Reconstructing the image of the ideal city in Renaissance painting and theatre: Its influence in specific urban environments. Digital technology and visual culture

This paper shows a virtual reconstruction based on a comparative study between scenography designs of urban views, and similar landscapes used in painting, in order to eventually find correspondences with specific urban environments.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tec

Examination of management models in the common fisheries policy

This paper analyses the historical development of fisheries management systems within the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP): how resources are managed, how tasks are allocated by the Commission, and how quotas must be implemented. Early developments were based on the control of the fleet, aiming at the best compliance regarding catches by removing the overcapacity derived from the imbalance fleet/resources. The next developments focus on the allocation of national quotas and financial subsidies. Lastly, from the 2002 reform, the developments focus on managing the fishing effort according to the precautionary principle and the implementation of individual fishing rights. The document also deals with the different criteria implemented to strengthen this more and more open and competitive sector, with more liability for producers. Finally, the author places particular emphasis on how to establish the different positions related to decision-making processes all through the period from 1983 to 2009, mainly with regard to micromanagement and regionalisation of fisheries. These recommendations would mean a change of mentality in reference to the principles of the Common Fisheries Policy.peer-reviewe

Maritime transport and trade : the impact of European transport policy. An overview of maritime freight transport patterns

In order to unblock major transport routes and to ensure sustainable mobility, the changing of freight road to rail or maritime transport is an European Union objective. The increasing seaborne transport, the growing process of containerization and building an infrastructure for regular maritime lines and increasing Short Sea Shipping draws a scene with maritime sector of companies of major size, as a result, in many occasions, of mergers and acquisitions. These dynamics seems to draw a new stage, with more concentrated markets. In this paper we intend to make an approach to the levels of concentration of maritime transport in Europe, trying to find a possible connection between new market structure in the maritime transport sector and the new economic situation promoted by European Transport Policy rules.peer-reviewe

Optimizing Generative Adversarial Network Architecture for Low-Resolution Image Enhancement

The research focuses on applying Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) [1] to enhance the clarity of low-resolution images. This research was inspired by a recognized limitation of the capabilities of the current camera and video systems. Systems with higher image resolution require expensively complex equipment and an excessive amount of digital storage to function, effectively limiting their practicality and availability. The capability of GANs to selectively enhance the resolution of the desired image without increasing costs impacts a substantial range of industries and practices. Our research focuses on applying GANs to objects with shared static characteristics such as license plates. Based upon preliminary results, the focus on objects with static characteristics in combination with researched optimization methods [3] increased the effectiveness of the network in relation to its training speed, computational load [4], and produced image quality. Possible applications of the proposed system include enhancing images of license plates for traffic monitoring systems and improving still images from body camera footage to reveal crucial details otherwise left unseen. Beyond the scope of surveillance, resolution-enhancing GANs may be applied to develop media content or national defense capabilities. The possible uses for such a system are as varied and dynamic as they are interesting. By using a GAN to enhance the resolution of low-quality images, we hope to bring valuable research contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning

Knowledge in relation: Thoughts on archaeological fieldwork in the middle and lower basin of the Salado river, province of Buenos Aires

En este artículo se reflexiona sobre el trabajo de campo, entendido como un momento clave del proceso de investigación arqueológica. Su importancia reside no sólo en que permite obtener materiales arqueológicos sino en que es una experiencia de creación de vínculos institucionales y personales. Además es una instancia de aproximación en/con el paisaje. El objetivo de este artículo es discutir el modo en que las relaciones sociales desplegadas durante el trabajo de campo (entre agentes, materiales, paisaje y conocimiento) impactan en la manera en que diversos agentes de la comunidad se vinculan con los arqueólogos, los materiales y el conocimiento que se busca generar. Con este fin se analiza con una perspectiva diacrónica, la experiencia de un equipo de trabajo de amplia trayectoria en la arqueología de la región pampeana bonaerense que viene realizando sus investigaciones en el curso inferior del río Salado, en particular en la localidad de Chascomús.Fil: Salerno, Virginia Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; ArgentinaFil: Gonzalez de Bonaveri, Maria Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentin