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    Solar-pumped laser Final report

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    Solar pumped modulated laser to generate coherent radiation at optical wavelengths for long range, real time television data transmissio

    Bayesian Updating Rules in Continuous Opinion Dynamics Models

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    In this article, I investigate the use of Bayesian updating rules applied to modeling social agents in the case of continuos opinions models. Given another agent statement about the continuous value of a variable xx, we will see that interesting dynamics emerge when an agent assigns a likelihood to that value that is a mixture of a Gaussian and a Uniform distribution. This represents the idea the other agent might have no idea about what he is talking about. The effect of updating only the first moments of the distribution will be studied. and we will see that this generates results similar to those of the Bounded Confidence models. By also updating the second moment, several different opinions always survive in the long run. However, depending on the probability of error and initial uncertainty, those opinions might be clustered around a central value.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures, presented at SigmaPhi200

    La innovación como proceso: aplicación a la enseñanza de temas introductórios de Termodinámica

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    El presente trabajo muestra algunos resultados de un primer análisis de las actividades incluidas en una propuesta innovadora sobre temas de Termodinámica. Esta propuesta contempló aspectos conceptuales y metodológicos de temas básicos comprendidos en un curso introductorio. La propuesta incluyó modificaciones no sólo en la presentación de los conceptos sino también en la actividad desarrollada en clase por los alumnos y en la ejercitación posterior. Estuvo enmarcada en un proceso que involucró a dos cátedras de distintos niveles de una misma Facultad y se caracterizó por una realimentación entre la implementación de los cambios y la evaluación del aprendizaje logrado. El análisis de una evaluación sistemática de la incorporación de conceptos, tale como energía, trabajo y calor, mostró, junto a una mejor incorporación y persistencia en el tiempo de los conceptos indagados, la necesidad de un cuidadoso diseño de los instrumentos de evaluación.Some of the results obtained through the analysis of activities included in an innovative proposal on the teaching of thermodynamics at an introductory level are shown. This proposal dealt with conceptual and methodological aspects about basic concepts and included changes in the way these concepts were introduced and in-classroom student activities. The innovative process, involving two courses of different level which belong to the same School, was characterized by a constant feedback between implementation of changes and evaluation of student achievement. The systematic assessment done through testing of concepts such as energy, work and heat has shown not only a better incorporation and permanence of the inquired concepts but also suggests the need of careful survey design.Fil: Bordogna, C.. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Fisicomatemática; ArgentinaFil: Cotignola, M. I.. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Fisicomatemática; ArgentinaFil: Punte, Graciela Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Capannini, O. M.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física de Líquidos y Sistemas Biológicos. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física de Líquidos y Sistemas Biológicos; Argentin

    A Survey of Volunteered Open Geo-Knowledge Bases in the Semantic Web

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    Over the past decade, rapid advances in web technologies, coupled with innovative models of spatial data collection and consumption, have generated a robust growth in geo-referenced information, resulting in spatial information overload. Increasing 'geographic intelligence' in traditional text-based information retrieval has become a prominent approach to respond to this issue and to fulfill users' spatial information needs. Numerous efforts in the Semantic Geospatial Web, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), and the Linking Open Data initiative have converged in a constellation of open knowledge bases, freely available online. In this article, we survey these open knowledge bases, focusing on their geospatial dimension. Particular attention is devoted to the crucial issue of the quality of geo-knowledge bases, as well as of crowdsourced data. A new knowledge base, the OpenStreetMap Semantic Network, is outlined as our contribution to this area. Research directions in information integration and Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) are then reviewed, with a critical discussion of their current limitations and future prospects

    Нейросекреторная активность супраоптического ядра переднего гипоталамуса кроликов под действием транскутанной электростимуляции зрительного анализатора

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    На 8 кролях породи Метелик вивчали вплив непрямої черезшкірної електростимуляції зорового аналізатора на нейросекреторну активність магноцелюлярних клітин супраоптичного ядра переднього гіпоталамусу. На мікропрепаратах інтактних тварин переважали нейрони II морфофункціонального типу, що перебувають у стадії синтезу нейросекрету. Показано, що за дії электростимуляції спостерігається перерозподіл головних морфо-функціональних типів нейронів. Відзначено збільшення змісту клітин I й III типів, відповідно у стадіях спокою після виведення секрету й накопичення, що вказує на активацію процесів звільнення нейросекрету і його акумуляції. Виразність реакції нервової тканини однакова при силі стимулюючого струму 100 мкА й 300 мкА.The influence of indirect through-skin electrostimulation (different doses) of the optical analyser on neurosecretory activity of anterior hypothalamus magnocellular nucleus was stading during chronic experiment. The stady was carried out on rabbits. Five morphological types of neurons was exposed in the supraoptical nucleus of control animal groop: I type- phase of rest after neurosecrets leading, II- phase of synthesis, III- phase of accumulation, IV - leading phase, V - phase of degerneration, but neurons of II types was prevalenced (51%). The indirect electrostimulation of the optical analyser provokes quantitative changes of keeping same neurons types. The number of I and III types neurons increases (on 20% and 7%) . The kind of changes is indicative of electrostimulation activation influense on neurosecrets leading and accumulation. Expression of nervous tissue reaction was identical under different doses (100 mkA and 300 mkA) of afferent electrostimulation
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