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According to diverse reports and studies, islamophobia has become a social threat in the European context. Also, several investigations indicate that Muslim women are the main victims of this type of hostility (gender islamophobia), and stress that the media shows a stereotyped image of Muslim women. This paper aims to the study, from the theory of framing, the media image of Muslim women in the Spanish press. The study focuses on the news related to the controversy arising in 2016 by the prohibition of the burkini in some regions in Europe, and the subsequent reopening of the debate on the prohibition of the integral veil in Germany. For this purpose, a quantitative content analysis has been applied to 152 news items published regarding this issue by the five newspapers with the largest circulation in Spain (El País, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, El Periódico and ABC). The analysis consists on an exploratory study to identify the news frames following the scale of Semetko and Valkenburg (2000). In addition, an original methodological design has been applied to study the specific frames regarding Muslim women. The results indicate that, in most cases, the media representation of Muslim women focuses on the “victim” and “threat” frames, even though the “victim” frame appears to a greater extent.

By 2020, brands will invest half of their marketing budget on Internet advertising. The Internet has effective potential in advertising, and it can mold stereotypical roles for future generations of consumers. Social norms and beliefs towards respect and gender equality can be reinforced through digital advertising. This study compares empirical evidence of how women are portrayed in digital advertising on Facebook from Mexico and Chile. Samples were compiled by selecting forty fan pages with the most followers –20 from Mexico and 20 from Chile. 1600 posts were examined by quantitative content analysis method. Results show that Mexican posts use 10.2% more sexist stereotypes than Chilean posts. In a traditional role’s context, advertising emphasizes behaviors along gender stereotypes, where women are not perceived equal to men. “I love shoes” (97.5%), a Mexican company with the second highest number of followers and “Forever 21,” an American juvenile clothing brand (85%) in Chile, are the brands that portray women in mostly traditional roles. These data reinforce the theory that femaleaudience brands support sexist values in advertising. Both countries show women engaged in activities outside the home, but not professionally or as an authority figure. Summary, in many ways, evidence suggests a paradoxical approach to portrayals of women in Mexican and Chilean Facebook fan page advertising.

This study primarily aims to demonstrate how tripartite semantic network analysis can help us with media framing analysis. Predominant quantitative framing research has tended to focus on identifying salient frames and/or assessing their influences on public opinions. Also, semantic network analysis has been used to display relationships among frames, which complements conventional quantitative frame analysis for frequency and salience of frames. However, it needs to be advanced in the way that it can assess the dynamical relationships among actors, frames, and the actors’ stances on an issue. In this vein, it is encouraging to find that Robert Entman has demonstrated the dynamics in framing and the complicated relationships between frames and actors in different social realms through his cascading activation model. Tripartite semantic network analysis is expected to contribute to systematically depicting the complicated framing relationships in the form of network. This research attempts to showcase how tripartite semantic analysis can complement framing analysis through a case study on a controversial local housing policy in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. While the descriptive statistical analyses show the overall differences in framing across the newspapers and the changes in framings over time, the tripartite semantic network analyses display delicate and significant differences and changes in framing, which is hard to be captured in quantitative framing analysis. It might also be valuable for not only research but also more effective engagement in public discourses.

The tests of Brazilian Standard NBR 15575: 2013 are part of the knowledge of the civil construction industry, but the heat and thermal shock test is innovative and does not have a consolidated history. The research objective is to analyze the testing critically and present proposals based on data meta-analysis. Results showed that the test is very inaccurate in describing the procedure and equipment. This study proposed adjustments and innovations in the test to provide more reliable results, but it does not make propositions regarding visual inspection and the number of cycles. The study concluded that the lack of information on the testing has direct responsibility for the results and that the suggested proposals have the potential to be incorporated.

This paper presents the modeling and analysis of the corrosion effects due to carbonation on reinforced concrete elements through a numerical model based on the Finite Element Method. In order to minimize corrosion damage, tools are required to understand the pathological manifestation on the mechanical behavior of reinforced concrete. It was found that depending on the reinforcement corrosion stage, the state of stress and deformation of the concrete element is compromised. Besides, results show the efficiency of the developed model and its applicability to the simulation of the mechanical behavior of reinforced concrete structures subjected to uniform corrosion.

Diante do grande número de colapsos parciais ou totais em edificações, tem-se neste estudo a identificação das manifestações patológicas e os riscos dos suportes para aparelhos de ar condicionado de concreto armado nas edificações, os dados foram coletados por software 3D e consolidados em campo. Das 61 edificações analisadas, 48% são do modelo tipo janela, que em uma situação de degradação e queda, podem chegar ao solo com um impacto da ordem de toneladas. Em regiões litorâneas, somam-se os efeitos aceleradores da corrosão da armadura, como umidade elevada, poluição por veículos automotores e região marinha. Conclui-se que esses suportes não possuem projetos estruturais adequados, aliados a baixa qualidade e efeitos aceleradores da corrosão da armadura, tornando-os não passíveis de recuperação.

The impact of varying the dry paint film thickness (DFT) on the underpaint corrosion of steel plates obtained from the floor of an offshore oil platform is evaluated. The specimens were all prepared using the same material and paint scheme, and the DFT and exposure conditions in a salt spray chamber were varied and compared with the results obtained in a real situation. The results indicated that corrosion initiated at sites where the paint was damaged, may be more important than corrosion through the undamaged paint due to permeation, even in cases where the DFT is thin. In specimens whose substrates were previously damaged, there were pathological manifestations of osmotic blistering. The underpaint corrosion that occurred after the paint was damaged in the field occurred at an intensity like that observed for the tested specimens.

Este trabajo muestra un modelo analítico para el diseño de zapatas combinadas de esquina sometidas a una carga axial y dos momentos flexionantes ortogonales por cada columna. El modelo toma en cuenta la presión real del suelo debajo de la zapata, y la metodología se basa en el principio de que la integración de la fuerza de corte es el momento. El diseño actual considera la presión máxima en todos los puntos de contacto. Este modelo se verifica por equilibrio de fuerzas de corte y momentos. La aplicación del modelo se presenta por medio de un ejemplo numérico. Por lo tanto, el modelo propuesto es el más apropiado, ya que genera un mejor control de calidad en los recursos utilizados.

Es natural que muchos de los docentes sientan temor, desesperanza o estrés al estar confinados en sus hogares ante los riesgos de contagio del COVID-19. El objetivo de esta investigación es apoyar la preparación de los docentes para poner en marcha el proceso forzado de educación virtual en Ecuador. Esta sistematización de experiencia parte del paradigma Critico Reflexivo para administrar virtualmente las técnicas de investigación cualitativa: foro, entrevista abierta e historias de vida. Los participantes son un grupo cautivo de 20 docentes que trabajan en la Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí (ULEAM) en las ciudades Manta y Chone de la república del Ecuador, quienes toman parte de este proceso de construcción social del conocimiento respecto al rol docente ante esta pandemia. Como resultado se presenta un protocolo para la auto preparación de los docentes ante el reto de la enseñanza sincrónicas y asincrónica. Las lecciones aprendidas en este trabajo son: la predisposición humana para la superación del temor colectivo viene por la aceptación de lo que se vive, la flexibilidad para adaptarse, y la acción planificada para avanzar. Se ratifica que los roles del docente ante la pandemia son la orientación empática y la transmisión de la calma. 

La investigación se centró en la evaluación de la amplitud articular de los miembros inferiores durante la ejecución de la técnica de zancada en la fase de vuelo en la especialidad de Gimnasia Rítmica. En concordancia el estudio asume un alcance descriptivo con enfoque transversal en el cual resultó determinante el proceso de filmación de la técnica de salto con zancada a 12 atletas entre 10 y 12 años de la Escuela de Gimnasia Rítmica “Yudith Hernández”, se continuó con el análisis de los videos utilizando el software Kinovea 8.24, dicha herramienta permitió analizar la amplitud angular de la articulación coxofemoral de los dos internos de saltos permitidos, se transitó por un proceso de segmentación de los miembros inferiores con la intención de medir, la amplitud en la dinámica de la ejecución de la técnica, para dicho análisis se definió una Hipótesis (Hi) la cual sostiene que la amplitud de la técnico de salto con zancada de las atletas Gimnasia Rítmica se muestra ≤1800 en más del 50% de la población, la última fase se centró en la interpretación de los resultados utilizando el análisis estadístico donde se verificó el comportamiento de datos de posición y dispersión, como resultado de rechaza la Hi ya que se comprueba que existe  una baja calidad en la ejecución de la técnica al verse afectado este indicador en el 67% de la población estudiada. Los resultados se tomaron como soporte básico referencial para promover ajustes en el proceso de preparación técnica y física de la disciplina.