Descripción del desarrollo organizacional y curricular de diferentes tipos de centro y etapas educativas

[Es] Esta aportación sintetiza el estudio que están desarrollando profesores del Área de Didáctica y Organización escolar de la UPV y de la UAB (2005-06). Su contenido aborda las relaciones entre los estadios de desarrollo organizativo y curricular y los resultados escolares. Los primeros datos sugieren que hay una mayor cohesión y coherencia en los centros pequeños, de titularidad pública y de un solo modelo lingüístico. Curiosamente, esta aparente identidad común se apoya más en la estructura participativa y en los sistemas de aprendizaje organizacional y no tanto en la cultura institucional y la cultura colaborativa. Estas últimas dependen más del tamaño del centro y del modelo lingüístico que de la titularidad. Llama la atención que el liderazgo transformacional se vincula más a la titularidad pública y a los centros de secundaria, no relacionándose significativamente con el tamaño del centro, el modelo lingüístico o los años vinculados al ejercicio de cargos.

Algorithms for colour image processing based on neurological models

373 p. : il., gráf., fot., tablas

Diseño de un modelo de gestión basado en la proactividad organizacional

La situación del entorno actual, marcado por el efecto de la globalización, conduce a buscar nuevos enfoques organizacionales para ofrecer soluciones prácticas a la creciente dinamización del mercado. Clientes, proveedores, subcontratistas, competidores, centros de investigación, universidades… tienden a interrelacionarse configurando el concepto de “empresa extendida”: red de nodos ágiles, flexibles, con conexiones mundiales y con capacidad de reconfiguración permanente, características vitales para mantenerse competitivo. En este artículo se ha realizado una labor de estudio y análisis de teorías organizacionales consideradas seminales y se ha evaluado su idoneidad en el contexto competitivo actual. El resultado ha sido el diseño de un modelo de gestión basado en un enfoque proactivo que se sustenta en la gestión del conocimiento organizacional y que aboga por valores como el desequilibrio constante, la relación con otras organizaciones buscando efectos sinérgicos y la compartición del saber, entre otros.

From words to images and then to one image: the poster in Spielberg' s translations of literary works

Eterio Pajares, Raquel Merino y José Miguel Santamaría (eds.)

Desarrollo organizacional de una cooperativa de trabajo asociado y la implicación de sus estudiantes y docentes

La presente tesis doctoral tiene como objetivo describir las características diferenciadoras del desarrollo organizacional de una cooperativa de trabajo asociado de profesores (654 estudiantes y 36 profesores) respecto a otros 14 centros educativos del País Vasco y Cataluña observando además el nivel de implicación de sus profesores y estudiantes (626 estudiantes y 306 profesores). Se entiende el desarrollo organizacional como una dimensión general en el nivel de centro, formado por siete componentes básicos (historia institucional, cultura institucional, liderazgo transformacional, cultura colaborativa, misión, estructuras participativas y aprendizaje organizativo). La implicación escolar tendría tres dimensiones: la emocional (identificación), la conductual (participación) y la cognitiva (motivación). Las cooperativas de trabajo asociado son aquellas en las que la titularidad del centro corresponde a su profesorado. Se utilizó el cuestionario CDO creado por Goikoetxea (2005) para medir de desarrollo organizacional y para medir la implicación de estudiantes y profesores con el centro escolar se creó el CICE basado en el cuestionario LOLSO de Mulford, Sillins y Leithwood (2004) y también se aplicó el cuestionario PSSM de Goodenow (1993) elaborándose además una adaptación ex profeso para el profesorado. Los resultados sugieren un mayor desarrollo organizacional en la cooperativa sobre todo respecto a la concertada, son particularmente destacables las diferencias observadas en las dimensiones cultura institucional, historia institucional, aprendizaje organizativo y liderazgo. La implicación de los estudiantes de la cooperativa es más elevada disminuyendo según avanza el curso escolar, siendo mayor la diferencia respecto a la pública sobre todo en la identificación y en la implicación cognitiva.

Contributions to unsupervised and supervised learning with applications in digital image processing

311 p. : il.

Image-based delineation and classification of built heritage masonry

[EN]Fundación Zain is developing new built heritage assessment protocols. The goal is to objectivize and standardize the analysis and decision process that leads to determining the degree of protection of built heritage in the Basque Country. The ultimate step in this objectivization and standardization effort will be the development of an information and communication technology (ICT) tool for the assessment of built heritage. This paper presents the ground work carried out to make this tool possible: the automatic, image-based delineation of stone masonry. This is a necessary first step in the development of the tool, as the built heritage that will be assessed consists of stone masonry construction, and many of the features analyzed can be characterized according to the geometry and arrangement of the stones. Much of the assessment is carried out through visual inspection. Thus, this process will be automated by applying image processing on digital images of the elements under inspection. The principal contribution of this paper is the automatic delineation the framework proposed. The other contribution is the performance evaluation of this delineation as the input to a classifier for a geometrically characterized feature of a built heritage object. The element chosen to perform this evaluation is the stone arrangement of masonry walls. The validity of the proposed framework is assessed on real images of masonry walls.

Prevalence and magnitude of body weight and image dissatisfaction among women in dietetics majors

[EN] Some authors have suggested that body weight dissatisfaction may be high in students majoring in dietetics. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the extent of body weight and image dissatisfaction in a sample of women in dietetics major. Additionally, predictors of magnitude of body weight dissatisfaction were analyzed. Participants were 62 volunteers with normalweight whose mean age was 21.87±1.89 years old (nonrandom sample). The assessment instruments included anthropometric measurements, a somatomorphic matrix test and an eating disorders inventory (EDI-2). Data were analyzed using SPSS vs. 15.0. A larger proportion of students chose an ideal body weight lower than actual weight (67.7%) and body image with less body fat and more muscle mass than actual values (56.4%). The magnitude of body weight dissatisfaction was associated with muscle mass and body fat dissatisfaction, and with the subscale of EDI-2 “body dissatisfaction”. So, from a public health standpoint, we consider important to continue working in this line of research with the aim of better understanding the extent of body weight dissatisfaction in women dietitians, and how this dissatisfaction could interfere with their professional practice.

Body image and body composition: comparisons of young male elite soccer players and controls

[EN] The purpose of this study was to evaluate body composition and body image (perception and satisfaction) in a group of young elite soccer players and to compare the data with those of a control group (age and BMI matched). Participants were 56 volunteer males whose mean age and BMI were 19.6 (SD 1.3) years and 23.3 (SD 1.1) kg/m2, respectively. Results showed that soccer players have a higher lean mass and lower fat mass than controls. Moreover, body perception (difference between current and actual image) was more accurate in controls than in soccer players, and the results suggest a tendency for soccer players to aspire to have more muscle mass and body fat. Soccer players perceived an ideal image with significantly higher body-fat percentage than their current and actual images. There were no body-dissatisfaction differences between groups, however. Although the results are necessarily limited by the small sample size, the findings should be of interest to coaches of young elite soccer teams.

Comportamiento organizacional: El caso Avenir Telecom

En este proyecto de final de carrera se procederá a realizar un análisis del área organizacional de una empresa de nuestro entorno, Avenir Telecom, utilizando para ello, las principales aportaciones teóricas recogidas en la literatura relacionadas con este área.

Brand image and lexicographic analysis: an application to shopping malls

[EN] The concept of image in its different aspects is very important in today s society as well as in the business management field. Some authors reports that most of the studies that measure image do not take into account neither previous theoretical and conceptual models nor other possible empirical evidence alternatives. Given this need, a research regarding the concept of brand image applied to shopping malls was conducted based on the conceptual model of the consumer cognitive response in order to empirically explore and contrast it. For this reason, a survey was applied to 420 consumers in five shopping malls in Bogotá, achieving a database of 3.749 cases. The results show attribute-shopping mall associations expressed in unique, differentiated, and notorious vocabulary obtained applying lexicometric and multivariate analysis techniques. Attribute-shopping mall associations such as spacious , good location , good variety of stores , and the existence of movie theaters . Finally, this research aims to potentially improve the management of shopping malls and increase their attractiveness and customer loyalty by applying the development of service quality systems, integral communication, segmentation, and positioning.

Modular Multimodal Iron Oxide-Based Nanocarriers for Image-Guided dsRNA Immunostimulation and Platinum Anticancer Drug Design

237 p.

Image-Based Delineation and Classification of Built Heritage Masonry

Fundacion Zain is developing new built heritage assessment protocols. The goal is to objectivize and standardize the analysis and decision process that leads to determining the degree of protection of built heritage in the Basque Country. The ultimate step in this objectivization and standardization effort will be the development of an information and communication technology (ICT) tool for the assessment of built heritage. This paper presents the ground work carried out to make this tool possible: the automatic, image-based delineation of stone masonry. This is a necessary first step in the development of the tool, as the built heritage that will be assessed consists of stone masonry construction, and many of the features analyzed can be characterized according to the geometry and arrangement of the stones. Much of the assessment is carried out through visual inspection. Thus, this process will be automated by applying image processing on digital images of the elements under inspection. The principal contribution of this paper is the automatic delineation the framework proposed. The other contribution is the performance evaluation of this delineation as the input to a classifier for a geometrically characterized feature of a built heritage object. The element chosen to perform this evaluation is the stone arrangement of masonry walls. The validity of the proposed framework is assessed on real images of masonry walls.

One-dimensional potential for image-potential states on graphene

In the framework of dielectric theory, the static non-local self-energy of an electron near an ultra-thin polarizable layer has been calculated and applied to study binding energies of image-potential states near free-standing graphene. The corresponding series of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions have been obtained by numerically solving the one-dimensional Schrodinger equation. The imagepotential state wave functions accumulate most of their probability outside the slab. We find that the random phase approximation (RPA) for the nonlocal dielectric function yields a superior description for the potential inside the slab, but a simple Fermi-Thomas theory can be used to get a reasonable quasi-analytical approximation to the full RPA result that can be computed very economically. Binding energies of the image-potential states follow a pattern close to the Rydberg series for a perfect metal with the addition of intermediate states due to the added symmetry of the potential. The formalism only requires a minimal set of free parameters: the slab width and the electronic density. The theoretical calculations are compared with experimental results for the work function and image-potential states obtained by two-photon photoemission.

Contributions to Ensemble Classifiers with Image Analysis Applications

134 p.