Analyzing the Tagging Quality of the Spanish OpenStreetMap

In this paper, a framework for the assessment of the quality of OpenStreetMap is presented, comprising a batch of methods to analyze the quality of entity tagging. The approach uses Taginfo as a reference base and analyses quality measures such as completeness, compliance, consistence, granularity, richness and trust . The framework has been used to analyze the quality of OpenStreetMap in Spain, comparing the main cities of Spain. Also a comparison between Spain and some major European cities has been carried out. Additionally, a Web tool has been also developed in order to facilitate the same kind of analysis in any area of the world

Del estructuralismo al cognitivismo: hacia un enfoque cientifista de la narratología

Este artículo intenta realizar una reflexión metateórica sobre algunas relaciones que pueden establecerse entre la narratología estructuralista y la narratología cognitiva. Se ofrecen panorámicas sintéticas sobre cada uno de estos enfoques narratológicos, y se enfatiza particularmente el componente cientifista del estructuralismo.This paper aims to advance a metatheoretical reflection on some relations that can be established between structuralist narratology and cognitive narratology. It provides succinct and panoramic reviews of both narratological approaches, particularly highlighting the scientifist component of structuralism

Crime, Hooded Crusaders, and (Private) Justice: Arrow and the Exoneration of Vigilantism in Contemporary Popular Media

Como uma forma de combate extrajudicial ao crime, o vigilantismo envolve questões relevantes sobre crime, justiça e o cumprimento da lei, tornando-se um elemento básico dos média populares. Na década de 1980, diversos produtos da cultura popular adotaram uma abordagem crítica ao vigilantismo, como parte da desconstrução do género de super-herói, que incluiu uma reflexão crítica sobre as implicações psicológicas e políticas das motivações por detrás do comportamento dos executores da justiça privada. Nesse contexto, este artigo concentra-se na representação do vigilantismo no conhecido programa de televisão Arrow (Flecha) e analisa a maneira como ele retrata, racionaliza e, em última análise, exonera o vigilantismo como uma resposta justificável à atividade criminosa. A análise empírica se concentra nas várias estratégias retóricas usadas por Arrow para justificar o vigilantismo, como a representação de instituições legais e governamentais como corruptas e ineficientes, as múltiplas razões pelas quais o vigilantismo é praticado e a sanção do combate ao crime privado pelas instituições. Os resultados indicam que o programa oferece uma apologia do éthos do vigilante: Arrow herda a virada sombria dos super-heróis na década de 1980 e o reflexo dos medos da sociedade sobre o crime, no entanto, na visão de mundo do programa, esses medos só podem ser aplacados por vigilantes privados. Ao retratar o estado como ineficiente e/ou corrupto, o espetáculo potencializa ideologias do individualismo e do neoliberalismo antigovernamental. As a form of extralegal crimefighting, vigilantism involves relevant questions about crime, justice, and law enforcement, and it is a staple of popular media. In the 1980s, several popular culture products took a critical approach to vigilantism as a part of the deconstruction of the superhero genre, which included a critical reflection on the psychological and political implications of the motivations behind private justice enforcers’ behavior. In this context, this paper focuses on the representation of vigilantism within the popular television show Arrow, and analyzes how it depicts, rationalizes, and ultimately exonerates vigilantism as a response to criminal activity. The empirical analysis focuses on the various rhetorical strategies used by Arrow to justify vigilantism, such as the representation of legal and governmental institutions as corrupt and inefficient, the multiple rationales whereby vigilantism is practiced, and the sanctioning of private crimefighting by institutions. The analysis indicates that the show delivers an apology for the vigilante ethos: Arrow mirrors superheroes’ dark turn in the 1980s and their reflection of societal fears about crime. However, in the show’s worldview, these fears can only be appeased by private vigilantes. By portraying the state as inefficient and/or corrupt, the show boosts ideologies of individualism and anti-government neoliberalism

Evaluation of the police operational tactical procedures for reducing officer injuries resulting from physical interventions in problematic arrests. The case of the Municipal Police of Cádiz (Spain)

Objectives: This paper describes some operational tactical procedures (OTP) and discusses the results of a 14-year-long study, spanning the period 2003-2016, conducted by the Municipal Police of Cadiz, Spain, which comprised 3 time periods: 2003-2006, when the officers were trained in traditional policing procedures; 2007-2013, when the officers were taught an innovative set of OTP in the form of a basic set of self-defense and arrest mechanisms, different from the traditional policing procedures that rely on martial arts and combat sports; and finally 2014-2016, when the OTP training was discontinued. The aim of this study was to improve policing and reduce officer injuries resulting from interventions in controversial or violent situations, such as problematic arrests. Material and Methods: The study involved 162 police officers and commanders of the Municipal Police of Cadiz, who were in street duty for their first time. There were 8 females and 154 males aged 24-55 years. Three OTP stages are shown as examples. Results: Based on the analysis of "training hours" and "physical interventions in problematic arrests," the results were: 1) the number of sick leaves in the police was identical according to the number of arrests, and 2) data on sick leaves show remarkable differences among the 3 periods under analysis. Conclusions: The OTP-based training substantially reduced officer sick leaves. The overall reduction in sick leaves in the period 2007-2013 was observed that cannot be ascribed to a decrease in criminal acts, and hence in police physical interventions

Between Paris and Oviedo: 15 unpublished letters of Enrique Gómez Carrillo to Leopoldo Alas, Clarín

Entre París y Oviedo: 15 cartas inéditas de Enrique Gómez Carrillo a Leopoldo Alas, ClarínThe central aim of this article is to announce 15 letters sent by Enrique Gómez Carrillo to Leopoldo Alas. Till now unpublished, they were situated in Dionysus Gamallo Fierros's File. The publication of the same ones reaffirms the good relation that the Spanish writer and the Guatemalan had, as well as the common interests

A proposal of collaborative work in groups made up by students of the Faculty of the University of Castilla - La Mancha and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile : A proposal using collaborative publishing tools.

De la experiencia del trabajo con herramientas de publicación colaborativas - wikis - de uno de los autores en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, nace el planteamiento de actividades en las que los alumnos de la Facultad de Educación de esta Universidad trabajen de manera colaborativa con alumnos de las Facultades de Educación de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha en el ámbito de la Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales. El hecho de trabajar en la misma área de conocimiento, desde una perspectiva diferente, amplía la capacidad de los futuros maestros para trabajar en contextos internacionales. Utilizar wikis en la Educación Superior como instrumento de trabajo colaborativo permite además trabajar competencias transversales como la multiculturalidad, el uso de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, las habilidades interpersonales, el trabajo en equipo y la eliminación de barreras espacio-temporales. El trabajo colaborativo en contextos internacionales permite a los alumnos trabajar sobre la adaptación de los contenidos de la Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales al aula, contextualizándola en otro sistema educativo diferente y no limitándose a la legislación vigente en España y en Castilla-La Mancha. Por otro lado, en la Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales, los ecosistemas constituyen un interesante recurso de trabajo, vertebrador que relaciona las diferentes disciplinas. Los trabajos colaborativos centrados en ecosistemas de ambos países suponen trasladar aquellos conocimientos relacionados con procesos observados en ecosistemas cercanos a otros estudiantes que no los conocen desde su experiencia directa. La importancia de estos aspectos en la formación de un futuro maestro es especialmente interesante actualmente cuando la capacidad de ejercer la profesión docente en el extranjero puede suponer una interesante salida laboral.Based on the work of one of the authors in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile with collaborative publishing tools – wikis – there is a proposal for activities in which students of both universities, Castilla-La Mancha and Pontifical Catholic of Chile, can work collaboratively in the area of Didactics of Experimental Sciences. The fact of working in the same knowledge area, but from a different perspective, enhances the ability of the future teachers to work in international contexts. Using wikis in Universities as a tool for collaborative publishing, allows to develop transversal competences like multiculturality, the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), interpersonal abilities, the group work and the removal of time and space barriers. Collaborative work in an international context allow students to work on the adaptation of the Didactics of Experimental Sciences contents to schools, making them sensitive to another educative system and not only applying these contents to the current legislation in Spain and in Castilla-La Mancha. Besides, ecosystems are a powerful tool that vertebrate the relationship between the Didactics of Experimental Sciences and other disciplines. Collaborative works focused on Spanish and Chilean ecosystems implies the transfer of knowledge related to processes observed in these nearby ecosystems to other students that don't know them from their direct experience. The importance of all these aspects in the education of future teachers is especially interesting nowadays, when the ability to work as a teacher in a foreign country may constitute a significant opportunit