Nuevas perspectivas para la investigación en Internet: la Web 2.0 y la Empresa 2.0.

Desde su creación en 1989, la World Wide Web (la Web) ha revolucionado Internet, facilitando el acceso a información a muchos usuarios potenciales. Dos décadas más tarde, la Web forma parte de la vida diaria de muchas personas en todo el mundo, originando profundas transformaciones sociales que los investigadores en ciencias sociales batallan por comprender. Además, a lo largo de los últimos cinco años la Web ha sufrido importantes cambios debido al surgimiento y popularización de la llamada Web 2.0. Esto ha provocado una democratización en las herramientas de generación de información permitiendo que millones de personas se involucren en una conversación a escala global. Las tecnologías de la Web 2.0 y sus dinámicas de funcionamiento constituyen un área de gran futuro en la que profundizar en la investigación en ciencias sociales y, particularmente, en la investigación en el campo económico y de empresa. El concepto de Empresa 2.0 se deriva directamente de este nuevo contexto tecnológico. Since its creation in 1989, the World Wide Web (the Web) has revolutionised the Internet, facilitating the access to information to many potential users. Two decades later, the Web has become part of the daily lives of many people all over the world, causing deep social transformations that social scientists struggle to understand. Moreover, for the past five years, the Web has undergone significant changes by the popularisation of the so-called Web 2.0. This has provoked a democratisation of the information creation tools in such a way that millions of people have started to participate in a global conversation. The Web 2.0 technologies and dynamics represent a promising area to deepen into social science research and, particularly, into economics and business research. The concept Enterprise 2.0 derives directly from this new technological context.Web 2.0, Web, Internet, negocios, Empresa 2.0. Web 2.0, Web, Internet, business, Enterprise 2.0.

GeoAlicante 2015

GeoAlicante forma parte de un proyecto más amplio denominado GEOGRADÍA presentado por Rafael Sebastiá Alcaraz y Emilia María Tonda Monllor al Grupo de Didáctica de la Geografía, de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles (AGE), en el congreso de Córdoba realizado en el año 2014. Este proyecto tiene como objetivos difundir un nuevo modelo de ciencia geográfica entre la sociedad, dar a conocer a los ciudadanos los espacios-lugares en los que se desenvuelven y mostrar una forma diferente de enseñar la Geografía

GeoAlacant 2015

GeoAlacant forma part d’un projecte més ampli denominat GEOGRADIA presentat per Rafael Sebastià Alcaraz i Emilia Maria Tonda Monllor al Grup de Didàctica de la Geografia, de l’Associació de Geògrafs Espanyols (AGE), al congrés de Còrdova de l’any 2014. Els objectius d’aquest projecte són difondre un nou model de ciència geogràfica entre la societat, fer conèixer als ciutadans els espais o llocs en què es desenvolupen i mostrar una manera diferent d’ensenyar la geografia

Nuevas perspectivas para la investigación en Internet: la Web 2.0 y la Empresa 2.0

Desde su creación en 1989, la World Wide Web (la Web) ha revolucionado Internet, facilitando el acceso a información a muchos usuarios potenciales. Dos décadas más tarde, la Web forma parte de la vida diaria de muchas personas en todo el mundo, originando profundas transformaciones sociales que los investigadores en ciencias sociales batallan por comprender. Además, a lo largo de los últimos cinco años la Web ha sufrido importantes cambios debido al surgimiento y popularización de la llamada Web 2.0. Esto ha provocado una democratización en las herramientas de generación de información permitiendo que millones de personas se involucren en una conversación a escala global. Las tecnologías de la Web 2.0 y sus dinámicas de funcionamiento constituyen un área de gran futuro en la que profundizar en la investigación en ciencias sociales y, particularmente, en la investigación en el campo económico y de empresa. El concepto de Empresa 2.0 se deriva directamente de este nuevo contexto tecnológico.Since its creation in 1989, the World Wide Web (the Web) has revolutionised the Internet, facilitating the access to information to many potential users. Two decades later, the Web has become part of the daily lives of many people all over the world, causing deep social transformations that social scientists struggle to understand. Moreover, for the past five years, the Web has undergone significant changes by the popularisation of the so-called Web 2.0. This has provoked a democratisation of the information creation tools in such a way that millions of people have started to participate in a global conversation. The Web 2.0 technologies and dynamics represent a promising area to deepen into social science research and, particularly, into economics and business research. The concept Enterprise 2.0 derives directly from this new technological context

New hydrocolloid-based emulsions for replacing fat in panna cottas: a structural and sensory study

[EN] BACKGROUND: Dairy desserts are popular traditional products, but because of their high calorie or fat content, they can be unsuitable for people who have certain dietary requirements. The aim of this study was to design panna cottas with similar organoleptic and textural properties to the traditional ones but with a lower fat content, by replacing part of the cream with new emulsions prepared with hydrocolloids (cellulose ethers), namely methylcellulose (MC) and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC). RESULTS: Incorporating the MC and HPMC emulsions modified the textural properties (firmness and stiffness) of the panna cottas. Regarding the sensory results, the panna cottas prepared with the MC and HPMC emulsions were considered lumpy and soft respectively. CONCLUSION: Considering the results as a whole, the cellulose type and the amount of cream are factors to take into account. Although the texture and taste of the control panna cotta are better than those of the panna cottas prepared with the MC and HPMC emulsions, it is possible to replace 75% of the cream in traditional panna cottas with HPMC emulsion and obtain good consumer acceptance and purchase intention. The panna cottas with 75% substitution by HPMC emulsion were described as creamy, with smooth appearance and moist mouth feel.The authors are grateful to the Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness for financial support (AGL2015-68923-C2 (MINECO/FEDER)) and gratefully acknowledge the financial support of EU FEDER funds. They would also like to thank Mary Georgina Hardinge for translating and correcting the English of the manuscript.Borreani, JAA.; Hernando Hernando, MI.; Salvador Alcaraz, A.; Quiles Chuliá, MD. (2017). New hydrocolloid-based emulsions for replacing fat in panna cottas: a structural and sensory study. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 97(14):4961-4968. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8373S49614968971

La hora del Power Cuento

El objetivo de esta comunicación es describir el trabajo realizado con alumnos de educación infantil en dos centros de la localidad de Torre Pacheco. Tomando como referencia un cuento relacionado con los centros de interés de las unidades didácticas del aula, se ha elaborado un plan de actividades concreto. Algunas de estas actividades están diseñadas con el programa Power Point. Con ello se pretende fomentar la motivación del alumnado, desarrollar y estimular el lenguaje en todos sus niveles e iniciar a los alumnos en el uso de las TIC. En este caso el cuento elegido ha sido; “Los animales de la granja” para trabajar la unidad didáctica de los animales de granja. Este material quedará en el centro a disposición del resto de compañeros, para que sirva de guía en la realización de materiales similares

Addressing Profiles of Systemic Inflammation Across the Different Clinical Phenotypes of Acutely Decompensated Cirrhosis

ACLF; Acute decompensation; CirrhosisInsuficiencia hepática aguda sobre crónica; Descompensación aguda; CirrosisInsuficiència hepàtica aguda sobre crònica; Descompensació aguda; CirrosiBackground: Patients with acutely decompensated cirrhosis (AD) may or may not develop acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). ACLF is characterized by high-grade systemic inflammation, organ failures (OF) and high short-term mortality. Although patients with AD cirrhosis exhibit distinct clinical phenotypes at baseline, they have low short-term mortality, unless ACLF develops during follow-up. Because little is known about the association of profile of systemic inflammation with clinical phenotypes of patients with AD cirrhosis, we aimed to investigate a battery of markers of systemic inflammation in these patients. Methods: Upon hospital admission baseline plasma levels of 15 markers (cytokines, chemokines, and oxidized albumin) were measured in 40 healthy controls, 39 compensated cirrhosis, 342 AD cirrhosis, and 161 ACLF. According to EASL-CLIF criteria, AD cirrhosis was divided into three distinct clinical phenotypes (AD-1: Creatinine<1.5, no HE, no OF; AD-2: creatinine 1.5-2, and or HE grade I/II, no OF; AD-3: Creatinine<1.5, no HE, non-renal OF). Results: Most markers were slightly abnormal in compensated cirrhosis, but markedly increased in AD. Patients with ACLF exhibited the largest number of abnormal markers, indicating "full-blown" systemic inflammation (all markers). AD-patients exhibited distinct systemic inflammation profiles across three different clinical phenotypes. In each phenotype, activation of systemic inflammation was only partial (30% of the markers). Mortality related to each clinical AD-phenotype was significantly lower than mortality associated with ACLF (p < 0.0001 by gray test). Among AD-patients baseline systemic inflammation (especially IL-8, IL-6, IL-1ra, HNA2 independently associated) was more intense in those who had poor 28-day outcomes (ACLF, death) than those who did not experience these outcomes. Conclusions: Although AD-patients exhibit distinct profiles of systemic inflammation depending on their clinical phenotypes, all these patients have only partial activation of systemic inflammation. However, those with the most extended baseline systemic inflammation had the highest the risk of ACLF development and death

The diclosure of corporate social responsibility information in public administrations: an empirical study in local governments

Las prácticas de divulgación de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC) son cada vez más utilizadas por las grandes compañías como instrumentos para eliminar las asimetrías de información entre los stakeholders. En el caso de las administraciones públicas, aunque las exigencias de los ciudadanos son cada vez mayores en materia de transparencia y de rendición de cuentas, la difusión de información RSC es un tema todavía poco estudiado. Este trabajo pretende realizar una primera aproximación a la difusión de información RSC en las administraciones locales españolas y su finalidad principal es conocer las debilidades y fortalezas que, en materia de RSC, tienen los sistemas de información de estas entidades, identificando oportunidades de mejora que orienten futuras investigaciones. Para ello, hemos analizado los sitios web de 55 grandes gobiernos locales, obteniendo conclusiones sobre la difusión de información general acerca de RSC así como sobre la publicación de información económica, social y medioambiental. Los resultados revelan que las mayores carencias de publicación de información RSC corresponden a la información medioambiental, mientras que la información social es la más divulgada. Asimismo, el tamaño de la entidad, la competencia política y el signo del partido gobernante, no explican el desarrollo de las prácticas de difusión de información RSC.The disclosure practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are increasingly used by large companies in order to eliminate information asymmetries between stakeholders. Instead, the disclosure of CSR information for governments is a topic little studied yet, though the demands of citizens are increasing in transparency and accountability. This paper attempts a first approach to information CSR dissemination in Spanish local governments. Its main purpose is to know the strengths and weaknesses about CSR of information systems of these entities, identifying opportunities for improvement to guide future research. To do this, we analyzed the websites of 55 large local governments, drawing conclusions about the disclosure of CSR general information and about the publication of on economic, social and environmental information. The results reveal that the major shortcomings in CSR disclosure are related to environmental information, while social information is the most published. Also, the size of the entity, political competition and the political sign of the government, do not explain the development of disclosure of RSC information.Esta investigación fue realizada con la financiación de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía, Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa (Proyecto de Investigación nº ECO2010-17463 y Proyecto de Investigación nº ECO2010- 20522) así como del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Proyecto de Innovación ECO 2010-17463, ECON-FEDER)

Enhancing Sustainability Transparency in Local Governments—An Empirical Research in Europe

In the current socioeconomic context, the question of local government sustainability transparency is of great interest to policymakers, managers, citizens and other stakeholders, and yet one to which previous research has devoted little specific attention. At the same time, the Internet has become an instrument of good governance worldwide and government entities in Europe have strived to promote e-government to improve transparency towards citizens. The aim of this study was to identify factors that can help politicians and managers improve practices of sustainability information disclosed by European local governments. To do so, an empirical study was conducted of 91 municipalities in nine countries, comparing three main administrative cultures. Our analysis of the study results highlights various demographic, socioeconomic, financial and legal factors that may be useful to policymakers and managers in promoting the online provision of sustainability information in Anglo-Saxon, Nordic and Southern European countries

Oil-in-water emulsions stabilised by cellulose ethers: stability, structure and in vitro digestion

[EN] The effect of cellulose ethers in oil-in-water emulsions on stability during storage and on texture, microstructure and lipid digestibility during in vitro gastrointestinal digestion was investigated. All the cellulose ether emulsions showed good physical and oxidative stability during storage. In particular, the methylcellulose with high methoxyl substituents (HMC) made it possible to obtain emulsions with high consistency which remained almost unchanged during gastric digestion, and thus could enhance fullness and satiety perceptions at gastric level. Moreover, the HMC emulsion slowed down lipid digestion to a greater extent than a conventional protein emulsion or the emulsions stabilised by the other cellulose ethers. Therefore, HMC emulsions could be used in weight management to increase satiation capacity and decrease lipid digestion.The authors are grateful to the Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness for financial support (AGL2015-68923-C2 (MINECO/FEDER)) and gratefully acknowledge the financial support of EU FEDER funds. They would also like to thank Mary Georgina Hardinge for assistance in correcting the English manuscript.Borreani, JAA.; Espert, M.; Salvador Alcaraz, A.; Sanz, MT.; Quiles Chuliá, MD.; Hernando Hernando, MI. (2017). Oil-in-water emulsions stabilised by cellulose ethers: stability, structure and in vitro digestion. Food & Function. 8(4):1547-1557. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7fo00159bS154715578