Analysis of the interface systems as mediating agents in university/industry relations : proposal of the “relationship promoter” as a strategic role in the R&D transference

A regional, national or international innovation system’s capacity to be innovative requires a commitment to collaborate between universities and industry. To facilitate this commitment, public institutions have championed the creation of interface organisations to be responsible for developing a network of university/industry partnerships. What has scarcely been acknowledged, however, is the role that professionals within these organisations should play to ensure that relationships are as productive as possible. To address this shortfall, an analysis has been proposed, which, based on the findings of a panel of international experts in innovation transfer, identifies the professional profile of the “relationship promoter” as a catalyst for university/industry relations at transregional and transnational level, and examines the strengths and weaknesses of university/industry exchange, from this approach. Finally, and based on the above analysis, the design of a strategic framework has been proposed to facilitate the commitment to collaborate between the various actors in the innovation system. This examination has enabled us to consider the value of the “relationship promoter” in the strategic analysis of the innovation system, and their role in facilitating the commitment to collaborate between actors within the system, from a dynamic perspective.peer-reviewe

Plataforma de control de mensajeria instantanea bajo sistemas AACS CHATAACS

Existe en el mercado una variedad de tecnologías de apoyo para mejorar la funcionalidad social de los SAACs, como por ejemplo los sistemas de gestión de pictogramas para la comunicación, o los dispositivos alternativos para la interacción con la máquina. Los usuarios con diversidad funcional que utilizan los SAACs quieren mejorar sus posibilidades de acción en diferentes áreas relacionadas con las Nuevas Tecnologías. Sin embargo, tienen importantes dificultades para encontrar plataformas estables y actuales, que permitan ir resolviendo diferentes necesidades integrando nuevas funcionalidades, que se adapten a la diversidad funcional del colectivo y que no impliquen costes desproporcionados. Desde la UPM presentamos >, plataforma de control de un chat gratuito bajo SAACs, permitiendo a usuarios con diversidad funcional (parálisis cerebral) el acceso y disfrute de las nuevas tecnologías. Desde el punto de vista tecnológico, se ofrecerá una mayor portabilidad en tecnologías punteras fomentando la accesibilidad mediante dispositivos de acceso alternativos. Se logrará una estructura de símbolos dinámica para que el sistema no se ralentice. Desde el punto de vista del usuario conseguiremos que el sistema sea amigable y fácil de usar, que se pueda utilizar esta plataforma con distintos sistemas de comunicación bajo criterios de usabilidad universal

Nutrition Labelling is a Trade Policy Issue: Lessons From an Analysis of Specific Trade Concerns at the World Trade Organization

Interpretive nutrition labels provide simplified nutrient-specific text and/or symbols on the front of pre-packaged foods, to encourage and enable consumers to make healthier choices. This type of labelling has been proposed as part of a comprehensive policy response to the global epidemic of non-communicable diseases. However, regulation of nutrition labelling falls under the remit of not just the health sector but also trade. Specific Trade Concerns have been raised at the World Trade Organization’s Technical Barriers to Trade Committee regarding interpretive nutrition labelling initiatives in Thailand, Chile, Indonesia, Peru and Ecuador. This paper presents an analysis of the discussions of these concerns. Although nutrition labelling was identified as a legitimate policy objective, queries were raised regarding the justification of the specific labelling measures proposed, and the scientific evidence for effectiveness of such measures. Concerns were also raised regarding the consistency of the measures with international standards. Drawing on policy learning theory, we identified four lessons for public health policy makers, including: strategic framing of nutrition labelling policy objectives; pro-active policy engagement between trade and health to identify potential trade issues; identifying ways to minimise potential ‘practical’ trade concerns; and engagement with the Codex Alimentarius Commission to develop international guidance on interpretative labelling. This analysis indicates that while there is potential for trade sector concerns to stifle innovation in nutrition labelling policy, care in how interpretive nutrition labelling measures are crafted in light of trade commitments can minimize such a risk and help ensure that trade policy is coherent with nutrition action

Sécurité Alimentaire au Bénin: Les Grandes Familles de Pratiques Agro-écologiques Adoptées dans les Zones Cotonnières

Dans le but de contribuer de façon durable à la sécurité alimentaire des ménages, cinq (05) grandes familles de pratiques agro-écologiques (Gestion Intégrée de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage (GIAE), Gestion Intégrée de la Fertilité des Sols (GIFS), Agro-Foresterie (AF), Conservation des Eaux et du Sol (CES), Agriculture de Conservation (AC)) ont été introduites, depuis les années 90, dans les zones cotonnières au Bénin. Trente ans après leur introduction, il importe d’identifier les grandes familles de pratiques agro-écologiques réellement adoptées par les producteurs. Ainsi, à travers un questionnaire semi-structuré, les données ont été collectées auprès de 300 producteurs de coton choisis au hasard et répartis dans trois communes (Banikoara, Sinendé et Djidja) représentatives des trois zones cotonnières (haut nord, centre-nord et sud) du Bénin. Une Analyse Factorielle des Correspondantes (AFC) a été réalisée avec le logiciel R i386 4.0.4. Les résultats de l’AFC montrent que, sur les cinq (05) grandes familles de pratiques agro-écologiques introduites dans les zones cotonnières au Bénin, trois (03) grandes familles ((GIFS), (GIAE) et (AF)) ont été fortement adoptées. Par contre, les pratiques de la grande famille du CES ont été marginalement adoptées et celles de l’AC n’ont pas du tout été adoptées dans ces zones.   In order to contribute in a sustainable way to household food security, five (05) major families of agro-ecological practices (Integrated Management of Agriculture and Livestock (GIAE), Integrated Management of Soil Fertility (GIFS), Agro-Forestry (AF), Water and Soil Conservation (CES), Conservation Agriculture (CA)) have been introduced since the 1990s in the cotton-growing areas of Benin. Thirty years after their introduction, it is important to identify the main families of agro-ecological practices actually adopted by producers. Thus, through a semi-structured questionnaire, data were collected from 300 cotton producers chosen at random and distributed in three communes (Banikoara, Sinendé and Djidja) representative of the three cotton-growing areas (upper north, center-north and south ) from Benin. A Corresponding Factor Analysis (FCA) was performed with R i386 4.0.4 software. The results of the AFC show that, out of the five (05) large families of agro-ecological practices introduced in cotton-growing areas in Benin, three (03) large families ((GIFS), (GIAE) and (AF)) have been strongly adopted. On the other hand, the practices of the large SWH family have been marginally adopted and those of CA have not been adopted at all in these areas

Waist-to-Height Ratio and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Elderly Individuals at High Cardiovascular Risk

IntroductionSeveral anthropometric measurements have been associated with cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes mellitus and other cardiovascular risk conditions, such as hypertension or metabolic syndrome. Waist-to-height-ratio has been proposed as a useful tool for assessing abdominal obesity, correcting other measurements for the height of the individual. We compared the ability of several anthropometric measurements to predict the presence of type-2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypertension, atherogenic dyslipidemia or metabolic syndrome.Materials and MethodsIn our cross-sectional analyses we included 7447 Spanish individuals at high cardiovascular risk, men aged 55–80 years and women aged 60–80 years, from the PREDIMED study. Logistic regression models were fitted to evaluate the odds ratio of presenting each cardiovascular risk factor according to various anthropometric measures. The areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) were used to compare the predictive ability of these measurements.ResultsIn this relatively homogeneous cohort with 48.6% of type-2 diabetic individuals, the great majority of the studied anthropometric parameters were significantly and positively associated with the cardiovascular risk factors. No association was found between BMI and body weight and diabetes mellitus. The AUCs for the waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference were significantly higher than the AUCs for BMI or weight for type-2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, atherogenic dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome. Conversely, BMI was the strongest predictor of hypertension.ConclusionsWe concluded that measures of abdominal obesity showed higher discriminative ability for diabetes mellitus, high fasting plasma glucose, atherogenic dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome than BMI or weight in a large cohort of elderly Mediterranean individuals at high cardiovascular risk. No significant differences were found between the predictive abilities of waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference on the metabolic disease

Perceptions Des Nuisances Environnementales Liées Aux Déchets Solides Ménagers Dans Les Centres Urbains Du Nord-Bénin : Cas Des Villes De Parakou, Djougou, Kandi Et Malanville

The cities of Parakou, Djougou, Kandi and Malanville in the north of Benin have difficulty in eliminating dispose of waste produced by households in ecological way. This research was initiated to analyze the attitudes and understanding of environmental problems related to poor management of DSM by people of north Benin. To achieve this objective, a survey was conducted on the perception of environmental damage related to waste with 585 heads of households from August 2014 to March 2015. The city of residence, gender, age, marital status, level education, income, socio professional category are characteristics that were selected for the statistical analysis Khi2. Results showed 100% a significant statistical link between environmental pollution and city of residence (χ2 = 153.135; DF = 12; Pvalue = 0.000 <0.05). No statistically significant association was found between perceived environmental nuisances and sex (χ2 = 2.035; DF = 4; PValue = 0.729> 0.05) ; age (χ2 = 19.189, DF = 16; P-Value = 0.259> 0.05) ; marital status (χ2 = 20.809, DF = 12; P-Value = 0.053> 0.05 and income of respondents (χ2 = 32.273, DF = 32; P-Value = 0.453> 0.05). However in Djougou, a highly significant associative link was observed between respondents with incomes ranging from 100,001 to 150,000 and the air pollution (χ2 = 11.96, DF = 32; P-value = 0.000 <0.05). It is the same for the pollution of rivers in this income bracket in Parakou (χ2 = 5.85; DF = 24; Pvalue = 0.004 <0.05) and Kandi (χ2 = 6 04; DF = 10; P-value = 0.000 <. 0.05). Moreover, the level of education (χ2 = 14.728, DF = 12; P-Value = 0.257> 0.05) and occupation of the individuals interviewed (χ2 = 59.060, DF = 40; P-Value = 0.026 <0.05) determine their perceptions of environmental damage related to DSM. In total, city of residence, education level and occupation of individuals are the most, significant determiners in the perception of environmental damage related to the solid household waste

A importância da educação física/linguagem movimento na educação infantil : olhares a partir das experiências em uma escola municipal de Curitiba-PR

Orientador: Prof. Dr. Sergio Roberto Chaves Junior.Monografia (graduação) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Educação, Curso de Graduação em PedagogiaInclui referências : p. 54-55Resumo : Este trabalho tem como objetivo compreender a importância da Educação Física/Linguagem Movimento na Educação Infantil, em especial as possibilidades que essa dimensão da educação traz para o desenvolvimento integral das crianças nesse nível de ensino. Para isso, realizamos uma pesquisa procurando analisar documentos que norteiam a Educação Infantil e a Linguagem Movimento, tanto no âmbito nacional, por meio da Lei de Diretrizes e Bases (1996), a Base Nacional Comum Curricular (2017), as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais (2010, 2012, 2013 e 2018), além dos documentos do âmbito do município de Curitiba, como o Caderno Movimento (2009) e o Caderno de Princípios e Fundamentos da Educação Infantil (2016). Realizamos também uma revisão de literatura a fim de apresentar a dimensão da Educação Física como Linguagem Movimento na Educação Infantil. Além disso, o trabalho procura apresentar algumas formas de se trabalhar a Educação Física com a Educação Infantil, tendo em vista as aulas observadas e a forma como a professora realiza suas aulas, em uma escola da rede pública de Curitiba. A partir de uma entrevista realizada com a professora responsável pela aula de Movimento, conseguimos nos aprofundar mais no tema abordado, entendendo o processo de elaboração e desenvolvimento das aulas e os planejamentos feitos por ela, dando centralidade aos interesses e particularidades das crianças na escolha e abordagem de temas relacionados aos seus cotidianos

Beber en la ciudad de Cochabamba, Bolivia: escena comunicacional y prácticas socioculturales

Esta tesis se enmarca en el seno de los estudios de las prácticas socio culturales de ingesta de bebidas alcohólicas desde una perspectiva comunicacional crítica. Aborda el espacio social de Cochabamba, Bolivia en el año 2002. Es un esfuerzo de comprensión del espacio social cochabambino y las tensiones culturales que lo atraviesan, a partir de las prácticas del beber tal y como se manifestaban entre varones jóvenes y adultos jóvenes. Beber es encontrar sentido en el seno de una comunidad, las bebidas no son objetos comunicacionales neutros, cobran significación en un entorno socio cultural situado tanto geográfica como históricamente. El sentido mismo de las bebidas, se enlaza con las tensiones vigentes en el medio político y cultural de la ciudad. Interrogar la conformación del mundo cultural de 2002 y la manera en que las prácticas de beber revelaban las tensiones sociales en Cochabamba, nos permite reflexionar sobre un proceso histórico regional en que la lucha simbólica tiene una dimensión política. El abordaje que adoptamos es de tipo cualitativo, mediante la utilización de técnicas tales como los grupos motivacionales, las exploraciones etnográficas y las entrevistas en profundidad. Nuestra estrategia analítica y conceptual, sigue la tendencia de los estudios comunicacionales en la articulación de saberes provenientes de campos disciplinares diversos. En la configuración del objeto de análisis confluyen tradiciones teóricas, tales como el estudio antropológico del consumo de bebidas alcohólicas a nivel global (Mary Douglas, Heath), la noción de antagonismo social (Laclau), las reflexiones en torno a la territorialización del espacio (Giddens, Mazurek), la noción de ciudad dual (Castells, Sassen), el abordaje constructivo de los objetos culturales (Bourdieu), la constitución subjetiva del bebedor y sus procesos identificatorios (Lacan), la ubicación del bebedor en un aquí y ahora de la escena comunicacional (Goffman), así como la constitución de límites externos e internos en la configuración de identidades comunitarias (Zizek). Esta alternativa de abordaje conceptual, fue posible gracias al auxilio de la vasta producción generada por los intelectuales cochabambinos, sociólogos, antropólogos, historiadores y urbanistas, con los que se establece un diálogo enriquecedor. Por mencionar solo algunos de los referentes que acompañan nuestro trayecto, destacamos a Rodriguez Ostria, Ledo García, Antequera Durán, Gordillo, Tórrez, Solares, Cabrera, Loza, entre tantos otros.Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Socia

GARAI Mission: Two Microsatellites Embarking Four Imagers for Multispectral Submetric Earth Observation Serving Critical Applications

SATLANTIS MICROSATS SA and OHB Sweden are finalizing 2 micro satellites together under the project name GARAI, first launch scheduled in October 2024. This paper will present the current status of the High-Resolution Multispectral satellite and the services it will enable. Each satellite will embark two binocular imagers from the iSIM family, iSIM-90 and iSIM-170, combining high resolution images and videos with swath values up to 13 km and multispectrality, with a total of 14 different filters split between the four optical channels covering SWIR spectra, VIS Polarimetry, and PAN + VNIR spectra. The GARAI mission incorporates OHB Sweden\u27s flight proven InnoSat micro satellite platform together with SATLANTIS iSIM technology. InnoSat has proven itself worthy in various missions from commercial (GMS-T, 2021, ADIS, 2025), scientific (MATS, 2022) to institutional (AWS,2024 and EIS, 2025). iSIM technology has been demonstrated through past missions such as IOD (2020), CASPR (2021), ARMSAT-1 (2022), MANTIS (2023), GEI-SAT (2023), HORACIO (2024). The iSIM technology is based on diffraction-limited set of telescopes with high-precision, robust and light mechanical structure, high performance electronic control system and image processing unit including the proprietary Ultra High-Resolution algorithms for the maximization of spatial resolution, brightness, and contrast. The GARAI satellites will weight around 100 kg including around 30 kg of payload and feature Earth Observation state of art technology such as: - High data rate through a high-speed X-band link capable to downlink payload data at \u3e 500 Mb/s. - A high slew-rate mode for tracking of linear profiles such as borders, coastlines, or pipelines, resulting in maximum efficiency for data capture around the globe. This uses a Chebyshev polynomial based guidance mode accounting for the satellite agility where the onboard controller has been tuned for the particular use case and mission parameters. The guidance is generated with flight dynamics tools that transform the desired observable paths on earth into suitable actuation profiles on-board. The heritage onboard guidance block dates from OHB Sweden\u27s ODIN satellite, launched in 2001 and still in operation after 23 years! - High delta-V propulsion system for station keeping capabilities, collision avoidance and orbit transfer to accommodate a wide variety of mission profiles, and active atmospheric reentry. - An optical bench with a vibration isolation solution and high thermal stability through its own dedicated thermal control system accommodating both payloads and star trackers minimizing thermoelastic misalignments for precise pointing and geolocation. SATLANTIS will operate the satellite using its own Mission Control Center and Software integrated with the Mission Control Software RAMSES from OHB Sweden and will process the data at SATLANTIS Data-Hub. GARAI will serve a broad range of applications, from methane emissions detection (SWIR) of high accuracy through removal of aerosols (Polarimetry) with geolocation and quantification of the leaks simultaneous to visible observation of the scene (VNIR), to civil applications requiring high-resolution imagery and videos (VNIR) in combination with agile operations (high slew-rate and tracking of linear profiles) such as defense and security e.g., surveillance of critical infrastructure, borders, coasts, providing a leading market solution of Earth Observation satellites around 100 kg