Internet of Things and citizen science as alternative water quality monitoring approaches and the importance of effective water quality communication.

The increasing demand for water and worsening climate change place significant pressure on this vital resource, making its preservation a global priority. Water quality monitoring programs are essential for effectively managing this resource. Current programs rely on traditional monitoring approaches, leading to limitations such as low spatiotemporal resolution and high operational costs. Despite the adoption of novel monitoring approaches that enable better data resolution, the public's comprehension of water quality matters remains low, primarily due to communication process deficiencies. This study explores the advantages and challenges of using Internet of Things (IoT) and citizen science as alternative monitoring approaches, emphasizing the need for enhancing public communication of water quality data. Through a systematic review of studies implemented on-field, we identify and propose strategies to address five key challenges that IoT and citizen science monitoring approaches must overcome to mature into robust sources of water quality information. Additionally, we highlight three fundamental problems affecting the water quality communication process and outline strategies to convey this topic effectively to the public.

Dinámicas relaciónales en la pareja puertorriqueña / Relational Dynamics in the Puerto Rican couple

Resumen. Al estudiar las dinámicas relacionales se puede obtener un acercamiento a las diversas variables psicosociales que interactúan en la relación de pareja. Ante la falta de investigaciones el objetivo de este estudio es examinar la asociación que tienen el amor, la calidad de la comunicación y las estrategias de mantenimiento con la satisfacción relacional. Además de conocer la contribución de estas variables en la satisfacción relacional. El estudio es de tipo cuantitativo no experimental, en el que participaron 198 personas seleccionadas por disponibilidad, quienes mayormente estaban en su primer matrimonio. Se aplicaron cuatro escalas de tipo Likert: amor, estrategias de mantenimiento, comunicación y satisfacción relacional. Los resultados confirman una relación positiva y significativa entre las variables estudiadas, además demuestran que el amor, las estrategias de mantenimiento y la calidad de la comunicación contribuyen en la satisfacción relacional. Se concluyen que estas variables cumplen un rol importante para las parejas puertorriqueñas con un efecto en la satisfacción de la relación. En futuros estudios se propone examinar las estrategias de mantenimiento con mayor influencia en la satisfacción, así como el efecto de las conductas afectivas.

Abstract. When studying relational dynamics, it is possible to understand the diverse psychosocial variables interacting within the couple. Given the absence of thorough research, the objective of this study consists of examining the relationship love, the quality of communication and maintenance strategies have with marital satisfaction. Also, to know the contribution of these variables in relationship relational satisfaction. The study is a non-experimental quantitative study in which 198 people, chosen by availability, participated. Most of them were in their first marriage. Four Likert-type scales were applied: love, maintenance strategies, quality of communication, and relationship satisfaction. The results confirm a positive and significant relationship between the variables and demonstrate what they contribute to relational satisfaction. Findings suggest these variables play an important role for Puerto Rican couples in how they affect relationship satisfaction. Futures studies should examine the maintenance strategies with the most significant influence on relational satisfaction and their effect on affective behaviors.

Calidad de la comunicación y actitud de los empleados ante procesos de cambio organizacional / Quality of the communcation and attitude of the employees in organizational change processes

El objetivo de la investigación fue determinar la relación entre la calidad de la comunicación y la actitud de los empleados ante procesos de cambio organizacional, en virtud de que algunas organizaciones tratan todos los cambios como algo que ocurre de manera accidental y que involucra las actividades de cambio que son proactivas y con propósito. El hombre es un ser productivo vinculado en el ambiente empresarial, que considera las actitudes como un proceso en el cual se obtiene más de lo esperado, ajustando el trabajo a los objetivos, propósitos y metas establecidas en la empresa. Bajo este contexto, el éxito o fracaso de una organización está causado por las cosas que los empleados hacen o dejan de hacer, de las actitudes que éstos asuman. El cambio planeado también se ocupa del comportamiento de los individuos y grupos dentro de la organización. La realización de este articulo reviste ser pertinente y actualizada, puesto que contribuye con el aporte de conocimientos en el área estratégica de cambio organizacional. El estudio se realizó bajo un diseño experimental aplicando la escala de resistencia al cambio de Oreg (2006) en una muestra recolectada en línea (n = 174) y compuesta por dos grupos aleatorios. Los resultados confirman que el grupo de participantes expuestos a una comunicación con argumentos de alta calidad mostró menos resistencia al cambio organizacional que el grupo de participantes expuestos a una comunicación con argumentos de baja calidad. Finalmente, se discute la importancia de los hallazgos para futuras investigaciones e implicaciones prácticas para la gestión de cambios organizacionales.

It has been confirmed that the organizations have faced various changes and challenges generated in the market, which have originated a new focus of study focused on people to execute the processes, emphasizing the creation of work methodologies that support the efforts of the employees to generate the changes, in such a way that the organizations can become global, flexible, productive, in addition to generate strategies oriented to the employee and the strategy to the client. In this sense, it is necessary to apply methods or techniques that allow optimizing the development of production processes, as well as the administration of organizations, by virtue of improving work activities and production processes. In this context, for the execution of organizational processes, a human talent is required that is committed and identified with the culture of the company, which is why the role played by the individual within any organization is highlighted. generate attitudes that promote communication, as a promoter of the functioning of the activities inherent to organizational change. The main of this research was to determine the relationship between the quality of the communication and the attitude of the employees towards processes of organizational chang. This objetive is proposed because some organizations treat all the changes as nonplanned change; that involves organizational change product of proactive and purposeful activities; inside in the business environment the human being define the attitudes as a process in which more is obtained than expected; adjusting the work, the objectives, purposes and goals established in the company. In this context, the organizational successor failure is caused by the employees do at the organization, the attitudes that they assume, the planned change that employees propose, also how they deal with the individuals and groups behavior. According to what has been said, make this research in relevant because it contributes to the scientific knowledge in the organizational change area. The study was carried out under an experimental design applying the resistance to change scale of Oreg (2006) in a sample collected online (n = 174) and composed of two random groups. To carry out this research, it was necessary to establish the sample criterion: we worked from an integrated sample with a total of 174 people, which were randomly selected, through social networks and the virtual campus of a distance university in Germany. The stratification of the sample was made up of women (53%) and men (47%), employees with ages mainly between 21 and 40 years of age (60%), between 40 and 60 years of age (36%) and others (4%). Regarding the level of education, we found that 70% of the participants had a bachelor's degree, 26% had a university degree and 4% others. The majority of the participants (68%) had a time of belonging to the company from 1 to 5 years and 32% had more than 10 years. In this research, a scale was used that differentiates three dimensions of resistance to change (affective, cognitive and behavioral). To investigate the possible links between the quality of the arguments (strong or weak) and the three dimensions of resistance to change, a Student's ttest was carried out for each of the dimensions. Because multiple comparisons were made, the likelihood of committing type I error increased. In order to adjust the statistical results, the Bonferroni correction was applied (Bühner & Ziegler, 2009). The results confirm that the group of participants exposed to a communication with high quality arguments showed less resistance to organizational change than the group of participants exposed to a communication with low quality arguments. Finally, the importance of the findings for future research and practical implications for the management of organizational changes are discussed.