Reclaiming political urbanism in peace building processes: The Hands-on Famagusta project, Cyprus

This case study is about reclaiming a political form of urbanism before the potential Cyprus reunification by enhancing, through the Hands-on Famagusta project, 'agonistic' collective practices across the Cypriot divide

Improved IDMA for Multiple Access of 5G

Due to its good performance and low complexity, IDMA is believed to be an important technique for future radio access (FRA). However, its performances are highly affected by the interleaver design. In this paper we propose two contributions to improve the performance of the IDMA. First, we propose a new interleaver design, called "NLM interleaver", which improves the computational complexity, reduces the bandwidth consumption and the memory requirements of the system, provides the quasi-orthogonal spreading codes and interleavers with a high security and offers infinite sets of codes and interleavers based on only one parameter. Second, we propose a new user grouping algorithm based on the correlation function to improve the resources (Codes, Interleavers). All users are divided into several equal-size groups where each group's data transmitted at the same time, over the same frequencies and the same interleaver. The simulation results indicate that the proposed scheme can achieve better performances compared to the existing algorithms

Fortalezas costeras del Oeste y Norte de Marruecos (S.XV-S.XVII)

[EN] I have the intention to speak about military architecture developed during Portuguese occupation between 1415, the conquest of Ceuta, and 1769, The Saudi Dynasty conquered the city of Mazagan (Currently named El Jadida). The Portugueses started conquering the harbor of Ceuta because in that moment was the key of the commerce between Africa and Europe. They built a lot of strategic places. During 300 years, Portugueses were fighting against Morocco Army. Currently, we have a lot of buildings set around Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts as the City of Mazagan (El Jadida), Azemmour o Mogador (Essaouira). Currently, we have got common heritage shared in modern ages. This heritage was recognized by the Moroccan Government and International Communities and it was declared as World Heritage bt UNESCO. Even though we have encouraged the heritage to refurb and rehab it, we really know we have a lot of work to do yetCherradi Akbil, F. (2015). Fortalezas costeras del Oeste y Norte de Marruecos (S.XV-S.XVII). En Defensive architecture of the mediterranean: XV to XVIII centuries. Vol. I. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 337-344. https://doi.org/10.4995/FORTMED2015.2015.174233734

90K/LGALS3BP expression is upregulated in COVID-19 but may not restrict SARS-CoV-2 infection

Glycoprotein 90K, encoded by the interferon-stimulated gene LGALS3BP, displays broad antiviral activity. It reduces HIV-1 infectivity by interfering with Env maturation and virion incorporation, and increases survival of Influenza A virus-infected mice via antiviral innate immune signaling. Its antiviral potential in SARS-CoV-2 infection remains largely unknown. Here, we analyzed the expression of 90K/LGALS3BP in 44 hospitalized COVID-19 patients at multiple levels. We quantified 90K protein concentrations in serum and PBMCs as well as LGALS3BP mRNA levels. Complementary, we analyzed two single cell RNA-sequencing datasets for expression of LGALS3BP in respiratory specimens and PBMCs from COVID-19 patients. Finally, we analyzed the potential of 90K to interfere with SARS-CoV-2 infection of HEK293T/ACE2, Calu-3 and Caco-2 cells using authentic virus. 90K protein serum concentrations were significantly elevated in COVID-19 patients compared to uninfected sex- and age-matched controls. Furthermore, PBMC-associated concentrations of 90K protein were overall reduced by SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo, suggesting enhanced secretion into the extracellular space. Mining of published PBMC scRNA-seq datasets uncovered monocyte-specific induction of LGALS3BP mRNA expression in COVID-19 patients. In functional assays, neither 90K overexpression in susceptible cell lines nor exogenous addition of purified 90K consistently inhibited SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our data suggests that 90K/LGALS3BP contributes to the global type I IFN response during SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo without displaying detectable antiviral properties in vitro