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The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new reality to our lives, not only in the socialization process, but also in the way we perceive, feel and get emotional. Throughout this work, it is intended to delve into the metacognition referred to the concept of happiness of physical education teachers about their teaching actions during the period of confinement. We start from the negative impact that had on the well-being, physical and mental health of the students, which justifies the relevance of our study. This is a quantitative study of descriptive scope in which 235 teachers of different educational levels from Spain and Mexico participated. An anonymous ad-hoc telematic questionnaire was used. The results show similarities in the teachers' understanding of happiness and well-being of the students, however there are significant differences (p < 0.05) on the performance in both countries. Happiness variables such as emotional control and social relationships would receive a differentiated treatment according to the country, thus being seriously affected, taking into account physical and motor performance in Spain or self-knowledge and self-observation in Mexico. Despite this, PE teachers from both countries understand that their intervention improved the happiness index of their students throughout the pandemic.
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The urban parish, Corazón city, is located in the Pangua canton, Cotopaxi province, located in the foothills of the Andes Mountain range, where the water supply of drinking water is currently carried out by gravity with a storage tank to the population. This research analyzed the water supply during the period of confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was based on the change in use, behavior, and losses to the system. In order to population conditions, data from registered volumes were employed, distributed and consumed volumes registers were the variables used to develop the dynamic model, which has helped to estimate the charge in drinking water consumption due to the pandemic lockdown. Hence, the current consumption during the confinement period was determined, and the forecast considering the actual conditions. Finally, the dynamic model of water consumption was proposed;the results obtained showed that water consumption had not experienced any significant change during the social distancing period, and the maximum growth rate of 0.2755 will be reached in December 2020. A sharp change in water consumption tendency was probably not observed because the majority of Corazón city population have been working from home before and after the pandemic. To conclude, it is necessary to remark that thanks to the data provided, it was possible to model this behavior within mathematical formulas and the Vensim software, having results close to reality;Indeed, two critical scenarios have been considered on the supply system under analysis. © 2022. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology.All Rights Reserved
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Introduction: The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 or coronavirus disease) health crisis declared in 2020 led to the suspension of ongoing in-person learning in Spanish universities and showed the difficulties to move forward in the digital transformation of the university world. The objective of the research whose results are presented is to approach, from students' perspective to how university studies in Communication in Spain adapted ongoing in-person learning to online learning during such an emergency period. Methodology: A self-administered online questionnaire was completed by a sample of Communication Faculties students from all the Spanish regions in which these studies are offered. Results: 57% of the students approve the management of the situation by their Faculties, resulting in a higher percentage in private universities compared to public ones. The virtual classroom has been the most recognized technological platform (accounting for 84.5% of the cases) while the main teaching resources have been File uploading (73.2%) and Videoconferences (67.9%), the latter being the most valued by students while not the most employed. Discussion and results: The Faculties of Communication -in the context of University education in Spain- have succeeded in deploying the existing resources to virtual learning, although the pandemic has exposed some technological limitations of the universities. Broadly speaking and given the urgency of the transformation, common methods used for in-person learning have been shifted to the online world, instead of developing a teaching methodology that could benefit from all the advantages of virtual learning. Specifically, in anomalous situations like this one, the role of the teacher has proved to be essential, not only in transmitting knowledge but also in giving students attention and support.