of Options; and (vi) Action taking and monitoring. Several variants of the NetSyMoD approach have been adapted to different contexts such as integrated water resources management and coastal management, and, recently it has been applied in climate change research projects. Experience has shown that NetSyMoD may be a useful framework for skilled professionals, for guiding the P/DMP, and providing practical solutions to problems encountered in the different phases of the decision/policy making process, in particular when future scenarios or projections have to be considered, such as in the case of developing and selecting adaptation policies. The various applications of NetSyMoD share the same approach for problem analysis and communication within the group of selected actors, based upon the use of creative thinking techniques, the formalisation of human-environment relationships through the DPSIR framework, and the use of multi-criteria analysis through a Decision Support System (DSS) software.Modelling, Public Participation, Natural Resource Management, Policy, Decision-Making, Governance, DSS

Twenty Years of Collapse and Counting: The Cost of Failure in Somalia

Analyzes the human and financial costs of Somali conflicts and famines, including costs of humanitarian and development aid; peacekeeping, military responses and aid, anti-terrorism, and diplomacy; piracy; and international crime and illicit money flows

A virtual practice community for student learning and staff development in health and social work inter-professional education. Mini-project evaluation report.

Interprofessional education (IPE) has been widely advocated and developed as a means to encourage effective collaboration in order to improve public sector services. An IPE curriculum was introduced at Bournemouth University from 2005 for all nursing branches, midwifery, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, operating department practice and social work students (n=600). Challenges of this ambitious and large scale project included facilitating meaningful interprofessional learning while balancing structural complexities of professional body requirements and the logistics of large student numbers and multi-site teaching. A web-based simulated community was created, known as Wessex Bay, as a learning resource to facilitate interprofessional learning around case scenarios. An evaluation of student and staff experiences of IPE over two years, focusing principally on the use of technology in the education process was implemented. Student and staff data were collected via e-surveys, focus groups and open-ended questionnaires with additional feedback from external reviewers specifically on Wessex Bay. Qualitative data were subjected to thematic analysis. Whilst the findings are not claimed to be representative, they provide a rich insight into student and staff experiences of technology enhanced learning in IPE. The richness and complexity of data has led to a number of project outcomes with wide-ranging implications for interprofessional education. This research has led to the identification of three major territories of praxis in which individuals, both students and tutors, are operating in IPE, namely professional differences and identity, curriculum design and learning and teaching strategies, and technology enhanced learning. For the purposes of this report, we will discuss the findings related to student and staff experiences of technology enhanced learning in IPE. The evaluation of the findings highlighted three issues; the level of student and staff knowledge and skill in using learning technologies impacted significantly on learning; there was a need to capitalise on the use of web-based learning resources by increasing interactivity within the scenarios; and finally student and staff experiences of the learning resources was enhanced by a positive learning culture to facilitate creative use of materials. All project aims and objectives were met, and whilst more focused staff and student development in using learning technology is required, a culture of working interprofessionally among students and academic staff has begun to develop, leading to the sharing of ideas about content and learning processes. Recommendations resulting from the project include the introduction of assessed development of student and staff learning technology skills; development of more interactive web-based learning embedded within the case scenarios; and streamlining of the scenarios to provide fewer, but more developed, cases

Repeatability of push-up and push-down methods in the measure of accommodation amplitude

La mesura de l’amplitud d’acomodació és una pràctica molt habitual en optometria. La majoria de professionals coincideixen en que els mètodes push-up i push-down són els més utilitzats als exàmens visuals degut al fet que són mètodes ràpids, fàcils i eficaços. Tot i això, és important saber la concordança entre cada mètode per tal de realitzar diagnòstics correctes. En aquest estudi, s’han comparat els resultats en diòptries dels mètodes push-up i push-down. Per tal de dur a terme l’estudi, s’ha mesurat l’amplitud d’acomodació a 12 pacients, dues vegades, prenent 3 mesures en cada repetició. Per avaluar la concordança entre mètodes s’han utilitzat el paired-T test, el Shapiro-wilk test i el gràfics de Bland and Altman. L’anàlisi estadístic de les dades mesurades s’ha fet per tal d’estudiar ambdós mètodes. Els resultats no han mostrat diferències significatives entre el mètode del push-up i el del push-down

Effect of Industry 4.0 on Education Systems: An Outlook

Congreso Universitario de Innovación Educativa En las Enseñanzas Técnicas, CUIEET (26º. 2018. Gijón

A Virtual Practice Community for Student Learning and Staff Development in Health and Social Work Inter-Professional Education; Changing Practice Through Collaboration

This Mini Project has been funded by the Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy Available on-line at HEA website: http://www.health.heacademy.ac.uk/publications/miniproject/scammell08.pd