The Phenomenology of Bodily Perception

Since this is a colloquium on phenomenological and experimental approaches to cognition I’d like to set up the problem I want to address in terms of two of the different strands that we find in Merleau-Ponty’s thinking about the phenomenology of the body. One of these strands is profoundly insightful. The other one, however, seems to me to be lacking in plausibility - or rather, to put it less confrontationally and more in keeping with the spirit of the colloquium, the second strand seems to stand in the way of there being a certain type of fruitful interaction between phenomenological and experimental approaches to cognition. As far as I can see (and I’m very much open to correction at this point) Merleau- Ponty was of the opinion that they came as a package. What I would like to do in this short presentation is sketch out a line of thought that prises them apart

Self-deception and Selectivity: Reply to Jurjako

Marko Jurjako’s article “Self-deception and the selectivity problem” (Jurjako 2013) offers a very interesting discussion of intentionalist approaches to self-deception and in particular the selectivity objection to anti-intentionalism raised in Bermúdez 1997 and 2000. This note responds to Jurjako’s claim that intentionalist models of self-deception face their own version of the selectivity problem, offering an account of how intentions are formed that can explain the selectivity of self-deception, even in the “common or garden” cases that Jurjako emphasizes

Self-deception and Selectivity: Reply to Jurjako

Marko Jurjako’s article “Self-deception and the selectivity problem” (Jurjako 2013) offers a very interesting discussion of intentionalist approaches to self-deception and in particular the selectivity objection to anti-intentionalism raised in Bermúdez 1997 and 2000. This note responds to Jurjako’s claim that intentionalist models of self-deception face their own version of the selectivity problem, offering an account of how intentions are formed that can explain the selectivity of self-deception, even in the “common or garden” cases that Jurjako emphasizes

An Analysis of A Low-Energy, Low-Water Use Community in Mexico City

This study investigated how to determine a potential scenario to reduce energy, water and transportation use in Mexico City by implementing low-energy, low-water use communities. The proposed mixed-use community has multi-family apartments and a small grocery store. The research included the analysis of: case studies, energy simulation, and hand calculations for water, transportation and cost analysis. The previous case studies reviewed include: communities in Mexico City, Mexico, Austin, Texas, Phoenix, Arizona, New York City, New York and San Diego, California in terms of successful low-energy, low-water use projects. The analysis and comparison of these centers showed that the Multifamiliar Miguel Aleman is an excellent candidate to be examined for Mexico City. This technical potential study evaluated energy conserving measures such as low-energy appliances and efficient lighting that could be applied to the apartments in Mexico City to reduce energy-use. The use of the simulations and manual calculations showed that the application of the mixed-use concept was successful in reducing the energy and water use and the corresponding carbon footprint. Finally, this technical potential study showed taking people out of their cars as a result of the presence of the on-site grocery store, small recreation center and park on the ground floor also reduced their overall transportation energy-use. The improvement of the whole community (i.e., apartments plus grocery store) using energy-efficient measures provided a reduction of 70 percent of energy from the base-case. In addition a 69 percent reduction in water-use was achieved by using water-saving fixtures and greywater reuse technologies for the complex. The combination of high-efficiency automobiles and the presence of the on-site grocery store, small recreation center and park potentially reduced the transportation energy-use by 65 percent. The analysis showed an energy cost reduction of 82 percent reduction for apartments and a 22 percent reduction for the store. In addition, for water cost there was a 70 percent reduction for apartments and a 16 percent reduction for the store. Overall, a 64 total percent reduction in carbon dioxide (CO_(2)) was accomplished by saving energy-use in the apartments, the grocery store and transportation. Finally, a guide has been created for Mexico City to establish strategies and actions based on the results of this work in order to reduce overall energy and water-use in Mexico City. The guide is expected to be useful in the short term in Mexico City, and could be potentially adopted in the long term in other countries in the same manner as which Brazil and Colombia adopted the Mexican CONAVI’s 2010 Housing Building Code

Las creaturas de Victor y yo

67 p. Recurso Electr?nicoEste proyecto se enmarca en el conflicto armado en Colombia aproximadamente entre los a?os 1990 y 2000, los hechos aqu? mencionados son verdaderos, sucedieron en el municipio de Santa Isabel, ubicado al norte del departamento del Tolima. Mi postura es desde la experiencia donde lo primordial era la vida, dar vida a lo que no tiene vida, ya que esta era la labor principal en mi hogar, haciendo parte de un modo no profesional del cuerpo m?dico del hospital de este municipio, un hecho autobiogr?fico de lo que puedo recordar y un testimonio que marco mi quehacer art?stico, dando como resultado el proyecto las creaturas de V?ctor y Yo.This project is part of the armed conflict in Colombia between 1990 and 2000, the events mentioned here are true, happened in the municipality of Santa Isabel, located north of the department of Tolima. My position is from the experience where the primordial life was to give life to what has no life, since this was the main work in my home, being part of a non-professional way of the medical staff of the hospital of this municipality, a An autobiographical fact of what I can remember and a testimony that frames my artistic work, resulting in the project the creatures of Victor and I. Keywords: Creatures, memory, Victor, monster, hospital, Frankenstein, house, experiment

Satisfacción de los Usuarios en edades de 20 a 30 años del programa de Enfermedades Crónicas No Transmisibles del Puesto de Salud El Castillo Municipio El Castillo, Río San Juan, Octubre a Noviembre de 2016

La calidad de la atención en salud es un derecho ciudadano en donde el eje central es la satisfacción de los usuarios y está considerada como un elemento diferenciador en el proceso de atención de las expectativas de los usuarios en los servicios de salud. Obviamente, que la percepción y la satisfacción de los usuarios es lo que más visualiza la calidad sentida a la prestación de servicio, omitiendo lo que percibe el usuario interno, como este labora, que en definitiva repercute en el trato que recibe el paciente. Este trabajo de investigación, tiene como objetivo determinar la satisfacción de usuarios en pacientes en edades de 20 a 60 años del programa de Enfermedades Crónicas No Transmisibles del Puesto de Salud El Castillo, Municipio El Castillo, Río San Juan, octubre a noviembre de 2016. Es un estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo, la muestra es 82 pacientes que acudieron al programa de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. Para la recolección de los datos se realizó entrevista al usuario interno y externo, se elaboró una base de datos en SPSS. Dentro de los resultados encontramos que la mayoría son mujeres, entre 50 a 60 años, evangélicas, acompañadas, de procedencia rural y escolaridad primaria. En relación a la estructura de la unidad los usuarios coinciden en que es buena. En cuanto al proceso la calidad de la atención percibida por ambos usuarios es buena y el tiempo de espera se encontró que es entre 30 a 60 minutos. La satisfacción de los usuarios a la atención brindada por el personal médico y de enfermería en general es buena. Como recomendaciones se propone a la unidad disminuir el tiempo de espera para la atención, así como darle continuidad a la realización de este tipo de estudio

Analysis of a thermal system through remote laboratories

This paper describes the experiences using remote laboratories for thorough analysis of a thermal system, including disturbances. Remote laboratories for education in subjects of control, is a common resorted method, used by universities. This method is applied to offer a flexible service in schedules so as to obtain greater and better results of available resources. Remote laboratories have been used for controlling physical devices remotely. Furthermore, remote labs have been used for transfer function identification of real equipment. Nevertheless, remote analyses of disturbances have not been done. The aim of this contribution is thereby to apply the experience of remote laboratories in the study of disturbances. Some experiments are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness in using remote laboratories for complete analysis of a thermal system. Considering the remote access to thermal system, “Sistema de Laboratorios a Distancia” (SLD) was used

Tuning a hybrid SA based algorithm applied to Optimal Sensor Network Design

El problema de diseño de una red de sensores en plantas de proceso (Sensor Network Design Problem, SNDP) consiste en determinar las variables de proceso que deben ser medidas, a fin de alcanzar el grado de conocimiento requerido de dicha planta. Proponemos resolver el problema SNDP en plantas de tamaño y complejidad creciente utilizando un algoritmo híbrido basado en Recocido Simulado (Hybrid Simulated Annealing, HSA) como metaheurística principal y Búsqueda Tabú con Oscilación Estratégica como metaheurística subordinada. Investigamos los ajustes de los parámetros de control para obtener el mejor desempeño del HSA. Los resultados experimentales indican que el HSA puede efectivamente encontrar una solución de buena calidad en tiempos de computo razonable. Mas a ´ un, HSA muestra buenas ´ características en la solución de SNDP en comparación con algoritmos propuestos en la literatura.Sensor network design problem (SNDP) in process plants includes the determination of which process variables should be measured to achieve a required degree of knowledge about the plant. We propose to solve the SNDP problem in plants of increasing size and complexity using a hybrid algorithm based on Simulated Annealing (HSA) as main metaheuristic and Tabu Search embedded with Strategic Oscillation (SOTS) as a subordinate metaheuristic. We studied the tuning of control parameters in order to improve the HSA performance. Experimental results indicate that a high-quality solution in reasonable computational times can be found by HSA effectively. Moreover, HSA shows good features solving SNDP compared with proposals from the literature.Fil: Hernandez, Jose Luis. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ingeniería; ArgentinaFil: Salto, Carolina. Universidad Nacional de la Pampa. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Informatica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; ArgentinaFil: Minetti, Gabriela Fabiana. Universidad Nacional de la Pampa. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Informatica; ArgentinaFil: Carnero, Mercedes del Carmen. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ingeniería; ArgentinaFil: Bermudez, Carlos Alberto. Universidad Nacional de la Pampa. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Informatica; ArgentinaFil: Sanchez, Mabel Cristina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química; Argentin

Rickettsioses in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal

Data on genus and infectious by Rickettsia were retrospectively compiled from the critical review literature regarding all countries in Latin America, Caribbean islands, Portugal and Spain. We considered all Rickettsia records reported for human and/or animal hosts, and/or invertebrate hosts considered being the vector. In a few cases, when no direct detection of a given Rickettsia group or species was available for a given country, the serologic method was considered. A total of 13 Rickettsia species have been recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean. The species with the largest number of country confirmed records were Rickettsia felis (9 countries), R. prowazekii (7 countries), R. typhi (6 countries), R. rickettsii (6 countries), R. amblyommii (5 countries), and R. parkeri (4 countries). The rickettsial records for the Caribbean islands (West Indies) were grouped in only one geographical area. Both R. bellii, R. akari, and Candidatus ‘R. andeane’ have been recorded in only 2 countries each, whereas R. massiliae, R. rhipicephali, R.monteiroi, and R. africae have each been recorded in a single country (in this case, R. africae has been recorded in nine Caribbean Islands). For El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, no specific Rickettsia has been reported so far, but there have been serological evidence of human or/and animal infection. The following countries remain without any rickettsial records: Belize, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, and Paraguay. In addition, except for a few islands, many Caribbean islands remain without records. A total of 12 Rickettsia species have been reported in Spain and Portugal: R. conorii, R. helvetica, R. monacensis, R. felis, R. slovaca, R. raoultii, R. sibirica, R. aeschlimannii, R. rioja, R. massiliae, R. typhi, and R. prowazekii. Amongst these Rickettsia species reported in Spain and Portugal, only R. prowazekii, R. typhi, R. felis, and R. massiliae have also been reported in Latin America. This study summarizes the current state of art on the rickettsial distribution in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. The data obtained allow a better understanding on rickettsial epidemiology and distribution of vector ecology.Reportes del genero Rickettsia y sus asociadas infecciones fueron compilados en una revisión crítica retrospectiva de la literatura científica de los países de Latinoamérica, el Caribe, Portugal y España. Se consideraron todos los reportes para huéspedes humanos y/o animales y también para huéspedes invertebrados los cuales fueron considerados como vectores asociados con Rickettsia. En algunos casos, cuando no existió detección directa a un determinado grupo de rickettsias o especies no disponible en un país, se tuvo en cuenta la detección indirecta por serología. Un total de 13 especies de Rickettsia han sido reportadas en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Las especies más encontradas en los países fueron: Rickettsia felis (9 países), R. prowazekii (7 países), R. typhi (6 países), R. rickettsii (6 países), R. amblyommii (5 países) y R. parkeri (4 países). Los datos de las islas del Caribe (antillas menores o Indias occidentales), fueron agrupados en una sola área geográfica como un solo país. Ambas R. bellii, R. akari y Candidatus ‘R. andeane’ fueron reportadas en solo 2 países, mientras que R. massiliae, R. rhipicephali, R.monteiroi, y R. africae fueron informadas en un solo país. En este caso R. africae fue reportada en 9 islas de las Antillas menores. Para El Salvador, Honduras y Nicaragua, hasta ahora no se han reportado especies de Rickettsia, pero si evidencia serológica de infección humana y/o animal. Sin reportes de infección por Rickettsia permanecen: Belice, Venezuela, Guayana, Surinam y Paraguay. Además, a excepción de algunas islas del Caribe, muchas de ellas permanecen sin reportes. Un total de 12 especies de Rickettsia han sido documentadas en España y Portugal: R. conorii, R. helvetica, R. monacensis, R. felis, R. slovaca, R. raoultii, R. sibirica, R. aeschlimannii, R. rioja, R. massiliae, R. typhi y R. prowazekii. Entre estas, solamente R. prowazekii, R. typhi, R. felis y R. massiliae han sido documentados en Latinoamérica, España y Portugal. Los datos de este estudio permiten entender mejor la epidemiología de las rickettsias en Latinoamérica, Caribe, España y Portugal, y la distribución de los vectores