Modelo de sistematización estructural y presupuestal de la dirección ejecutiva de criminalística

En pleno siglo XXI no es posible investigar los delitos con los métodos propios del sistema procesal inquisitivo, es decir con pruebas declarativas como la confesión y la declaración de testigo, porque con ellas no se alcanza un conocimiento objetivo. El auxilio del conocimiento especializado que proporciona la criminalística es imprescindible en la investigación del delito, cuya importancia radica en la contribución al esclarecimiento de la verdad objetiva ya que analiza indicios que se convertirán en evidencias mediante un tratamiento técnico especializado y luego éstas serán incorporadas como pruebas irrefutables al proceso judicial, donde obtendrán firmeza y contribuirán a la decisión correcta del juzgador en pro de una correcta administración de justicia. Es así que la presente investigación se orienta al diseño de un modelo de sistematización estructural y presupuestal para la Dirección Ejecutiva de Criminalística de la Policía Nacional del Perú (Direjcri), con la finalidad de impedir que la delincuencia escape de la acción de la justicia por ineficiencias que atentan contra la seguridad jurídica, puesto que desde un tiempo atrás el país viene experimentando un incremento alarmante del índice de criminalidad, acentuándose la pérdida de vidas humanas. En tal sentido, la investigación en su carácter básico y aplicado, de diseño trasversal y ex post facto, a partir de la información recabada de la muestra de los operadores de justicia tales como los comisarios e investigadores criminales de la Policía, fiscales y jueces pena-les de Lima Metropolitana, así como los propios peritos de la Dirección Ejecutiva de Cri-minalística, ha identificado los factores que están incidiendo efectivamente en la impuni-dad judicial, como son una estructura orgánica policial desfasada que dificulta la gestión criminalística, severas restricciones logísticas, dualidad de funciones, improductividad del potencial humano, ausencia de estándares de calidad y la desarticulación interinstitucional entre los operadores de justicia. De tal modo, la identificación de los citados factores que vienen limitando la función cri-minalística permitirá diseñar un modelo de sistematización estructural y presupuestal que efectivizará los procesos judiciales y erradicará la impunidad delincuencial que está afec-tando el prestigio de la institución policial, de las fiscalías y órganos judiciales, al tiempo que aumenta en la opinión pública la sensación de inseguridad ciudadana y la percepción de corrupción en circunstancias de la implementación del Nuevo Código Procesal Penal.

Action-Emotion Style, Learning Approach and Coping Strategies, in Undergraduate University Students

Action-Emotion Style (AES) is an affective-motivational construct that describes the achievement motivation that is characteristic of students in their interaction with stressful situations. Using elements from the Type-A Behavior Pattern (TABP), characteristics of competitiveness and overwork occur in different combinations with emotions of impatience and hostility, leading to a classification containing five categories of action-emotion style (Type B, Impatient-hostile type, Medium type, Competitive-Overworking type and Type A). The objective of the present research is to establish how characteristics of action-emotion style relate to learning approach (deep and surface approaches) and to coping strategies (emotion-focused and problem-focused). The sample was composed of 225 students from the Psychology degree program. Pearson correlation analyses, ANOVAs and MANOVAs were used. Results showed that competitiveness-overwork characteristics have a significant positive association with the deep approach and with problem-focused strategies, while impatience-hostility is thus related to surface approach and emotion-focused strategies. The level of action-emotion style had a significant main effect. The results verified our hypotheses with reference to the relationships between action-emotion style, learning approaches and coping strategies.

Mindfulness, autocompasión y estrés docente en el profesorado de Educación Secundaria

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A Comparison Study of the English III/American Literature Success of African American High School Students and That of Students Whose Home Language is Haitian Creole

The purpose of the study was to compare the English III success of students whose home language is Haitian Creole (SWHLIHC) with that of the more visible African American high school students in the Miami Dade County Public Schools System, in an effort to offer insight that might assist educators in facilitating the educational success of SWHLIHC in American Literature class. The study was guided by two important theories on how students interact with and learn from literature. They are Reader Response Theory which advocates giving students the opportunity to become involved in the literature experience (Rosenblatt, 1995), and Critical Literacy, a theory developed by Paolo Freire and Henry Giroux, which espouses a critical approach to analysis of society that enables people to analyze social problems through lenses that would reveal social inequities and assist in transforming society into a more equitable entity. Data for the study: 10th grade reading FCAT scores, English III/American Literature grades, and Promotion to English IV records for the school year 2010-2011 were retrieved from the records division of the Miami Dade County Public Schools System. The study used a quantitative methods approach, the central feature of which was an ex post facto design with hypotheses (Newman, Newman, Brown, & McNeely, 2006). The ex post facto design with hypotheses was chosen because the researcher postulated hypotheses about the relationships that might exist between the performances of SWHLIHC and those of African American students on the three above mentioned variables. This type of design supported the researcher’s purpose of comparing these performances. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA), two way ANOVAs, and chi square tests were used to examine the two groups’ performances on the 10th grade reading FCAT, their English III grades, and their promotion to English IV. The study findings show that there was a significant difference in the performance of SWHLIHC and African American high school students on all three independent variables. SWHLIHC performed significantly higher on English III success and promotion to English IV. African American high school students performed significantly higher on the reading FCAT.

A Retrospective-Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Apportionment of Seat Time in Community-College Algebra Courses and Student Academic Performance

During the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase by postsecondary institutions in providing academic programs and course offerings in a multitude of formats and venues (Biemiller, 2009; Kucsera & Zimmaro, 2010; Lang, 2009; Mangan, 2008). Strategies pertaining to reapportionment of course-delivery seat time have been a major facet of these institutional initiatives; most notably, within many open-door 2-year colleges. Often, these enrollment-management decisions are driven by the desire to increase market-share, optimize the usage of finite facility capacity, and contain costs, especially during these economically turbulent times. So, while enrollments have surged to the point where nearly one in three 18-to-24 year-old U.S. undergraduates are community college students (Pew Research Center, 2009), graduation rates, on average, still remain distressingly low (Complete College America, 2011). Among the learning-theory constructs related to seat-time reapportionment efforts is the cognitive phenomenon commonly referred to as the spacing effect, the degree to which learning is enhanced by a series of shorter, separated sessions as opposed to fewer, more massed episodes. This ex post facto study explored whether seat time in a postsecondary developmental-level algebra course is significantly related to: course success; course-enrollment persistence; and, longitudinally, the time to successfully complete a general-education-level mathematics course. Hierarchical logistic regression and discrete-time survival analysis were used to perform a multi-level, multivariable analysis of a student cohort (N = 3,284) enrolled at a large, multi-campus, urban community college. The subjects were retrospectively tracked over a 2-year longitudinal period. The study found that students in long seat-time classes tended to withdraw earlier and more often than did their peers in short seat-time classes (p < .05). Additionally, a model comprised of nine statistically significant covariates (all with p-values less than .01) was constructed. However, no longitudinal seat-time group differences were detected nor was there sufficient statistical evidence to conclude that seat time was predictive of developmental-level course success. A principal aim of this study was to demonstrate—to educational leaders, researchers, and institutional-research/business-intelligence professionals—the advantages and computational practicability of survival analysis, an underused but more powerful way to investigate changes in students over time.

The Relationships between Elementary School Principals' Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Style and School Culture

The role of the principal in school settings and the principal’s perceived effect on student achievement have frequently been considered vital factors in school reform. The relationships between emotional intelligence, leadership style and school culture have been widely studied. The literature reveals agreement among scholars regarding the principal’s vital role in developing and fostering a positive school culture. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between elementary school principals’ emotional intelligence, leadership style and school culture. The researcher implemented a non-experimental ex post facto research design to investigate four specific research hypotheses. Utilizing the Qualtrics Survey Software, 57 elementary school principals within a large urban school district in southeast Florida completed the Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i), and 850 of their faculty members completed the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ Form 5X). Faculty responses to the school district’s School Climate Survey retrieved from the district’s web site were used as the measure of school culture. Linear regression analyses revealed significant positive associations between emotional intelligence and the following leadership measures: Idealized Influence-Attributes (β = .23, p = < .05), Idealized Influence-Behaviors (β = .34, p = < .01), Inspirational Motivation (β = .39, p = < .01) and Contingent Reward (β = .33, p = < .01). Hierarchical regression analyses revealed positive associations between school culture and both transformational and transactional leadership measures, and negative associations between school culture and passive-avoidant leadership measures. Significant positive associations were found between school culture and the principals’ emotional intelligence over and above leadership style. Hierarchical linear regressions to test the statistical hypothesis developed to account for alternative explanations revealed significant associations between leadership style and school culture over and above school grade. These results suggest that emotional intelligence merits consideration in the development of leadership theory. Practical implications include suggestions that principals employ both transformational and transactional leadership strategies, and focus on developing their level of emotional intelligence. The associations between emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, Contingent Reward and school culture found in this study validate the role of the principal as the leader of school reform.

The Relationship of Instructor Technical Literacy to the Academic Performance of Students in Career Academies

Career Academy instructors’ technical literacy is vital to the academic success of students. This nonexperimental ex post facto study examined the relationships between the level of technical literacy of instructors in career academies and student academic performance. It was also undertaken to explore the relationship between the pedagogical training of instructors and the academic performance of students. Out of a heterogeneous population of 564 teachers in six targeted schools, 136 teachers (26.0 %) responded to an online survey. The survey was designed to gather demographic and teaching experience data. Each demographic item was linked by researchers to teachers’ technology use in the classroom. Student achievement was measured by student learning gains as assessed by the reading section of the FCAT from the previous to the present school year. Linear and hierarchical regressions were conducted to examine the research questions. To clarify the possibility of teacher gender and teacher race/ethnic group differences by research variable, a series of one-way ANOVAs were conducted. As revealed by the ANOVA results, there were not statistically significant group differences in any of the research variables by teacher gender or teacher race/ethnicity. Greater student learning gains were associated with greater teacher technical expertise integrating computers and technology into the classroom, even after controlling for teacher attitude towards computers. Neither teacher attitude toward technology integration nor years of experience in integrating computers into the curriculum significantly predicted student learning gains in the regression models. Implications for HRD theory, research, and practice suggest that identifying teacher levels of technical literacy may help improve student academic performance by facilitating professional development strategies and new parameters for defining highly qualified instructors with 21st century skills. District professional development programs can benefit by increasing their offerings to include more computer and information communication technology courses. Teacher preparation programs can benefit by including technical literacy as part of their curriculum. State certification requirements could be expanded to include formal surveys to assess teacher use of technology.

Inclusividad y valores en educación

La educación se relaciona estrechamente con los valores. En la actualidad es frecuente el debate entre los que piensan que estamos en una sociedad sin valores y los que defienden la aparición de valores individualistas y económicos. Pero la formación en valores no es ajena al contexto social ni al modelo educativo. La tesis, Inclusividad y valores en educación, pretende poner en evidencia que los centros escolares inclusivos desarrollan valores de tipo social (respeto, sensibilidad social y trabajo en equipo) así como de tipo político (justicia, coherencia, verdad y responsabilidad). Para ello, se realiza previamente una revisión teórica sobre aspectos relacionados con los valores personales así como los principales agentes de transmisión. La educación inclusiva es aquella que reconoce, promueve y responde educativamente a la diversidad de todas y cada una de las personas, respalda el derecho a la educación, la equidad y la educación individualizada. Por ello, uno de los objetivos principales de este trabajo es identificar los valores que los adolescentes manifiestan en función del tipo de centro en el que se forman. Además del tipo de centro, se ha intentado dar respuesta a dos objetivos complementarios, analizar el tipo de valores dominantes de los estudiantes de Educación Secundaria en función del sexo y los valores del alumnado en función del lugar de procedencia personal y familiar. Respecto al diseño de investigación, se trata de un estudio de carácter ex-post-facto, donde no se manipula la variable independiente y se toman los grupos naturales de clase. La variable dependiente se observa a través de la búsqueda de los efectos que pudiera causar en ella la variable independiente. Se han realizado análisis descriptivo de las variables: valores y sus dimensiones e inclusividad y sus dimensiones; y análisis estadísticos para el estudio de las diferencias entre grupos. Se han adaptado dos instrumentos de medida. El Cuestionario de Valores (fiabilidad Alfa de Cronbach de 0,842), parte y actualiza la teoría de Eduard Spranger (1914), quien establece 9 tipos de valoración personal hacia la vida, vinculados al ámbito psicológico: económicos, estéticos, intelectuales, políticos, éticos, socio-afectivos, religiosos, cultura física y ecológicos...

Convivencia escolar en instituciones de educación secundaria: un estudio transcultural desde la perspectiva estudiantil

La convivencia escolar es uno de los componentes de la educación acerca del cual se ha desarrollado un extenso debate, por más de cincuenta años. La idea de establecer una definición operacional del constructo, acentúa la necesidad de desarrollar estudios comparativos transculturales que faciliten su entendimiento. De igual forma, se enfatiza en la escasez de instrumentos con propiedades psicométricas que permitan analizar las variables que definen la convivencia escolar. Por tanto, el presente estudio utilizó la metodología cuantitativa con un diseño de investigación transversal descriptivo de tipo no experimental (i.e., ex post facto) para analizar la convivencia en centros escolares en los países de Argentina, España, México y Puerto Rico, desde la perspectiva de las comunidades estudiantiles, con el fin de conocer sus diferencias, similitudes e identificar perfiles. Además, se empleó un instrumento cuyas características técnicas también se analizaron como parte de la investigación. Los resultados que se obtuvieron a través de los distintos análisis demostraron que, de manera general, los estudiantes valoran positivamente la convivencia en sus respectivos centros. Sin embargo, al comparar los tipos de agresiones entre los países, se encontró diferencia más alta, estadísticamente significativa, en las agresiones físicas que se cometieron en los centros escolares mexicanos. Asimismo, los estudiantes puertorriqueños fueron principalmente víctimas de agresiones verbales y psicológicas, mientras que los españoles se declararon mayoritariamente agresores verbales. Por otro lado, la variable normas para la convivencia escolar fue la que más influyó en el nivel de victimización y agresión. Las propiedades psicométricas que presentó el Cuestionario de Alumnos lo hacen un instrumento que podría ayudar al personal de los centros escolares a recopilar evidencias acerca de sus situaciones y, en consecuencia, desarrollar estrategias para mejorar la convivencia.

An exploration of students’ perceptions and attitudes towards creativity in engineering education

Thesis (Master, Mechanical and Materials Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2016-09-29 17:45:16.051

Comunicação rural e comunitária - instrumentos para transferência de tecnologia - estudo de caso do desenvolvimento da bananicultura nas comunidades do Ramal ZF-9 em Rio Preto da Eva, Estado do Amazonas.

Este trabalho objetivou relatar que, possivelmente, o uso da comunicação rural e de práticas de comunicação comunitária adequadas à realidade local, pelos técnicos de assistência técnica/Instituto de Desenvolvimento Agropecuário e Sustentável do Estado do Amazonas (Idam), foi determinante para a adoção da bananicultura (cultivar Thap Maeo, resistente à sigatoka-negra e mais produtiva) como alternativa econômica ao produtor rural assentado no Ramal ZF-9, Distrito Agropecuário da Suframa, Rio Preto da Eva, no Estado do Amazonas, em substituição à prática insustentável de produção de carvão. Os relatos citados são frutos de observações ex post facto, registradas durante as avaliações de impacto econômico, social e ambiental da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), realizadas nos anos de 2012, 2013 e 2014. A metodologia foi exploratória, realizada por meio de entrevistas e aplicação de questionário. Com os dados obtidos foi possível concluir que estabelecer parâmetros dialógicos e utilizar instrumentos de comunicação adequados à estrutura psicossocial, tecnológica e à vivência da comunidade facilita e oportuniza a adoção de tecnologias recomendadas pela pesquisa.

Franchisor failure : an assessment of the adequacy of regulatory response

Franchisor failure is one of the most problematic areas of the franchise relationship. It impacts negatively on landlords and other suppliers, but the contracting parties that are currently without legal rights to respond when a franchisor fails, and thus without consumer protection, are its franchisees. In this thesis I explore the current contractual, regulatory and commercial environment that franchisees inhabit, within the context of franchisor failure. I conclude that ex ante there are opportunities to level the playing field through consumer protection legislation. I also conclude that the task is not one solely for the consumer protection legislation; the problem should also be addressed ex post through the Corporations Act.

Empirical Evidence on Relationships between Ex Ante Innovation Pursuit and Post-M&A Performance in the Vietnamese M&A Industry, 2005-2012

This research aims to communicate new results of empirical investigations to learn about the relationship between determination of controlling an acquired firm’s capital, assets and brand versus its capability of innovation and ex post performance of the rising Vietnamese M&A industry in the 2005-2012 period. The analysis employs a categorical data sample, consisting of 212 M&A cases reported by various information sources, and performs a number of logistic regressions with significant results as follows. Firstly, the overall relationship between pre-M&A pursuit’s determination on acquiring resources and performance of the post-M&A performance is found significant. There exist profound effects of a ‘size matters’ strategy in M&A ex post performance. When there is an overwhelming ‘resources acquiring’ strategy, the innovation factor’s explanatory power becomes negligible. Secondly, for negative performance of post-M&A operations, the emphasis on both capital base and asset size, and the brand value at the time of the M&A pursuit is the major explanation in the post-M&A period. So does the absence of innovation as a goal in the pre-M&A period. These two insights together are useful in careful M&A planning. Lastly, expensive pre-M&A expenditures tend to adversely affect the post-M&A performance. As a general conclusion, this study shows that innovation can be an important factor to pursue in M&A transitions, together with the need to emphasize and find capable and willing human capital, rather than a capital base (equity or debt) and existing values of the acquired brands.

eValuBuild

The overall goal of the project was to provide a tool for improved investment decision making for functional performance of investment property. The evaluation examines both ex post and ex ante building performance within operational and investment contexts and considers the resultant financial, environmental and social impacts.

Social network e capitale sociale degli ex-ospiti di Comunita' Liberta': Drug free e ricaduti a confronto

L'indagine condotta, avvalendosi del paradigma della social network analysis, offre una descrizione delle reti di supporto personale e del capitale sociale di un campione di 80 italiani ex post un trattamento terapeutico residenziale di lungo termine per problemi di tossicodipendenza. Dopo aver identificato i profili delle reti di supporto sociale degli intervistati, si è proceduto, in primis, alla misurazione e comparazione delle ego-centered support networks tra soggetti drug free e ricaduti e, successivamente, all'investigazione delle caratteristiche delle reti e delle forme di capitale sociale – closure e brokerage – che contribuiscono al mantenimento dell'astinenza o al rischio di ricaduta nel post-trattamento. Fattori soggettivi, come la discriminazione pubblica percepita e l'attitudine al lavoro, sono stati inoltre esplorati al fine di investigare la loro correlazione con la condotta di reiterazione nell'uso di sostanze. Dai risultati dello studio emerge che un più basso rischio di ricaduta è positivamente associato ad una maggiore attitudine al lavoro, ad una minore percezione di discriminazione da parte della società, all'avere membri di supporto con un più alto status socio-economico e che mobilitano risorse reputazionali e, infine, all'avere reti più eterogenee nell'occupazione e caratterizzate da più elevati livelli di reciprocità. Inoltre, il capitale sociale di tipo brokerage contribuisce al mantenimento dell'astinenza in quanto garantisce l'accesso del soggetto ad informazioni meno omogenee e la sua esposizione a opportunità più numerose e differenziate. I risultati dello studio, pertanto, dimostrano l'importante ruolo delle personal support networks nel prevenire o ridurre il rischio di ricaduta nel post-trattamento, in linea con precedenti ricerche che suggeriscono la loro incorporazione nei programmi terapeutici per tossicodipendenti.