Water and Basic Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean

human development, water, sanitation

MODELLING SEGREGATION THROUGH CELLULAR AUTOMATA: A THEORETICAL ANSWER

This paper is a note in which we prove that Cellular Automata are suitable tools to model multi-agent interactive procedures. In particular, we apply the argument to validate results from simulation tools obtained for the classical model of segregation of Thomas Schelling (1971a).Cellular Automata, segregation, local information

FRW in cosmological self-creation theory: Hamiltonian approach

We use the Brans-Dicke theory from the framework of General Relativity (Einstein frame), but now the total energy momentum tensor fulfills the following condition $\rm[\frac{1}{\phi}(8\pi T^{\mu \nu (M)}+T^{\mu\nu (\phi)})]_{;\nu}=0$. We take as a first model the flat FRW metric in the Hamilton-Jacobi scheme and we present the Lagrange-Charpit approach in order to find classical solutions. In the quantum scheme, once we determine the characteristic surfaces, the quantum solution is obtained. These two classes of solutions are found for all values of the barotropic parameter $\gamma$.Comment: 9 pages, latex2e. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1206.541

Path planning for active tensegrity structures

This paper presents a path planning method for actuated tensegrity structures with quasi-static motion. The valid configurations for such structures lay on an equilibrium manifold, which is implicitly defined by a set of kinematic and static constraints. The exploration of this manifold is difficult with standard methods due to the lack of a global parameterization. Thus, this paper proposes the use of techniques with roots in differential geometry to define an atlas, i.e., a set of coordinated local parameterizations of the equilibrium manifold. This atlas is exploited to define a rapidly-exploring random tree, which efficiently finds valid paths between configurations. However, these paths are typically long and jerky and, therefore, this paper also introduces a procedure to reduce their control effort. A variety of test cases are presented to empirically evaluate the proposed method. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Generating time series reference models based on event analysis

Creating a reference model that represents a given set of time series is a relevant problem as it can be applied to a wide range of tasks like diagnosis, decision support, fraud detection, etc. In some domains, like seismography or medicine, the relevant information contained in the time series is concentrated in short periods of time called events. In this paper, we propose a technique for generating time series reference models based on the analysis of the events they contain. The proposed technique has been applied to time series from two medical domains: Electroencephalography, a neurological procedure to record the electrical activity produced by the brain and Stabilometry, a branch of medicine studying balance-related functions in human beings

Avalanche dynamics in fluid imbibition near the depinning transition

We study avalanche dynamics and local activity of forced-flow imbibition fronts in disordered media. We focus on the front dynamics as the mean velocity $\bar{v}$ of the interface is decreased and the pinning state is approached. Scaling arguments allow us to obtain the statistics of avalanche sizes and durations, which become power-law distributed due to the existence of a critical point at $\bar{v}= 0$. Results are compared with phase-field numerical simulations

La Reglamentación de los Agrupamientos Caninos de Seguridad Pública y Privada en México.

El presente trabajo de tesis contiene tablas comparativas.El presente trabajo busca un fortalecimiento dinámico, eficaz y didáctico en cierto modo, al tomar como uno de los principales elementos en la seguridad tanto pública como privada, un equipo y equipamiento canino, más que compararnos es igualarnos en el nivel de desempeño y desarrollo de una seguridad de alto rendimiento, enfocarnos en los caninos como parte de una eficaz seguridad es por la diversa capacidad de estos en su olfato, lealtad, amor y búsqueda sin distracción del punto neutro