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Changes in Language Assessment Through the Lens of New Materialism
2022
AbstractIn this chapter, we analyze English tests that are part of two computerised assessment systems, the Finnish Matriculation Examination and the Danish National Tests. Language assessment is a fruitful field to explore from the perspective of materiality, to better understand what materialities exist in modern language tests and how students interact with such systems. Within the assessment and test-taking space, material objects exist that are imbued with political values and force test-takers to perform in specific ways. We explore what new materialism has to offer for interpreting current trends in language assessment and to what extent these perspectives allow for new insights to e…
Customer Environmental Values and Their Contribution to Loyalty in Industrial Markets
2016
Concern over the effect of industries on the natural environment is growing on a multitude of levels. This study examines the effects of how perceptions of (a) environmental values, (b) green image and (c) perceived value of industrial customers influence their loyalty towards suppliers in existing relationships, and how the length of B2B relationships may moderate these linkages. A conceptual framework is developed and data are collected from a global sample (N =121) of B2B customers. We find that both green image and perceived value have a direct positive link with customer loyalty and that environmental values are positively linked to the green image of the supplier. Moreover, the effect…
Young adults in relationships and singles: religiosity and the structure of values
2020
The study aims to investigate the differences concerning the religiosity (understood as the placement of religious constructs in the structure of a personality) and value system of young adults who...
Entrepreneurs and Growth : An Option, Obligation or Obsession?
2018
“Growth” as a word carries a positive tone in it; human beings grow and mature, gaining new knowledge and resources, and so do companies. Growth, however, has never been for all. In competitive markets, some grow and others do not—or grow at slower pace than others. Furthermore, growth is a process that strains the capabilities and resources of an individual, company, and its acting entrepreneurs to their extreme. Growth means also learning and leaving behind something learned of possessed before. Growth disrupts the history and path of a single company and its entrepreneur. The text synthetizes the scattered literature in growth and entrepreneurship. A case study shows how growth is viewed…
The Social Networks of People with Intellectual Disabilities during the On-Campus Supported Adult Education Programme
2016
This article describes the social networks of four young people with intellectual disabilities in supported adult education, focusing on their inclusion in school and leisure environments. A multiple case study approach with content analysis was used. Data were collected through interviews with young people and their family members, relationship maps, observation journals and notes from Personal Futures Planning meetings. Relationships with family members, other relatives and neighbours were close. One participant had a friend of her own age with no disabilities. The other three had varying, superficial peer relationships and friends of the family. All the participants had heterogeneous rel…
Zarządzanie wiedzą jako kluczowy czynnik przedsiębiorczości w XXI wieku : podejście antropologii gospodarki
2018
Wśród czynników rozwoju gospodarczego i skutecznego zarządzania w XXI wieku organizacjami wymienia się wiedzę. Jest to szczególnego rodzaju zasób, który przyczynił się do ukonstytuowania zarządzania wiedzą, czyli zespołu procedur odnoszących się do sposobów generowania i powstawania wiedzy, jej dystrybuowania, upowszechniania, gromadzenia. Ogrom zagadnień z zakresu zarządzania wiedzą znalazł wyraz nie tylko w strukturach organizacyjnych, ale również w koncepcji przedsiębiorczości XXI wieku. Stąd celem artykułu będzie analiza zarządzania wiedzą w przedsiębiorczości jako kluczowy zasób nie tylko jej rozwoju i wzrostu, ale również codziennego funkcjonowania. Artykuł ma charakter teoretyczno-em…
Long-term changes in pigmentation of arctic Daphnia provide potential for reconstructing aquatic UV exposure
2016
Abstract Despite the biologically damaging impacts of solar ultraviolet radiation (UV) in nature, little is known about its natural variability, forcing mechanisms, and long-term effects on ecosystems and organisms. Arctic zooplankton, for example the aquatic keystone genus Daphnia (Crustacea, Cladocera) responds to biologically damaging UV by utilizing photoprotective strategies, including pigmentation. We examined the preservation and content of UV-screening pigments in fossil Daphnia remains (ephippia) in two arctic lake sediment cores from Cornwallis Island (Lake R1), Canada, and Spitsbergen (Lake Fugledammen), Svalbard. The aims were to document changes in the degree of UV-protective p…
Educación para la sostenibilidad y educación ambiental
2010
En este trabajo se analizan algunos de los obstáculos que están dificultando la implicación de diferentes sectores sociales en la adopción de las medidas necesarias para hacer frente a la actual situación de emergencia planetaria. En particular, analizamos la supuesta confrontación entre educación ambiental y educación para la sostenibilidad. Intentaremos mostrar que no existen razones para dicho antagonismo, sino que responde a malentendidos que es urgente deshacer, porque entorpecen la necesaria convergencia de esfuerzos para lograr una formación ciudadana que haga comprender la gravedad de la situación y prepare para participar en la toma de decisiones. Dans cet article nous analysons qu…
Obesity and survival in operable breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant anthracyclines and taxanes according to pathological subtypes: a pooled…
2013
Obesity is an unfavorable prognostic factor in breast cancer (BC) patients regardless of menopausal status and treatment received. However, the association between obesity and survival outcome by pathological subtype requires further clarification. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis including 5,683 operable BC patients enrolled in four randomized clinical trials (GEICAM/9906, GEICAM/9805, GEICAM/2003-02, and BCIRG 001) evaluating anthracyclines and taxanes as adjuvant treatments. Our primary aim was to assess the prognostic effect of body mass index (BMI) on disease recurrence, breast cancer mortality (BCM), and overall mortality (OM). A secondary aim was to detect differences o…
Granuloma periférico de células gigantes. A propósito de 5 casos y revisión de la literatura
2005
El granuloma periférico de células gigantes (GPCG) es una lesión reactiva benigna relativamente frecuente de la cavidad bucal. Se origina a partir del periostio o de la membrana periodontal tras una irritación o un traumatismo crónico que actúa localmente. Se manifiesta en forma de nódulo de color rojo-púrpura, situado en la encía o en el reborde alveolar edéntulo, preferentemente en la mandíbula. Aparece a cualquier edad, con una mayor incidencia entre la quinta y sexta décadas de la vida, con una ligera predilección por el sexo femenino. Es una lesión de las partes blandas que muy rara vez implica el hueso subyacente, aunque puede causarle una erosión superficial. Se han revisado cinco ca…