Building Historical Narratives about Controversial Issues on Twitter: An Analysis of Digital Literacy Levels in Secondary School Students

This research analyses the literacy levels of a group of Spanish secondary school history students (n = 42) in digital environments (Twitter), with the aim of providing educational clues about the ways in which social discourses are constructed on controversial issues, in particular those generated by the Spanish Civil War. From a qualitative research approach, the most recurrent digital narrative data has been emptied and analyzed, based on three a priori categories of social analysis: gender, historical empathy and social conscience. The results report the predominance of cognitive/inferential literacy skills and, consequently, the need to incorporate new scenarios for teaching-learning history from the theoretical principles of critical pedagogy and education for active, critical and committed citizenship with social participation

What Predictors Explain Holocaust and Human Rights Education in Spain? A Study with in-Service Secondary School Teachers

From the perspective of the pedagogy of teaching collective trauma, and the educational dialogue between historical memory and contemporary social responsibility, this research seeks to determine the socio-demographic, formative and didactic factors that explain the teaching of the Holocaust and Human Rights education in a sample of Spanish secondary school teachers (n = 1125). Through a non-experimental, cross-sectional, explanatory and predictive design, and the application of the instrument Teaching the Holocaust and Human Rights Education (THRE), the results obtained show that the initial and on-going training of teachers is one of the explanatory axes of the curricular inclusion of the Holocaust and Human Rights as specific contents of education for democratic citizenship. Age, gender and level of teacher education, on the other hand, are not proposed as explanatory factors for the inclusion of Holocaust and human rights as specific content in education for democratic citizenship

A new approach for modelling passenger trains evacuation procedures

This paper presents EvacTrain 2.0 a new model to simulate and explore the results of different evacuation strategies in passenger trains. This model is stochastic and can generate several results within a few seconds. This is why it is intended to be used for decision support during emergencies. EvacTrain is compared with another evacuation model and partially validated against a fire drill. Results show that this model can provide an accurate representation of real evacuation process. The general findings suggest a new paradigm for the application of evacuation modelling in passenger trains: their potential use for supporting emergency decisions in real-time.The authors would like to thank to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for the EVACTRAIN Project grant, Ref.: BIA2011-26738, co-financed by FEDER

Valorización de Mibanco banco de la Microempresa S.A.

En el presente documento se elabora un plan financiero de la empresa Mibanco Banco de la Microempresa S.A, el cual plantea mejorar los indicadores de Capital de Trabajo, Estructura de Capital, Ratio de Capital Global, Provisiones, Margen Financiero Neto, Margen Financiero Bruto, que al ser aplicado permitan maximizar el EBITDA de la empresa y por consiguiente su valor. En el Perú la banca es un dinamizador importante de la economía, para finales del 2017 la cartera total de créditos otorgados por la banca múltiple ascendió a S/.245,552 millones, creciendo en 5.54% respecta al año anterior. Mibanco es una institución especializada en la atención de clientes de la micro y pequeña empresa. Por la volatilidad de los flujos futuros de los clientes que Mibanco atiende, el banco asume un mayor riesgo de incumplimiento, que al no ser mitigado puede castigar drásticamente los beneficios (incremento de provisiones). Por la importancia de las entidades bancarias en el país, la Superintendencia de Banca Seguros y AFP (SBS) regula las instituciones financieras empleando estándares de control propios e internacionales como el acuerdo de Basilea III, esto permite prevenir posibles deterioros de las carteras (activos y pasivos) de las instituciones financieras y por consecuencia fortalecer el sector financiero. Las estrategias propuestas en el plan financiero se centran en: (a) Posicionamiento de mercado (b) Captación de Depósitos (c) Calidad de Cartera (d) Valor de la empresa.In the present document a financial plan of the company Mibanco Banco de la Microempresa SA is prepared, which aims to improve the indicators of Working Capital, Capital Structure, Global Capital Ratio, Provisions, Net Financial Margin, Gross Financial Margin, which when applied, they maximize the EBITDA of the company and therefore its value. In Peru banking is an important driver of the economy, by the end of 2017 the total portfolio of loans granted by the multiple banks amounted to S / .245,552 million, growing by 5.54% compared to the previous year. Mibanco is an institution specialized in customer service for micro and small businesses. Due to the volatility of future customer flows that Mibanco serves, the bank assumes a greater risk of default, which, when not mitigated, can drastically punish the benefits (increase in provisions). Due to the importance of banking entities in the country, the Superintendency of Banking Insurance and AFP (SBS) regulates financial institutions using their own and international control standards such as the Basel III agreement, this allows to prevent possible deterioration of the portfolios (assets and liabilities) of financial institutions and consequently strengthen the financial sector. The strategies proposed in the financial plan focus on: (a) Market positioning (b) Collection of deposits (c) Portfolio quality (d) Value of the company.Tesi

Niveles de conciencia histórica y tratamiento de temas controvertidos en entornos digitales: Un estudio de caso con futuro profesorado español de Educación Secundaria

El objetivo de la presente investigación busca conocer, por una parte, los niveles de conciencia histórica del futuro profesorado español de Educación Secundaria (n = 61) en las redes sociales/entornos virtuales. Por otra, pretende aproximarse a las representaciones del pasado-presente-futuro, construidas por los y las futuras docentes, en estos espacios, e interpretar las relaciones entre sus niveles de conciencia histórica y su interacción con temas controvertidos a partir de sus propias narrativas sociales (n = 169). El estudio se adscribe a los enfoques cualitativo-deductivos, con el fin de comprobar la transferibilidad teórica de los niveles de conciencia histórica de Rüsen al contexto específico de una universidad española. Los resultados obtenidos arrojan niveles mayoritariamente ejemplares y críticos de conciencia histórica, con escasas variaciones entre las dimensiones analizadas (pandemia global por COVID-19 y salud pública; memoria histórica, identidades nacionales, crisis migratorias e identidades excluyentes; identidades de sexo-género e identidades excluyentes). Puede concluirse que trabajar temas controvertidos, generados en entornos virtuales, en la formación del profesorado podría mejorar la adquisición de conceptos de tercer orden, como la conciencia histórica, capacitando a los y las futuras docentes para abordar satisfactoriamente cuestiones socialmente vivas en el aula de forma transversal e interdisciplinar.

Increasing grid integration of wind energy by using ampacity techniques

The grid integration of renewable energy, particularly in Spain, supposes an important problem to deal with for Distributor System Operators (DSO). Most of the times Wind Energy Farms are located in places that are far away from the transmission networks so they have to be integrated into distribution networks that are frequently operating close to their static rate. Current regulations make almost impossible to build new overhead lines so the increase of the capacity of the existing lines is a new target for the DSO. This paper is devoted to the analysis of a new methodology and monitoring system that have been developed to overcome the existing static rates by moving the operation point of the overhead lines close to their dynamic rate. This new rate is computed by using both the IEEE and CIGRÉ algorithms and a local weather forecast. The obtained results show that this approach can increase the capacity of the lines in a significant percentage.This work was supported by the Spanish Government under the R+D initiative INNPACTO with reference IPT2011-1447-920000

Analysis of a real case of ampacity management in a 132 kV network integrating high rates of wind energy

The grid integration of renewable energy, and particularly in Spain, supposes an important problem to deal with for Distributor System Operators (DSO). Most of the times Wind Energy Farms are located in places that are far away from the transmission networks so they have to be integrated into distribution networks that are frequently next to their static rate. Current regulations make almost impossible to build new overhead lines so the increase of the capacity of the existing lines is a new target for the DSO. One of the developed options to solve this issue is the dynamic management of the network. This paper is devoted to the analysis of a real case of ampacity management in a 132 kV overhead line placed in a high-wind generation area. The obtained results show that this approach can increase the lines capacity in a significant percentage.This work was supported by the Spanish Government under the R+D initiative INNPACTO with reference IPT-2011-1447-920000 and Spanish R+D initiative with reference ENE2013-42720-R. The authors want also to acknowledge E.on Distribution for its support and help

Keys to Future in the Care and Support for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. What Tell us Science?

Este artículo describe las aportaciones de un debate cuyo objeto principal era responder, por parte de tres expertos, a una serie de tópicos, con la mirada puesta en un futuro de los próximos diez años, tales como: la evolución de los conceptos de inteligencia y de conducta adaptativa; la evaluación diagnóstica de la discapacidad; la calidad de vida como fuente de información para evaluar las políticas, así como las prácticas de los servicios; las condiciones que debe tener un servicio para que sea realmente un servicio centrado en la persona; los servicios basados en la comunidad; las necesidades de apoyo de las familias; el papel de los padres; o bien la propia participación de las personas con discapacidad en el desarrollo de los servicios./nEl debate se organizó en base a tres grandes bloques de contenido: elementos diagnósticos, constructos del campo de la discapacidad intelectual y prestación de apoyos./nEste artículo finaliza con un decálogo de conclusiones en base a las argumentaciones de los intervinientes.This article describes the contributions of a round table whose main purpose was to respond, by three experts, a series of topics, with the look anytime in the next ten years, such as: the evolution of the concepts of intelligence and adaptive behavior; the diagnostic evaluation of disability; the quality of life as a source of information to evaluate the policies, as well as the practices of the services; the conditions that must have a service to make it really a service focused on the person; services based in the community; the needs of supporting families; the role of the parents; either the own participation of persons with disabilities in the development of services. The discussion was organized on the basis of three large blocks of content: diagnostic elements, constructs in the field of intellectual disabilities, and provision of support. This article ends with a Decalogue of conclusions based on the arguments of the parties

Indirect estimation of overhead line ampacity in overhead lines integrating wind farms

Ampacity techniques have been used by Distributor System Operators (DSO) and Transport System Operators (TSO) in order to increase the static rate of transport and distribution infrastructures, especially those who are used for the grid integration of renewable energy. In some cases, especially when the overhead lines are used to evacuate energy from wind farms, there is a direct correlation between the ampacity of the overhead lines and the active power produced by the wind farms. This papers analyses this correlation considering the most important weather parameters like wind, ambient temperature and solar irradiation.This work was supported by the Spanish Government under the R+D initiative INNPACTO with reference IPT-2011-1447-920000

Socio-Environmental Problematic, End-Purposes, and Strategies Relating to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through the Perspectives of Spanish Secondary Education Trainee Teachers

In this paper, representations of Spanish Secondary Education trainee teachers (n = 163) are analyzed with regard to the socio-environmental problematic, end-purposes, and strategies of education for sustainable development (ESD). Likewise, the study seeks to identify the potential influence of sociodemographic variables on those representations and, in particular, possible differences between either the perceptions or the beliefs of trainee teachers of Geography and History and those from other disciplines. The study can be classified as a non-experimental ex post facto investigation based on a questionnaire, yielding results that reflected the commitment of the students towards teaching through the implementation of strategies directed at conflict resolution for social transformation, and towards teaching the development of critical and creative thinking skills for social interventions. Likewise, the study reports the promotion of specific socio-educational actions leading to sustainable development. These results show the absence of differences in terms of the sex, age, institutional affiliation, background discipline or specialism, or previous training in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the students. Despite the identification of greater tendencies towards the conceptualized development of social awareness and active citizenship among trainee teachers of Geography and History, these results reflected the pertinence and the educational need for ESD in higher education from a holistic and transversal perspective