Are CLIL students more motivated?: an analysis of affective factors and their relation to language attainment

This paper addresses the purported belief that Content and Language Integrat- ed Learning positively infuences students’ affective stance. It compares the motivation of CLIL and non-CLIL learners in seven state schools and one charter school in the province of Seville, both at Primary (n=194) and Compulsory Secondary Education (n=158) level. Affective aspects pertaining to motivation and anxiety are grouped around four clusters of factors: (i) desire to work and self-esteem (containing 10 items); (ii) anxiety in the face of exams (with a negative-inhibitory content and made up of 9 elements); (iii) lack of interest in studying (comprising 9 items); and (iv) realistic personal self-demand (consisting of 7 el- ements). The interaction of motivation and language attainment (considering use of English, vocabulary, listening, speaking, and reading) is also measured in order to confrm or refute prior fndings which tend to assign higher levels of motivation to CLIL strands. Keywords: CLIL, motivation and language attainment.Este artículo aborda la creencia de que el Aprendizaje Integrado de Conteni- dos y Lengua tiene una infuencia positiva sobre la situación afectiva del alumnado. En este trabajo se compara la motivación de estudiantes que cursan programas bilingües “AICLE” frente a los que no. La muestra pertenece a siete colegios públicos de la provincia de Sevilla en niveles de Educación Primaria (n=194) y Secundaria Obligatoria (n=158). Los factores afectivos relacionados con la motivación y la ansiedad se han agrupado en cuatro apartados: (i) el deseo de trabajar y la autoestima (con 10 ítems); (ii) la ansiedad frente a los exámenes (con un efecto negativo sobre el aprendizaje de contenido y que cuenta con 9 ítems); (iii) falta de interés por el estudio (con 9 ítems); y (iv) auto-exigencia personal (con 7 ítems). También se ha analizado la interacción entre la motivación y los resultados de aprendizaje lingüístico (considerando uso del inglés, vocabulario, destrezas de comprensión y expresión oral y lectura) con el objetivo de confrmar o refutar resultados de investigaciones previas que parecen asignar niveles altos de motivación asociados al AICLE

The Potential for Telehealth Consultations in Cardiology and Dermatology in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Synthesis of Research Evidence

This report provides a synthesis of relevant research evidence on the clinical and cost effectiveness of telehealth technologies for specialist-patient consultations in the fields of cardiology and dermatology. The report is intended to inform and assist decision makers in the Labrador-Grenfell Regional Health Authority, the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services and the province’s other Regional Health Authorities by providing research evidence surrounding the effectiveness of telehealth consultation as an intervention for cardiology or dermatology patients. The findings of our synthesis are specifically interpreted for the context of Newfoundland and Labrador. Decision makers from other jurisdictions, particularly those with similar features in terms of potential clients, geography and resources, may also find the content helpful. The report includes explanations of research terms and technical language; as such, there is no need to have a specialized medical or health background to understand its content

"Trazar una bóveda cónica cuadrada" La trompa volada de Tomás Vicente Tosca

[EN] The squinches is a very versatile construction type in the field of stonework. It is defined in its most elementary case as the covering of a triangular area with a conical surface, but, nevertheless, there are an infinite number of variants increasing the complexity of the layout and its execution.The studied case in this paper is the development of the layout of the "square conical vault" (actually, a cantilevered vault), in the treatise on stonework by Tomás Vicente Tosca, published in 1727. This author's work reflects the tradition of the local area (which comes mainly from the brilliant episode of the 15th century in Valencia), but it is also part of the pre-illustrated cultural trends of the time. The traces that appear are the result of combining ancient graphic habits with the development, to a certain extent, already scientific, of geometry and mathematics.All this leads, in the case of the "conical-square vault", to the development of a fundamentally descriptive trace, result of a mentality that is more analytical than practical, but that does not manage to emancipate itself from the old building tradition, as this study makes evident, and also the detected graphic habits.The research is also based on other examples of a documentary nature, such as the cantilevered domes of Vandelvira, Philibert de l'Orme, Gelabert, and on a built example; the squinch of the palace of the Generalitat de Valencia.Navarro Camallonga, P.; Navarro Esteve, PJ. (2020). "Tracing a square conical vault" Tomás Vicente Tosca's cantilevered squinches. EGE Revista de Expresión Gráfica en la Edificación. 0(12):4-17. https://doi.org/10.4995/ege.2020.14071OJS41701

La socialidad humana como anomalía evolutiva

La teoría sociológica ha pretendido captar el complejo fenómeno de la socialidad humana por medio de conceptos tales como la distinción micro/macro, la relación entre acción y estructura o la contraposición entre el enfoque individualista y el holista. El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar de qué manera esas aproximaciones conceptuales pueden resultar clarificadas, y encontrar una raíz común, apelando al proceso evolutivo que ha configurado la forma de socialidad propia de nuestra especie. A este respecto, la socialidad humana parece fundarse en una peculiar doble duplicidad. Ésta constituye el fundamento de las dualidades conceptuales indicadas, que han aguijoneado buena parte de las reflexiones teóricas de la sociología desde sus comienzos.Sociological theory has attempted to grasp the complex phenomenon of human sociality by means of concepts such as the micro/macro distinction, the relation between action and structure, or the clash between the individualistic and the holistic stances. The aim of this paper is to show how those conceptual approaches get some clarification, and find a common underpinning, when we look into the evolutionary process that shaped the sociality of our species. In this respect, human sociality seems to hinge on a peculiar double duplicity. This provides the basis for the aforementioned conceptual dualities, which have prompted a substantial part of the theoretical gogitations of sociology from its beginings

Etude de l'impact oblique à haute vitesse sur structures en composite sandwich : application aux pales d'hélicoptères

En aéronautique, la sécurité des passagers et la fiabilité des structures sont des aspects essentiels. Dans le cas particulier des hélicoptères, les pales peuvent être sujettes à des sollicitations d'impact. La modélisation de ces phénomènes reste difficile et les essais remplacent souvent la prédiction. Ce travail concerne l'étude expérimentale et numérique d'un impact oblique sur la peau d'une pale. Ceci est équivalent dans une première approche à un impact sur une structure sandwich composée d'une âme en mousse polymère et d'une fine peau en tissu composite. Tout d'abord, les mécanismes d'endommagement de la peau pour ce type de sollicitations ont été identifiés expérimentalement et une étude d'influence des paramètres matériaux sur la réponse à l'impact a été menée. Ensuite un modèle représentatif de la cinétique du dommage adaptée à une modélisation à l'échelle de la structure a été développé. Ainsi un modèle E.F. explicite a été développé. Il repose sur le développement d'un élément spécifique à l'échelle de la mèche. Enfin, les résultats numériques obtenus ont été comparés aux résultats expérimentaux. Le modèle permet d'identifier les mécanismes du dommage observés expérimentalement.In aeronautics, passenger safety and reliability of structures are essential aspects. For the specific case of helicopters, blades are subjected to impact solicitations. Modelling these phenomena is still difficult and experimental tests often replace the prediction. This work will be focused on the experimental and numerical study of an oblique impact on the skin of the blade. It is equivalent in a first approach to an impact on a sandwich panel made up with a foam core and a thin woven composite skin. First the mechanisms of damage in the skin for this kind of solicitation have been identified experimentally and a study of the influence of the materials on the impact response has been performed. Then a representative model of the damage kinetics adapted to the modelling of the complete structure has been developed. Thus, an F.E. explicit model has been developed. It relies on the development of a specific damageable element at the bundles scale. Finally, the numerical results obtained have been compared to the experimental results. The modelling allows the identification of the damage mechanism of the woven skin