Resumen: Lo que se conoce de la obra de Pierre Jeanneret se debe, en gran parte, a los trabajos realizados en asociación con Le Corbusier. A pesar de la cantidad de investigaciones sobre la figura del maestro moderno, se ha prestado poca atención a la importancia de P. Jeanneret dentro del Atelier 35 rue de Sèvres. Mucho más enigmáticos son los proyectos de P. Jeanneret después de la separación de Le Corbusier. Su obra dejó una profunda investigación sobre la vivienda y el espacio doméstico, puesto que la vivienda fue para P. Jeanneret su principal fascinación como arquitecto. Por lo tanto, el presente artículo quiere reflexionar sobre las temáticas y proyectos desarrollados por Pierre Jeanneret, desde su labor en el Atelier 35 rue de Sèvres, pasando por los proyectos de vivienda prefabricada desarrollados durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, para llegar a su último periodo en Europa con su reflexión sobre el carácter local de la residencia, para finalmente terminar con su trabajo en Chandigarh, la nueva capital punjabi en India. Abstract: What is known of Pierre Jeanneret’s opera is mostly related to the work done in association with Le Corbusier. However, despite the amount of research on the figure of the modern Master, there is little attention on the importance of P. Jeanneret within the Atelier 35 rue de Sèvres. Even more enigmatic is the work of P. Jeanneret after the separation. Since housing was P. Jeanneret’s main fascination as an architect, such work consisted in profound research – and left insightful observations – on housing and domestic space. This article wants to reflect on the themes and projects developed by Pierre Jeanneret, starting from his work in the Atelier 35 rue de Sèvres and from the prefabricated housing projects developed during the Second World War, moving through the period in Europe, with his reflection on the local character of the residence, and ending with his work in Chandigarh, the new Punjabi capital in India.

Abstract: This research aims to create non-hurricane non-tornadic maps of extreme wind speeds for the mean recurrence intervals MRIs 700, 1700, and 3000 years, covering the Colombian territory. For infrastructure design, these maps are combined with existing hurricane wind speed studies, to be used as input loads due to wind. For each station with non-thunderstorm wind speeds time histories in the input data, following (Pintar, Simiu, Lombardo, & Levitan, 2015), extreme wind speeds corresponding to each MRI are calculated using a Peaks Over Threshold Poisson Process POT-PP extreme value model, then wind velocities with the same MRI are spatially interpolated to generate continuous maps for the whole study area. The annual exceedance probability for all velocity values in 700, 1700 and 3000 years MRIs output maps are respectively 1/700, 1/1700 and 1/3000. Regarding input data, not only time series of field measurements from IDEAM methodological stations are used, but also postprocessed information coming from the Integrated Surface Database ISD, and ERA5 forecast reanalysis data. This condition demanded a comparison of the different data sources, in order to verify the feasibility in the use of ISD and ERA5, this is downscaling support. The result of the comparison showed little similarity between the different sources, but taking into account that complete and adequate measured data from IDEAM was not available. Before to apply POT-PP, ISD and IDEAM data sources were standardized to meet the requirement of three seconds (3-s) wind gust speed, ten (10) meters anemometer height, and terrain open space condition. Due to the limitation in the classification of thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm data, it was not possible to take real advantage of POT-PP method, which was limited/restricted from non-homogeneous to homogeneous and from nonstationary to stationary, being equivalent to use the most common POT - generalized Pareto approach. Non-hurricane maps were created for data sources ISD and ERA5, using Kriging as spatial interpolation method. After the integration with previous hurricane studies, the results of ERA5 showed the most reliable final maps, despite limitations in the input data to guarantee downscaling support. ISD final map showed very high wind values, which are unlikely. These shortcomings may be corrected when complete IDEAM data-source and storm data classification are available. A complete R tool was implemented to solve the whole process, which is based in copyrighted code for declustering and thresholding generously given by Dr Adam L. Pintar adam.pin [email protected] - NIST, U.S Department of Commerce. Resumen: Esta investigación tiene como objetivo la creación de mapas de velocidades de viento extremo (no-huracán, no tornado) para los periodos de retorno 700, 1700 y 3000 años, cubriendo todo el territorio colombiano. Estos mapas se combinaron con estudios sobre velocidades de viento de huracanes para ser usados como cargas de viento para diseño de infraestructura. Para cada estación en los datos de entrada con historias de tiempo de velocidades de viento tipo ""no tormenta"", siguiendo (Pintar, Simiu, Lombardo, & Levitan, 2015), se calcularon velocidades extremas de viento correspondientes a cada periodo de retorno, usando un modelo de valores extremos de picos sobre el umbral - proceso de Poisson (POT-PP), para posteriormente interpolar velocidades de viento con el mismo periodo de retorno y generar mapas continuos para toda el área de estudio. La probabilidad de excedencia anual para todos los mapas resultantes con valores de velocidad de 700, 1700 y 3000 años, son 1/700, 1/1700 y 1/3000 respectivamente. En relación con los datos de entrada, no solamente se usaron las series de tiempo de los datos de campo del IDEAM, pero también datos de la base de datos ISD (Integrated Surface Database) y datos de reanálisis de ERA5, sin embargo, los resultados finales se basaron solamente en ERA5.

Abstract: This paper looks at households’ financial resilience, i.e., the capability of households to recover from financial distress, and proposes as a proxying measure the logarithmic ratio of households’ financial assets and short-term liabilities. Moreover, I study three of the four main components of the financial resilience framework; namely, economic resources (covered by the financial resilience proxy), financial products and services, and financial knowledge and behavior, leaving social capital for future research. I exploit a longitudinal panel from the Wealth and Assets Survey, covering the period 2010-16. Implementing a series of Mundlak-Chamberlain correlated-random-effects panel probits and ordered probits, I analyze the effects of the financial resilience proxy on the occurrence probability of a series of financial-resilience-related events. There is evidence that this measure captures households’ financial resilience and serves as a channel to improve it. Furthermore, its effects vary across the income and wealth distributions, being more important for poorer households. Additionally, results in this paper indicate that financial literacy and acuity, including risk demand optimization and depicting healthy financial habits, were very important in contributing toward improving British households’ financial resilience. There is evidence that gender differences exist, as women were less likely than men to arrive at the end of their income period with a liquidity surplus. Particularly, public policy should promote patience, proactive actions toward creating a financial buffer, and the wise use of savings to develop further households’ financial resilience. These elements contribute in the long run to the probability of withstanding and overcoming negative financial shocks. Resumen: Este documento analiza la resiliencia financiera de los hogares, es decir, la capacidad de los hogares para recuperarse de las dificultades financieras, y propone como medida indirecta la relación logarítmica de los activos financieros y pasivos de corto plazo de los hogares. Además, se estudian tres de los cuatro componentes principales del marco de resiliencia financiera; a saber, los recursos económicos (cubiertos por la proxy de resiliencia financiera), los productos y servicios financieros, y el conocimiento y el comportamiento financiero, dejando el capital social para futuras investigaciones. Se explota un panel longitudinal de la Encuesta de Patrimonio y Activos (WAS por sus siglas en inglés), que abarca el período 2010-16. Implementando una serie de panel probits de efectos aleatorios correlacionados de Mundlak-Chamberlain y probits ordenados, analizo los efectos de la proxy de resiliencia financiera en la probabilidad de ocurrencia de una serie de eventos relacionados con la resiliencia financiera. Hay evidencia de que esta medida captura la resiliencia financiera de los hogares y sirve como un canal para mejorarla. Además, sus efectos varían según la distribución del ingreso y la riqueza, siendo más importantes para los hogares más pobres. Además, los resultados de este documento indican que la educación y agudeza financieras, incluida la optimización de la demanda de riesgo y la representación de hábitos financieros saludables, fueron muy importantes para contribuir a mejorar la resiliencia financiera de los hogares británicos. Hay evidencia de que existen diferencias de género, ya que las mujeres tuvieron una menor probabilidad que los hombres de llegar al final de su período de ingresos con un superávit de liquidez. En particular, las políticas públicas deben promover la paciencia, las acciones proactivas para crear un colchón financiero y el uso racional de los ahorros para desarrollar aún más la resiliencia financiera de los hogares. Estos elementos contribuyen en el largo plazo a la probabilidad de resistir y superar los choques financieros negativos.

Abstract: Important institutions, such as the World Health Organization, recommend reducing alcohol consumption by encouraging healthier drinking habits. This could be achieved, for example, by employing more effective promotion of non-alcoholic beverages. For such purposes, in this study, we assessed the role of experiential beer packaging sounds during the e-commerce experience of a nonalcoholic beer (NAB). Here, we designed two experiments. Experiment 1 evaluated the influence of different experiential beer packaging sounds on consumers’ general emotions and sensory expectations. Experiment 2 assessed how the sounds that evoked more positive results in Experiment 1 would influence emotions and sensory expectations related to a NAB digital image. The obtained results revealed that a beer bottle pouring sound helped suppress some of the negativity that is commonly associated with the experience of a NAB. Based on such findings, brands and organizations interested in more effectively promoting NAB may feel encouraged to involve beer packaging sounds as part of their virtual shopping environments.

Abstract: Since early 2020, the challenging conditions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic had diverse effects on the various fields of the economy worldwide. More specifically, social distancing and confinement measures to avoid contagion disrupted the regular operation of education institutions at all levels. The 2020-2025 Development Plan of the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Fachhochschule Dortmund, FH-Do) considers as an objective of high priority the diversification of their education strategy with a broader online course offer, which was accelerated by the current urging public health scenario, leading the administration to take measures directed to further elearning and Blended Learning (BL) development. This master thesis aims to propose a BL design and development framework that meets the long-term vision of the FH-Do by integrating into the university’s BL ecosystem de facto design methodologies, such as Instructional Design (ID) and User Experience (UX), all under the Agile/Lean project management (PM) methodology known as Scrumban. This is done while keeping a strict focus on learner-centered design and the pedagogical aspect by incorporating the theory of constructivism. Additionally, the proposed framework considers the long-standing e-learning industry standard known as SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) for the development of interactive BL modules, and relevant policies that regulate the operation of the FH-Do’s BL ecosystem. Besides the due literature review in connection with this research, two basic SCORM-conformant BL prototypes were developed, a series of structured interviews was conducted with students of the European Master in Project Management (EuroMPM) for its review, and unstructured interviews were held with BL Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and with the supervisors of this master thesis. The data collection process, their corresponding analysis, and results are presented in this document in connection with the proposed framework. The applicability of the present framework at the FH-Do aims to benefit the digitization of lecture contents, regardless of the program and study level. The scalable nature of the SCORM-conformant BL modules developable under this framework hold great potential pursuant to a standardized online course offer.

Abstract: Creativity is a critical human 21st-century skill that allows us to produce novel and valuable ideas. Creative ideas are original and make a unique contribution to any field, but also, they help to solve complex problems that humanity is continuously facing. Creativity is essential at the individual level to solve problems on the job and in daily life. At the societal level, creativity can lead to new scientific findings, new movements in art, and new inventions. Corporations and governments are frequently looking to support and encourage developing creativity as a driver for innovation to promote technological development and economic growth. Educational institutions play a crucial role in this development and in fostering creative thinking. This brief will discuss how creativity has been conceptualized and will share some strategies to foster creativity in a learning environment and the workplace. Also, it will discuss how technology impacts creativity development. La creatividad es una habilidad humana fundamental del siglo XXI que nos permite producir ideas novedosas y valiosas. Resumen: Las ideas creativas son originales y aportan una contribución única a cualquier campo, pero también ayudan a resolver problemas complejos a los que la humanidad se enfrenta continuamente. La creatividad es esencial a nivel individual para resolver problemas en el trabajo y en la vida cotidiana. A nivel social, la creatividad puede conducir a nuevos descubrimientos científicos, nuevos movimientos artísticos y nuevos inventos. Las empresas y los gobiernos buscan con frecuencia apoyar y fomentar el desarrollo de la creatividad como motor de la innovación para promover el desarrollo tecnológico y el crecimiento económico. Las instituciones educativas desempeñan un papel crucial en este desarrollo y en el fomento del pensamiento creativo. En este informe se analizará cómo se ha conceptualizado la creatividad y se compartirán algunas estrategias para fomentarla en un entorno de aprendizaje y en el lugar de trabajo. Asimismo, se analizará cómo la tecnología influye en el desarrollo de la creatividad.

Abstract: This work investigates a system that uses the reversible reaction CaCO3/CaO for energy storage. This system feeds on excess electrical energy for the endothermic decomposition of CaCO3 into CaO and CO2 (calcination). This reaction occurs in a solid-gas bed reactor that uses steam for fluidization, and the solid fraction remains in it. After the reaction, the CO2 is separated from the steam and enters a compression unit where it is pressurized before being stored at 110 bar. When an energy déficit occurs, the CO2 is expanded by a gas turbine and fed into the reactor, where exothermic absorption of CO2 on CaO takes place (carbonization). The large amounts of heat released in this process are used to generate high-pressure steam (110 bar and 520 °C), which is used in a conventional steam cycle to generate electrical power. In this way, the energy charging and discharging modes configure a cycle for the energy storage system. Thermodynamic simulations were performed in the IPSEpro process simulation software for the charging and discharging modes. For this purpose, mathematical models for the calcination and carbonation reactions were developed using the MDK module. These simulations were used to integrate over time, allowing the estimation of the progression of an entire cycle. Different cycles were evaluated for the conditions of interest, such as adding fresh CaCO3 before each cycle and different carbonation and calcination temperatures. In all cases, the production of 15 MW of electrical power was constant. In addition, the calculated data were used to determine power, thermal, and other efficiencies that facilitate system performance evaluation. Finally, the energy storage density of the system was evaluated under different conditions.

Abstract: Based on the experience gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic, which revealed human beings’ vulnerability, this article points out how the concepts of quality coupled with quality management systems and the striving for excellence do not sufficiently meet the challenge of educating human beings capable to feel with others, and to enter into collaboration with each other, putting these values above personal interests and desire for success. This communal belonging reveals the fragility of human beings and, at the same time, the need to see others succeeding against risky conditions, as is the case of the current pandemic. Based on Judith Butler’s ethical proposal, the article proposes to take the vulnerable condition of the human being as a way to educate into caring for others and the environment. It concludes that recognizing and considering this imperfection is the way to respond to such individualism, brought about while emphasizing individual perfection and results achievement. Resumen: A partir de la experiencia con la pandemia de Covid-19, que mostró la condición de vulnerabilidad de los seres humanos, este artículo señala que los conceptos de calidad unidos a los sistemas de gestión de calidad y la búsqueda de la excelencia no responden suficientemente al reto de formar seres humanos con la capacidad para sentir con otros y para colaborar por encima de intereses personales y deseos de éxito. Esta pertenencia a una comunidad devela la condición frágil del ser humano, así como la necesidad de los demás para enfrentar con éxito las condiciones de riesgo, como es el hecho coyuntural de esta pandemia global. Desde la propuesta ética de Judith Butler, este artículo propone tener en cuenta la condición vulnerable del ser humano como camino para educar en el cuidado de los otros y del entorno. Por último, se concluye que reconocer y tener en cuenta esta condición de imperfección es el camino para responder al individualismo que se genera cuando se enfatiza la perfección individual y la obtención de resultados.

Abstract: As a guarantor of the security of citizens and of the coexistence and stability of society, the police institution needs to develop a solid ethical training in its members that allows them to fulfil their mission and strengthen relations with the community. The present work aims to show that the work of the police officer must have a double perspective: the civic ethics that organizes the social life of citizens in democratic societies and the ethics of cordial reason that leads the police officer to give his life to the service. Particularly the most vulnerable. Using a theoretical work of analysis-synthesis as a method, the article shows that this double perspective allows the work of the police to be carried out in democratic contexts, but also in contexts that need to strengthen mechanisms of respect for those who have been victims. The article concludes that civic ethics and cordial ethics are a complement that can make the police officer a citizen with an authority understood as a service and as a response to a democratic society in which citizens are equal before the law, but also in which special care is taken of those who are most vulnerable. Resumen: Como garante de la seguridad de los ciudadanos y de la convivencia y estabilidad de la sociedad, la institución policial requiere desarrollar una sólida formación ética en sus miembros que les permita cumplir con su misión y fortalecer las relaciones con la comunidad. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo mostrar que el trabajo del policía debe tener una doble perspectiva: la ética cívica que organiza la vida social de los ciudadanos en las sociedades democráticas y la ética de la razón cordial que lleva al policía a entregar su vida al servicio particularmente de los más vulnerables. Usando como método un trabajo teórico de análisis-síntesis, el artículo demuestra que esta doble perspectiva permite que la labor del policía pueda desarrollarse en contextos democráticos, pero también en aquellos contextos necesitados de fortalecer mecanismos de respeto por quienes han sido víctimas. El artículo concluye que la ética cívica y la ética cordial son un complemento que puede hacer del policía un ciudadano con una autoridad entendida como servicio y como respuesta a la sociedad democrática en el que los ciudadanos son iguales ante la ley, pero además en la cual se tiene especial cuidado de quienes son más vulnerables.

Abstract: This paper surveys future managers’ cognitive framings of interconnected concerns for economic growth, social prosperity, and the natural environment across six countries in Latin America, and elaborates on implications for sustainability management education. Our cluster analysis unveils three cognitive types. Our findings show that whereas some future managers exhibit a ‘business case’ cognitive frame, prioritizing economic growth over the environment, the other two clusters of participants show signs of cognitive dissonance with some of the tenets of the current growth paradigm while still not neatly fitting the definition of a paradoxical cognitive frame. In particular, individuals within the latter two groups do not visualize links among economic, social, and environmental dimensions that make up sustainable development. Following calls to enhance our understanding of sustainability micro-foundations, our study offers a more nuanced picture of the cognitive plurality beyond dichotomous characterizations of managerial cognitive frames as either business case or paradoxical. Moreover, results elucidate the cultural mediation that operates in the reproduction of business stances vis-à-vis nature, opening up possibilities for management education programs to engage with cognitive plurality to effect paradigmatic change. Texto completo accessible: https://rdcu.be/cQrpZ