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Soft Skills in Editorial and Communicational Management of Scientific Journals
No full textEn el contexto de la economía digital, la gestión editorial de revistas científicas combina exigencias técnicas y normativas con la interacción constante entre autores, revisores y editores. Aunque las métricas de indexación y prestigio son estudiadas, persiste un vacío en torno a la influencia de las habilidades blandas sobre la percepción de calidad y el posicionamiento internacional de las publicaciones. Metodología: El estudio fue cuantitativo, descriptivo, correlacional y transversal. Se aplicó una encuesta en línea, dirigida a docentes-investigadores con experiencia en procesos de publicación. El cuestionario incluyó nueve preguntas descriptivas, dieciséis ítems en escala Likert para habilidades blandas y una pregunta abierta. Se analizaron frecuencias, correlación de Spearman y prueba de Kruskal–Wallis. Resultados: Participaron 394 investigadores. La mayoría reportó percepciones favorables en las cuatro dimensiones, aunque con variaciones según el nivel de indexación. Las correlaciones entre habilidades blandas e indexación fueron negativas y significativas, y la prueba de Kruskal–Wallis confirmó diferencias en los rangos promedio. Discusión: a mayor prestigio e indexación, se reduce la percepción de trato humano en la gestión editorial. Esto, coincide con estudios que destacan diferencia entre excelencia técnica y calidad relacional. Conclusiones: Una mayor percepción de habilidades blandas se asocia con una mejor valoración de la experiencia y el proceso editorial por parte de los autores. Se recomienda incorporar, junto a las métricas de desempeño, indicadores de interacción editorial percibida.In the context of the digital economy, the editorial management of scientific journals combines
technical and normative demands with constant interaction among authors, reviewers, and editors.
Although indexing metrics and prestige have been widely studied, there remains a gap regarding the
influence of soft skills on perceived quality and the international positioning of journals. Methodology: This
was a quantitative, descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional study. An online survey was administered
to faculty-researchers with recent experience in publication processes. The questionnaire included nine
descriptive questions, sixteen Likert-scale items measuring soft skills, and one open-ended question.
Frequencies, Spearman’s correlation, and the Kruskal–Wallis test were applied. Results: A total of 394
researchers participated. Most reported favorable perceptions across the four dimensions, although
variations emerged according to indexing level. Correlations between soft skills and indexing were negative
and significant, and the Kruskal–Wallis test confirmed differences in mean ranks. Discussion: Higher prestige
and indexing were associated with lower perceptions of human engagement in editorial management,
aligning with studies that highlight the divergence between technical excellence and relational quality.
Conclusions: A higher perceived level of soft skills is associated with a more favorable author evaluation of
the editorial experience and process. We recommend complementing performance metrics with indicators
of perceived editorial interaction
Seminario de Educación Musical: La Revolución Digital de la Música: Nuevas formas de aprendizaje a través de la Inteligencia Artificial
No full textEl seminario titulado “La Revolución Digital de la Música: Nuevas formas de aprendizaje a través de la Inteligencia Artificial” analiza el papel de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación en la sociedad y su evolución hasta la incorporación de la IA. Se destacan sus beneficios en la educación—como el aumento de la motivación, la mejora de la comunicación y el acceso a la información—, así como algunos inconvenientes relacionados con su uso inadecuado. Además, se presentan diversas herramientas digitales, aplicaciones y softwares que están transformando la didáctica musical. Finalmente, se invita a reflexionar sobre el uso de estas tecnologías en el aula y su potencial para mejorar los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje.
Este seminario se destina al alumnado de la Mención de Música que cursan el Prácticum II en el Grado de Educación Primaria
Sesgos Cognitivos en la Toma de Decisiones Clínicas: Implicaciones para la Práctica Psicológica
No full textBackground/Objectives: Clinical psychologists are routinely required to make complex decisions under uncertainty, often with incomplete information and within emotionally and institutionally demanding contexts. A substantial body of evidence from cognitive psychology demonstrates that these decisions are vulnerable to systematic distortions known as cognitive biases. Methods: Theoretical and empirical literature was reviewed to identify key distortions, including confirmation bias, availability heuristic, anchoring, overconfidence and the illusion of validity. A narrative synthesis approach was adopted, focusing on literature involving psychological professionals in applied contexts. Special attention is given to the cumulative dynamics of bias cascade and snowball effects, as well as the influence of contextual variables such as workload, cultural mismatch and documentation practices. Results: Different reasoning frameworks rational-analytic, intuitive-humanistic and hypothetico-deductive exhibit varying vulnerability to bias. Ethical and epistemological risks include compromised patient autonomy, unjust credibility judgments and institutional blind spots. Conclusions: Evidence-based mitigation strategies are highlighted, such as structured decision protocols, clinical examples to illustrate bias manifestations, metacognitive awareness training, collaborative frameworks and outcome-driven feedback
Energy–Performance Trade-Offs of LU Matrix Decomposition in Java Across Heterogeneous Hardware and Operating Systems
No full textThe increasing core counts and architectural heterogeneity of modern processors make performance optimization insufficient if energy consumption is not simultaneously considered. By providing a novel characterization of how the interaction between hybrid architectures and system software disrupts the traditional correlation between execution speed and energy efficiency, this research study analyzes the performance–energy trade-offs of parallel LU matrix decomposition algorithms implemented in Java, focusing on the Crout and Doolittle variants. This study is conducted on four different platforms, including ARM-based, Hybrid x86, and many-core accelerators. Execution time and speedup are evaluated for varying thread counts, while energy consumption is measured externally to capture whole-system energy usage. Experimental results show that the configuration yielding the maximum speedup does not necessarily minimize energy consumption. While x86 systems showed energy savings exceeding 80% under optimal parallel configurations, the ARM-based platform required distinct thread counts to minimize energy consumption compared with maximizing speed. These findings demonstrate that energy-efficient configurations represent a distinct optimization space that often contradicts traditional performance metrics. In the era of hybrid computing, green software optimization must transition from a simplistic “race-to-sleep” paradigm toward sophisticated, architecture-aware strategies that account for the specific power profiles of heterogeneous cores to achieve truly sustainable high-performance computing
Killer Cone Snails: Deadly Predators or the Future of Medicine?
No full textEl artículo presenta la biología, química y potencial para el futuro desarrollo de medicamentos del veneno de los caracoles cono. Se trata de unos gasterópodos marinos distribuidos por todos los mares templados del planeta y cuyo veneno tiene un gran potencial terapéutico. El articulo pone en contexto el papel del veneno en la evolución y adaptación de los caracoles como depredadores y lo enfoca a estudiantes de enseñanzas obligatorias desde los 11-18 años
Comparison on the Use of Hybrid and Plugin Hybrid Electric Buses for Sustainable Urban Transportation–Split Use Case
No full textUrban livability faces significant challenges due to traffic congestion, noise, and vehicle emissions. Electric buses offer a promising solution to reduce noise and tailpipe emissions in cities. However, their limited range, constrained by battery capacity, can hinder operational flexibility. As an alternative, plug-in hybrid electric buses (PHEB) and hybrid buses (HB) provide a more versatile option by combining zero-emission capabilities with conventional diesel engines. Their efficiency depends on battery capacity and the strategic allocation of electric drive sections along routes. Yet, existing electric drive assignment systems remain suboptimal, as they do not fully exploit the potential of hybrid propulsion
Maximal regularity of solutions for the tempered fractional Cauchy problem
No full textLet be a Banach space. Given a closed linear operator defined on we show that, in vector-valued H\"older spaces , maximal regularity for the abstract Cauchy problem can be characterized solely in terms of a spectral property of the operator , when we equip the Cauchy problem with the tempered fractional derivative. In particular, we show that generators of bounded analytic semigroups admit maximal regularity
The dual wavelet spectra: an alternative perspective on Hurst exponent estimation with application to mammogram classification
No full textThe wavelet spectra is a common starting point for estimating the Hurst exponent
of a self-similar signal using wavelet-based techniques. The decay of the log2 average
energyofthedetailwaveletcoefficientsasafunctionofthelevelofsignaldecomposition
can be used to construct estimators for this parameter. In this paper, we expand
on previous work which introduced the “dual” wavelet spectra, where decomposition
levels are instead treated as a function of energy values, and propose a relationship
between its slope and the Hurst exponent, creating a new estimator. We focus on
the 2D case, making the method suitable for analyzing complex image data. The
effectiveness of this estimator and its sensitivity to several settings are demonstrated
through a simulation study. Finally, we show how the technique performs as a feature
extraction method by applying it to the task of detecting the presence of breast cancer
in mammogram images. Dual spectra wavelet features had a statistically significant
effect on the log-odds of Cancer
On algorithmic mediations
No full textIn this article, the main focus will be to analyze the notion of mediation in an attempt to apply it to one of the major topics of our time: the increasing impact of AI technologies in social life. Mediation being essentially a relational concept, I will start by linking it to the relational thinking developed in sociological theory and postphenomenology. My own contribution will be to take a substantialist position and to define what I consider to be the ecstatic dimension of relationality, re-interpreted via the notion of “being-toward.” I will also draw on Sartre's socio-materialist understanding of mediation, focusing in particular on his general conceptualization of the “practico-inert field.” A metaphorological approach will be presented in the final part of the study to illustrate the relations between humans and AI technologies. Three metaphors will be used to explore the meaning of algorithmic mediations: “vampire objects,” “bewitched quantities,” and “frozen voices.” These metaphors will be interpreted in light of empirical phenomena: (a) algorithmically generated “synthetic data,” (b) “high-frequency trading,” and (c) AI recruitment chatbots in hiring
Vård i olika kontexter: Kvinnohälsa i GambiassjuksköterskeutbildningEtt skolprojekt om hur ämnet kvinnohälsa tillämpas i sjuksköterskeutbildningar i Gambia
No full text: Gambia är ett utvecklingsland där kvinnors hälsa påverkas av begränsade tillgångar till hälso-och sjukvårdsresurser. Stigmatisering och kulturella faktorer kvarstår som påverkar hur kvinnors hälsa lärs ut och tillämpas. Forskningen om sjuksköterskestudenters perspektiv på kvinnors hälsa i Gambia har tolkats som begränsad. Ämnet kvinnohälsa utvecklas ständigt men flera utmaningar är i fortsatt behov av förbättring.Syfte: Syftet med denna Minor Field Study var att beskriva representationen och undervisningen om kvinnors hälsa inom sjuksköterskeutbildningen i Gambia.Metod: Denna MFS skapades med kvalitativa metoder och analyserades med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys.Resultat: Resultatet beskriver hur olika faktorer påverkar sjuksköterskeutbildningen i Gambia. Flera faktorer lyfts fram som viktiga i hur ämnet kvinnohälsa integreras och tillämpas inom sjuksköterskeutbildningen i Gambia.Slutsats: Denna MFS syftade till att beskriva hur kvinnors hälsa tillämpas inom sjuksköterskeutbildningen i Gambia. Uppsatsen belyser sjuksköterskestudenters perspektiv, vilket kan användas för att utveckla och öka förståelsen för hur kvinnors hälsa kan integreras inom sjuksköterskeutbildningen i Gambia