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Evaluation of learning is integrated into all curricular components, including Physical Education, which deals with knowledge related to bodily culture, such as play and games, gymnastics, dancing, sports, wrestling and adventure activities. Seeking to better understand the characteristics of evaluative activities developed by physical education teachers, a descriptive study with a qualitative approach was carried out in the municipal territory of Marechal Cândido Rondon, State of Paraná, Brazil. The data were obtained by applying a semi-structured interview, which was considered valid in terms of language clarity, practical relevance and theoretical significance. Data collection took place between August and October, 2017, at school facilities. The data were analyzed qualitatively through the content analysis technique, and classified into evaluation functions, number of evaluations carried out per quarter, instruments/procedures, evaluation criteria and difficulties that came up during the evaluation process. The results showed that the evaluation process was both formal and informal, and was carried out through tests and papers, presented as a requirement of the school and focused on examining the appropriation of theoretical or conceptual knowledge, as well as through observation by the teacher. They were focused on analyzing the motion and technical evolution of each student, in addition to assessing their participation and involvement in the classroom. Generally speaking, the evaluation developed by the teachers sought to respond to the determinations of the school system and the unique features of knowledge related to body culture that are approached in this discipline.

The management of an athlete brand is challenging due to the complex nature of athlete career and life. Striving to maintain brand authenticity will promote long-term sustainability of the brand. The purpose of the study is to determine possible factors that contribute to athlete brand authenticity and help athletes to develop their brand more authentically. To understand the concept of athlete brand authenticity, a systematic literature review was conducted on various electronic databases. The study opted the five-step stages of the framework for this systematic review. A total of 76 attributes were identified from past studies that analyzed the attributes of brand authenticity for various brands. After merging interrelated attributes, the final number of unique attributes was 23. These attributes were distributed among three major themes: on-field activities, off-field activities and marketing activities of an athlete. The study finds brand authenticity to be a multi-dimensional and complex process that endures for longer extensive periods of an athlete’s career. The current study also highlights the complications related to an athlete brand that occur when establishing athlete brand authenticity. Therefore, this study provides an opportunity to refine athlete brand authenticity further within the discussed domains.

This editorial is an improved version of a lecture with the same name that was presented in the context of the Chair of Religious Studies, School of Philosophy, Universidad de Costa Rica. The importance of truth is highlighted, and a message is presented on the common ground shared by science and religion, along the same lines of previous articles and editorials published in this review on the philosophy of science. Furthermore, the editorial insists on the moral responsibility of those of us that are devoted to science, research and academia in a university milieu—the responsibility to contribute to knowledge.

In this section abstracts are published in Spanish, these manuscripts have been published by Costa Rican scientists. We make a short description for each study with its corresponding citation. 

High obesity rates and the increase in sedentary time among schoolchildren have direct consequences on the prevalence of non-communicable diseases in adulthood. The school environment is an opportunity to deal with these risk factors, and the importance of physical education classes is critical. The object of this study was to compare the level of physical activity, energy expenditure and sedentary time between a day with physical education class and one without, among first- to third-grade children. This is a non-experimental, analytic, cross-cutting study with a deliberate sample of 46 schoolchildren. Body Mass Index (BMI), physical activity, energy expenditure and sedentary time were measured with accelerometry on school days with and without physical education class. Wilcoxon’s non-parametric test was used to determine differences between school days (p < .05). The results show that schoolchildren had a moderate level of physical activity (3.03 MET) during a day with physical education class, and a light level (2.32 MET) during a school day without physical education class. Students in a school day with physical education class had higher levels of moderate ( Z = -4.430; p < .0001), energetic (Z = -5.403; p < .0001) and highly energetic (Z = -3.940; p < .0001) physical activity, and their sedentary time was lower ( Z = -4.149; p < .0001) as compared to a day without physical education time. The conclusion is that, even though schoolchildren have higher physical activity, higher energy expenditure and lower sedentary time during a day with physical education class, this performance proves insufficient as compared to international recommendations for health.

Evaluation of learning is integrated into all curricular components, including Physical Education, which deals with knowledge related to bodily culture, such as play and games, gymnastics, dancing, sports, wrestling and adventure activities. Seeking to better understand the characteristics of evaluative activities developed by physical education teachers, a descriptive study with a qualitative approach was carried out in the municipal territory of Marechal Cândido Rondon, State of Paraná, Brazil. The data were obtained by applying a semi-structured interview, which was considered valid in terms of language clarity, practical relevance and theoretical significance. Data collection took place between August and October, 2017, at school facilities. The data were analyzed qualitatively through the content analysis technique, and classified into evaluation functions, number of evaluations carried out per quarter, instruments/procedures, evaluation criteria and difficulties that came up during the evaluation process. The results showed that the evaluation process was both formal and informal, and was carried out through tests and papers, presented as a requirement of the school and focused on examining the appropriation of theoretical or conceptual knowledge, as well as through observation by the teacher. They were focused on analyzing the motion and technical evolution of each student, in addition to assessing their participation and involvement in the classroom. Generally speaking, the evaluation developed by the teachers sought to respond to the determinations of the school system and the unique features of knowledge related to body culture that are approached in this discipline.

La investigaciónfue motivada por los diversos materiales que actualmente se comercializan para la mejora de los indicadores del concreto de losas. En este sentido,el objetivo describe y explica la colocación de las placas colaborantes, la dosificación y el fisuramiento en las losas colaborantes y de qué manerala Fibromac12 aporta resistencia al concreto de las losas en el estacionamiento de un centro comercial en Miraflores, Lima. El método dela investigación es la revisión de material bibliográfico, manuales y protocolos de calidad para determinar la aplicación de las placas colaborantes sobre la estructura existente y el comportamiento de la resistencia del concreto de las losas debido al Fibromac12, a partir de la actividad de uso del estacionamiento del centrocomercial. Los resultados encontradosevidencianque la colocación de las placas presentatres apoyos típicos A, B y C,definidos en el manual constructivo; respecto a la dosificación y fisuramiento se determinó que el Fibromac12 mejoró en 21% la calidad del concreto;finalmente,las fisuras se clasificaron según su espesor y patrón, lo que nos permitió evaluarestos con más detenimiento.Las conclusiones establecen que las placas colaborantes requieren ser colocadas con un apoyo mínimo de 12 mm para el tipo A y de 40 mm para el apoyo tipo B. La dosificación del concreto que incorpore 71 gramos de Fibromac12 por bolsa de cemento incrementa la calidad del concreto a los 28 días, lo que mejora su resistencia, en promedio,un 21%.Y,con respecto al fisuramiento,no se encontraron patrones de fisuras por contracción plástica, por lo que el Fibromac12 sí lo estaría controlando.