Firm Size and Regional Linkages. A Typology of Manufacturing Establishments in Southern Spain

Regions with different levels of development are characterized by different enterprise compositions according to firm size and regional productive linkages. Using these two variables and two additional ones -the technological level and the position in the value chain-, the composition of the industrial sector in any region can be studied. In this respect, a new theoretical enterprise typology is proposed in this paper as a powerful analytical tool. Furthermore, an empirical work is carried out using a data set from the survey done to estimate the regional input-output table of Andalusia, a backward region in southern Spain. Thus, the theoretical enterprise typology is applied to the industry in Andalusia, so that some strengths and weaknesses of the regional economy are identified

A Methodology for Variability Reduction in Manufacturing Cost Estimating in the Automotive Industry based on Design Features

Organised by: Cranfield UniversitySmall to medium manufacturing companies are coming to realise the increasing importance of performing fast and accurate cost estimates at the early stages of projects to address customers’ requests for quotation. However, they cannot afford the implementation of a knowledge-based cost estimating software. This paper explains the development and validation of a consistent methodology for the cost estimating of manufactured parts (focused on pistons) based on the design features. The research enabled the identification of the sources of variability in cost estimates, and the main one is the lack of formal procedures for the cost estimates in manufacturing SMEs. Finally, a software prototype was developed that reduces the variability in the cost estimates by defining a formal procedure, following the most appropriate cost estimating techniques.Mori Seiki – The Machine Tool Compan

Der Umlauf der spanischen Handschriften aus dem Antiquariat Leo Liepmannssohns in Paris und Berlin

One of the antique libraries most representative of the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century was that of Leo Liepmannssohn, with branches in Paris and Berlin. Its importance grew over time due to its auctions of many manuscripts by J. S. Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven and other composers, a fact that explains how the author came across it during his investigation into the referred manuscripts. The object of this investigation is a collection of more than 300 folders that can be consulted in the Music Department in the Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin. The folders contain the annual catalogues from the antique library of Liepmannssohn (Berlin) comprising the years 1866 to 1923. Each catalogue consists of a list of all the sales from the corresponding year in alphabetical order and contains, besides manuscripts, literature, musical treatises and the portraits of several composers. There are many Spanish manuscripts included in these catalogues whose distribution was so important that in 1900 Liepmannssohn published an exclusive catalogue for Spanish and Portuguese manuscripts, 291 of which the librarian had sold during that year. During the celebration of those auctions many documents, musical treatises and manuscripts, both known and unknown, were brought to light. The investigation earned out contributes to our knowledge about the works of different Spanish composers from the 16<sup>th</sup> to the 19<sup>th</sup> centuries and their distribution abroad, especially in Berlin.<br><br>[de] Eines der repräsentativsten Antiquariate der zweiten Hälfte des XIX Jh. und des Anfangs des XX Jh. wurde von Leo Liepmannssohn in den Städten Paris und Berlin verwaltet. Durch die Versteigerung vieler Handschriften von J.S. Bach, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven und anderer Komponisten gewann das Antiquariat zusatzlich an Bedeutung. Deswegen ist es verstandlich, dass der Autor auf das Antiquariat stieß, als er Nachforschungen über den Umlauf dieser Handschriften anstellte. Der Forschungsgegenstand beinhaltet eine Sammlung von mehr als 300 Heften, die in der Musikabteilung der Staatsbibliothek PreuBischer Kulturbesitz zu Berlin einzusehen sind. Die Hefte umfassen die Jahreskataloge des Liepmannssohnschen Antiquariates (Berlin) der Jahre 1866 bis 1923. Jeder Katalog hat alie Verkäufe des jeweiligen Jahres in alphabetischer Reihenfolge aufgelistet und enthält neben Handschriften auch Literatur, Musikabhandlungen und Portraits verschiedener Komponisten. In diesen Katalogen sind sehr viele spanische Handschriften aufgeführt. Der Umlauf all dieser Handschriften ist so wichtig, dass Leo Liepmannssohn 1900 einen Katalog nur mit spanischen und portugiesischen Handschriften veroffendicht hat. In jenem Jahr hatte Liepmannssohn 291 spanische und portugiesische Handschriften versteigert. In diesen Versteigerungen tauchten bekannte - aber auch viele unbekannte - Dokumente, Handschriften und Musikabhandlungen auf. Durch diese Forschung wurden die Kenntnisse über Kompositionen verschiedener spanischer Komponisten des XVI. bis XIX. Jh. erweitert und im Ausland - speziell in Berlin - verbreitet

Fundamentos de la percusión corporal como recurso para la estimulación cognitiva, atención y memoria - Método BAPNE

En esta publicación fundamentamos el uso de la percusión corporal – Método BAPNE en relación a la atención, las bases de aprendizaje, el uso de la palabra con sus acentos prosódicos, su finalidad terapéutica y su valor antropológico. Con ello, deseamos plasmar los aspectos más importantes que potencia el uso de la percusión corporal en los diversos tipos de colectivos. Es por ello, que la estimulación de la atención en todas sus facetas es muy importante para poder realizar una clara estimulación cognitiva. Con esta investigación, deseamos plasmar las líneas maestras según la metodología BAPNE

Body Percussion and Memory for Elderly People Through the BAPNE Method

In this investigation, we present a study carried out on 38 elderly subjects aged 65 with the first signs of senile dementia, to whom the BAPNE method was applied in order to observe their cognitive stimulation. The study was focussed on activities carried out to stimulate executive functions and attention. The pre- and post-tests (eNB and Neglect) have shown evidence of a noticeable improvement in executive functions and changes due to decreased levels of the hormone cortisol. The state of flow of the participants was positive: the DFS-2 and FSS-2 tests carried out confirm a flow of activity with a clear sense of time being lost during the performing of the proposed exercises

Evaluation criteria in the didactics of body percussion – the BAPNE Method

El método BAPNE presenta unos criterios específicos a la hora de evaluar el movimiento agrupados en cuatro grandes bloques denominados: coordinación psicomotora, aspectos cognitivos, aprendizaje en valores y desarrollo de la Inteligencias Múltiples. A partir de cada apartado se intentan clarificar los indicadores más representativos con el fin de ofrecerle a los docentes las herramientas básicas para su aplicación y evaluación en el aula.The BAPNE method presents specific criteria for evaluating movement that can be grouped into four large blocks, namely: psychomotor coordination, cognitive aspects, the learning of values and the development of Multiple Intelligences. Each section aims to clarify the most representative indicators with a view to offering educators the basic tools for its application and evaluation in the classroom

Validación experimental de un modelo de músculo activado de forma artificial

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Design of a patient-tailored active knee-ankle-foot orthosis to assist the gait of spinal cord injured subjects

—This paper presents the main design steps in the development of an active knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) conceived to assist the gait of incomplete spinal cord injured (SCI) subjects. The design approach is based on the idea of modifying the available passive orthoses by adding adaptable mechatronic modules at the joints. This approach has resulted in a prototype that has been tested on SCI patients. The design and control problems found and their adopted solutions are thoroughly described.Postprint (published version