Visualisation of Perception of Experiential Activities in Business and Administration and Economy

This paper explores how to incorporate information visualization tools into qualitative studies to represent the underlying structure of knowledge. Information visualization plays a key role in many areas such as decision-making, data mining, market studies, or knowledge management. A case of experiential learning was developed for Quantitative Techniques in Business and Administration and Economy Degrees at the University of Granada, Spain. The goal is to analyze the opinion of students (n = 227) on the development of the activity through information visualization techniques. The gathered information was subjected to a categorization process to unify and homogenize the responses. After a term-clumping process, a co-word analysis using the VosViewer software is used to analyze the relationships among terms and provide the network maps. Results display the main associations and clusters of terms used when assessing the experiential activity, using qualitative techniques. In conclusion, the strengths of data visualization enabling a better understanding of data for qualitative studies are established

Osteoma osteoide de calcáneo: caso clínico y revisión de la literatura

ResumenLa aparición de un osteoma osteoide en el pie es infrecuente. Una presentación atípica puede retrasar el diagnóstico y, por lo tanto, retrasar el tratamiento. Se presenta el caso de un varón de 27 años de edad, con dolor persistente en el pie de un año de evolución que fue tratado con la ablación percutánea por radiofrecuencia de un osteoma osteoide en el calcáneo. El paciente refirió un alivio inmediato del dolor y no tuvo ningún síntoma de recurrencia durante los 3 años de seguimiento.AbstractThe osteoid osteoma appearance of a foot is unusual. An atypical presentation may delay diagnosis and thus delay treatment. We report a case of a 27-year-old man with an 12-month history of persistent foot pain who underwent percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of an osteoid osteoma involving the calcaneus. The patient related an immediate relief of pain and had no recurrence of symptoms or the lesion at 3-year follow-up

Emotional Intelligence, Sense of Coherence, Engagement and Coping: A Cross-Sectional Study of University Students’ Health

11 páginasIt is important to consider university settings as sustainable environments that promote student well-being. Our aim in this study was to determine how the variables of engagement, emotional intelligence, sense of coherence, and coping influence the health of students at a Spanish university. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. The instruments of measures administered were: The General Health Questionnaire, Trait Meta-Mood Scale, UterchWork Engagement Scale, sense of coherence and brief coping scale to 463 students. The results showed that better-perceived health was associated with higher scores for dedication, vigor, clarity, repair, sense of coherence, active coping, positive reframing, and humor. Conversely, poorer perceived health was associated with higher scores for attention, instrumental support, self-distraction, venting, religion, denial, self-blaming, emotional support, and behavioral disengagement. In addition, the variables analyzed presented di erences by sex. Our proposed predictive model of health and the associations between variables indicate the need to cultivate emotional skills, such as mood repair, a sense of coherence, and coping strategies, in order to promote student health. Facilitating students’ acquisition of knowledge and resources by analyzing these and other variables can contribute to individual well-being and help university students to cope with present and future academic challenges.S

Entrenamiento y comparativa de motores de TAE especializados en la localización de aplicaciones móviles

La calidad de la traducción automática estadística (TAE) está estrechamente relacionada con las características de los corpus utilizados, como son su volumen y su homogeneidad. Este artículo describe el proceso realizado durante el entrenamiento de tres motores de traducción automática estadística (TAE) a partir de diferentes combinaciones de colecciones de textos, todos ellos especializados en la traducción de aplicaciones móviles. Se compararán los tres motores con el fin de determinar qué composición de corpus es la ideal para entrenar motores especializados en la localización de aplicaciones y comprobar cómo abordan los motores entrenados ciertos aspectos problemáticos de este tipo de aplicaciones.The quality of statistical machine translation (SMT) is closely related to the characteristics of the corpora used, such as their volume and homogeneity. This article describes the training process of three statistical machine translation engines working from different combinations of text collections, all specialized in the translation of mobile apps. The three engines are compared to determine which corpus composition is the best for training engines specialized in app localisation, and to check how the trained engines deal with some problematic aspects related to this type of translation.La qualitat de la traducció automàtica estadística (TAE) està estretament relacionada amb les característiques dels corpus utilitzats, com ara el seu volum i la seva homogeneïtat. Aquest article descriu el procés realitzat durant l'entrenament de tres motors de traducció automàtica estadística a partir de diferents combinacions de col·leccions de textos, tots especialitzats en la traducció d'aplicacions mòbils. Es farà una comparació dels tres motors amb l'objectiu de determinar quina composició de corpus és la ideal per entrenar motors especialitzats en la localització d'aplicacions i comprovar com els motors entrenats aborden certs aspectes problemàtics de la traducció d'aplicacions

Communication transparency in ethical and traditional banking in Spain

Transparency is a key value in the thinking of ethical banks, but do they perform different practices over traditional banking that justify or support that commitment to transparency? This study examines transparency in the communication process in two different types of banking in Spain: ethical/alternative banking and traditional banking. The identification of an explicit commitment to transparency, the analysis of disclosed information, the identification of information channels and the identification of stakeholders allow assessing transparency, which appears as a complex concept that has more to do with corporate philosophy rather than with the actions developed to achieve a greater transparency level, where the resources of the financial institution seem to prevail over the thinking of the organization. This exploratory study will contribute to the knowledge about ESG information disclosure in the banking industry, developing the identification of practices that improve transparency and will result in greater efficiency in decision-making processes

How the method for delivering loans impacts on the economic efficiency of microfinance institutions

The aim of this research has been to analyse how the method employed for lending can affect the cost efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs) since innovations for lending have been introduced in the sector in the last years and there are not empirical studies to analyse the actual impact of it. The improvement of MFIs' cost efficiency is very important for these institutions to achieve their financial self-sufficiency and be sustainable in the long run. The data employed in this analysis have been an unbalanced panel composed of a sample of 1017 MFIs for the 2008-2018 period and collected from the microfinance information exchange (MIX) database. Our results also show that community or group-lending methods, as village banking and solidarity groups, have a positive effect on the MFIs' cost efficiency versus traditional methods based on individual lending. In addition, we have found that MFIs with a higher proportion of borrowers in rural areas are more cost efficient than institutions with more borrowers in urban areas, although community or group-lending methods have a larger positive effect on MFIs' cost efficiency in urban than in rural areas.We would like to thank the European Commission the financial support through the Jean Monnet Module in EU Finance and Institutions: New Social and Environmental Challenges (620132-EPP-1-2020-1-ESEPPJMO-MODULE) as well as two anonymous reviewers for their comments

Medidas de riesgo para riesgo operacional con un modelo de perdida agregada de Poisson-Lindley

En este trabajo se considera la determinación de medidas de riesgo en riesgo operacional, es decir, la determinación de cuantiles de alto orden. Se considera la aproximación basada en la distribución de la pérdida dentro de la aproximación avanzada. Se calculan, y se comparan entre si, las medidas de riesgo a partir de la distribución de la pérdida agregada y a partir de la distribución predictiva considerando como funciones estructura para los perfiles de riesgo las distribuciones Triangular y Gamm

Evaluación de experiencias integradoras en el proceso de envejecimiento de las personas con discapacidad

El trabajo analiza los procesos y resultados de dos experiencias desarrolladas por la Consejería de Bienestar Social del Principado de Asturias encaminadas a mejorar la participación social de las personas mayores con discapacidad. Para ello se organiza un análisis de tipo cualitativo, basado en contrastes de opinión de los participantes a partir de entrevistas grupales. Los resultados muestran que los recursos normalizados de atención a personas mayores (Residencias y Centros Sociales), pueden adaptarse sin grandes problemas a las necesidades especiales de las personas mayores con discapacidad. Se constata también que este tipo de experiencias provoca cambios positivos en la actitud de profesionales y usuarios, tanto de centros para personas con discapacidad, como de centros para personas mayores. Se pone también de manifiesto la necesidad de organizar estas experiencias con una planificación en detalle, bajo modelos de intervención colaborativa entre profesionales, que identifiquen objetivos y recursos disponibles y necesarios para la transición entre situaciones de vida

Medidas de riesgo para riesgo operacional con un modelo de perdida agregada de Poisson-Lindley

En este trabajo se considera la determinación de medidas de riesgo en riesgo operacional, es decir, la determinación de cuantiles de alto orden. Se considera la aproximación basada en la distribución de la pérdida dentro de la aproximación avanzada. Se calculan, y se comparan entre si, las medidas de riesgo a partir de la distribución de la pérdida agregada y a partir de la distribución predictiva considerando como funciones estructura para los perfiles de riesgo las distribuciones Triangular y Gamma.This paper considers the determination of the risk measures in Operational Risk, i.e. the determination of a high level quantile. The Loss Distribution Approach in the Advanced Measurement Approach is adopted. The risk measures, obtained from the aggregate loss distribution and from the predictive distribution are determined and compared, using the Triangular and Gamma distributions as structure functions of the risk profiles.AHB está financiado por el Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Project ECO2009-14152)

SBAR Method for Improving Well-Being in the Internal Medicine Unit: Quasi-Experimental Research

SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is a tool for standardizing and improving interprofessional communication. This study aims to explore the impact of SBAR in healthcare professionals’ wellbeing, through concepts such as job satisfaction, engagement, resilience, and job performance, in the internal medicine unit of a university hospital in the province of León (Spain). This is an observational, descriptive, longitudinal case study with a pre- and post-intervention approach. Questionnaires were distributed to a group of doctors, nurses, and healthcare assistants before and after the implementation of the SBAR tool in the ward. The use of SBAR was monitored to ensure staff compliance. Data statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS program. Resilience levels increased significantly post-intervention. Job satisfaction and engagement levels remained neutral, slightly decreasing post-intervention. Besides’ being a useful tool to improve communication, SBAR was effective in improving resilience among staff. Several aspects related to hospital management may have had an impact on job satisfaction and engagement results.S