Deployment of Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Battery Behavior

The growth of the electric car industry has increased in recent years, along with the trend of green energy around the world. For this reason, automotive companies have invested in finding different solutions to monitor lithium batteries that power vehicles. These applications include State of Charge (SoC) and State of Health (SoH) analysis of the battery cells by monitoring key variables such as temperature, current, and voltage to predict the behavior of the system and apply preventive maintenance. In this paper, a deep neural network using the Deep Learning MATLAB Toolbox was designed to predict the SoC from an emulated battery in Simulink. The model was then compiled and deployed in an NXP S32K344 microcontroller using the NXP Model-Based Design Toolbox. The results obtained showed a network with up to 90% accuracy and an execution time of 2.6 ms when running the core at 160 MHz.ITESO, A. C

Alelopatía diferencial entre los géneros de un árbol invasor dioico sobre plantas de desierto

"The Peruvian peppertree (Schinus molle) is a dioecious species from South America that was introduced into central Mexico five centuries ago. This tree has invaded abandoned agricultural fields from semiarid regions, where it can be found with several native succulent plants that have recolonized these areas. Although peppertrees have negative allelopathic effects on crops, their effects on these native plants remain unknown. Indeed, the allelopathy of peppertrees has only been tested for female individuals, while the allelopathic potential of male peppertrees has not been assessed yet. This study focused on these issues and assessed whether peppertrees affect germination of succulent plants from the Chihuahuan Desert and whether these effects differ between male and female trees. For this we conducted a series of germination bioassays where seeds of native species were watered with aqueous extracts of staminate flowers and leaves produced by male peppertrees, and with aqueous extracts of fruits and leaves produced by female peppertrees. Additionally, we conducted experiments where seeds of native species were sowed on soils collected beneath the canopy of both tree genders. The results of all these experiments indicated that both peppertree genders can reduce germination of native species, but also suggested that male peppertrees would have stronger allelopathic effects than female peppertrees. To our best knowledge, this is the first study reporting allelopathic effects of peppertrees on native plants from Mexico, but this is also the first study indicating differential gender effects for invasive dioecious species with allelopathic potential.""El pirul (Schinus molle) es una especie dioica de Sudamérica que fue introducida en México hace cinco siglos atrás. Este árbol ha invadido campos agrícolas abandonados de regiones semiáridas, donde puede ser encontrado con varias especies de plantas suculentas nativas que han recolonizado estas áreas. Aunque los pirules tienen efectos alelopáticos negativos sobre los cultivos, sus efectos sobre estas plantas nativas siguen siendo desconocidos. De hecho, la alelopatía de los pirules sólo se ha probado para individuos femeninos, mientras que el potencial alelopático de los pirules masculinos aún no se ha evaluado. Este estudio se enfocó en estos temas y evaluó si los pirules inhiben la germinación de plantas suculentas del desierto Chihuahuense y si estos efectos diferen entre árboles masculinos y femeninos. Para ello se realizó una serie de bioensayos de germinación donde semillas de las especies nativas fueron regadas con extractos acuosos obtenidos de fores estaminadas y hojas producidas por pirules masculinos, y con extractos acuosos de frutos y hojas producidas por pirules femeninos. Adicionalmente, realizamos experimentos donde semillas de las especies nativas fueron sembraron en suelos recogidos bajo el dosel de ambos géneros de pirul. Los resultados de todos estos experimentos indicaron que ambos géneros del pirul pueden reducir la germinación de especies nativas, pero también sugirieron que los pirules masculinos tendrpian efectos alelopáticos más fuertes sobre las especies nativas que los pirules femeninos. Hasta donde estamos enterados, este es el primer estudio que reporta efectos alelopáticos de los pirules sobre plantas nativas de México, pero esto también es el primer estudio que indica los efectos de diferenciales del género para especies invasoras dioicas con potencial alelopático.

Aplication of breathable and odorless lining to orthopaedic shoes

The main purpose of this work is to apply new materials and new finishing to improve comfort in orthopaedic footwear associated with orthosis. This desideratum will be reached through the selection and application of advanced materials, such, breathables membranes and fabric finished with anti-fungal and anti-bacteria treatments. In this work, water vapor permeability was evaluated to determine the transport property of water vapor produced by transpiration of the skin. A new lining with breathable membrane and anti-odour finishing has been developed and tested. Water vapor permeability of the new lining was compared with a commercial leather lining, commercial lining with breathable membrane - AquaStopT, breathable membrane and weave fabric. The possibility to use fabrics with anti-odour finishing’s, laminated with a hydrophilic breathable membrane, for lining proposes has been demonstrated. Application of membranes with weave fabric by lamination decreases the breathability of materials, nevertheless, the lining with hydrophilic (LF) membrane and the leather’s lining have similar values for water vapor permeability, with the advantage that LF is impermeable.FCT, COMPETE, QREN, UNIÃO EUROPEI

Breathable, impermeable and odourless lining for orthopaedic footwear application

Is has been recognized that the breathability and impermeability of the shoes lining play a crucial role on the performance and comfort of footwear. The main goal of this work is to study the application and behaviour new materials and new finishing to improve comfort in orthopaedic footwear associated with orthosis. This desideratum is reached through the selection and application of advanced materials, such as, breathable membranes and fabric finished with anti-fungal and anti-bacteria treatments. In this study, water vapour permeability was evaluated to determine the water vapour transport property produced by skin transpiration. Furthermore, a new lining with hydrophilic breathable membrane and anti-odour finishing has been developed and tested. Water vapour permeability of the new lining was compared with other conventional materials. From the obtained results, it can be drawn that the application of membranes with weave fabric by lamination decreases the breathability of material. The possibility to use fabrics with anti-odour finishing’s, laminated with a hydrophilic breathable membrane, for lining proposes has been demonstrated.compete qren fct união europei

Universal temporal features of rankings in competitive sports and games

Many complex phenomena, from the selection of traits in biological systems to hierarchy formation in social and economic entities, show signs of competition and heterogeneous performance in the temporal evolution of their components, which may eventually lead to stratified structures such as the wealth distribution worldwide. However, it is still unclear whether the road to hierarchical complexity is determined by the particularities of each phenomena, or if there are universal mechanisms of stratification common to many systems. Human sports and games, with their (varied but simplified) rules of competition and measures of performance, serve as an ideal test bed to look for universal features of hierarchy formation. With this goal in mind, we analyse here the behaviour of players and team rankings over time for several sports and games. Even though, for a given time, the distribution of performance ranks varies across activities, we find statistical regularities in the dynamics of ranks. Specifically the rank diversity, a measure of the number of elements occupying a given rank over a length of time, has the same functional form in sports and games as in languages, another system where competition is determined by the use or disuse of grammatical structures. Our results support the notion that hierarchical phenomena may be driven by the same underlying mechanisms of rank formation, regardless of the nature of their components. Moreover, such regularities can in principle be used to predict lifetimes of rank occupancy, thus increasing our ability to forecast stratification in the presence of competition

La wak'a awicha Anselma

La religión del quechua contemporáneo, a nivel comunal, ha comenzado a llamar la atención de los estudiosos interesados en estos temas. La mayoría de ellos la describen ya sea como siempre supervivencia, o como la continuación de la pre-hispánica, con obvias influencias de las traídas por los europeos a partir del siglo XVI. Pero, casi siempre, se la ha visto como bastante estática y sometida a modificaciones imperceptibles. Cuando se aceptan cambios, se considera que son obra de los catequistas y de los predicadores y que la dirección del cambio es hacia la religión cristiana. También se acepta que la modernización, en todos sus aspectos, y por tanto en lo religioso, es una fuerza de cambio que irá occidentalizando cada vez más la religión tradicional del quechua del sur.La religión del quechua contemporáneo, a nivel comunal, ha comenzado a llamar la atención de los estudiosos interesados en estos temas. La mayoría de ellos la describen ya sea como siempre supervivencia, o como la continuación de la pre-hispánica, con obvias influencias de las traídas por los europeos a partir del siglo XVI. Pero, casi siempre, se la ha visto como bastante estática y sometida a modificaciones imperceptibles. Cuando se aceptan cambios, se considera que son obra de los catequistas y de los predicadores y que la dirección del cambio es hacia la religión cristiana. También se acepta que la modernización, en todos sus aspectos, y por tanto en lo religioso, es una fuerza de cambio que irá occidentalizando cada vez más la religión tradicional del quechua del sur

El estado actual de los estúdios de la economia campesina en los Andes centrales

Parece que el primer antropólogo profesional que ha trabajado en las tierras altas de la sierra sur del Perú ha sido Bernard Mishkin. A fines de la década de los treinta, hizo trabajo de campo en la comunidad campesina indígena de Kawri en el departamento del Cuzco. Debido a su interés evolucionista, buscaba comprobar algunas ideas morganianas, por lo que incidió su pesquiza en el estudio de la organización social, la familia y el parentesco quechua. Sin embargo sus principales publicaciones no reflejan esta intención, porque es la economía el aspecto que más resalta a través del estudio de la tenencia de la tierra y los diversos procesos productivos agrícolas (1946, p. 411-470, y 1964, p. 143-149). Este es por consiguiente uno de los primeros antecedentes en el estudio de la economía campesina andina, hecha por un antropólogo que se interesó en esta región