Space-time and the production of meanings in Nuno Bragança’s Directa

UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020Various disciplines have studied the Space and Time categories over time, both separately and together. For humans, according to Tuan, “The experience of space and time is largely subconscious” (2014, p. 118). As in human experience, these two categories are inseparable in narrative genre because “‘story time’ emerges from the interplay of space, events, characters, and plot structure” (Scheffel, 2014). The inseparability of Space and Time is also present and visible in a city, as shown by several authors. Concerning these two categories, in Nuno Bragança’s novel Directa, the author explores simultaneously the potential offered by the city of Lisbon and the narrative genre. In this chapter, we intend to show how the author treats space and time in the novel, especially, how he uses the practice of the city space as an intentional way to establish and treat various times and build essential messages of the work, especially through hero maps and routes, and reflections.publishersversionpublishe

Navegações, descobertas, encontros e reencontros na poesia de Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen’s book Navigations was inspired by the experience of the author’s first contact with the East, during a plane trip to Macao to pay homage to Camões. The view of the coasts of Vietnam will have led Sophia to imagine the wonder and astonishment experienced by the Portuguese navigators who first arrived there by sea. Therefore, this book commemorates the Portuguese Discoveries, in the line of Camões and Pessoa, but that takes a new and original look on the theme. Therefore, these Navigations are an initiatory journey, from which results the discovery of Being, that is, in some way, a kind of circumnavigation voyage, the return to the beginning.publishersversionpublishe

Chapter Navegações, descobertas, encontros e reencontros na poesia de Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen’s book Navigations was inspired by the experience of the author’s first contact with the East, during a plane trip to Macao to pay homage to Camões. The view of the coasts of Vietnam will have led Sophia to imagine the wonder and astonishment experienced by the Portuguese navigators who first arrived there by sea. Therefore, this book commemorates the Portuguese Discoveries, in the line of Camões and Pessoa, but that takes a new and original look on the theme. Therefore, these Navigations are an initiatory journey, from which results the discovery of Being, that is, in some way, a kind of circumnavigation voyage, the return to the beginning

Human–robot interactions in the restaurant setting: the role of social cognition, psychological ownership and anthropomorphism

This author accepted manuscript is deposited under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC) licence. This means that anyone may distribute, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, subject to full attribution. If you wish to use this manuscript for commercial purposes, please contact [email protected]'The usage of robot waiters in the hospitality industry is growing, thus increasing the number of human–robot interactions in frontline services. Focusing on robot waiters in restaurants, this study aims to propose the social cognition (SC)–psychological ownership (PO)–customer responses (CR) model, while examining the association between SC, PO, robot anthropomorphism and CR

Smart speakers and customer experience in service contexts

The use of artificial intelligence‐based devices, such as smart speakers, is rising in frontline services, as such devices can perform several tasks for customers. However, little is known about customer responses to interactions with smart speakers that occur during service encounters. This research encompasses three studies intended to enhance our currently scarce knowledge of how customers respond to interactions with smart speakers during service encounters. Focusing on the hospitality industry, the first study shows that smart speakers improve evaluations of the hotels that use them in terms of customer ratings and positive affects. The second study demonstrates that automated social presence and psychological ownership feelings are key mechanisms that explain the development of valuable customer responses. The third study, which uses virtual reality, suggests that better actual behaviors are exhibited by people who appreciate the incorporation of smart speakers into services. Thus, the findings indicate that smart speakers improve service experiences, especially if used to carry out hedonic tasks usually performed by employeesMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2020‐ 113561RB‐I00; PID2019‐105468RB‐I00; TED2021‐129513B‐C22) and European Social Fund and the Government of Aragon (Group “METODO” S20_20R; LMP51_21

Service brand coolness in the construction of brand loyalty: a self-presentation theory approach

As service brands need to find new methods to overcome consumers' distrust of physical spaces in the post-COVID-19 era, we explore how niche and mass service brands can recover their experiential value through perceptions of coolness. In three studies, we evaluate service brand coolness and its consequences for communal–brand connection and loyalty. In Studies 1 and 2, we examine consumers’ thoughts on coolness and communal connection when describing their encounters with service brands. In Study 3, we test the relations among service brand coolness, communal–brand connection, and loyalty. Our findings show that for both niche and mass firms, service brand coolness similarly enhances communal–brand connection and loyaltyThis research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, grant number PID2020-113561RB-I0

Principales rasgos de la Amazonia brasileña. Pueblos indígenas. Medio ambiente

[ES]Seminario internacional “Reflexiones políticas y jurídicas sobre la protección del medio ambiente y las políticas de desarrollo en la Amazonia”, organizado por el Centro de Estudios Brasileños de la Universidad de Salamanca. Vídeo de la mesa de debate “Principales rasgos de la Amazonia brasileña. Pueblos indígenas. Medio ambiente”, celebrada el 4 de mayo de 2021, conformada por la Prof.ª Camila Loureiro Dias, de la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp, Brasil), el investigador Adalberto Val, del Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA, Brasil), y moderada por el Prof. Felipe Gómez Isa, de la Universidad de Deusto (España). [PO]Seminário internacional “Reflexões políticas e jurídicas sobre a proteção do meio ambiente e as políticas de desenvolvimento na Amazônia”, organizado pelo Centro de Estudos Brasileiros da Universidade de Salamanca. Vídeo da mesa de debate “Principais características da Amazônia brasileira. Povos indígenas. Meio ambiente”, celebrada em 4 de maio de 2021, formada pela Prof.ª Camila Loureiro Dias, da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp, Brasil), o pesquisador Adalberto Val, do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA, Brasil), e moderada pelo Prof. Felipe Gómez Isa, da Universidad de Deusto (Espanha)

Scans for signatures of selection in Russian cattle breed genomes reveal new candidate genes for environmental adaptation and acclimation

Domestication and selective breeding has resulted in over 1000 extant cattle breeds. Many of these breeds do not excel in important traits but are adapted to local environments. These adaptations are a valuable source of genetic material for efforts to improve commercial breeds. As a step toward this goal we identified candidate regions to be under selection in genomes of nine Russian native cattle breeds adapted to survive in harsh climates. After comparing our data to other breeds of European and Asian origins we found known and novel candidate genes that could potentially be related to domestication, economically important traits and environmental adaptations in cattle. The Russian cattle breed genomes contained regions under putative selection with genes that may be related to adaptations to harsh environments (e.g., AQP5, RAD50, and RETREG1). We found genomic signatures of selective sweeps near key genes related to economically important traits, such as the milk production (e.g., DGAT1, ABCG2), growth (e.g., XKR4), and reproduction (e.g., CSF2). Our data point to candidate genes which should be included in future studies attempting to identify genes to improve the extant breeds and facilitate generation of commercial breeds that fit better into the environments of Russia and other countries with similar climates

Evaluación en el aula, currículo y evaluaciones externas

El Grupo de Trabajo sobre Estándares y Evaluación del PREAL (GTEEPREAL), decidió realizar este estudio sobre las concepciones y prácticas evaluativas de docentes latinoamericanos y sobre su alineamiento con lo establecido por los enfoques curriculares de sus respectivos países, los de sus pruebas nacionales y los del Segundo Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (SERCE) del Laboratorio Latinoamericano de Evaluación de la Calidad Educativa de UNESCO/OREALC. El relevamiento de la información para este estudio se realizó en ocho países de América Latina y el Caribe: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, Perú y Uruguay. La elección de estos países estuvo fundamentada en que todos ellos tienen sistemas nacionales de evaluación estandarizada operando, han participado en el Segundo Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (SERCE) y tuvieron diferentes niveles de desempeño en este estudio regional. Se trabajó con maestros de 6to año por ser éste el grado de culminación del ciclo de educación básica en la mayoría de los países de la región y por ser uno de los grados evaluados por el SERCE. La elección de las áreas evaluadas -Matemática y Lengua- radica en la importancia disciplinar de las mismas dentro del proceso educativo y en que son las disciplinas evaluadas tanto por los sistemas nacionales de los países objeto de indagación como por la mayoría de las evaluaciones internacionales. Para la realización de este trabajo se utilizó la información obtenida a través de: a) entrevistas en profundidad a 160 maestros de 6° grado, centradas en distintos aspectos de los modos de evaluar en Lenguaje y en Matemática; b) registros fotográficos de las tareas de evaluación que los maestros de 6º grado proponen a sus estudiantes, con sus correspondientes realizaciones, correcciones y calificaciones; c) un cuestionario autoadministrado sobre los conocimientos y percepciones de los maestros sobre las pruebas estandarizadas que se aplican en sus países y en la región; d) un análisis de los currículos nacionales de los países involucrados, que aportó información acerca de cuáles son los saberes priorizados por las autoridades educativas en cada país y las orientaciones para la evaluación de aprendizajes en el aula (currículo prescrito). Mientras las entrevistas y los cuestionarios permitieron analizar lo que los maestros dicen sobre lo que evalúan y sobre por qué lo hacen de determinada manera, el análisis de los trabajos de los alumnos permitió ver las propuestas de evaluación instrumentadas por los docentes, que constituyen un indicador clave acerca del currículo implementado