Negotiating conventions and creating community: the case of Cartoon and European animation

This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in "Journal of Economic Geography" following peer review. The version of record "Cole, A.; Barberá Tomás, JD. (2014). Negotiating conventions and creating community: the case of Cartoon and European animation. Journal of Economic Geography. 14(5):973-993." is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbu025This article examines the processes of negotiation and institution building through which transnational networks of learning are fashioned. It does so by examining the case of the European animation industry and the activity of an association, Cartoon, which facilitated the development of common conventions supporting cooperation and learning in this industry. The case draws attention to how issues of institutional context can frustrate collaboration and limit the scope of learning; simultaneously, it illustrates interventions that permitted the negotiation between situated and context-specific understandings on the one hand and the development of shared understandings and common conventions for action within the industry on the other. In sum, the article sheds light on the institutional work required to mobilize situated forms of knowledge and the important bridging functions that institutional entrepreneurs can play in this process.Cole, A.; Barberá Tomás, JD. (2014). Negotiating conventions and creating community: the case of Cartoon and European animation. Journal of Economic Geography. 14(5):973-993. doi:10.1093/jeg/lbu025S973993145Santisteban, M. A. (2006). Business Systems and Cluster Policies in the Basque Country and Catalonia (1990–2004). European Urban and Regional Studies, 13(1), 25-39. doi:10.1177/0969776406059227Amin, A. 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Dynamic perspectives on technology transfer: introduction to the special section

[EN] Theoretical frameworks acknowledge the dynamic and evolving nature of technology transfer. However, there is a scarcity of empirical work in the field incorporating a dynamic and longitudinal perspective. Several literature reviews call for technology transfer research agendas to include longitudinal studies. In response to such calls, this special section comprises selected contributions to the 2018 Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Conference which address this gap from different angles. The three qualitative and three quantitative works chosen contain research questions and methodologies related to dynamic aspects of technology transfer. We argue that historical and processual studies offer additional new directionsThe editors are grateful to 2018 T2S Conference participants for their comments on the papers published in this special section. We thank the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the Polytechnic Innovation City for their support and hospitality. We are indebted to the reviewers of the papers submitted to this special section. The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities funded Joaquin M. Azagra-Caro's and Pablo D'Este's contribution to the special section as part of the CSO2016-79045-C2-2-R and the RTI2018-101232-B-100 Projects of the Spanish National R&D&I Plan, respectively.Barberá Tomás, JD.; Azagra-Caro, JM.; Deste Cukierman, P. (2021). Dynamic perspectives on technology transfer: introduction to the special section. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-021-09898-7S1

What do biomarkers add: Mapping quantitative imaging biomarkers research

[EN] Purpose: To understand the contribution of the concept of "biomarker" to quantitative imaging research. Method: The study consists of a bibliometric and a network analysis of quantitative imaging biomarkers research based on publication data retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) for the period 1976-2017. Co-authorship is used as a proxy for scientific collaboration among research groups. Research groups are disambiguated and assigned to an institutional sector and to a medical specialty or academic discipline. Co-occurrence maps of specialties are built to delineate the collaborative network structure of this emerging field. Results: Two very distinct growth patterns emerged from the 5432 publications retrieved from WoS. Scientific production on 'quantitative imaging biomarkers >> (QIB) began 20 years after the first publications on 'quantitative imaging >> (QI). The field of QIB has exhibited rapid growth becoming the most used term since 2011. Among the 12,882 institutions identified, 56% include the term QIB and 44% include the term QI; among the 14,734 different research groups identified, 60% include the term QIB and 40% the term QI. QIB is characterized by a well-established community of researchers whose largest contributors are in medical specialties (radiology 17%, neurology 16%, mental 10%, oncology 10%), while QI shows a more fragmented and diverse community (radiology 13%, engineering 13%, physics 10%, oncology 9%, neurology 6%, biology 4%, nuclear 3%, computing 3%). This suggests a qualitative difference between QIB and QI networks. Conclusions: Adding biomarkers to quantitative imaging suggests that medical imaging is rapidly evolving, driven by the efforts to translate quantitative imaging research into clinical practice.This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Adrian A. Díaz-Faes has received support from a Juan de la Cierva Incorporacion postdoctoral grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (IJCI-2017-31454).Meseguer-Castillo, E.; Barberá Tomás, JD.; Benito Amat, C.; Arias-Diaz-Faes, A.; Martí-Bonmatí, L. (2022). What do biomarkers add: Mapping quantitative imaging biomarkers research. European Journal of Radiology. 146:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.1100521814

¿Innovaciones ocultas en enfermedades raras? Analizando las diversas formas de retorno social de la investigación clínica

Se autoriza la reproducción del contenido, siempre que se cite la procedencia.[ES] El origen de algunas mejoras (o innovaciones ocultas) en la práctica asistencial parece aconsejar paradigmas evaluativos más abiertos a aprehender las diversas, sutiles e indirectas vías potenciales de retorno asistencial de la investigación clínica. En el caso de las enfermedades raras, ya se ha puesto de manifiesto la importancia de los valores europeos compartidos para garantizar la atención sanitaria a estos pacientes mediante las redes europeas de centros de referencia. La gestión que estas redes hagan de las sinergias entre actividades clínicas y de investigación contribuirá a dar forma al futuro de las enfermedades raras en Europa.Barberá Tomás, JD.; Palau, F.; Villanueva-Felez, Á.; Richard Derle, W. (2014). ¿Innovaciones ocultas en enfermedades raras? Analizando las diversas formas de retorno social de la investigación clínica. Revista de la Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. (180):17-19. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/60081S171918

Socio-cultural, historical, political and economic dimensions of health and medicine

Health is one of the most important areas of human development and, along with quality of life, occupies a prominent place in the academic world, being studied from various theoretical perspectives and from different scientific disciplines. These studies try to explain, from the micro to the macro, what it means and what elements are involved in the health of individuals in particular and of society in general. However, given the diversity of perspectives, there is no consensus on the definition of health. At the beginning, the study of health focused on biomedical research into disease. This approach has shown its limits in understanding health in its most complete dimension, as defined by the World Health Organization as early as 1946 : “ health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity ” ( preamble to the WHO Constitution, 1946 ). This “ positive ” orientation of health is later taken up as a universal human right ( Declaration of Human Rights, art. 25 ), being considered today not only a right, but also a value in itself, an aspiration and a social demand....Peer reviewe

The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats

The Mediterranean Sea is a marine biodiversity hot spot. Here we combined an extensive literature analysis with expert opinions to update publicly available estimates of major taxa in this marine ecosystem and to revise and update several species lists. We also assessed overall spatial and temporal patterns of species diversity and identified major changes and threats. Our results listed approximately 17,000 marine species occurring in the Mediterranean Sea. However, our estimates of marine diversity are still incomplete as yet—undescribed species will be added in the future. Diversity for microbes is substantially underestimated, and the deep-sea areas and portions of the southern and eastern region are still poorly known. In addition, the invasion of alien species is a crucial factor that will continue to change the biodiversity of the Mediterranean, mainly in its eastern basin that can spread rapidly northwards and westwards due to the warming of the Mediterranean Sea. Spatial patterns showed a general decrease in biodiversity from northwestern to southeastern regions following a gradient of production, with some exceptions and caution due to gaps in our knowledge of the biota along the southern and eastern rims. Biodiversity was also generally higher in coastal areas and continental shelves, and decreases with depth. Temporal trends indicated that overexploitation and habitat loss have been the main human drivers of historical changes in biodiversity. At present, habitat loss and degradation, followed by fishing impacts, pollution, climate change, eutrophication, and the establishment of alien species are the most important threats and affect the greatest number of taxonomic groups. All these impacts are expected to grow in importance in the future, especially climate change and habitat degradation. The spatial identification of hot spots highlighted the ecological importance of most of the western Mediterranean shelves (and in particular, the Strait of Gibraltar and the adjacent Alboran Sea), western African coast, the Adriatic, and the Aegean Sea, which show high concentrations of endangered, threatened, or vulnerable species. The Levantine Basin, severely impacted by the invasion of species, is endangered as well

La evolución tecnológica del disco artificial según la Teoría del ciclo de vida del producto

La Teoría del Ciclo de Vida del Producto (en adelante, TCVP) caracteriza el cambio tecnológico que experimenta un producto a lo largo de su ciclo de vida como una secuencia de variación-selección. Las fases iniciales del ciclo de vida de un producto están caracterizadas por una gran variedad tecnológica, debido a que existe una alta incertidumbre respecto a las prestaciones de las diferentes soluciones tecnológicas propuestas. Sin embargo, esta incertidumbre se reduce con el tiempo, y esta reducción provoca que, en fases más maduras del ciclo de vida, de toda esta variedad tecnológica existente en el mercado emerja un único diseño hegemónico, llamado diseño dominante. El ejemplo empleado por lo común para ilustrar la TCVP es la historia temprana del automóvil: mientras que en 1900, en los orígenes de su desarrollo, tres soluciones distintas estaban presentes con cuotas similares en el mercado (el automóvil con motor eléctrico, con motor de gasolina o con motor de vapor), en la década de 1920 el automóvil con motor de gasolina se impuso como diseño dominante. Pero en la TCVP la secuencia de variedad-selección es concebida como una secuencia ahistórica. Esto es, asume que todas las variantes rivales aparecen en el mercado al mismo tiempo, y no tiene en cuenta la influencia del diferente ritmo de aparición de estas variantes rivales en los posteriores procesos de emergencia del diseño dominante. Esta tesis doctoral pretende completar el marco teórico de la TCVP para que sea capaz de incluir la inherente historicidad de la aparición de nuevas tecnologías. Para ello, compararemos los patrones evolutivos que se derivan de nuestro marco teórico con la evolución tecnológica de una prótesis quirúrgica, el disco artificial para la columna vertebral. En nuestro caso, el diferente ritmo de aparición en el mercado de las dos principales soluciones tecnológicas propuestas se debe a la menor 'resistencia tecnológica' de una de ellas.Barberá Tomás, JD. (2010). La evolución tecnológica del disco artificial según la Teoría del ciclo de vida del producto [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/8332Palanci

Energizing through visuals: how social entrepreneurs use emotion-symbolic work for social change

[EN] Little is known about how social entrepreneurs try to induce enactment of their cause, especially when this cause is difficult to embrace. Through a longitudinal study, we analyze how anti-plastic pollution social entrepreneurs use multimodal (visual and verbal) interactions to influence their targets and promote their cause. Our findings reveal that these social entrepreneurs use what we call ¿emotion-symbolic work,¿ which involves using visuals and words to elicit negative emotions through moral shock, and then transforming those emotions into emotional energy for enactment. The emotional transformation process entails connecting target actors to a cause, a collective identity, and the social entrepreneurs themselves. Our exploration of emotion-symbolic work offers new ways of seeing by emphasizing the use of multimodal interactions to affect emotions in efforts to influence target actors to enact a cause.Barberá Tomás, JD.; Castelló Molina, I.; Debakker, F.; Zietsma, C. (2019). Energizing through visuals: how social entrepreneurs use emotion-symbolic work for social change. Academy of Management Journal. 62(6):1789-1817. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2017.14881789181762