Faculty Of Human Sciences Research Articles

Guest Editorial: Special issue on machine learning and deep learning algorithms for complex networks

Guest Editorial: Special issue on machine learning and deep learning algorithms for complex networks

Concepts and types of Genocide: A historical study

History department, faculty of human sciences, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region-Iraq Genocide is one of the most horrible tool that the dictatorial and dangerous authority is used a political tool to terrified also destroy those people who struggled against its power, undoubtedly the main objective of those authorities were destroying those ethnics, which demanded their rights and equality within their authorities. On the other hand, those authorities identified those groups as a threat to their powers and states in the future, they were finding that they were unable to demolish them by military forces. Hence, they were forced to use chemical destruction weapons with the aim of scratching the ethnics and informing them that whenever you would attempt to cross border of their authorities then you would not have a right to life and you would be killed. In the light of that its necessary to search on the concept of Genocide and its types. Cause Genocide would not occur only through killing. This research is divided into an introduction, background, seven sections and a conclusion. Its introduction shows the content of study. Its background attempts to shed lights on the key concepts of Genocide, the first section depicts physical genocide, in its second section this article present the biological genocide, the third section clarifies cultural genocide, furthermore, the fourth section clear up the economic genocide, in its fifth section this study effort to shows bylaw genocide, the sixth section present the religion genocide. Its seven section demonstrates the moral genocide. Its conclusion shows the outcome of this study.

The Genocide of Suriyia Village of 16 September 1969 in the memoir of its people Asst. Lecturer Rojin Chalabi Muneer History department, Faculty of human sciences, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region –Iraq

Genocide means killing some number of innocent people in an inhuman incident as attacking against civil complex and military organization operation, its killing might be innocent people such as older and children, from this point Suriyia village is one of those countryside that its people faced the killing attack, Suriyia genocide is one of those genocide operation, which being operated against Kurds also considered a crime against the human right, cause some women, men, children and older been killed, its scarifying were peasants and freely farming and taking care of animals, however that attacking operated under the operation of the Baathist Arabic socialist Party . During this research some questions were been taken into account such as what were the reasons behind that attack? Were those reasons value to take that inhuman action? To what extant this killing action affected on the people of this village?

Generation Y students' purchase behaviour towards organic foods in South Africa

Objective - The primary objective of this study is to identify and explain the antecedents of organic food purchase behaviour of Generation Y students in the South African context. This study aimed to shed some light on Generation Ystudents' health consciousness, perceived behaviour control, convenience, attitudes, purchase intentions, and actual buying behaviourtoward organic food products. The study also attempted to determine the underlying strengths and relationships between the constructs used in the measurement scale. Lastly, gender relationships were investigated to determine if any differences existed between males and females in terms of their organic food product purchases. Methodology/Technique - This research study employed a descriptive, non-probability, convenience sampling design. The intended target population was full-time registered undergraduate Generation Y students aged between 18 and 24 years. The sample size was 200 students based across the four faculties within the chosen higher education institution, namely the Faculty of Management Sciences, the Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering, and the Faculty of Human Sciences. The 200 self-administered questionnaires were distributed during recess times as to not to disrupt any learning time. The questionnaire contained a cover letter explaining the purpose of the study and that participation in the study was completely voluntary. Findings - The measurement scale displayed adequate reliability and validity for all constructs. Furthermore, all constructs had statistically significant positive means, indicating that Generation Y students are health-conscious, care for the opinions of friends and family, display pro-organic attitudes, intentions, and behaviour. Results from this study indicate that there is a need for food organizations to consider implementing organic-based products in their product offerings within the South African market. Novelty - Investigation oforganic food product purchase behaviouramong South African Generation Y students (Consumer behaviour). Type of Paper - Empirical Keywords: Organic Foods; Purchase Behaviour; Generation Y, South Africa. JEL Classification: M31, M39.

The Training Skills of Military Officers in Treating Al-Istiqlal University Students from the Viewpoint of the Students Themselves

The study aimed to know the skills of military training officers in dealing with the students of Al-Istiqlal University from the viewpoint of the students themselves. In order to achieve the aim of the study, a tool was developed to measure the extent of the availability of human and self-skills by the training officers. The tool is a questionnaire which included (33) items distributed on two axes and six domains. The study was conducted on a random sample consisting of (225) male and female students from Al-Istiqlal University students. After collecting the data of the study, they were statistically treated by using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences program (SPSS). The study reached a number of results the most important of which was that the degree of the availability of human and self-skills by the training officers from the viewpoint of the students themselves was medium. The results also showed that there are no statistically significant differences at the significance level of ( α≤ 0.05) in the degree of the availability of the self and human skills by the training officers in the security apparatuses in dealing with the students of Al-Istiqlal University from the viewpoint of the students themselves which are due to the variable of gender, whereas there were statistically significant differences in the variable of the faculty in the axis of the self-skills in favour of the medium community college as compared with the faculty of human sciences and the faculty of administrative sciences. Also there were statistically significant differences in the variable of the study year level in all the axes of the study and the total degree in favour of the first year as compared with the students of the third and fourth years, and in favour of the second year over the third year.

Clarifying Institutional and Organizational Conditions Promoting Principals' Quality Leadership and Reform Design for Japan

Education reform helps ensure that the education in a given country is of the highest possible quality and is a key area of focus for many developed countries. Japan's education system rates highly and the evolution of education reform is key to ensuring this high level is sustained. School principals play a key role in delivering high-quality education and, indeed, a school principal's leadership correlates with the quality of education available. This is an area of interest for Professor Hirofumi Hamada, School Management Laboratory in the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, who is currently exploring the institutional and organisational conditions that affect the leadership of principals. The goal of this research is to help shape education reform in Japan. Hamada believes it is necessary to create an environment of independent and collaborative learning and to value the individuality of children. In addition, problem situations among children are diverse and complex and how schools respond influences the quality of education. Given that the principal is in charge of how a school is run, they play a vital role in assuring the quality of education. Key to Hamada's work is the idea that principals can share their knowledge and leadership with teachers and this creates an environment of shared leadership. He believes that empowering teachers and encouraging them to take on leadership duties is essential. He is working to inform educators that schools require the leadership of principals and for principals to promote a distributed approach to leadership.

Problematic Smartphone Use and Aggressive Behavior Among University Students: The Mediating Role of Sleep Disturbance

Background: Despite several benefits, research has found that problematic smartphone use is positively associated with behavioral problems. However, the internal mechanisms underlying this relationship need further investigation. So, the current study aimed to investigate the mediating role of sleep disturbance in the relationship between problematic smartphone use and aggression. Methods: The research design was descriptive-correlational. Also, the study population included the male university students of the Islamic Azad University of South Tehran Branch in the academic year of 2019-2020. Using the convenience sampling method, a total number of 213 participants from two faculties (Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Law and Political Sciences) were selected and tested by Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Then, the Pearson correlation and path analysis were conducted to analyze the data. Results: The results revealed the significant and direct effects of problematic smartphone use on aggression (β=0.12, P<0.05), sleep quality on aggression (β=0.37, P<0.001), and problematic smartphone use on sleep disturbance (β=0.42, P<0.001). Also, sleep quality significantly mediated in the relationship between problematic smartphone use and aggression (β=0.15, P<0.01). Conclusion: According to the present findings, problematic smartphone use and sleep disturbance are two important factors affecting aggressive behavior among university students. These findings highlight the critical role of early intervention for aggression with a focus on those with problematic smartphone use and more specifically those with sleep disturbance.

In memoriam de Juan Carlos Pugliese (h)

Last September Juan Carlos Pugliese (h) passed away, who was the first elected Rector of the National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires (UNCPBA) by the University Assembly of 1986 and reelected in 1989. Associate Professor of Educational Policy and colleague of the Department of Politics and Management until his retirement in 2016, and Associate Researcher of the Nucleus of Educational and Social Studies (NEES) since 2013, at the Faculty of Human Sciences. In this issue of Integración y Ciencia magazine, we don't want to stop paying tribute to a great colleague.

Prácticas pedagógicas universitarias: reflexiones sobre vincularidad

espanolEste articulo se presenta en el marco del proyecto de investigacion Educa-cion y Subjetividad: las practicas, el curriculum, los saberes y los vinculos en la produccion de subjetividad, Proico 4-1518, radicado en la Facultad de Ciencias Huma-nas de la Universidad Nacional de San Luis, desde el que indagamos multiples articula-ciones, dimensiones y relaciones entre el campo de la educacion y la subjetividad, donde inscribimos nuestro pensamiento en las logicas de lo multiple.En este trabajo intentamos explorar los vinculos entre docentes y estudiantes en las practicas pedagogicas en carreras de salud de una universidad publica, desde algunos conceptos del psicoanalisis vincular que permiten pensar y analizar la produccion de relaciones entre los sujetos. Partimos de considerar que lo vincular coloca al yo ensituacion de tener que hacer las operaciones necesarias para transformarse ante la presencia del otro o de pretender que el otro pase a ser ausente, desaparezca como ajeno y se borre en su especificidad.A partir del material de un conjunto de entrevistas realizadas a docentes, compartimos algunas reflexiones sobre la vincularidad entre docente y estudiantes y el sufrimiento psiquico que produce el trabajo de estar con otro: las vicisitudes de la presencia y la elaboracion de las diferencias en el trabajo de velamiento de la ajenidad EnglishThis article is presented from the research project Education and Subjectivity:the practices, the curriculum, the knowledge, and the relationships in the productionof subjectivity from the Faculty of Human Sciences, Universidad Nacional de San Luis,in which we have been investigating multiple articulations, dimensions, and relationshipsbetween education and subjectivity.In this work we try to explore the links between teachers and students in thepedagogical practices in health careers of a public university, from some concepts ofrelational psychoanalysis that allow us to think about and analyze the creation ofrelationships between subjects. We start from considering that relationships place theSelf in the situation of having to do the necessary transformations at the presence ofanother, or to pretend that the other becomes absent, disappears, or its specificity iserased.From the analysis of a set of interviews with teachers, we share some observationsabout teachers and students relationships in pedagogical practices and the psychologicalburden involved by being with another: the vicissitudes of somebody's presence andthe creation of differences while trying to blur the Otherness.

Estilos de aprendizaje y variables sociodemográficas en estudiantes de educación superior. Estudio de caso

INTRODUCCIÓN. Cada individuo tiene rasgos cognitivos y fisiológicos que le permiten percibir e interactuar dentro de los procesos de aprendizaje. OBJETIVO. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar los estilos de aprendizaje, en los estudiantes de la carrera de Educación Básica de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato, durante el año 2018, además establecer la relación con variables demográficas. MÉTODO. Se utilizó un diseño cuantitativo, con alcance descriptivo y empleando un estudio de caso. Se describieron las características relativas a los estilos de aprendizaje en una muestra de 198 universitarios (H = 68; M = 130) desde el primero hasta el séptimo semestre, con edades entre 18 y 46 años, (M= 21.90, DS = 3.28). RESULTADOS. Entre los resultados obtenidos se destacó el estilo de aprendizaje reflexivo como predominante en las actividades de aprendizaje. Por otro lado, no se encontraron diferencias en función del sexo, edad y nivel de formación. DISCUSIÓN Y CONCLUSIONES. Se concluye que no existe una relación significativa al nivel 0,05 con la manera de aprender propia de los estudiantes. Es fundamental destacar el papel que cumple el personal docente, como facilitador y mediador del conocimiento.

Adolescencia y Comunicación

Con el objetivo de proponer juegos de comunicación en estudiantes adolescentes, para optimizar el desarrollo de las actividades grupales en el proceso educativo, se realizó la siguiente investigación con enfoque eminentemente cualitativo en las carreras de Educación Básica y Educación Inicial de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación. El estudio contó con la presencia de 3 docentes investigadores los cuales se involucraron en conocer los cambios que se producen en los adolescentes. Para ello se utilizaron los métodos, analítico sintético e inductivo deductivo, los cuales permitieron revisar la literatura existente para la descripción de los juegas, a su vez también se utilizó el análisis documental que permitió realizar un estudio de los juegos mas utilizados para la comunicación grupal. Se encuentran como resultados, tres juegos de comunicación, que serán aplicado durante todo el curso a los estudiantes de las carreras antes mencionadas.

“Entre” nuevas y viejas generaciones en la escuela secundaria: aproximaciones a un paisaje en transición

This article presents some provisional conclusion after two years of work from the research project 4-3418, from the Faculty of Human Sciences, National University of San Luis. In a context of Intergenerational relationship s transformation in educational institutions, this Project searches students and adult educators experiences about their relationships in some schools in San Luis, Argentine. The corpus we use is made up of questionnaires, pedagogical narratives and discussion groups.The experiencias about I R that are alluded by young students and adult educators can be organized in three categories from an analytical perspective: the pedagogical-didactic, the personal-affective, the institutional. These categories indicated, to our knowledge, different reading keys that they prioritize to symbolize, characterize and evaluate their intergenerational relationships. Then the article shows some agreement and disagreement between the way students and teachers experience their IR at school

International Geography Seminar 2018

PREFACEGeography and harmony are closely intertwined in which presents useful arguments from geographers. The discourse around harmony that has been the main subject of debate from geographers encompass various focuses as well as transgress disciplinary boundaries particularly on education, watershed management, natural hazard and resilience, sustainable development, religion, transportation and gender roles. Under the theme of Stretching the Harmony: A Paradigmatic Shift from Geography and Environmental, this conference proceeding covers sub-themes adopting from the 2nd International Geography Seminar (IGEOS).The 2nd International Geography Seminar (IGEOS) is a second international event organised in 2018 by the Department of Geography and Environment, Faculty of Human Sciences, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in collaboration with the Department of Geography Education, Faculty of Social Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) and Persatuan Geografi, UPSI. This seminar was inspired by an excellent outcome of 1st IGEOS organised in 2017 under the theme of 'Harmony with Nature: Strengthening Relationships between Human and Environment’. Thus, the 2nd IGEOS 2018 provides a space to stretch the discussions and to strengthen the foundations that had started in the 1st IGEOS 2017.We proudly announced that this proceeding is the result of discussion from 2nd IGEOS’ meeting of leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars on all aspects of geographical studies and practices. It also provides interdisciplinary discourses and the discussion of most recent innovations, trends and concerns as well as practical challenges and solutions adopted within this field.List of Committee Members and Editors present in this PDF.

Lucas Mallada mineral collection. The legacy of an Aragonese to the “Escuela Normal de Maestros” of Huesca

The Faculty of Human Sciences and Education of Huesca preserves a remarkable collection of geological materials, mainly minerals, that belonged to Lucas Mallada and that was donated in 1925 to its predecessor institution, the Normal School of Teachers, by the heirs of this geologist. This collection has been recently inventoried and studied. An important part of the specimens are related to the work of Mallada as a member of the Geological Map Commission and come from localities where it is currently impossible to obtain samples of this type and some of them can even be considered unique. The valorization of these specimens represents a significant contribution to the history of Spanish geology and to the topographic mineralogy of our country.

SISTEMA INSTITUCIONAL DE TUTORÍAS COMO APOYO A LA TRAYECTORIA ESCOLAR DE ESTUDIANTES DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN

This document describes the approach to know the Institutional System of Tutorials (SIT) as information technology for students of the Bachelor’s degree on Sciences of Education. A Web site and three manuals were reviewed to know the functionalism of the SIT. Said review allowed designing a survey with three scales: utility of the SIT, knowledge on technical aspects of the SIT and consultation on the information of the school trajectory. The scale was applied to 159 students of said degree on Mexicali, Mexico. The results allowed concluding that the SIT is useful to systemize the activities of the tutorials, that the students know the most technical aspects of the SIT and 8 to 18 elements of the scholar trajectory have never been consulted for the most of them. In summary, this document provides relevant information for the UABC and the Faculty of Human Sciences, Campus, Mexicali.

The Internationalization of Higher Education: An Estimation of Cost Using Activity Based Costing Method

This study was conducted to estimate the total cost associated in producing an international student and to compare the estimated costs with actual fees charged. This study employed Activity Based Costing method to analyse associated costs based on the concept of life cycle throughout the student’s study duration on the basis of semester at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). The results suggested that the Faculty of Languages and Communication has the highest cost for producing an international student while the lowest cost was incurred by the Faculty of Human Sciences. The results also indicated a substantial difference between the fees charged by the university and the estimated costs. The findings of this study are useful in identifying value added and non-value added activities and resources incurred by a higher education institution in its internationalisation effort. This study should also assist the management of the university to plan effectively and efficiently in terms of cost management and determine a more competitive and suitable fee structure.

Identificación de las fortalezas y debilidades de la competencia digital en el uso de aplicaciones de internet del alumno de primer curso del Grado de Magisterio.

El objetivo de este estudio se centra en identificar la competencia digital en el uso de aplicaciones de internet en los estudiantes del primer curso del Grado de Maestro en Educación Infantil y Primaria de la Universidad de Zaragoza del curso académico 2014-2015, un total de 960 alumnos, de los cuales 240 estaban matriculados en la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación de Huesca, 240 en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas de Teruel y 480 en la Facultad de Educación de Zaragoza. Para ello se aplicó un cuestionario de elaboración propia, realizado por profesores del Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, del Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas de la Universidad de Zaragoza y por profesores del área de Tecnología y del área de Matemáticas de dos Institutos de Educación Secundaria de la Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón. Los resultados obtenidos indican que los estudiantes que llegan a la Universidad, a pesar de ser de la generación de la era digital, tienen debilidades importantes en el uso de las herramientas de internet que analizamos en este estudio. El análisis cualitativo de los resultados muestra que la mayoría de los estudiantes conocen y usan frecuentemente tan solo cuatro de las veinte herramientas sobre las que se les pregunta en esta investigación.

Oxytocin systems as a therapeutic target for methamphetamine addiction

Event Abstract Back to Event Oxytocin systems as a therapeutic target for methamphetamine addiction Jennifer L. Cornish1*, Nicholas A. Everett1 and Sarah J. Baracz1, 2 1 Macquarie University, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Australia 2 University of Sydney, School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, Australia Drug abuse and addiction are significant problems worldwide. The abuse of “ice” (methamphetamine, “METH”) continues to destroy families, careers and lives of users, with current treatments (pharmacological or psychological) inadequate for curing addiction and the associated mental health disorders that develop with repeated METH abuse (psychoses, depression, anxiety). Our aim, using rodent models, is to discover the neurobiological underpinnings of METH abuse and addiction to develop effective pharmacotherapies. One of the most promising pharmacological leads for reducing METH abuse and addiction comes from our work using the neuropeptide oxytocin. Using the model of intravenous METH self-administration in rats we have demonstrated that the systemic administration of oxytocin significantly reduced the relapse potential of re-exposure to METH (1mg/kg, i.p.). We have also shown that the direct administration of oxytocin into reward-related brain areas, such as the nucleus accumbens core (NAc) or subthalamic nucleus (STh), significantly reduced METH-seeking behaviour. Surprisingly, the effect of oxytocin to reduce METH-seeking behaviour did not occur through oxytocin receptor activation, as selective antagonists for this receptor failed to reverse the effect, either systemically or directly in the NA or STh. This suggests that oxytocin is working via alternate mechanisms to reduce METH-seeking behaviour. This symposium presentation will explore possible alternate neurobiological mechanisms and how they may be engaged by oxytocin to reduce METH abuse and addiction. Keywords: Methamphetamine, Oxytocin, Subthalamic Nucleus, drug addiction, nucleus accumbens core Conference: 14th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27 Aug - 30 Aug, 2016. Presentation Type: Symposium 9: Neurochemical Mechanisms Underlying Vulnerability to Drug Addiction Topic: 14th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry Citation: Cornish JL, Everett NA and Baracz SJ (2016). Oxytocin systems as a therapeutic target for methamphetamine addiction. Conference Abstract: 14th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry. doi: 10.3389/conf.fncel.2016.36.00037 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 26 Jul 2016; Published Online: 11 Aug 2016. * Correspondence: Dr. Jennifer L Cornish, Macquarie University, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, jennifer.cornish@mq.edu.au Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Jennifer L Cornish Nicholas A Everett Sarah J Baracz Google Jennifer L Cornish Nicholas A Everett Sarah J Baracz Google Scholar Jennifer L Cornish Nicholas A Everett Sarah J Baracz PubMed Jennifer L Cornish Nicholas A Everett Sarah J Baracz Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.

Agostino Valier, Retórica eclesiástica. Estudio preliminar y traducción de Manuel López-Muñoz. Almería: Editorial Universidad de Almería, Colección Clásicos recuperados, 2015. 267 páginas. ISBN: 978-84-16027-79-8

El objetivo de este estudio es presentar el analisis de los datos cuantitativos obtenidos en el lexico disponible de 350 universitarios marroquies de espanol como lengua extranjera en la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Ibn Zohr de Agadir. Una vez volcada la informacion de la encuesta mediante el programa informatico LexiDisp , nos hemos basado en el analisis de aspectos de mayor envergadura, tales como el numero total de palabras y vocablos, el indice de cohesion y el rango por centro de interes. PALABRAS CLAVE: disponibilidad lexica, ELE, competencia lexica, productividad Lexical availability of university-level Moroccan students: general results The aim of this study is to present the analysis of quantitative data in the available lexicon of 350 Moroccan university students of Spanish as a foreign language at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of the University Ibn Zohr, Agadir. Once the survey information is transferred to the LexiDisp software, we have analyzed larger-scale aspects such as the total number of words, the cohesion index, and the range by center of interest. KEYWORDS: lexical availability, ELE, lexical competence, productivity DOI: 10.20420/PhilCan.2016.105

“To integrate writing does not mean to set essays, but to teach how to make essays”. An interview with Hilda Quintana

Escribir en la universidad es uno de los primeros desafíos con los que se encuentran los estudiantes al comenzar su carrera, y también una de sus primeras frustraciones. Los profesores se quejan de lo mal que escriben, pero no saben cómo ayudarlos, y ellos se sorprenden de sus errores, que muchas veces les impiden cumplir las exigencias de los cursos. Por eso cada vez más las universidades están incorporando la redacción como parte del currículo, no solo para remediar lo que no se hizo antes, sino para enseñar a pensar, fomentar la lectura, la investigación y el desarrollo de ideas propias. En Latinoamérica, la profesora Hilda Quintana fue una de las pioneras en la enseñanza de la redacción universitaria, y también la primera en crear un centro de escritura con el fin de acompañar a estudiantes y docentes en la mejora de los trabajos académicos. Doctora en Literatura Comparada, Quintana es catedrática de Español en la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, donde también dirige el Centro de Redacción Multidisciplinario y la sede de la Cátedra UNESCO para el Mejoramiento de la Lectura y Escritura. Quintana estuvo en la Universidad Católica del Uruguay para dictar el curso Los centros de escritura y la redacción universitaria a profesores de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas. En esa oportunidad, mantuvo la siguiente entrevista con Dixit.