Cost assessment simulator for transport between mediterranean spanish ports and the Black Sea

There is a strong imbalance in EU transport mode shares. In addition, issues like road traffic, noise, accident rates, and especially polluting emissions result not only in external costs to society, but also in high logistical costs to transport service customers. The present paper proposes an assessment model to evaluate final internal and external costs of transport chains served by trucks and short sea shipping (SSS). An efficient and fast tool is presented to help customers decide on the most convenient mode of transportation for a specific trade link. The trade links in this paper connect 19 Spanish provinces to the main ports in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine) through the ports of Barcelona and Valencia.Postprint (published version

Cost assessment simulator for transport between mediterranean spanish ports and the Black Sea

There is a strong imbalance in EU transport mode shares. In addition, issues like road traffic, noise, accident rates, and especially polluting emissions result not only in external costs to society, but also in high logistical costs to transport service customers. The present paper proposes an assessment model to evaluate final internal and external costs of transport chains served by trucks and short sea shipping (SSS). An efficient and fast tool is presented to help customers decide on the most convenient mode of transportation for a specific trade link. The trade links in this paper connect 19 Spanish provinces to the main ports in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine) through the ports of Barcelona and Valencia

TWINBOT: Autonomous Underwater Cooperative Transportation

Underwater Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair operations are nowadays performed using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) deployed from dynamic-positioning vessels, having high daily operational costs. During the last twenty years, the research community has been making an effort to design new Intervention Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (I-AUV), which could, in the near future, replace the ROVs, significantly decreasing these costs. Until now, the experimental work using I-AUVs has been limited to a few single-vehicle interventions, including object search and recovery, valve turning, and hot stab operations. More complex scenarios usually require the cooperation of multiple agents, i.e., the transportation of large and heavy objects. Moreover, using small, autonomous vehicles requires consideration of their limited load capacity and limited manipulation force/torque capabilities. Following the idea of multi-agent systems, in this paper we propose a possible solution: using a group of cooperating I-AUVs, thus sharing the load and optimizing the stress exerted on the manipulators. Specifically, we tackle the problem of transporting a long pipe. The presented ideas are based on a decentralized Task-Priority kinematic control algorithm adapted for the highly limited communication bandwidth available underwater. The aforementioned pipe is transported following a sequence of poses. A path-following algorithm computes the desired velocities for the robots’ end-effectors, and the on-board controllers ensure tracking of these setpoints, taking into account the geometry of the pipe and the vehicles’ limitations. The utilized algorithms and their practical implementation are discussed in detail and validated through extensive simulations and experimental trials performed in a test tank using two 8 DOF I-AUV

Proyecto Docente e Investigador

PROYECTO DOCENTE E INVESTIGADOR Catedráticos de Universidad Área de Ciencia de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial Universidad de Valladolid 19 de Mayo de 2023 David Escudero Manceb

Multiple Moneys and Development

This special issue of the International Journal of Community Currency Research (IJCCR) includes 15 papers that their authors presented in their earlier versions at the 2nd International Conference on Complementary and Community Currency Systems, ‘Multiple moneys and development: making payments in diverse economies’. It was held at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Hague between 19th and 23rd June, 2013. It was organised as an event of the Civic Innovation Research Initiative in collaboration with the Qoin Foundation (Amsterdam), the think-tank New Economics Foundation (London), and the Palmas Institute (Brazil and Europe). The event was attended by almost 450 participants from 31 countries, including academics, practitioners, consultants, policy makers and representatives of grassroots organisations. This special issue seeks to reflect that diversity and includes articles on Complementary and Community Currency Systems from most corners of the world

Inscripcions romanes al País Valencià, VI

Amb aquest volum, aparegut pòstumament, es tanca la publicació del "corpus" d'inscripcions romanes del País Valencià, tasca a la qual l'autor va dedicar gran part de la seua vida. Culmina així un projecte sòlid i rigorós, d'un innegable valor acadèmic i científic, que va comptar amb la col·laboració de Xavier Gómez Font, també recentment desaparegut. Aquest volum de l'obra, dedicat a les ciutats meridionals del país, recull monuments epigràfics conservats no sols als museus, sinó als llocs més diversos i pintorescos, i permet entendre'n tant el sentit literal com també quin fou el seu context, de manera que constitueixen una eina fonamental per a conèixer el patrimoni i la història tan pròxima en l'espai com llunyana en el temps. Sens dubte, l'aportació de Josep Corell constituirà un referent indefugible a l'hora d'elaborar i completar altres "corpora" d'epigrafia romana.This volume, published posthumously, brings to a close the publication of the "corpus" of Roman inscriptions of the Valencian Country, a task to which the author dedicated a large part of his life. This is the culmination of a solid and rigorous project, of undeniable academic and scientific value, which had the collaboration of Xavier Gómez Font, also recently deceased. This volume of the work, dedicated to the southern cities of the country, brings together epigraphic monuments preserved not only in museums, but also in the most varied and picturesque places, and allows us to understand both the literal meaning and also what their context was, in such a way that they constitute a fundamental tool for learning about heritage and history as close in space as it is distant in time. Josep Corell's contribution will undoubtedly be an unavoidable point of reference for the preparation and completion of other "corpora" of Roman epigraphy

Mujeres musulmanas: autoridad y erudiciones islámicas del contexto árabe al Islam transnacional

Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Departamento de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos y Estudios Orientales. Fecha de lectura: 18-05-201

Comisión de plan de estudios de la titulación de Ingeniería Técnica de Telecomunicaciones, especialidad en Sonido e Imagen de la EPS

La red docente de la Comisión de plan de estudios de la titulación de Ingeniería Técnica de Telecomunicación, especialidad en Sonido e Imagen de la EPS ha realizado durante el curso 2007/08 un estudio de los objetivos y competencias del futuro título de grado, así como el análisis y diseño de la posible estructura en bloques y asignaturas obligatorias en la que se podría distribuir dicho título. El estudio toma como base los resultados obtenidos en redes de cursos anteriores (ver memoria de redes 2005/06 y 2006/07), las cuales estaban orientadas al diseño curricular dentro del marco de los créditos ECTS para la convergencia al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, y sobre todo, se basa en la experiencia de los propios participantes en trabajos o redes previas. El objetivo principal de este proyecto es el diseño curricular del futuro título de grado en Ingeniería de Telecomunicación en Sonido e Imagen, directamente relacionada con la actual Ingeniería Técnica de Telecomunicación, especialidad en Sonido e Imagen, que se imparte en la Universidad de Alicante. Para ello se han seguido las pautas generales establecidas por el Real Decreto de ordenación de Enseñanzas Universitarias Oficiales (BOE, 30 de octubre de 2007), así como otros documentos elaborados por el Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos de Telecomunicación y la Comisión de Universidades de Ingeniería Técnica de Telecomunicación