From Smart Cities to Smart Human Cities: digital inclusion in app's

Las Smart Human cities, tienen como objetivos mejorar y facilitar la vida a los ciudadanos con la ayuda de las aplicaciones TICs (Apps, en adelante). El estudio que se presenta tiene como finalidad analizar las Apps, en cuanto a su accesibilidad y usabilidad para ciudadanos con disfuncionalidad visual, ya que esta dificultad es la que más influye en el uso eficaz y eficiente de las mismas. La muestra la constituyen 19 Apps cuyo criterios de selección son; los rankings de aplicaciones más empleadas en el año 2014 (google play, app store y iTunes Store) y aplicaciones desarrolladas por algunas Smart cities españolas (Gijón, Logroño, Madrid y Murcia). Para su análisis se construye una escala descriptiva en base a indicadores extraídos mediantes un proceso deductivo-inductivo. Un primer resultado es el “Sistema de indicadores para el análisis de la accesibilidad y usabilidad de las Apps” como modelo a aplicar. De los cuatro entornos en los que se aglutinan las Apps más usadas, el social y más concretamente las aplicaciones de redes sociales, son las que más atiende a la accesibilidad; son muy demandadas y rentables para la industria de las telecomunicaciones. Sin embargo, el resto de aplicaciones son evaluadas como totalmente inaccesibles para estos usuarios.Smart cities have as goals to Improve and to make an easier life for their citizens throw ICT applications (Apps, hereinafter). The study aim to analyse Apps, abut its accessibility and usability for people with visual dysfunction, because this is the greatest disability with influence on the effective and efficient use of them. The sample constitutes 19 Apps whose selection criteria are; the rankings of most used applications in 2014 (google play, app store and iTunes Store) and some applications developed by some Spanish Smart Cities (Gijon, Logroño, Madrid and Murcia). To analyse these data is made a descriptive scale based on indicators retrieved from a deductive-inductive process. First result is the "System of indicators for analysis accessibility and usability of Apps" as a model to apply. On the four groups of most used Apps, social and social networking applications specifically, pay attention to better accessibility; they have a high demand by costumers and a high cost-profit rates to communications companies. However, other applications are evaluated as completely inaccessible to these special users

Propuesta de las condiciones de las aplicaciones móviles, para la construcción de un entorno de accesibilidad personal para usuarios con discapacidad visual en las Smart Cities

Los nuevos avances tecnológicos y el uso de nuevas aplicaciones móviles permiten acceder a múltiples posibilidades en las Smart Cities. Sin embargo, el uso de la tecnología no resuelve por sí misma problemas de inclusión de ciudadanos que, por sus condiciones sociales o personales, no pueden utilizarlas adecuadamente. También, estas personas quedan incapacitadas, aún más, para participar como ciudadanos activos en su ciudad. Creando nuevas barreras no arquitectónicas, sino tecnológicas, que son más difíciles de comprender. Este estudio emplea la observación directa de personas con baja visión o ceguera, para comprobar las dificultades y necesidades que presentan en el uso de distintas aplicaciones en los sistemas Android e iOS. Y como resultados se comprueba que todos ellos necesitan aplicaciones complementarias, que en muchos casos no son compatibles con las diseñadas para el resto de personas. Y que, por tanto, no pueden acceder a todos los recursos de la Smart City. Para solucionarlo se propone la creación de un Entorno de Accesibilidad Personal (PAE), a través del cual se le permite el acceso al conjunto de todos los contenidos necesarios para interactuar con el entorno en el que se encuentra.New technological advances and use of new mobile applications facilitate a easy access to multiple possibilities in smart cities. However, the use of technology does not solve inclusion problems of citizens who, due to their social or personal conditions, cannot use them adequately. Also, these people are incapacitated, even more, to participate as active citizens in their city. Creating a new nonarchitectural barriers, but technological ones, which are more difficult to understand. This study employs the direct observation of people with low vision or blindness, to check the difficulties and needs they present in the use of different applications from Android and iOS systems. And as results, it is verified that all of them need complementary applications, which in many cases are not compatible with those designed for other people. And therefore, they cannot access to all the resources in the smart city. To solve it is proposed the creation of a Personal Accessibility Environment (PAE) to allow an access to a set of all necessary contents to interact with the environment in their locations

An automated method for the analysis of food intake behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans

The study of mechanisms that govern feeding behaviour and its related disorders is a matter of global health interest. The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans is becoming a model organism of choice to study these conserved pathways. C. elegans feeding depends on the contraction of the pharynx (pumping). Thanks to the worm transparency, pumping can be directly observed under a stereoscope. Therefore, C. elegans feeding has been historically investigated by counting pharyngeal pumping or by other indirect approaches. However, those methods are short-term, time-consuming and unsuitable for independent measurements of sizable numbers of individuals. Although some particular devices and long-term methods have been lately reported, they fail in the automated, scalable and/or continuous aspects. Here we present an automated bioluminescence-based method for the analysis and continuous monitoring of worm feeding in a multi-well format. We validate the method using genetic, environmental and pharmacological modulators of pharyngeal pumping. This flexible methodology allows studying food intake at specific time-points or during longer periods of time, in single worms or in populations at any developmental stage. Additionally, changes in feeding rates in response to differential metabolic status or external environmental cues can be monitored in real time, allowing accurate kinetic measurements.España MINECO BFU2012-3550

Los conflictos escolares y su gestión en la formación inicial del profesorado. Un estudio de caso

En este artículo se analizan las percepciones de los futuros docentes acerca de los conflictos escolares, su gestión, la formación inicial recibida y su grado de satisfacción al finalizar el Grado de Educación Primaria. Se trata de un estudio descriptivo que utiliza el cuestionario como instrumento de recogida de información. En el estudio han participado 101 estudiantes de último curso del Centro de Magisterio la Inmaculada, adscrito a la Universidad de Granada, que representan el 70.13%% de la población. Los resultados revelan la existencia de coincidencias y divergencias en todas las dimensiones del cuestionario, así como la presencia de asociaciones significativas, en función del género, en la conceptualización del conflicto, la gestión de conflictos escolares y la formación inicial docente para su regulación.This article analyze the perceptions of future teachers about school conflicts, their management, their initial training and their degree of satisfaction at the end of teaching primary grade at the university. This is a descriptive study using the questionnaire as a tool for gathering information. In the study 101 students of the Immaculate Teaching Center participated last year, an institution that is affiliated with the University of Granada which represents 70.13 % of student population ending their studies. The results reveal the existence of similarities and differences in all the dimensions of the questionnaire, as well as in the presence of significant associations in relation to gender, conceptualizing the conflict, school conflict management and initial teacher training for conflict resolution at school.Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Didáctica y Organización Escolar. Grupo FORCE (HUM-386

Combined flow cytometry and high-throughput image analysis for the study of essential genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

Background: Advances in automated image-based microscopy platforms coupled with high-throughput liquid workflows have facilitated the design of large-scale screens utilising multicellular model organisms such as Caenorhabditis elegans to identify genetic interactions, therapeutic drugs or disease modifiers. However, the analysis of essential genes has lagged behind because lethal or sterile mutations pose a bottleneck for high-throughput approaches, and a systematic way to analyse genetic interactions of essential genes in multicellular organisms has been lacking. Results: In C. elegans, non-conditional lethal mutations can be maintained in heterozygosity using chromosome balancers, commonly expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) in the pharynx. However, gene expression or function is typically monitored by the use of fluorescent reporters marked with the same fluorophore, presenting a challenge to sort worm populations of interest, particularly at early larval stages. Here, we develop a sorting strategy capable of selecting homozygous mutants carrying a GFP stress reporter from GFP-balanced animals at the second larval stage. Because sorting is not completely error-free, we develop an automated high-throughput image analysis protocol that identifies and discards animals carrying the chromosome balancer. We demonstrate the experimental usefulness of combining sorting of homozygous lethal mutants and automated image analysis in a functional genomic RNA interference (RNAi) screen for genes that genetically interact with mitochondrial prohibitin (PHB). Lack of PHB results in embryonic lethality, while homozygous PHB deletion mutants develop into sterile adults due to maternal contribution and strongly induce the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPR mt ). In a chromosome-wide RNAi screen for C. elegans genes having human orthologues, we uncover both known and new PHB genetic interactors affecting the UPR mt and growth. Conclusions: The method presented here allows the study of balanced lethal mutations in a high-throughput manner. It can be easily adapted depending on the user's requirements and should serve as a useful resource for the C. elegans community for probing new biological aspects of essential nematode genes as well as the generation of more comprehensive genetic networks.European Research Council ERC-2011-StG-281691Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad BFU2012–3550

Evaluación de la satisfacción de estudiantes universitarios de nuevo ingreso con el programa E.S.C.L.O.S.A.: experiencia de un programa de orientación

ABSTRACTAcademic adjustment of novel students in university level involve a complex process with demanded requirements on several scenes, being needed a High Education Guidance that ensure attention to different aspects both academic and socio personal of students. Realizing there these potential needs at the beginning of his academic career. Should be a priority for universities, because they are linked to the student´s academic performance and their retention at institutions. This paper shows a summarized development of a guidance programme and psycho-pedagogical intervention to facilitate the initial adjustment of these students. The main aim was related to train, guide and qualify about academic skills (reading comprehension, spelling, habits, study techniques and self-regulation) and socio-personal or social skills to students group of Bachelor to become Kindergarten Teachers, enrolled in the Faculty of Education at University of Granada. Having analyzed previously needs related to all those variables  published in studies by López–Justicia, Hernandez , Jiménez , Polo y Chacón (2008) and López- Justicia , Hernández , Jiménez , Polo, Chacón y González ( 2008). The programme was organized around different workshops from a theoretical and practical structure. The assessment outcomes shows that activities have been interesting and useful for users, having stressed its importance for their training and refreshing of topics proposed.RESUMEN La adaptación académica de estudiantes noveles al ámbito universitario supone un proceso complejo en el que se demandan exigencias a todos los niveles, siendo necesaria una orientación en Educación Superior que garantice la atención en los diferentes aspectos, tanto académicos como sociopersonales de los estudiantes. En el artículo se presenta, de forma sintética la descripción e implementación así como la evaluación de un programa de orientación e intervención psicopedagógica para facilitar la adaptación de estudiantes universitarios noveles. El objetivo fundamental de la actividad fue formar, orientar y capacitar sobre estrategias académicas (lectura comprensiva, ortografía, hábitos, técnicas de estudio y autorregulación) y sociopersonales (habilidades sociales) a un grupo de estudiantes universitarios de la titulación de Maestro en Educación Infantil, matriculados en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad de Granada. Habiéndose analizado previamente las necesidades relacionadas con dichas variables las cuales fueron publicadas en los estudios de López-Justicia, Hernández, Jiménez, Polo y Chacón (2008) y López-Justicia, Hernández, Jiménez, Polo, Chacón y González (2008). El programa se organizó en diferentes talleres con una estructura teórico-práctica.Los resultados obtenidos de la valoración del programa permiten concluir que la iniciativa llevada a cabo ha sido de interés y utilidad para los participantes, al haber destacado la importancia de la actividad para su formación, así como el interés por los temas propuestos.ABSTRACT Academic adjustment of novel students in university level involve a complex process with demanded requirements on several scenes, being needed a High Education Guidance that ensure attention to different aspects both academic and socio personal of students. Realizing there these potential needs at the beginning of his academic career. Should be a priority for universities, because they are linked to the student´s academic performance and their retention at institutions. This paper shows a summarized development of a guidance programme and psycho-pedagogical intervention to facilitate the initial adjustment of these students. The main aim was related to train, guide and qualify about academic skills (reading comprehension, spelling, habits, study techniques and self-regulation) and socio-personal or social skills to students group of Bachelor to become Kindergarten Teachers, enrolled in the Faculty of Education at University of Granada. Having analyzed previously needs related to all those variables  published in studies by López–Justicia, Hernandez , Jiménez , Polo y Chacón (2008) and López- Justicia , Hernández , Jiménez , Polo, Chacón y González ( 2008). The programme was organized around different workshops from a theoretical and practical structure. The assessment outcomes shows that activities have been interesting and useful for users, having stressed its importance for their training and refreshing of topics proposed

Academic Self-Efficacy in Unaccompanied Foreign Minors: Structural Equation Modelling According to Schooling

(1) Background: New migratory flows taking place in Europe and the USA are categorised by a huge arrival of unaccompanied foreign minors (UFM), requiring appropriate attention to schooling in order to guarantee their integration. In facing this situation, the various political and educational administrations of the European Union (EU) have promoted an action plan for schools. Despite this, it has been shown that schooling does not totally guarantee social integration, encouraging the development of a new social model to generate new ways of understanding the learning process. (2) Methods: The aim of the present study is to adapt and validate Bandura’s academic self-efficacy scale (2006) within a sample of UFM. This scale is composed of 18 items distributed according to three underlying constructs. (3) Results: The validation analysis consisted of an exploratory factorial analysis using principal component analysis with varimax rotation, followed by confirmatory factorial analysis using structural equations (root mean squared error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.052; normalised fit index (NFI) = 0.90; incremental fit index (IFI) = 0.91; confirmatory fit index (CFI) = 0.91). Reliability and internal consistency of the instrument was also tested with values being higher than 0.7 for all dimensions. (4) Conclusions: The final instrument was reduced to 12 items which were grouped into three dimensions (effort, self-confidence and understanding). Finally, the conducted multi-group analysis showed a stronger relationship between understanding, self-confidence and effort within UFM who had resided in Spain for a longer time. This could be linked to the more prolonged schooling process received.National research project: "Modelos de aprendizaje para la intervencion educativa con MENAS. Herramientas eficaces para la integracion escolar y social" [Learning models for educational intervention with MENAS. Effective tools for school and social integra EDU2017-88641-R"Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades. Gobierno de Espana" [Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Spanish Government]"Unidad de Excelencia de la Universidad de Granada (UGR): Desigualdad, Derechos Humanos y Sostenibilidad (DEHUSO)" [Unit of Excellence of the University of Granada (UGR): Inequality, Human Rights and Sustainability

Reputación corporativa de las auditoras de cuentas percibida por sus clientes

[ESP] Gestionar adecuadamente la reputación corporativa permite obtener ventajas competitivas, especialmente cuando es percibida por clientes. Este artículo identifica cuáles son las principales dimensiones de la reputación corporativa desde la perspectiva de los clientes de las empresas auditoras de cuentas. Tras la revisión de la literatura existente y un estudio empírico, se concluye que las principales dimensiones de la reputación para los clientes son la orientación al consumidor, ser buen empleador, ofrecer productos y servicios de calidad, y la situación competitiva y de responsabilidad social y medioambiental de la firma. [ENG] Managing corporate reputation is a key point in obtaining competitive advantage, especially when it is perceived by customers. This paper identifies what are the main dimensions of corporate reputation from the customers’ perspective of accounting audit firms. After reviewing the extant literature and developing an empirical study, it is concluded that the main dimensions of corporate reputation for customers are customer orientation, good employer, products and services quality, and competitive situation and social and environmental responsibility of the firm.Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación (ETSIT), Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica (ETSIA), Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial (ETSII), Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura y Edificación (ETSAE), Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos y de Ingeniería de Minas (ETSICCPIM), Facultad de Ciencias de la Empresa (FCCE), Parque Tecnológico de Fuente Álamo (PTFA), Vicerrectorado de Estudiantes y Extensión de la UPCT, Vicerrectorado de Investigación e Innovación de la UPCT, y Vicerrectorado de Internacionalización y Cooperación al Desarrollo de la UPCT