Conceptual Framework for the Use of Building Information Modeling in Engineering Education

The objective of this paper is to present a critical literature review of the Building Information Modelling (BIM) methodologyandtoanalyzewhetherBIMcanbeconsideredaVirtualLearningEnvironment.Aconceptualframeworkis proposed for using BIM in a university context. A search of documents was carried out in the Core Collection of Web of Science; it was restricted to the last five years (2013–2017). A total of 95 documents were analyzed; all documents were written in English and peer reviewed. BIM meets all the characteristics of Virtual Learning Environments. The proposed framework has three dimensions (competencies, pedagogical approach and level of integration).It allows for the planning and analysis of future experiences of teaching BIM in a university context.Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and AEI/FEDER, UE Projects EDU2016-77007-RRegional Government of Extremadura (Spain) IB 16068Regional Government of Extremadura (Spain) GR1800

The translation of Mexicanisms into French: Traductological Analysis of the Culinary Culturems in Laura Esquivel’s Como agua para chocolate

El trasvase de los culturemas de una lengua origen a una lengua meta es una de las cuestiones más complejas en el seno de la traducción, más aún en el ámbito de la traducción literaria. En el presente artículo abordamos un análisis comparativo de carácter traductológico de la obra mexicana Como agua para chocolate de Laura Esquivel y su traducción a francés, prestando especial atención a la traducción de los mexicanismos propios del ámbito culinario, así como a la fraseología relacionada con esta temática. Una vez realizado este estudio descriptivo, concluimos que los culturemas gastronómicos son uno de los elementos de carácter cultural más complejos de traducir, que requieren de una postura coherente por parte del traductor, en un proceso en el que intervienen otros factores como las características del encargo de traducción y la editorial.The transfer of the culturems from a source language to a target langue is one of the most difficult aspects during the translation process, especially in the literary translation. This paper addresses a comparative analysis from a traductological perspective of Laura Esquivel’s literacy work Como agua para chocolate and its translation into French, focusing on the translation of the numerous Mexican culinary culturems and the gastronomic phraseology used in the author. This paper concludes that the translation of culinary culturems in literature requires a coherent translation in a process in which also come into play the characteristics of the assignment and the publishing house

An approach to the nineteenth century interest about wine growing: considerations about the translation into French of Simón Clemente y Rubio’s Ensayo sobre las variedades de la vid común que vegetan en Andalucía in France

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Spanish science has been characterized as a dependent science of the researches and scientific discoveries in Europe, especially those proceeding from France, one of the most prominent countries in the continent at the cultural and scientific level. In this context, the needs to have access to these discoveries and researches provoked an augmentation of the translation in Spain. Nevertheless, some treatises originally written in Spanish acquired relevance and prestige in Europe, among which it is found Simón de Rojas Clemente y Rubio’s Ensayo sobre las variedades de la vic común que vegetan en Andalucía. This paper focuses the reception and the translation of this book in France, having into account the interest of enology as an emergent science during the nineteenth century.La science espagnole s’est caractérisée, tout au long du XVIIIe et XIXe siècle, comme une science dépendante des recherches et des progrès scientifiques produits en Europe, spécialement ceux survenus en France, pays qui possédait le rang de phare culturel et chercheur de l’époque, condition accrue par sa proximité géographique avec l’Espagne. De cette manière, la nécessité de connaître les différents progrès et découvertes étrangers a provoqué une augmentation de l’activité traductrice dans le pays ibérique. Cependant, certains traités rédigés originalement en espagnol ont acquis une grande relevance et prestige en Europe, parmi lesquels on trouve l’ouvrage Ensayo sobre las variedades de la vic común que vegetan en Andalucía de Simón de Rojas Clemente y Rubio. Le présent article aborde la réception dudit ouvrage en France et sa traduction en français, compte tenu du grand intérêt dont jouissait l’oenologie en tant que science émergente durant le XIXe siècle

Jitter and Shimmer measurements for speaker diarization

Jitter and shimmer voice quality features have been successfully used to characterize speaker voice traits and detect voice pathologies. Jitter and shimmer measure variations in the fundamental frequency and amplitude of speaker's voice, respectively. Due to their nature, they can be used to assess differences between speakers. In this paper, we investigate the usefulness of these voice quality features in the task of speaker diarization. The combination of voice quality features with the conventional spectral features, Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), is addressed in the framework of Augmented Multiparty Interaction (AMI) corpus, a multi-party and spontaneous speech set of recordings. Both sets of features are independently modeled using mixture of Gaussians and fused together at the score likelihood level. The experiments carried out on the AMI corpus show that incorporating jitter and shimmer measurements to the baseline spectral features decreases the diarization error rate in most of the recordings.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Problem Understanding through Landscape Theory

In order to understand the structure of a problem we need to measure some features of the problem. Some examples of measures suggested in the past are autocorrelation and fitness-distance correlation. Landscape theory, developed in the last years in the field of combinatorial optimization, provides mathematical expressions to efficiently compute statistics on optimization problems. In this paper we discuss how can we use optimización combinatoria in the context of problem understanding and present two software tools that can be used to efficiently compute the mentioned measures.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (TIN2011-28194

Addressing the 5G cell switch-off problem with a multi-objective cellular genetic algorithm

© 20xx IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.The power consumption foreseen for 5G networks is expected to be substantially greater than that of 4G systems, mainly because of the ultra-dense deployments required to meet the upcoming traffic demands. This paper deals with a multi- objective formulation of the Cell Switch-Off (CSO) problem, a well-known and effective approach to save energy in such dense scenarios, which is addressed with an accurate, yet rather unknown multi-objective metaheuristic called MOCell (multi- objective cellular genetic algorithm). It has been evaluated over a different set of networks of increasing densification levels. The results have shown that MOCell is able to reach major energy savings when compared to a widely used multi-objective algorithm.TIN2016-75097-P Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Distributed lightning monitoring: an affordable proposal

In theaters and the filmmaking industry, video streams, images, audio streams and scalar data are commonly used. In these fields, one of the most important magnitudes to be collected and controlled is the light intensity in different scene spots. So, it is extremely important to be able to deploy a network of light sensors which are usually integrated in a more general Wireless Multimedia Sensor Network (WMSN). If many light measurements have to be acquired, the simpler and cheaper the sensor, the more affordable theWMSN will be. In this paper we propose the use of a set of very cheap light sensors (photodiodes) and to spectrally and directionally correct their measurements using mathematical methods. A real testing of the proposed solution has been accomplished, obtaining quite accurate light measurements. Testing results are also presented throughout the paper.Telefonica Chair "Intelligence in Networks" of the University of Seville (Spain

Does malaga city have green and blue infraestructures? analysis of their ecological connectivity, population accesibility and potential ecosystem services

Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as “benefits people obtain from ecosystems”, and classified as provisioning, regulation and maintenance, and cultural services. Nowadays, there is continuous search for incrementing wellbeing, besides a higher concern for environment. Accordingly, ES contribute positively to decrease these concerns. Green and blue infrastructures (GBI) play an important role in the regulation of natural cycles in urban and periurban areas, providing a number of ES, not always considered in planning and decision making process. GBI may be designed to reduce the ecological footprint, reduce natural hazards, and improve the quality of urban living environment (e.g air quality, water quality, noise, climate, aesthetics). GBI provide space for relaxation and restoration as well as exercise and leisure activities, promote new green services and jobs, and therefore increase the resilience of cities facing the Global Change. Many Mediterranean cities present few spaces considered as GBI. In our case study, does Málaga city have GBI providing ES to its population? Málaga is a Mediterranean city of importance in southern Europe due to its strategic location and good communications. It has a population of almost 600.000 people plus the great amount of tourist throughout the year. Thus, it would be rather important to have GBI improving urban quality life and well-being.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech