Relaciones teórico-prácticas entre la gestión del diseño y la gestión del conocimiento en clústeres del sector moda

Este artículo presenta los resultados del análisis realizado con el objetivo deconstituir un soporte conceptual para el desarrollo de un trabajo de gradode maestría en gestión del diseño. El propósito de estudio fue diagnosticarla situación del diseño en un clúster del sector moda de la ciudadde Bogotá, Colombia, así como formular una propuesta estratégica defortalecimiento de dicho clúster a partir del diseño. Por ello, la exploracióndocumental se centró en la búsqueda de estudios y reflexiones que abordaranlas temáticas de la gestión del diseño, la gestión del conocimiento enlas empresas y en los clústeres y los retos de la gestión en el sector moda.Los planteamientos de los documentos seleccionados sobre los temas deinterés se contrastaron para reconocer las divergencias y coincidencias en elabordaje que los diversos autores realizaron de las temáticas analizadas. Estecontraste permitió identificar y resaltar las coincidencias e implicacionesmetodológicas que estos abordajes representan para las posibilidades deinnovación en las empresas creativas y culturales.Finalmente, se planteó el reto de considerar la gestión del diseño comoun proceso de gestión del conocimiento que amplíe las posibilidades deinnovación de las empresas del sector moda valiéndose de un modelo decapacidades dinámicas de las organizaciones

Self-Advocacy For Students With Disabilities

Students with learning disabilities often have difficulty advocating for themselves when it comes to their rights, personal learning strategies, and building self-esteem. Students with learning disabilities may be limited in understanding their rights when it comes to accommodations in their school setting and they may be unaware of learning strategies which may support their success. Some of these students may have low self-esteem, which may hamper their ability to advocate for themselves. Given these limitations, I have prepared a three day lesson plan to support students with learning disabilities. These lessons will allow students with disabilities to advocate for themselves. These lesson are designed for RSP (resource specialist program) students between the ages of 14 and 18 at Greenfield High School in Greenfield, California

SWOT analysis of specialised and transport facilities in the logistics infrastructure of Mexico 2013-2018

Mexico obtained best score in geographical aspects, from a geo-strategic comparative study between Mexico and Panama; next step is to identify if the country has a strengthened or weak facilities in terms of transport and logistics, necessary to improve competitiveness with respect to the mentioned items. The objective of this work is to identify, through the SWOT matrix, positive and negative aspects of the nation's logistics infrastructure and, using the confrontation matrix, identify the critical aspects that require design of strategies that will contribute to the improvement of the country's competitiveness. Results show that although nation has logistics infrastructure around the country (including development and construction projects), its biggest disadvantage is the saturation concentrated in the central region, evidencing a low development of these in northern and southern regions of the nation. Finally, improvement strategies for the equitable distribution of logistics facilities by region, according to their specialty, are proposed

Comunicación asertiva: competencia básica para el liderazgo empresarial

Este ensayo pretende sensibilizar a los estudiantes de último semestre de Administración de Empresas de la importancia de la comunicación asertiva en el ejercicio del liderazgo empresarial mediante un enfoque pedagógico. La sensibilización se piensa lograr mediante la aplicación del enfoque pedagógico por proyectos pues en éste, uno de los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje se fundamenta en el desarrollo de competencias, en este caso la del liderazgo, a partir de una comunicación asertiva.This easy aims to raise students last semester of business administration in the exercise of assertive communication in the exercise of business leadership through a pedagogical approach. Sensitization is thought through implementation of the pedagogical approach in this project-as one of the teaching learning process is based on skills development, in this case in leadership, from assertive communication

HIGH INCIDENCE OF COLOR ABERRATIONS IN THE PLAIN-FLANKED RAIL (RALLUS WETMOREI)

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Cinema and Psychiatry's relationship through time and its role in current medical education

Cinema has been a source of entertainment and recreation for decades, and usually the themes depicted in films have roots in society itself. Films featuring psychiatrists and the mentally ill abound. Most early interpretations tended to be negative contributing to the stigmatization of mental illness, or overly positive furthering misinformation among the general public. Fortunately, nowadays there is an increasing number of films able to provide realistic depictions of psychopathologic disorders, being reasonably accurate and therefore suitable for psychiatric teaching purposes. Over the last three decades, psychiatry trainers have attempted to use films as an educational tool for teaching medical students and psychiatry residents for a number of mental health conditions. Films can be used to engage students' attention, emphasize learning points in lectures and illustrate symptoms of a disorder. Cinema constitutes not only an important source of entertainment, but also an educational tool and a significant influence on people's attitude towards mental illnessEl cine ha sido una fuente de entretenimiento y recreación durante décadas, y generalmente los temas representados en las películas tienen raíces en la sociedad misma. Las películas con psiquiatras y enfermos mentales abundan. La mayoría de las primeras interpretaciones tendían a ser negativas, lo que contribuía a la estigmatización de la enfermedad mental, o a ser demasiado positivas aumentando la desinformación entre el público en general. Afortunadamente, hoy en día hay un número creciente de películas capaces de proporcionar representaciones realistas de trastornos psicopatológicos, siendo razonablemente precisas y, por lo tanto, adecuadas para fines de enseñanza psiquiátrica. Durante las últimas tres décadas, los profesores de psiquiatría han intentado usar películas como una herramienta educativa para enseñar a los estudiantes de medicina y residentes de psiquiatría sobre una serie de condiciones de salud mental. Las películas se pueden utilizar para atraer la atención de los estudiantes, enfatizar los puntos de aprendizaje en las conferencias e ilustrar los síntomas de un trastorno. El cine constituye no solo una importante fuente de entretenimiento, sino también una herramienta educativa y una influencia significativa en la actitud de las personas hacia las enfermedades mentale

Biogeographical patterns of species richness, range size and phylogenetic diversity of ferns along elevational-latitudinal gradients in the tropics and its transition zone

Although elevational-latitudinal patterns of plant and animal diversity have been studied for centuries, factors driving the observed patterns are still controversially discussed. Tropical mountains offer an excellent natural experiment to unravel these drivers of biogeographical patterns and the integration of multiple elevational gradients along an extended latitudinal gradient is an outstanding opportunity to decipher underlying mechanism of large-scale patterns of species richness. In this research the data obtained from Mexico were unified with elevational transects in America spanning 0° to 23°N degrees of latitude, mostly between sea level and mountain tops (200-4000 m a.s.l.). Hereby, the latitudinal gradient covered by this investigation runs from most studied tropics through the transition zone of sub-tropical regions in order to integrate increasingly seasonal and dry climates, which are known to limit the diversity of ferns as humidity-dependent organisms. How the fern and lycophytes (hereafter ferns) richness and species range size patterns change along elevational-latitudinal gradients is poorly explored, as well as the phylogenetic relationships within species assemblages. The objective of this research was to describe such patterns and understand the broad scale distribution of other important components of biodiversity as the phylogenetic diversity and associated metrics, using a standardized methodology that allows the comparison of elevational transects. In order to assess these patterns, I first intensively sampled an elevational gradient in the Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico, known as the “ferns hunter paradise”, a hotspot of biodiversity in a hyperhumid tropical region. Following the uniform sampling protocol of the working group around Michael Kessler (Zurich) and Jürgen Kluge (Marburg), I sampled at each elevation four to eight plots of 20 x 20 m (400m2) and analyzed changes in fern assemblages along this elevational gradient. The plots were established in natural zonal forest, avoiding special structural features and disturbed areas whenever possible. In each plot, DNA samples were taken and all fern species and their abundances were recorded for terrestrials and epiphytes. The results are presented in a series of chapters starting from the analyses of the gradient in Mexico, followed by the central work of this research, where richness and range size patterns of eight elevational transects in Mexico were analyzed together with climatic correlates, and the assessment of the historical component (phylogenetics) of 11 elevational gradients understanding the processes that governs the species richness. In the following the central questions and results of the three studies will be briefly described. In Chapter 2 we analyzed in detail one of the most diverse elevational transect in Mexico with 15 elevational steps in Sierra de Juárez Oaxaca, a hotspot of biodiversity, comparing the richness patterns with central and South America. In 121 plots we found 195 fern species, with the highest species numbers recorded at mid-elevations (1,100–2,200 m) and lower richness at both gradient extremes. This hump-shaped pattern was mainly driven by epiphytes, which contributed about 40% to the total species richness. This species group had wider elevational ranges than terrestrial species, which contributed 38% to the total richness (20 % were recorded within both life forms), and were more or less constant at low to mid elevations about 2,500 m, followed by a gradual decline. Overall, richness per plot was low compared to other elevational gradients within the tropics closer to the Equator. This decline of species richness towards the subtropics and temperate regions appears to be rather abrupt within Central America, but additional data are needed to close the remaining gap of knowledge between Costa Rica and Mexico. This work has been published 2018 in the American Fern Journal (Hernández-Rojas et al. 2018). In the central work of this research (Chapter 3), we assessed the richness and range size patterns of ferns and lycophytes along seven elevational gradients (with in total 658 plots) at different latitudes and searched for predictors of range size from a set of environmental factors. We calculated the latitudinal range using the northern and southern limits of each species and averaged the latitudinal range of all species within assemblages weighted by their abundances. We related climatic factors and the changes with latitude and elevation with range size using linear mixed-effects models. Species richness per plot increased with elevation up to about 1,500-2,000 m, with strong differences in overall species richness between transects and a reduction with increasing latitude. The mean weighted range size of species within assemblages declined with elevation, and increased with latitude. However, we also found marked differences between the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of Mexico, as well as low range size in humid regions. The best models described about 76%–80% of the variability in range size and included the seasonality of both temperature and precipitation, and annual cloud cover. As a conclusion, latitudinal and elevational patterns of range size in fern assemblages are driven by an interplay of factors favoring wide-ranging species (higher latitudes with increasing temperature seasonality and dryer habitat conditions) and those favoring species with restricted ranges (higher elevations with more humid habitat conditions), with additional variation introduced by the specific conditions of individual mountain ranges. Climatically stable, humid habitats apparently provide favorable conditions for small-ranged fern species, and should accordingly be given high priority in regional conservation planning. This work was published 2020 in the Journal of Biogeography (Hernández-Rojas et al. 2020). Finally, phylogenetic approaches should be seen as an integral component of studies of the causal basis of community structure, which permits the understanding of how communities have evolved through time, and a deeper understanding of biogeographical processes. This historical aspect is included as the final part of this research (Chapter 4) that was aimed to unfold the complex changes in the phylogenetic structure along elevation (200-4000 m.a.s.l.) and latitude (0°-23° N). We compiled a comprehensive data set including eleven elevational transects (more than 900 spp. and 868 plots), closing the gap of information observed in Chapter 2. At this point I should highlight the relevance of this research as a product of the work of many researchers that I have the honor to synthesize to get a complete view of biogeographic and phylogenetic patterns. One of the major tasks before analyzing the data was to compile the phylogenetic information of the more than 900 species, of which only 70 % were already present in the most recent dissolved phylogenetic tree, and the remaining 30 % species had to be added on the basis of putative closest relatives due to exhaustive examination of morphological characteristics and expert knowledge. Our results showed that latitude and elevation per se are weak explanatory variables for phylogenetic diversity, but incorporating climatic variables clearly enhance the explanatory power of the models. We used different phylogenetic measures in order to capture different aspects of evolutionary history of this plant group and were thus able to understand, how species groups have evolved to currently form the observed gradients in Central America. Overall, the phylogenetic diversity decreased with increased latitude and elevation, as could be observed by increasingly clustering of closely related species. Additionally, it is worthwhile to look at taxonomic group of ferns separately for the main lifeforms, as they are not only ecologically different, but also not congruent in their evolutionary history. Epiphytic phylogenetic diversity had a positive relationship with humidity, while the phylogenetic diversity of terrestrial was determined by temperature. The general pattern of phylogenetic diversity is mainly driven for the suppression of the old, basal tropical, terrestrial lineages rather than by recent evolutionary history and better explained by climatic variables. This work was submitted to frontiers of biogeography. In continuation of this work and as an outlook to further studies, I am heading for to continue the research in tropical areas, where the deforestation and disturbance, respectively, and general human activities play a central role, which are impacting tremendously the legacy of millions of years of evolution. In the context of the species richness patterns, it is necessary to fill the gaps of knowledge present in America. In this regard, I will intend t

The Impact of Reciprocal Teaching to Foster Reading Comprehension Skills and autonomy in EFL Learners

131 Páginas.Este reporte cualitativo está basado en un proyecto de investigación-acción llevado a cabo en un colegio público de Bogotá, Colombia, con estudiantes de séptimo grado. El propósito de este estudio fue determinar el impacto de Reciprocal teaching en relación a la autonomía y habilidades lectoras del aprendiz, siendo Reciprocal teaching una técnica instructiva que tiene como objetivo promover habilidades de comprensión lectora en estudiantes con más dificultad a través de la práctica de cuatro estrategias (predicción, pregunta, aclaración y resumen) en grupos de trabajo. La recolección de datos incluyó el uso de cuestionarios, entrevistas, logs para estudiantes y diarios para la reflexión del docente. Los resultados mostraron autonomía en los estudiantes en ciertas actividades dentro del aula. Adicionalmente, el uso de las estrategias evidenció el mejoramiento de su comprensión lectora. Los resultados permitieron observar y recolectar información más específica para éste y futuros estudios

The improvement of oral skills in young learners promoting the development of creativity.

Imágenes, graficos y tablas.Esta investigación se centra en cómo la implementación de la Estrategia de Aprendizaje Creativo estimula a los alumnos de primer grado a interactuar en inglés. La propuesta fue implementada por una maestra de primer grado creando un ambiente innovador de aprendizaje del inglés; en el cual los alumnos crean algo nuevo, en este caso, superhéroes originales utilizando materiales de su interés y siguen todos los pasos de la estrategia para construir sus ideas ((imaginar, jugar, compartir, reflexionar e imaginar de nuevo) durante todo el proceso los alumnos interactúan entre sí utilizando palabras sueltas y frases cortas para hablar de sus superhéroes. Los resultados demostraron que el uso de entornos de aprendizaje para desarrollar la creatividad ayuda a los alumnos a interactuar en una segunda lengua y proporciona experiencias de aprendizaje significativas, los alumnos mejoraron su capacidad de comunicar ideas y aumentaron sus habilidades de expresión oral debido a la interacción continua con sus compañeros de clase. Este estudio sigue los patrones de la investigación-acción y los instrumentos para recoger datos cuantitativos se aplicaron antes y después de utilizar la estrategia para medir su impacto en el proceso de aprendizaje del inglés.This research study is focused on how the implementation of The Creative Learning Strategy encourages first-grade students to interact in English. The proposal was implemented by a first-grade teacher creating an innovative English Learning environment; in which the students create something new; in this case, original superheroes using materials of their interest and they follow all the steps of the strategy to construct their ideas (imagine, play, share, reflect, and imagine again) during all process the students interact with each other using single words and short sentences to talk about their superheroes. The results demonstrate that the use of learning environments to develop creativity helps the students to interact in a second language and provide meaningful learning experiences, the students improved their ability to communicate ideas and increase their oral skills due to the continued interaction with their classmates. This study follows action research patterns and the instruments to collect quantitative data were implemented before and after using the strategy to measure their impact on the English learning process