Resonance frequency analysis: RFA direct to implant vs RFA to healing abutment

Actualmente, un acto muy común en nuestra práctica odontológica es monitorizar la estabilidad implantaria tanto en el momento de colocación del implante, como posteriormente, durante el período de cicatrización y con la prótesis en función. El Análisis de Frecuencia de Resonancia (AFR) es un método no invasivo, sencillo y clínicamente aplicable que nos permite evaluar la rigidez de la interfase implante-hueso. El AFR lo podemos medir directamente en la plataforma del implante o a través de unos nuevos pilares customizados que permiten valorarlo de forma indirecta, simplificando el procedimiento clínico y ayudando a preservar los tejidos blandos y duros al evitar la continua desconexión-conexión del pilar de cicatrización. En este trabajo el objetivo es revisar la literatura publicada hasta la fecha para demostrar si son comparables los valores ISQ obtenidos al medir el AFR de forma directa en la plataforma del implante versus el AFR medido con los pilares de cicatrización. Se concluye que no existe suficiente evidencia científica que demuestre este hecho. Los resultados de esta revisión deben ser interpretados con cautela debido a la alta heterogeneidad de los mismos, siendo necesarios más estudios que nos permitan obtener resultados concluyentes.Nowadays it is a very common act in our dental practice to monitor implant stability when placing the implant, but also later, during the healing period and with the prosthesis functioning. Resonance Frequency Analysis (RFA) is a non-invasive, simple and clinically applicable method that allows us to evaluate the rigidity of the implantbone interface. RFA can be measured directly on the implant platform or through new customized abutments that allow to assess it indirectly, simplifying this way the clinical procedure and helping to preserve soft and hard tissues by avoiding the continuous disconnection-connection of the healing abutment. In this work, the objective is to review the literature that has been published so far in order to demonstrate if the ISQ values obtained by measuring the RFA directly on the implant platform are comparable versus the RFA measured with the healing abutments. It is concluded that there is not enough scientific evidence to demonstrate this fact. The results of this review should be interpreted with caution due to their high heterogeneity, and further studies to obtain conclusive results are necessaryUniversidad de Sevilla. Grado en Odontología. Máster oficial en Odontología Médico-Quirúrgica e Integra

Detection of Sarcasm and Nastiness: New Resources for Spanish Language

The main goal of this work is to provide the cognitive computing community with valuable resources to analyze and simulate the intentionality and/or emotions embedded in the language employed in social media. Specifically, it is focused on the Spanish language and online dialogues, leading to the creation of SOFOCO (Spanish Online Forums Corpus). It is the first Spanish corpus consisting of dialogic debates extracted from social media and it is annotated by means of crowdsourcing in order to carry out automatic analysis of subjective language forms, like sarcasm or nastiness. Furthermore, the annotators were also asked about the context need when taking a decision. In this way, the users’ intentions and their behavior inside social networks can be better understood and more accurate text analysis is possible. An analysis of the annotation results is carried out and the reliability of the annotations is also explored. Additionally, sarcasm and nastiness detection results (around 0.76 F-Measure in both cases) are also reported. The obtained results show the presented corpus as a valuable resource that might be used in very diverse future work.This study was partially funded by the Spanish Government (TIN2014-54288-C4-4-R and TIN2017-85854-C4-3-R) by the European Unions’s H2020 program under grant 769872 and by the National Science Foundation of USA (NSF CISE R1 #1202668

Privacy-preserving and accountable on-the-road prosecution of invalid vehicular mandatory authorizations

Nowadays, improving road safety is one of the major challenges in developed countries and, to this regard, attaining more effectiveness in the enforcement of road safety policies has become a key target. In particular, enforcing the requirements related to the technical and administrative mandatory documentation of on-the-road motor vehicles is one of the critical issues. The use of modern technologies in the context of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) could enable the design of a more convenient, frequent and effective enforcement system compared to the traditional human patrol controls. In this article we propose a novel system for the on-the-fly verification of mandatory technical and administrative documentation of motor vehicles. Vehicles not complying with the required regulations will be identified and sanctioned whereas those vehicles, observant of the mandatory regulations, will maintain anonymity and non-traceability of their whereabouts. The proposed system is based on the use of anonymous credentials which will be loaded onto the vehicle to automatically and on-the-fly prove holdership of required credentials without requiring the vehicle to stop beside the road. We also implement a prototype of the credential system and analyze the feasibility of our solution in terms of computational cost and time to perform such telematic controls.This work has been funded by grant CCG10-UC3M/TIC-5174 (project PRECIOUS) and partially by grant TIN2009-13461 (project E-SAVE).En prens

An Impact Evaluation of the Strategy for Normal Birth Care on Caesarean Section Rates and Perinatal Mortality in Spain

The objectives of this research are to evaluate the impact of a health policy (the Strategy for Normal Birth Care, EAPN) on caesarean rates and perinatal mortality in Spanish public hospitals belonging to the National Health System (NHS) and to assess the related cost savings. Data from the Spanish Ministry of Health for the period 2002 −2011 and quantitative impact evaluation techniques (double difference method) are used to compare the effects of this policy in a treatment group composed of the NHS hos- pitals and a control group made up of private for-profit hospitals outside the scope of the EAPN. Both groups are compared some years before and after the health policy initiated in 2006 and approved in October 2007. The estimation results show that the EAPN had a significant effect in reducing caesarean rates of approximately 2 percentage points between 2007 and 2011, with increasing cost savings over the years ranging from 24 to 44 million euros depending on the year. Furthermore, EAPN reduced perinatal mortality levels by 0.08% in years 20 08 −20 09

La villa romana de Salar (Granada). El programa escultórico en contexto arqueológico

This work was carried out within the framework of the Project HAR2017-89004-P, sponsored by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of the Government of Spain and with ERDF Funds (Fondos FEDER), and the Project PID2019-105294GB-100/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, sponsored by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion of the Government of Spain and with ERDF Funds(Fondos FEDER); as well as the Research Groups HUM 143 and HUM 402 (Plan Andaluz de Investigacion of the Junta de Andalucia). We thank the City Council of Salar (Granada) for supporting the systematic archaeological excavation project in villa Salar, approved bythe Junta de Andalucia (Consejeria de Cultura y Patrimonio Historico) as a General Research Project.During the last decade various excavation campaigns have taken place at the Roman villa of Salar (Granada, Spain), located in the province Baetica. The excavated sector corresponds to the area surrounding a large peristyle of the pars urbana. Presiding over the open courtyard on one of the shorter sides is a triclinium, which in turn is associated with a nymphaeum. The ambulacrum on the opposite side of the peristyle was also excavated, uncovering a mosaic pavement with an interesting hunting scene, as well as other rooms that open onto it. In this work, the typological and iconographic study of the sculptural program recovered is carried out. The sculptural assemblage consists of 1) two nymph sculptures discovered in the nymphaeum associated with the triclinium; and 2) a Capitoline type Venus statue, which possibly decorated another fountain located on the southern side of the peristyle. The archaeological context and petrographic analyses add to the study of the pieces, as well as the analysis of this sculptural program related to nymphaea and garden environments.Durante la última década se han desarrollado varias campañas de excavación en la villa romana de Salar (Granada, España), situada en la provincial romana de la Bética. El sector excavado corresponde a la pars urbana, articulada en torno a un gran peristilo central. Presidiendo uno de los lados cortos del patio abierto se sitúa el triclinium, asociado con un nymphaeum. El ambulacrum en el lado opuesto del peristilo ha sido también excavado, descubriéndose un pavimento de mosaico con una interesante escena de caza, así como otras habitaciones que abren a este patio. En este trabajo se aborda el estudio tipológico e iconográfico del programa escultórico de la villa. El conjunto está integrado por: dos esculturas de ninfas, descubiertas en el nymphaeum asociado con el triclinium; y 2) una estatua de Venus, tipo Capitolina, que posiblemente decorase otra fuente, localizada en el lado sur del peristilo. El contexto arqueológico y los análisis petrográficos se integran en el estudio de las piezas, así como el análisis del programa escultórico del nymphaeum y el jardín circundante.Spanish Government HAR2017-89004-PERDF Funds (Fondos FEDER)Spanish Government PID2019-105294GB-100/AEI/10.13039/501100011033ERDF Funds(Fondos FEDER) Junta de Andalucia HUM 143 HUM 40

Stability of plasma electrolytes in Barricor and PST II tubes under different storage conditions

Introduction: Sample stability can be influenced by many different factors; evaporation and leakage from residual cells are the most relevant factors for electrolytes. During the analytical phase, samples are usually kept uncapped at room temperature. Once samples are processed, they are usually stored sealed and refrigerated. Long turnaround time and the possibility of “add-on test” need consideration for electrolyte stability. The aim of our study is to examine short-term electrolyte stability in this two-common laboratory working conditions in two different lithium heparin plasma tubes (Barricor and PST II, Becton Dickinson). Materials and methods: In 39 plasma samples from voluntary subjects we measured sodium (Na+), potassium (K+) and chloride (Cl–) at 6 time points since centrifugation (0h, 3h, 6h, 9h, 12h and 15h). Maximum allowable bias (clinically significant change) was based in SEQC (Sociedad Espanola de Química Clínica) recommendations; 1% for Cl–, 0.6% for Na+ and 4% for K+. Results: In open room temperature tubes, clinically significant changes appeared in Na+ and Cl– after 3 hours and in K+ after 9 hours in both types of tubes. In refrigerated sealed tubes, all the analytes were clinically stable up to 12 hours in both kinds of plasma tubes. We observed a statistically significant progressive increase in K+ levels, which was less pronounced in Barricor tubes. Conclusion: Stability of electrolytes is compromised after 3 hours in open tubes and after 12 hours in sealed tubes

Towards a privacy-respectful telematic verification system for vehicle & driver authorizations

Poster of: Eighth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2011), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2011The use of ubiquitous technologies to implement a telematic on-the-road verification of driver and vehicle authorizations would provide significant benefits regarding road safety, economic costs and convenience. Privacy-aware digital credentials would enable such a service although some challenges exist. The goal of this on-going work is to address these challenges. The first contribution herein presented is an enhanced data model of driver and vehicle authorizations. Secondly, we provide an analysis of existing privacy-aware digital credential systems that may support the implementation of the system.This work is partially supported by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion of Spain, project E-SAVE, under grant TIN2009-13461.Publicad

Comparative study between public and private universities on the subjects of plastic education offered on the Early Childhood Education Teaching Degree

La Educación Plástica es una materia que beneficia el desarrollo integral de los niños. Sin embargo, parece ser que no se tienen en cuenta todas las ventajas que esta área puede desencadenar. Es necesario conocer cuál es el estado de la cuestión de las materias artísticas ofrecidas por las universidades públicas y privadas españolas en el Grado en Maestro de Educación Infantil. Para ello, se analizaron los diferentes planes de estudio de las universidades públicas y privadas españolas, observando que son las universidades privadas las que ofrecen un mayor número de asignaturas obligatorias o básicas de Educación Plástica, a pesar de que las públicas ofrecen una amplitud mayor de diversidad de créditos por asignatura y contenidos impartidos. Se reflexiona sobre la necesidad de aumentar las materias obligatorias y básicas de Educación Plástica en los planes de estudio de los futuros maestros con el fin de beneficiar la calidad docente universitaria, así como la educación futura que impartirán estos universitarios en sus futuras aulas de Educación Infantil.Plastic Education is a subject that benefits the integral development of children. However, it seems that not considering all the advantages that this area can trigger. It is necessary to know what is the state of play of artistic subjects offered by Spanish public and private universities in the Early Childhood Education Teaching Degree. For this, the different curricula of Spanish public and private universities were analyzed. It was observed that private universities offer a greater number of compulsory or basic subjects of Plastic Education, despite the fact that the public ones offer a greater range of courses, diversity of credits by subject and content taught. We reflecto n the need to increase the compulsory and basic subjects of Plastic Education in the study plans of future teachers in order to Benefit the university teaching quality, as well as the future education that these university students will impart in their future Early Childhood Education classrooms