Fernando Silva – författare

Can traditional assessment (the psychometric approach) and behavioral assessment be effectively integrated in research as well as in practice? Can this integration improve the quality of the information collected from various instruments, strengthen the validity of interpretations, and improve reliability? Through a detailed, systematic, and critical review of both literatures, Silva shows how an integration of psychometric principles with the standards in behavioral assessment can result in an affirmative answer to these issues. Beginning with a review of the origins of behavioral assessment through the current practices, Silva explores such issues as the arguments for and against the integration of psychometric standards, the possibility of a normative interpretation of behavioral assessment data including an individual differences focus that is not at odds with an N=1 approach, and how the recent advancements in the psychometric approach to reliability and validity can enhance quality and utilization in behavioral assessment. "Fernando Silva's book adds a large and important contribution to the work of those of us interested in unifying behavioral assessment and psychological measurement." --Arthur W. Staats, University of Hawaii at Manoa "This is an important book. It fills, with great distinction, a need that has long existed in the assessment literature. (Silva) provides a detailed, balanced, and comprehensive review of the philosophical rationale of assessment from the behavioral perspective. And along with this he offers an extremely lucid and up-to-date account of the more expert thinking on psychometric methodologies. In particular, Silva's discussion of construct validity, especially in its relation to scientific method, is exemplary. "It is important to note, too, that Silva does more than merely review the current scene; on the contrary, he presents strong, clear, and well-reasoned conclusions, all of which seem to me highly compelling. "It would be a serious mistake for prospective readers to consider this book meaningful only for workers in behavioral assessment. In fact, the book is relevant to the entire field of assessment, not only because behavioral assessment, is, after all, a part of that broader scope, but also because the book contains an excellent, very readable summary of newer advances in psychometrics. In brief, this volume is a major contribution to the assessment literature." --from the Foreword by Paul McReynolds "The status of behavioral assessment within the larger framework of the psychometric tradition in psychology is surrounded by issues of substantial practical and conceptual importance that merit the thoughtful and detailed analysis provided by Professor Silva. This book should be required reading for all students in graduate assessment courses and will be of considerable interest to both behavioral and 'traditional' scholars and practitioners." --Jerry S. Wiggins, The University of British Columbia "Professor Silva's book is of exceptional quality. The discussion of basic concepts, such as validity, is a model by the information provided and by the clarity and lucidity of the discussion. The author has been able to achieve a balanced synthesis of the most recent technical developments and of the philosophical backgrounds of the concepts used, a rare combination in writings of this type. On the whole, the lecture of the book is to be recommended not only as a reference manual, but also as a source of reflection for the experienced psychologist engaged in behavioral assessment." --Pierre Pichot, L'Académie Nationale de Médicine "It is a well-written little book which anyone having worked with behaviour therapy and its diagnostic procedures will benefit from reading. It is a must reading for those who shall teach others about clinical behaviour analysis and diagnostic procedures in behaviour therapy." --Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference and School of Network Science, NetSci-X 2022, held in Porto, Portugal, in February 2021.The 13 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. The papers deal with the study of network models in domains ranging from biology and physics to computer science, from financial markets to cultural integration, and from social media to infectious diseases.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Euro-Par 2014, held in Porto, Portugal, in August 2014. The 68 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 267 submissions. The papers are organized in 15 topical sections: support tools environments; performance prediction and evaluation; scheduling and load balancing; high-performance architectures and compilers; parallel and distributed data management; grid, cluster and cloud computing; green high performance computing; distributed systems and algorithms; parallel and distributed programming; parallel numerical algorithms; multicore and manycore programming; theory and algorithms for parallel computation; high performance networks and communication; high performance and scientific applications; and GPU and accelerator computing.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Euro-Par 2014, held in Porto, Portugal, in August 2014. The 68 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 267 submissions. The papers are organized in 15 topical sections: support tools environments; performance prediction and evaluation; scheduling and load balancing; high-performance architectures and compilers; parallel and distributed data management; grid, cluster and cloud computing; green high performance computing; distributed systems and algorithms; parallel and distributed programming; parallel numerical algorithms; multicore and manycore programming; theory and algorithms for parallel computation; high performance networks and communication; high performance and scientific applications; and GPU and accelerator computing.

Los Andes vibran anualmente con masivas fiestas populares que celebran la imagen de Maria. Imagen que es algo mas que su pura materialidad. Que es ese algo mas que los devotos reconocen en la imagen? De que modo se relacionan con ellas? Como llega la imagen a ser sagrada?Este ensayo es un recorrido etnografico por multitudinarias celebraciones: la fiesta de Guadalupe de Ayquina (Chile) y de la Virgen del Valle de Catamarca (Argentina). Explorando la devocion popular como actividad eminentemente practica, el autor registra, a traves del texto y la fotografia, diversas formas de contacto, movimiento e intercambio festivo. Una relacionalidad donde el cuerpo y los sentidos se enredan con las imagenes en un juego constante de sacralizacion y secularizacion. El texto debate el sesgo conceptual con que distintas teorias han intentado comprender la religiosidad popular y el proceso de secularizacion cultural, proponiendo una interpretacion que revela otras formas de constituir lo sagrado desde los cuerpos y las practicas festivas. Una imagen y algo mas es un ensayo donde la investigacion empirica estimula la comprension filosofica, invitando a una reflexion sugerente y profunda sobre la vida social y el estatuto ontologico de las imagenes en los Andes.

Esta segunda parte de Historia de la Republica de Chile, volumen 3, se adentra en uno de los periodos mas complejos y decisivos del desarrollo politico nacional. A traves de un analisis sustentado en fuentes primarias, registros estadisticos y una amplia base historiografica, este libro ofrece una mirada profunda sobre el proceso que condujo al desgaste del liberalismo autoritario y a la transformacion del orden institucional del pais en las primeras decadas del siglo XX. Los autores examinan la expansion y limites del modelo oligarquico, las transformaciones economicas impulsadas por el salitre, el surgimiento de nuevos actores sociales y la progresiva organizacion politica del mundo popular. En este escenario, las tensiones entre estabilidad normativa y presion reformista configuran un campo fertil para comprender el quiebre del sistema parlamentario y la posterior redefinicion del Estado. Las cifras, mapas y testimonios aportados en esta segunda parte actuan como huellas de un proceso mayor: la erosion del regimen parlamentario y la apertura de un escenario politico distinto en las decadas siguientes. Asimismo, estas paginas invitan a detenerse en el momento en que la republica ensayo soluciones, las tenso y las rebaso, dejando un legado decisivo para comprender la trayectoria del siglo XX.

La crisis de diciembre del 2001 se acerca inexorable en la Argentina. En un barrio de la ciudad de Buenos Aires diferentes personajes viven acontecimientos que cambian sus vidas de forma vertiginosa, dejando al desnudo sus pecados y miserias, sus miedos y violencias, sus dolores, sus perversiones más ocultas. Pedófilos, amantes desbordados, estudiantes racistas, oficinistas codiciosos, narcos asesinos, marginales caídos en desgracia, amas de casa vencidas, jóvenes sin futuro ni voluntad, hombres que golpean, mujeres que huyen. El lado oscuro de todos nosotros asoma en cada rincón, en cada acto y en cada silencio.En medio del caos por venir, dos niños descubren el amor más puro, y para luchar por él, y por su propia supervivencia, deberán vencer a monstruos espantosos, y, sobre todo, al principal de todos ellos: el mundo adulto que los condena al dolor y al sufrimiento.