Video interactiu amb Processing

Aquest document conté la memòria del projecte de fi de carrera “Vídeo interactiu amb Processing”. Processing és un programa de codi obert creat per Ben Fry i Casey Reas amb l’objectiu d’ajuntar art i programació. Amb aquest programa es poden crear dibuixos i animacions de forma fàcil i ràpida. A més, permet crear interaccions dels gràfics amb un ratolí, un teclat, àudio o comandaments sense fils com el Wiimote. Els objectius d’aquest projecte són la connexió del comandament de la consola Wii (Wiimote) amb el PC i amb el programa Processing, la interacció d’aquest comandament amb gràfics i la creació d’una peça final on es pogués apreciar aquesta interacció. Aquesta memòria està dividida en 3 capítols: Processing, Wiimote i Sketch i àudio. En el primer capítol es parla de Processing, programa amb el qual es creen els gràfics i que ens permet crear la interacció del Wiimote amb dibuixos i animacions. En el segon capítol s’expliquen tots els passos a fer per connectar el Wiimote amb el PC i amb Processing, com està dissenyat el Wiimote i les llibreries pròpies del comandament. El tercer i últim capítol, explica totes les proves fetes amb gràfics, amb el Wiimote i amb àudio i també la peça final. A més, també s’explica la llibreria Minim, la qual ens ha permès interaccionar amb àudio. La part del projecte que ha donat més problemes ha estat tota la part explicada en el capítol 2: el tema de la connexió del Wiimote amb el PC i amb Processing utilitzant l’entorn de Java amb la seva versió correcta i les llibreries adequades. Per aquest motiu s’ha dedicat molt de temps a tota la part de connexió del Wiimote amb el PC i amb Processing i no s’ha pogut aprofundir més en la part gràfica ni en la interacció d’àudio i gràfics. Tot i els problemes que hi ha hagut durant l’execució del projecte, finalment s’han aconseguit els objectius inicials

New Possibilities in Audiovisual Ergodic Narratives

Espen J. Aarseth defined in his work Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature (1997) ergodic literature as one in which “a non-trivial effort is required to allow the reader to pass through the text”. Based on the analysis of a representative body of narratives found within the ergodic spectrum, this article aims to bring order to the classification of ergodic narratives; and contribute to the development of two possibilities of this type of narrative: transmedial and raccontian. Transmedial ergodic literature takes into account the new media and the latest technologies available to the teleuser in order to transform his limited role from decision making to an acting role in the narrative, becoming an off-stage character. The raccontian proposal is characterized by the application of alterations in the hidden layer of a storyline using the Schrödinger cat effect. Ergodic decision-making dynamics are applied in racconto scenes (Rondolino e Tomasi 1995) to manipulate the timeline prior to the story world’s starting point. This allows a greater diversification of outcomes by varying elements that usually remain inflexible and truncated. Two proposals that therefore affect different areas of transmedia communication, as we will demonstrate in this article

The automotive sector in Spain. Influence of R&D investment on the improvement of total factor productivity

Obecne zglobalizowane środowisko zostało poprzedzone ogólnym wzrostem rozpowszechnienia i wykorzystania technologii informacyjno-komunikacyjnych (ICT), jak również dużymi inwestycjami przedsiębiorstw w badania i rozwój (R&D). Okoliczność ta sprawia, że korzystanie z tych technologii ma zasadnicze znaczenie dla sektora motoryzacyjnego i gwarantuje rosnącą konkurencyjność międzynarodową. W związku z tym właściwe wykorzystanie technologii informacyjno-komunikacyjnych zapewnia poprawę wydajności, a tym samym konkurencyjności przedsiębiorstw. W artykule przeanalizowano ewolucję całkowitej produktywności czynników produkcji (TFP) w hiszpańskim sektorze motoryzacyjnym w roku 2017, w celu określenia wpływu tej zmiennej na poprawę całkowitej produktywności czynników produkcji.The current globalised environment has been preceded by a generalised increase in the diffusion and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), as well as by a large investment in Research and Development (R&D) by companies. This circumstance makes the use of these technologies fundamental for the automotive sector to face with guarantees the growing international competitivity. Thus, the correct use of ICT provides an improvement in productivity, and therefore in the competitiveness of enterprises. This article analyses the evolution of total factor productivity (TFP) in the Spanish automotive sector for the year 2017, in order to determine the influence this variable has on the improvement of total factor productivity

Use of Neural Networks for Tsunami Maximum Height and Arrival Time Predictions

Operational TEWS play a key role in reducing tsunami impact on populated coastal areas around the world in the event of an earthquake-generated tsunami. Traditionally, these systems in the NEAM region have relied on the implementation of decision matrices. The very short arrival times of the tsunami waves from generation to impact in this region have made it not possible to use real-time on-the-fly simulations to produce more accurate alert levels. In these cases, when time restriction is so demanding, an alternative to the use of decision matrices is the use of datasets of precomputed tsunami scenarios. In this paper we propose the use of neural networks to predict the tsunami maximum height and arrival time in the context of TEWS. Different neural networks were trained to solve these problems. Additionally, ensemble techniques were used to obtain better results.This work was funded by “Innovative ecosystem with artificial intelligence for Andalusia 20205” project of CEI Andalucía Tech and University of Málaga, UMA-CEIATECH-05. The numerical results presented in this work were performed with the computational resources provided by the Spanish Network for Supercomputing (RES) grants AECT-2020-1-0009 and AECT-2020-2-0001. Finally, this research has been partially supported by the Spanish Government research project MEGAFLOW (RTI2018-096064-B-C21), ChEESE project (EU Horizon 2020, grant agreement N. 823844), and eFlows4HPC project (funded by the EuroHPC JU under contract 955558 and the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain). Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málag

Age, season and sex influence juvenile dispersal in the Iberian cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus)

Many aspects of the spatial ecology of the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) are still unknown. The Iberian population is thought to be predominantly sedentary, but the spatial patterns of young individuals have been barely studied. The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive understanding of the juvenile dispersal of the Iberian cinereous vultures. To this end, we GPS-tagged 41 Cinereous Vultures and tracked their movements during the period 2002–2021, from the end of parental care to the beginning of reproductive age. We examined the influence of age, season and sex on movement metrics (accumulated distances, distances to nest and home range sizes). During the juvenile dispersal period, cinereous vultures travelled over large areas of the Iberian Peninsula and southern Europe. Despite the high individual variability, we found a negative age-related trend in all movement metrics: the younger individuals (<1 year old) often performed farther movements and occupied larger areas, stabilising their movements during immature (1–3 years) and subadult (4 years) phases. On the other hand, season influenced the accumulated distance within all age classes; warm months positively influenced flight effort. Finally, females flew farther and occupied larger areas than males, consistently within age classes. This study did not take into account many factors which may explain part of the high variability observed: landscape, supplementary feeding sites, dumps, colony size, interspecific interactions, stochastic events, etc. Further studies are needed to investigate the influence of these factors on the dispersal of the species in more detail, but this work provides the first approach to the juvenile dispersal of the cinereous vulture in Iberia.Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. We would like to thank the following entities for providing the data and funding the projects: Iberdrola España Foundation (MIGRA program of SEO/BirdLife), Asociación Trenca, Generalitat de Catalunya, Junta de Extremadura, GREFA (supported by REDEIA, MITERD, Junta de Castilla y León, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla la Mancha and Comunidad de Madrid), Cabañeros National Park and Sierra de Guadarrama National Park

Final testing, pre-launch activities, launch and post-launch analysis of a sounding rocket made by students in Spain

This paper summarizes the final launch preparation tests, the operations before, during, and after the launch, and the results of the launch of a supersonic sounding rocket developed by university students in Spain with the collaboration of INTA (National Institute of Aerospace Technology). The students are part of the Cosmic Research association, based at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia ESEIAAT, and the rocket is called Bondar. INTA is a Public Research Organization under the Spanish Ministry of Defense dedicated to scientific research and development of systems and prototypes in the fields of aeronautics, space, hydrodynamics, security, and defense. The staff of the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center (CEDEA) collaborated in the Bondar mission with their knowledge and launch capabilities. The launch of the rocket took place on the 30 th of November of 2021. Two students from BiSky, a rocketry team from the University of the Basque Country, also participated in this project, specifically in the development of the on-board and ground-based avionics subsystems. The paper presents information on the mission systems, the operations before, during, and after the countdown to the launch, the documentation required by INTA-CEDEA for the launch, and the results of said launch. In short, the systems developed by Cosmic Research for the launch are: the rocket, the launch pad, the rocket transport box, the flight simulator, and the ground-based rocket tracking station. The documentation required by INTA includes: a detailed description of the systems, a ground risk assessment, a flight risk assessment, structural analysis, aerodynamic analysis, and a list of countdown operations. Launch post-analysis activities evaluate the performance of systems and operations during the most critical phase of the mission. The Bondar Mission, due to its technical and operational complexity, was the most ambitious project ever developed by students in Spain in the field of rocketry. After a successful launch, Bondar became the highest-flying Spanish student-made rocket, with its apogee around 8 km AGL (Above Ground Level

Control of membrane barrier during bacterial type-III protein secretion

Type-III secretion systems (T3SSs) of the bacterial flagellum and the evolutionarily related injectisome are capable of translocating proteins with a remarkable speed of several thousand amino acids per second. Here, we investigate how T3SSs are able to transport proteins at such a high rate while preventing the leakage of small molecules. Our mutational and evolutionary analyses demonstrate that an ensemble of conserved methionine residues at the cytoplasmic side of the T3SS channel create a deformable gasket (M-gasket) around fast-moving substrates undergoing export. The unique physicochemical features of the M-gasket are crucial to preserve the membrane barrier, to accommodate local conformational changes during active secretion, and to maintain stability of the secretion pore in cooperation with a plug domain (R-plug) and a network of salt-bridges. The conservation of the M-gasket, R-plug, and salt-bridge network suggests a universal mechanism by which the membrane integrity is maintained during high-speed protein translocation in all T3SSs.Peer Reviewe

Controlling membrane barrier during bacterial type-III protein secretion

Type-III secretion systems (T3SSs) of the bacterial flagellum and the evolutionarily related injectisome are capable of translocating proteins with a remarkable speed of several thousand amino acids per second. Here, we investigated how T3SSs are able to transport proteins at such a high rate while preventing the leakage of small molecules. Our mutational and evolutionary analyses demonstrate that an ensemble of conserved methionine residues at the cytoplasmic side of the T3SS channel create a deformable gasket (M-gasket) around fast-moving substrates undergoing export. The unique physicochemical features of the M-gasket are crucial to preserve the membrane barrier, to accommodate local conformational changes during active secretion, and to maintain stability of the secretion pore in cooperation with a plug domain (R-plug) and a network of salt-bridges. The conservation of the M-gasket, R-plug, and salt-bridge network suggests a universal mechanism by which the membrane integrity is maintained during high-speed protein translocation in all T3SSs

Experiences of Mining Engineering students in cooperation for development

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The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing: LOFT

LOFT, the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing, is a new space mission concept devoted to observations of Galactic and extra-Galactic sources in the X-ray domain with the main goals of probing gravity theory in the very strong field environment of black holes and other compact objects, and investigating the state of matter at supra-nuclear densities in neutron stars. The instruments on-board LOFT, the Large area detector and the Wide Field Monitor combine for the first time an unprecedented large effective area (~10 m2 at 8 keV) sensitive to X-ray photons mainly in the 2-30 keV energy range and a spectral resolution approaching that of CCD-based telescopes (down to 200 eV at 6 keV). LOFT is currently competing for a launch of opportunity in 2022 together with the other M3 mission candidates of the ESA Cosmic Vision Progra