Agentes robóticos y entretenimiento

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es dotar a dos robots humanoides NAO de la capacidad de generar entretenimiento. El resultado serán pequeñas interacciones entre los dos robots, mezclando voz y movimientos. Para ello se utilizará un archivo de texto XML, en el que estarán incluidas las frases y los tipos de movimiento que deben realizar los robots. Éstos, mediante un script en Python, se coordinarán para ofrecer una pequeña representación basada en el contenido del archivo XML, que se le pasará al script como parámetro de entrada.Ingeniería de Sistemas Audiovisuale

Rapidly deployable satellite communications for emergency situations: the WISECOM trials

This paper presents a general overview of the WISECOM (Wireless Infrastructure over Satellite for Emergency Communications) system, focusing on the trials performed on a specifically developed demonstrator during a live simulation of a disaster event. The WISECOM system is intended to rapidly deploy a complete communications infrastructure in the early hours after a disaster occurs through the integration of several terrestrial networks, such as GSM, WiFi, WiMAX and TETRA, with satellite systems, such as Inmarsat BGAN and DVB-RCS. In order to test the fulfilment of the different capabilities that are required by the system, a demonstrator has been designed, implemented and finally used in a simulation scenario. The architecture of the developed demonstrator is described introducing two versions of the system intended to be used in the different phases after the disaster event. The work details the different capabilities tested on the WISECOM demonstrator, before and during the live simulation, taking into account the drawbacks of already existing solutions for communication in emergency scenarios and analysing the achieved improvements. The main aim of the system is to provide victims and members of rescue forces with voice and data services, such as transmission of images and Location Based Services, in order to improve the coordination of rescue operations and reduce the necessary time until victims receive a proper treatment

IT-Supported Management of Mass Casualty Incidents: The e-Triage Project

Voice, analogue mobile radio, and paper have been successfully used for decades for coordination of emergencies and disasters, but although being simple and robust this approach cannot keep pace with today’s requirements any more. Emerging and established digital communication standards open the door to new applications and services, but the expected benefit needs to be carefully evaluated against robustness, interoperability, and user-friendliness. This paper describes a framework for IT-supported management of mass casualty incidents, which is currently under implementation and study. The four pillars of the concept are handheld devices for use both in daily rescue operations and in disasters, autonomous satellite-based communication infrastructure, a distributed database concept for maximal availability, and psychological acceptance research

Diseño de una papelería universitaria con la técnica visión del diseño del producto (VIP) y con los factores humanos presentes en los estudiantes de pregrado de la Facultad de Ingeniería Industrial de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira

En este trabajo se abordarán temas de suma relevancia como el diseño y factor humano, que actualmente es una herramienta muy importante para entender el comportamiento, el pensamiento y las percepciones de los clientes, tomándolas como base para el enfoque ViP (Vision in Product Desing) y así lograr el diseño de una papelería universitaria idónea para los estudiantes de la Facultad de Ingeniería Industrial de la UTP. Con la ayuda de esta temática se establecerán las relaciones que ayudarán a determinar las condiciones ideales de una papelería, en cuanto a productos y/o servicios, atención al cliente, diseño y distribución de planta, para penetrar en un mercado objetivo. Para desarrollar el proyecto se hizo uso de los grupos focales como medio de recolección de información para conocer las percepciones de los estudiantes de Ingeniería Industrial acerca de la papelería universitaria ubicada en el Galpón. Esta información se utilizó como base para la creación de un nuevo diseño de la papelería mediante la técnica ViP y así elaborar una propuesta fina que acerque abarque la mayoría de los requerimientos de la población estudiantil.In this work, highly relevant topics are discussed like the Human Factor Design which is currently a very important tool to understand the: behavior, thinking and the customer perceptions.These previous characteristics of the clients are the basis for the development of the approach ViP (Vision in Product Design) and in this way the design of an ideal university stationer's shop for students of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering of the UTP is achieved. using the VIP method are achieved establish ideal relationships that ensure the better development stationery in terms of products, service, customer care, design and distribution, for so achieve greater acceptance by users. To develop the project made use of focus groups as a way of gathering information , to understand the perceptions of students of Industrial Engineering about stationer's shop located in the main restaurant, This information was used to create a new design stationery by ViP technique and finally develop a full proposal, which covers most of the requirements of the student population

Urban monitoring of unpleasant odors with a handheld electronic nose

This work describes a real application of artificial olfaction where a handheld electronic nose was used as a validation tool for a chemical spillage in a southern town in Spain. The objective was to check if the palliative and precautionary measurements taken by the authorities were working effectively, removing the elevated values of phenol that were detected in a wide area of the municipality of Coria del R´ıo (Spain). To this end, a gas distribution map of the affected neighborhoods was built with a portable electronic nose taking into consideration the likely presence of other volatile chemicals in the area. For the latter, we trained a volatile chemical classifier with a dataset of typical urban smells that we wanted to remove from the results (e.g. traffic emissions, garbage, fresh-air), as well as with a specific air-born phenol dataset. Results demonstrated that the palliative measures were in general satisfactory, but some hot-spots were located where the intensity of phenol-like smell was still higher than desired. Advice was given to the local authorities to doublecheck these locations with analytical gas-monitoring equipment.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. Proyecto de Excelencia de la Junta de Andalucía TEP2012-53

LA HISTOGRAFIA RECIENTE SOBRE LA GUERRA CIVIL DE 1936-1939 EN LOS UMBRALES DEL NUEVO MILENIO

Historiographic analysis on the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) during the last two decades of the twentieth century. After the death of Franco and the setting of a democratic system, the studies on the war varied substantially. The new political situation encouraged the researchers to carry out studies which would have hardly been approached in the past which together with the possibility of consulting files until then inaccessible allowed the works to be approached with new focuses and contents. In the eighties and nineties, the bibliograpffical production constituted a clear example of the renewed interest of historians in this armed conflict, with the incorporation of work fle1ds flke the territorial studies on the repression which have, become fundamental so as to clarify the debated topic of «figures». On the other hand, new focuses on other facets, flke the recent books dedícated to the exile, reveal the protagonism the Civil War will continue to exert on the historical bibliography before the new millennium.Análisis historiográfico sobre la guerra civil española (1936-1939) en las dos últimas décadas del siglo XX. Tras la muerte de Franco y la implantación de un sistema democrático, los estudios sobre la contienda variaron sustancialmente. La nueva situación política estimuló a los investigadores a realizar estudios que en tiempos pretéritos difícilmente podían abordar con garantías, lo que unido a la posibilidad de consultar archivos hasta entonces inaccesibles, permitió abordar trabajos con nuevos planteamientos y contenidos. La producción bibliográfica en los años ochenta y noventa constituyó un claro ejemplo del renovado interés de los historiadores por este conflicto armado, con la incorporación de campos de trabajo como los estudios territoriales de la represión, que han resultado fundamentales para ir esclareciendo el debatido tema de las «cifras». Por otro lado, novedosos enfoques sobre otras facetas, como los recientes libros dedicados al exilio, muestran el protagonismo que la guerra civil seguirá teniendo en la bibliografía histórica de cara al nuevo milenio

Preference of veterinarians to select an udder health programme for milk producers

This investigation was carried out to gain more insight about the preference of veterinarians on the implementation of an udder health programme (UHP) in a dairy farm. Methods A choice experiment was designed to elicit the preferences of the participants. The study population consisted of 36 veterinarians from Argentina specialised on milk quality. The choice experiment offered several UHPs, which were combinations of some of the interventions included in the so-called five-point plan. To reduce bias among the participants, the UHPs offered were unlabelled and considered two farm contexts: One was on a pasture system and the other was on a dry-lot with pasture access system. The basic criteria (the so-called attribute) to describe veterinarians' preferences for each UHP proposed were efficacy on clinical mastitis (CM) and bulk milk somatic cell count (BMSCC) reduction, cost and technical support. The data collected were analysed using conjoint analysis. Results UHP cost and UHP efficacy on BMSCC and CM had a significant influence on veterinarians' ranking decisions under both dairy production contexts. The efficacy on CM was the most important attribute to prefer a particular UHP, while technical assistance was the least important attribute considered. The attributes related to efficacy on both BMSCC and CM explained over 60 per cent of the total importance of all attributes. Conclusion To the authors' knowledge, this is the first research in South America focused on studying veterinarians' preferences to suggest a UHP. The cost and efficacy attributes were the veterinarians' top priority attributes to decide the best UHP.Fil: Vissio, Claudina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud; ArgentinaFil: Richardet, Melina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Chaves, Javier. Lactodiagnóstico Sur; ArgentinaFil: Larriestra, Alejandro Jose. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Villa María. Instituto Académico Pedagógico de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas; Argentin

Editorial: Modulating glial cells phenotype. New findings and therapies

Aging and neurodegenerative diseases are closely related, and the common point between both scenarios is neuroinflammation. Neuroinflammation is mainly mediated by glial cells, astrocytes, and microglia; while endothelial cells transfer the pro-inflammatory signals from periphery. The mechanism that underlies glial cells activation and neuroinflammation-related damage is not fully understood, being the study of glial cells during aging as well as neurodegenerative diseases, a key point to identify targets and to develop therapies that modulate adverse outcomes and mitigate neurodegeneration. This Research Topic has produced a highly informative collection of original research and reviews, that cover multiple aspects for delving neuroinflammation and glial phenotypic changes in neurological diseases and aging. Researchers have presented their work and views to explain cellular and molecular mechanisms acquired by glial cells as well as possible interventions that can modify their functions and phenotypes associated with a broad spectrum of neurological diseases.Fil: Bellini, Maria Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata "Prof. Dr. Rodolfo R. Brenner". Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata "Prof. Dr. Rodolfo R. Brenner"; ArgentinaFil: Diz Chaves, Yolanda. Universidad de Vigo; EspañaFil: Ramos, Alberto Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Conservation of the Beira Railway Station in Mozambique: Lessons from a 20th-Century Heritage Case Study in Africa

The conservation of built cultural heritage is a fundamental task for modern societies. Specialized expertise is necessary to define a proper strategy to preserve a heritage that is accumulating damage due to the deterioration of materials, repeated loading, and exceptional events. This paper provides part of the work developed for the definition of the Conservation Management Plan of a 20th-century building in Africa. The monumental building, the Beira railway station, is in Mozambique and was considered among the one hundred more important 20th-century Portuguese engineering buildings. The work presented focuses on the analysis of damage, material characterization, and assessment of the comfort conditions of this concrete building—fundamental tasks for the understanding of the current condition of the building and the definition of appropriate remedial actions and maintenance tasks. The work provides a detailed definition of different approaches and techniques that can be implemented for this type of building to obtain reliable information to define measures and actions that are more in line with the reality of the building. Moreover, the work allows for a discussion on the long-term performance of Modern Movement buildings with low maintenance and the success of comfort concepts in local climatic conditions.This work is partly financed by the Getty Foundation under the Keeping It Modern Grant “Preparation of a conservation management plan for Francisco José de Castro, João Garizo do Carmo and Paulo de Melo Sampaio’s Beira Railway Station in Mozambique (Grant #: ORG-201942637). Funding provided by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) to the Research Unit ISISE (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007633) is also gratefully acknowledged