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Turismo rural como estrategia de desarrollo local. Caso Parroquia Mulaló, Cantón Latacunga.
Get PDFSe definió un modelo de aprovechamiento del turismo rural vinculado al desarrollo local, en la
parroquia Mulaló del cantón Latacunga, provincia de Cotopaxi. Se utilizó técnicas de
investigación bibliográfica, de campo desarrollando teorías sistémicas, a un nivel analítico y
participativo, se partió de la descripción del contexto del territorio, definiendo los elementos de
un diagnóstico turístico: gobernanza, demanda, comunidad receptora, atractivos, oferta de
servicios e infraestructura; en base a documentos bibliográficos y estadísticos. La problemática
de desarrollo en las áreas rurales fue descrita con la utilización de cuatro ejes: desarrollo
económico local y fomento productivo; ordenamiento territorial y desarrollo de infraestructuras;
desarrollo social y capital humano; y desarrollo institucional, articulación de actores y
participación. Finalmente, a través de la metodología de sistemas blandos, se estructuró
sistémicamente el modelo de turismo rural con la descripción de cada uno de sus elementos, sus
funciones dentro del sistema y los resultados. Se concluye que desde un punto de vista de
potencialidades y debilidades el turismo rural en todos sus contextos, constituye no solo una
herramienta de sostenibilidad de los recursos y productividad, sino que además es posible su
impulso de forma articulada con los planes de desarrollo regional, provincial y parroquial,
afirmación que validó el estudio de caso en la Parroquia Mulaló del Cantón Latacunga. Se
recomienda para la aplicación del modelo en los espacios rurales sujetos de aprovechamiento
turístico, poner énfasis en el análisis del contexto local desde el punto de vista del sistema
turístico, así como los ejes de desarrollo, con la finalidad definir claramente las condiciones en
que se presenta.A model to exploit the Rural Tourism associated to local development was defined in Mulaló
village from Latacunga canton, Cotopaxi Province. Thus, the bibliographic and field research
techniques were used which developed systemic theories at an analytical and participatory level.
It started from the description of the territory context, defining the elements of a tourism diagnosis
such as governance, demand, receiving community, tourist attractions, services and infrastructure
based on bibliographic and statistical documents. The development issue of the rural areas was
described through four central concepts: local economic and productive development; land-use
planning and infrastructure development: social, human, capital, and institutional development;
as well as articulation of actors and participation. Finally, through the methodology of soft
systems, the rural tourism model was systematically structured with the description of each one
of its elements, its functions within the system and the results. It is concluded that from a point of
view of potentialities and weaknesses, the rural tourism in all its contexts constitutes not only a
tool for the sustainability of resources and productivity, but it is also possible to boost them in a
articulated way with the region, province and village development plans, this validated the case
study in Mulaló village, Latacunga canton. For the application of the tourism exploit model in the
selected rural areas, it is recommended to focus on the analysis of the local context from the tourist
system point of view as well as the development axis, in order to clearly define is conditions
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Salvaguardia: una herramienta para la conservación del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial, aplicado a territorios rurales.: Safeguarding: a tool for the conservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage, applied to rural territories.
No full textThis research was conducted to contribute to the continuity of the manifestations of intangible cultural heritage in the rural parishes of Latacunga canton, the study is based on the analysis of popular festivals for the development of a safeguarding plan, it addresses the identification, research, and definition of specific actions to allow the manifestations to remain in force. The methodology used is descriptive, based on the qualitative approach with the application of the life history instrument. By means of which a direct approach to the bearers of the manifestation is generated, to collect their meanings with respect to the intangible cultural heritage. The majority of the manifestations studied remain in force, while fewer are those with a high or medium level of vulnerability. These findings imply that, although intangible cultural heritage in rural areas has a low level of vulnerability, it is necessary to protect it by detecting threats to the transmission of knowledge, know-how, techniques, or practices inherent to the manifestation. This research contributes to the area of cultural tourism through the determination of the degree of vulnerability of the manifestation and the construction of strategies for its promotion.Esta investigación se la realizó con la finalidad de aportar a la continuidad de las manifestaciones del patrimonio cultural inmaterial en las parroquias rurales del cantón Latacunga, el estudio se basa en el análisis de las fiestas populares para la elaboración de un plan de salvaguardia, aborda la identificación, investigación y definición de acciones específicas para permitir que las manifestaciones se mantengan vigentes. La metodología utilizada es descriptiva, fundamentada en el enfoque cualitativo con la aplicación del instrumento historia de vida. Mediante la cual se genera un acercamiento directo a los portadores de la manifestación, a fin de recoger sus significaciones con respecto al patrimonio cultural inmaterial. La mayoría de las manifestaciones estudiadas se mantienen como vigentes, mientras que son menos las que tienen un nivel alto o medio de vulnerabilidad. Estos hallazgos implican que, si bien el patrimonio cultural inmaterial en la zona rural tiene un nivel bajo de vulnerabilidad, es necesario protegerlo a través de la detección de amenazas en la transmisión de conocimientos, saberes, técnicas o prácticas inherentes a la manifestación. Esta investigación aporta al área del turismo cultural mediante la determinación del grado de vulnerabilidad de la manifestación y la construcción de estrategias para su fomento.  
Análisis de los riesgos laborales en los guías de alta montaña, y su incidencia en el desarrollo del turismo de aventura
Get PDFThis study developed a model for training the perception of the challenge for high mountain tour guides, considering the conditions of the site, the attributes of the activity and the identification of risks. Data from tour guides who participated in high-altitude mountaineering, snowboarding, and mountaineering activities were collected through the use of a self-administered questionnaire. Responses were analyzed using models of experimental designs, and the findings demonstrated that site-related antecedents (i.e., the nature and difficulty of the site) and activity-related antecedents (i.e., skill utilization, demands, and interaction) positively affected the perceptions of the tourist guides about the analysis of the risks that they are subject to in their work. This study contributes to the tourism literature by including factors related to the place and the activity as antecedent variables of the perceived challenge and quantifying their influences on the perception of the challenge among high mountain tourism. Implications and future research directions are provided.Este estudio desarrolló un modelo de formación de la percepción del desafío para los guías turísticos de alta montaña, considerando las condiciones del sitio, los atributos de la actividad e identificación de los riesgos. Se recopilaron datos de guías turísticos que participaron en actividades de montañismo a gran altura, snowboarding y el alpinismo la cual se realizó mediante el uso de un cuestionario autoadministrado. Las respuestas se analizaron utilizando modelos de diseños experimentales y los hallazgos demostraron que los antecedentes relacionados con el sitio (es decir, la naturaleza y la dificultad del sitio) y los antecedentes relacionados con la actividad (es decir, la utilización de habilidades, demandas e interacción) afectaron positivamente las percepciones de los guías turísticos sobre el análisis a los riesgos que están sujetos en sus labores. Este estudio contribuye a la literatura turística al incluir factores relacionados con el lugar y la actividad como variables antecedentes del desafío percibido y cuantificar sus influencias en la percepción del desafío entre el turismo de alta montaña. Se proporcionan implicaciones y direcciones de investigación futura
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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