Validation of the Satisfaction Scale of Basic Psychological Needs in Physical Education with the Incorporation of the Novelty in the Spanish Context

The purpose of the study was to validate to the physical education context, the Spanish version of the Scale of the Satisfaction of Psychological Needs toward the Physical Education classes of Menéndez and Fernández-Rio, with the incorporation of the novelty, since they contemplated its inclusion. In this study, 1444 students participated (mean = 15.34, standard deviation = 1.12) from several schools in Almeria. To analyze the psychometric properties of the scale, several analyses were carried out. The results offered support for both the four-factor structure and the higher-order model called satisfaction. The analysis of invariance with respect to gender showed that the factor structure of the questionnaire was invariant. The Cronbach alpha values were higher than 0.70 in the subscales. The results of this study demonstrated the reliability and validity of the Scale of the Satisfaction of Psychological Needs, with the incorporation of novelty in the Spanish context of Physical Education

Medición de Dióxido de Carbono en ambientes de la Unidad Educativa Técnico Salesiano mediante la internet de las cosas (IoT)

El objetivo de este trabajo es medir el incremento de dióxido de carbono (CO2) y temperatura en los ambientes del Técnico Salesiano para conocer sí estos afectan a la salud y al desempeño de los estudiantes en las horas laborables de clases. Para lo cual se propuso la elaboración de un sistema de sensores, los mismos que medirán la concentración de CO2 y de la temperatura en un aula de clase determinada cada dos horas y mediante internet los resultados obtenidos se guardarán en una base de datos. El programa para el manejo de los sensores se realizó en JAVA. Para la protección del sistema eléctrico se diseñaran los planos de dos cajas que fueron impresas en 3D. También se elaboró una encuesta que fue aplicada a los estudiantes del Tercero “F1”. Como resultado de las encuestas se obtuvo que los estudiantes al estar expuestos a una mala ventilación del aula de clase sienten estrés y agotamiento. En la mayoría de los casos esto se debe a que la temperatura se incrementa y se concentra en un mismo lugar. Es necesario que los estudiantes se desarrollen en un ambiente adecuado para su salud y para la adquisición de nuevos conocimientos, por este motivo es conveniente reducir el incremento de la temperatura y CO2 en un aula de clases adecuándolas con ventanas grandes y así potenciar la concentración de los estudiantes

SOCIAL NETWORKS APPLIED TO THE HOTEL SECTOR

Las Redes Sociales (RRSS) forman parte de las vidas de las personas y constituyen un elemento clave que se puede obviar a la hora de diseñar la estrategia de marketing dentro del sector hotelero. Hay que destacar que las RRSS, junto con las nuevas tecnologías, están presentes durante todo el proceso de compra del producto hotelero, que va desde la planificación del viaje (donde se busca información de los hoteles en los principales buscadores, foros de opinión, familiares y amigos en RRSS), a la estancia (durante la cual se comparten en tiempo real las impresiones del viaje) y por último al finalizar el viaje, compartiendo la experiencia y opinión a través de foros, tales como Booking o TripAdvisor, o a través de RRSS, como por ejemplo, a través de la página de Facebook del mismo hotel o en el propio perfil personal. El propósito de este trabajo es ofrecer una guía a los gestores de los establecimientos hoteleros, para sacarle el máximo partido a su estrategia Social Media a través de casos de éxito. En resumen podemos afirmar, por un lado, que las Redes Sociales pueden influir en los viajeros a la hora de escoger entre un hotel u otro, solo por detrás de las opiniones de familiares y amigos. Y por otro lado, que deben ser los “hoteles” quienes conscientes de las múltiples etapas del viaje puedan captar la atención de sus futuros clientes y sepan establecer una correcta estrategia en medios sociales ofreciendo a sus clientes ofertas personalizadas.Social networks are part of people's lives and are a key element that we can not ignore when designing our marketing strategy within the hospitality industry. It is necessary to emphasize that Social Media, along with new technologies, are present during the entire process of purchase of the hotel product. That involves from the beginning of the travel planning, where looks for information of the hotels in the main searches engines, opinions forums, family and friends in Social media), to the stay (during which are shared in real time the impressions of the trip) and finally at the end of the trip sharing the experience in opinion forums, such as Booking or TripAdvisor, or through the Social media, for example, through the Facebook page of the hotel or in the own personal profile. The aim of this paper is to offer a guide to the managers of the hotels, to get the most out of their Social Media strategy through cases of study. In summary we can affirm, that nowadays social networks is the most important influence for travelers just behind the family and friends option. Nevertheless, the hotels should be the responsible to catch the attention of their future guests and costumers, be aware of the multiple stages of the trip and be able to establish a correct strategy in social media offering personalized offers to their clients.Administración y Dirección de EmpresasTurism

exampletestr—An easy start to unit testing R packages

In spite of the utility of unit tests, most R package developers do not write them. exampletestr makes it easier to start writing unit tests by creating shells/skeletons of unit tests based on the examples in the user's package documentation. When completed, these unit tests test whether said examples run correctly. By combining the functionality of exampletestr with that of covr, having ensured that their examples adequately demonstrate the features of their package, the developer can have much of the work of constructing a comprehensive set of unit tests done for them

Easier unit tests and better examples with exampletestr and covr

In spite of the utility of unit tests, most R package developers do not write them. exampletestr makes it easier to start writing unit tests by creating shells/skeletons of unit tests based on the examples in the user's package documentation. When completed, these unit tests test whether said examples run correctly. By combining the functionality of exampletestr with that of covr, having ensured that their examples adequately demonstrate the features of their package, the developer can have much of the work of constructing a comprehensive set of unit tests done for them

Joke identification, comprehension and appreciation by Spanish intermediate ESL learners: an exploratory study

This paper reports on an exploratory study examining joke identification, appreciation and comprehension by Spanish intermediate ESL learners. The study is based on a relevance-theoretic classification of jokes, which assumes that humorousness results from manipulation of three parameters: make-sense frames, cultural information and utterance interpretation. It firstly ascertains whether Spanish ESL learners recognise orally-delivered samples of seven types of purportedly jocular texts. Secondly, it examines whether these learners actually regard such texts as comical and why. Finally, it looks into the learners’ interpretative problems in order to single out which joke type(s) is/are more challenging. The study relies on quantitative and qualitative data elicited through an online questionnaire comprising four tasks. The results indicate no correlation between joke identification and appreciation, and independence of successful joke recognition from sophisticated interpretative skills. Jokes involving invalidation of an activated make-sense frame were most easily identified and found most funny, but jokes exploiting cancellation of an initial, seemingly plausible, interpretation posed more difficulties

Determinantes sociales de la salud: un análisis desde el contexto colombiano

 Un amplio e interesante desarrollo acade?mico, junto a una creciente preocupacio?n y con- ciencia, se ha evidenciado durante las u?ltimas de?cadas respecto a la influencia de los factores sociales, econo?micos y culturales sobre la salud. El enfoque de los determinantes sociales de la salud (DSS) surgio? como un nuevo paradigma en el abordaje de las inequidades en salud (es decir, las diferencias de salud por grupo racial o e?tnico o por factores socioecono?micos como ingresos y educacio?n) para los hacedores de poli?ticas pu?blicas y la sociedad en general a causa de cierto grado de escepticismo acerca de la idoneidad de los criterios tradicionales de abordaje del proceso salud-enfermedad. Sin embargo, la relacio?n entre los factores sociales y de salud no son sencillos, pues existen mu?ltiples variables que se deben tener en cuenta para establecer posibles relaciones causales entre estos; por lo que hay controversias sobre la fuerza de la evidencia que apoya un papel causal de algunos factores sociales y econo?micos en el estado de salud. A pesar de la creciente importancia concedida en la actualidad al enfoque de los DSS, para muchos es todavi?a una perspectiva poco conocida y profundizada. Este arti?culo revisa la literatura existente hasta el momento y hace un ana?lisis de la imple- mentacio?n de este paradigma en el contexto colombiano

Linear approaches to intramolecular Förster Resonance Energy Transfer probe measurements for quantitative modeling

Numerous unimolecular, genetically-encoded Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) probes for monitoring biochemical activities in live cells have been developed over the past decade. As these probes allow for collection of high frequency, spatially resolved data on signaling events in live cells and tissues, they are an attractive technology for obtaining data to develop quantitative, mathematical models of spatiotemporal signaling dynamics. However, to be useful for such purposes the observed FRET from such probes should be related to a biological quantity of interest through a defined mathematical relationship, which is straightforward when this relationship is linear, and can be difficult otherwise. First, we show that only in rare circumstances is the observed FRET linearly proportional to a biochemical activity. Therefore in most cases FRET measurements should only be compared either to explicitly modeled probes or to concentrations of products of the biochemical activity, but not to activities themselves. Importantly, we find that FRET measured by standard intensity-based, ratiometric methods is inherently non-linear with respect to the fraction of probes undergoing FRET. Alternatively, we find that quantifying FRET either via (1) fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) or (2) ratiometric methods where the donor emission intensity is divided by the directly-excited acceptor emission intensity (denoted R<sub>alt</sub>) is linear with respect to the fraction of probes undergoing FRET. This linearity property allows one to calculate the fraction of active probes based on the FRET measurement. Thus, our results suggest that either FLIM or ratiometric methods based on R<sub>alt</sub> are the preferred techniques for obtaining quantitative data from FRET probe experiments for mathematical modeling purpose

Detecting protein aggregation and interactions in live cells: a guide to Number and Brightness

The possibility to detect and quantify protein-protein interactions with good spatial and temporal resolutions in live cells is crucial in biology. Number and Brightness is a powerful approach to detect both protein aggregation/desegregation dynamics and stoichiometry in live cells. Importantly, this technique can be applied in commercial set ups: both camera based and laser scanning microscopes. It provides pixel-by-pixel information on protein oligomeric states. If performed with two colours, the technique can retrieve the stoichiometry of the reaction under study. In this review, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the technique, stressing which are the correct acquisition parameters for a given microscope, the main challenges in analysis, and the limitations of the technique