How are Spanish academics coping with changes? Responses from a life histories research.

[eng] This report is part of the research project, The effects of social changes in work and professional life of Spanish academics, partially financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (SEJ2006-01876), that has explored change in legislation, organisation, research schemes and so on, in the last thirty years. The main aim of this project is deepening our understanding of the impact of undergoing economic, social, cultural, technological and labour change in Spanish universities in the life and professional identity of the teaching and research staff, taking into account the national and european context. This paper gathers part of the results gained from the project, being its primary objective to contribute to an improved knowledge-base on professional knowledge and work experience in higher education institutions in Spain and, as a consequence, to understand how Spanish academics are coping with current changes.

How are Spanish academics coping with changes? Responses from a life histories research.

[eng] This report is part of the research project, The effects of social changes in work and professional life of Spanish academics, partially financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (SEJ2006-01876), that has explored change in legislation, organisation, research schemes and so on, in the last thirty years. The main aim of this project is deepening our understanding of the impact of undergoing economic, social, cultural, technological and labour change in Spanish universities in the life and professional identity of the teaching and research staff, taking into account the national and european context. This paper gathers part of the results gained from the project, being its primary objective to contribute to an improved knowledge-base on professional knowledge and work experience in higher education institutions in Spain and, as a consequence, to understand how Spanish academics are coping with current changes.

Intentional risk reduction practices of men in Switzerland who have anal intercourse with casual male partners.

OBJECTIVE: To identify prevalence of and factors associated with intentional use of HIV risk reduction practices by men who have sex with men during anal intercourse with casual partners. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey pertaining to the Swiss HIV behavioral surveillance system, using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire in a self-selected sample of men who have sex with men (n = 2953). Multinomial regression was used to estimate factors associated with reporting either "no or inconsistent condom use" or "one or more risk reduction practices" over "consistent condom use." RESULTS: 57.2% reported anal intercourse with casual partner(s) over the last 12 months. Of these, 24.0% declared having used a risk reduction practice (73.8% of those who did not use condoms consistently). HIV-positive people were more likely to have done so. Most predictors were similarly associated to both regression categories. Four significant predictors were common to both regression categories: Internet partner seeking, age, age squared, and the interaction between HIV status positive and number of partners. The only association that differed markedly between the 2 regression categories was having a number of partners above median, significantly associated with the risk reduction category. CONCLUSIONS: Although condom use is the most frequent protection strategy in anal intercourse with casual partners, risk reduction practices are highly prevalent. However, there are no clear differences regarding predictors between risk reduction practices and inconsistent or no condom use. This suggests that risk reduction is an opportunistic response rather than a strategy per se.

Understanding academics' popular science publishing : institution culture and management style effects

Most universities and higher education systems have formally taken up a third mission, which involves various public outreach and engagement activities. Little is known regarding how higher education institutions' organisations interact with academic's level of public outreach. This article examines to which extent the perceptions academics have of their institutions' culture and management style, as well as some of their own individual and statutory characteristics interact with their level of public outreach. Using the Academic Profession in Europe comparative and quantitative research database, this article focuses on two countries on the extremities of the spectrum - Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Extrato etanólico de Senna alata no controle de Myrothecium roridum, agente casual do cancro-de-mirotécio

O fungo M. roridum é o causador da doença cancro-de-mirotécio em meloeiro e vem provocando grandes perdas na produção dessa olerícola. É uma doença de difícil controle, em razão de seu agente ser habitante do solo. Devido à procura de formas alternativas de controle, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a atividade dos extratos etanólicos de partes de S. alata sobre M. roridum. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, distribuído em esquema fatorial 4 x 6 + 1, sendo o primeiro fator partes da planta (caule, inflorescência, raiz e vagem) e o segundo, seis concentrações (0,25; 0,50; 50; 75; 250; e 500 µg mL-1) mais a testemunha, com quatro repetições por tratamento. As variáveis avaliadas foram: taxa de crescimento micelial (TCM), inibição do crescimento micelial (ICM) e área abaixo da curva do crescimento micelial (AACCM). Todos os extratos de partes vegetais de S. alata foram eficientes em inibir o crescimento micelial de M. roridum. O extrato etanólico da vagem foi o que melhor inibiu o crescimento de M. roridum, na concentração de 500 µg mL-1 , seguido do extrato da raiz e do caule.

Academics as parents--parents as academics : a study of the integration of intellectual and child-care labours /

Discussions concerning the challenges of combining work and family are certainly not new, and still actively continue. There is, however, a silence in the related literature regarding a comprehensive description of integrating specifically university academic ~. work and family responsibilities. This silence is especially evident for men who are parents as well as academics. With the participation of 4 key informants, this qualitative research study gave voice to men and women who participate in the academic labour of a Canadian university as professors, and as graduate students, along with the parenting labour of at least 1 child under the age of7. Methodology was developed to reveal in-depth perspectives regarding the work practices employed by 4 key informants as they combined intellectual and child-care responsibilities. Multiple data collection methods included journal reflections, day time observation sessions, a focus group, and a final evaluation questionnaire. Using research findings, together with information extrapolated from Three Models of the Family (Eichler, 1997), this study also took steps toward developing a Proposed "Three Models of the University," to offer explanation for the work practices of the key informants as academics/parents, and also for future consideration in university policy formation.

La política fiscal y la complejidad del sistema tributario casual de la evasión fiscal

Tesis (Maestría en Contaduría Pública) U.A.N.L.

Les casual games : définition à l’aide du savoir professionnel des designers de jeux

Le jeu casual est un phénomène majeur de l’industrie vidéoludique, pourtant il reste peu étudié et mal considéré. Les quelques définitions scientifiques recensées présentent des divergences importantes, ainsi qu’un décalage par rapport aux jeux produits. Les modèles théoriques en design de jeu, centrés sur le gameplay, semblent inadéquats face à ce phénomène. En utilisant le modèle du praticien réflexif de Donald Schön, l’objectif de notre recherche est d’apporter un nouvel éclairage sur le jeu casual grâce au savoir professionnel des designers de jeux. Notre approche est qualitative, d’inspiration phénoménologique : nous avons recueilli l’expérience de huit designers de jeux par l’intermédiaire d’entretiens semi-dirigés proches du récit de pratique. Nos résultats montrent que les concepts utilisés dans les modèles vidéoludiques traditionnels restent pertinents pour définir le jeu casual, mais demandent à être retravaillés afin de rendre compte des mutations de l’expérience de jeu. Ainsi, un challenge dans un jeu casual n’est pas un obstacle mais une opportunité d’action pour le joueur. De plus, la progression se fait par la variation des challenges plutôt que par l’augmentation de la difficulté. Ensuite, certains concepts qui semblaient pertinents pour définir les jeux casual, tels que la fiction positive, ont été rejetés par nos participants. Enfin, notre étude a permis de rassembler des informations sur le rôle du designer de jeu casual et le contexte dans lequel il exerce, ce qui permet d’expliquer certaines causes de la vision péjorative du jeu casual.

Poder y placer: ¿cuál es el impacto que la intersecionalidad entre género y clase social tiene sobre las prácticas sexuales? Un estudio comparativo en torno a la infidelidad, sexo casual, uso de lencería, ataduras e inmovilizaciones, piropos, sexo oral, orgías y encuentros con prostitutas en hombres y mujeres en los sectores populares y medio-altos en Bogotá, Colombia.

Este documento explora la relación que existe entre la interseccionalidad y las relaciones de género y clase social en razón de prácticas sexuales tales como la infidelidad, sexo casual, uso de lencería, ataduras e inmovilizaciones, piropos, sexo oral, orgías y encuentros con prostitutas en Bogotá, Colombia.

Academics' online presence guidelines: A four step guide to taking control of your visibility

OpenUCT published Academics' online presence guidelines: A four step guide to taking control of your visibility in 2012.

Helping hand for academics on video capture

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La comprehensión des structures a fonctión casuelle en basque. 'La comprensión de las estructuras de función casual en vasco'.

Hipótesis: ¿la inversión es tomada en consideración por los sujetos vascófonos? ¿en qué momento su influencia es perceptible? ¿hay otros caracteres pragmáticos que ejercen una influencia en la comprensión de frases simples vascas?. ¿En qué momento las flexiones casuales comienzan a ser tomadas en consideración, y cuando son dominadas? ¿la categorización flexional de las funciones casuales es adquirida antes de la categorización posicional? ¿Las reglas de orden que han sido sacadas de experiencias efectuadas en inglés y francés, se aplican al tratamiento del vasco?, y en caso afirmativo, ¿cuál es la naturaleza de estos tratamientos?. 480 sujetos vasco parlantes entre 3 años y 11 años pertenecientes a ikastolas de Rentería y Oyarzun, y 80 adultos. Estudia la organización y evolución de los procedimientos de tratamiento relativos a las funciones casuales fundamentales de la frase simple, sin tener en cuenta los parámetros discursivos implicados. Cuestionario realizado ad hoc sobre aspectos familiares. Seis enunciados: los cinco primeros contienen dos lexemas nominales y un verbo, y el sexto contiene tres nombres y un verbo (A,B,C,D,E,F). Prueba de Chi cuadrado. Índice descriptivo de dependencia: coeficiente de Crámer. Coeficiente de contingencia. Para los lexemas nominales de los enunciados de tipo D (hija-perro-invertir), el perro es elegido tres veces más como agente que la hija. Entre la hija y el muchacho de los enunciados de tipo A, el muchacho es muchas más veces considerado como agente que la hija. De los tres lexemas animales de los enunciados F, el hombre es también interpretado más como agente que el perro y el pájaro. En los enunciados C (coche-camión-entrar-introducir), se constata que la atribución del rol depende de la interpretación transitiva o intransitiva del verbo. En Euskera la utilización apropiada de signos morfológicos casuales es muy tardía: los sujetos no se refieren a ellos antes de los 10 años y medio. Los tratamientos de tipo posicional tienen una presencia limitada pero netamente perceptible, sobre todo en el caso de los enunciados de procesos transitivo y reversible.

Casual politics : del cliktivismo a los movimientos emergentes y el reconocimiento de patrones

Resumen basado en el de la publicación. Resumen en inglés y catalán