Actitudes de las personas muy mayores ante la atención sanitaria

1. Introduction. The population of elderly patients is rapidly expanding therefore the burden on the allocation of healthcare resources is becoming greater. The greatest population increase can be observed in the oldest age group (people 90 years of age or above) which implies that the largest proportion of healthcare resources over the next decades will be dedicated to this group. Care for the vulnerable elderly falls below acceptable levels for a wide variety of reasons. Therefore, we need to reconsider which healthcare services we are delivering to a population with specific characteristics. In order to deal with this problem, we find there is a lack of appropriate information about the oldest old’s wishes and choices for end of life care. Knowledge based on younger persons’ choices may be of limited value for understanding of the end of life needs among the oldest old, yet they are generally excluded from research studies because of assumed troublesome communication. It appears that growing evidence in this approach will work to enhance healthcare for older people, consequently it is becoming urgent to carry out studies which may lead to progress in this field. These reasons justify the completion of our investigation. This study begins with the development of the state of the art, and then continues with the justification of the same and the presentation of objectives and methods used. It then continues with details of the research results in contrast to the literature reviews studied, and finally we deliver the conclusions with their implications on clinical practice..

ETC antenna (easy to configure): a new approach to smart management of cellular networks

The ETC antenna is presented as an intermediate approach between the current radio cellular systems and the future cellular system with the smart antennas. The goal is to get a flexible and asynchronous way to optimize the coverage following the schedule traffic changes and the requirements of the cell using the current mobile operator measurements and making the beam changes by a programmatic and remote technique.La antena ETC se presenta como una aproximación intermedia entre los actuales sistemas radio celulares y el futuro sistema celular con las antenas inteligentes. El objetivo es obtener una forma flexible y asincrónica de optimizar la cobertura siguiendo los cambios de tráfico programado y los requisitos de la celda utilizando las mediciones actuales del operador móvil y realizando los cambios de haz mediante una técnica programática y remota

Geovisualization of green spaces with augmented reality

The management of green spaces in urban areas requires new techniques and instruments that provide all the information available to people. It is intended to facilitate data-based services to citizens through the use of mobile devices in green spaces, parks and most visited public gardens. The selected area of study has been the Plaza de Oriente (Madrid) and its surroundings. Maps and images from different sources of information have been implemented in this research work.Then we proceeded to develop a database with woodland and existing cultural heritage. Finally, related this information using geolocation and augmented reality system. We have created a system that allows the user to interact with the single orientation of the camera on your mobile device. This application allows efficient use through the integration of mobile devices and the knowledge of the cultural heritage associated with the public space

Oscillations studied with the smartphone ambient light sensor

This paper makes use of a smartphone's ambient light sensor to analyse a system of two coupled springs undergoing either simple or damped oscillatory motion. The period, frequency and stiffness of the spring, together with the damping constant and extinction time, are extracted from light intensity curves obtained using a free Android application. The results demonstrate the instructional value of mobile phone sensors as a tool in the physics laboratory.The authors would like to thank the Institute of Education Sciences, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (Spain) for the support of the Teaching Innovation Groups, e-MACAFI and MoMa.Sans Tresserras, JÁ.; Manjón Herrera, FJ.; Pereira, A.; Gómez-Tejedor, JA.; Monsoriu Soriano, JC. (2013). Oscillations studied with the smartphone ambient light sensor. European Journal of Physics. 34(6):1349-1354. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/34/6/1349S13491354346Monsoriu, J. A., Giménez, M. H., Riera, J., & Vidaurre, A. (2005). Measuring coupled oscillations using an automated video analysis technique based on image recognition. European Journal of Physics, 26(6), 1149-1155. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/26/6/023Shamim, S., Zia, W., & Anwar, M. S. (2010). Investigating viscous damping using a webcam. American Journal of Physics, 78(4), 433-436. doi:10.1119/1.3298370Ochoa, O. R., & Kolp, N. F. (1997). The computer mouse as a data acquisition interface: Application to harmonic oscillators. American Journal of Physics, 65(11), 1115-1118. doi:10.1119/1.18732Ng, T. W., & Ang, K. T. (2005). The optical mouse for harmonic oscillator experimentation. American Journal of Physics, 73(8), 793-795. doi:10.1119/1.1862634Tomarken, S. L., Simons, D. R., Helms, R. W., Johns, W. E., Schriver, K. E., & Webster, M. S. (2012). Motion tracking in undergraduate physics laboratories with the Wii remote. American Journal of Physics, 80(4), 351-354. doi:10.1119/1.3681904Ballester, J., & Pheatt, C. (2013). Using the Xbox Kinect sensor for positional data acquisition. American Journal of Physics, 81(1), 71-77. doi:10.1119/1.4748853Vannoni, M., & Straulino, S. (2007). Low-cost accelerometers for physics experiments. European Journal of Physics, 28(5), 781-787. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/28/5/001Skeffington, A., & Scully, K. (2012). Simultaneous Tracking of Multiple Points Using a Wiimote. The Physics Teacher, 50(8), 482-484. doi:10.1119/1.4758151Castro-Palacio, J. C., Velázquez-Abad, L., Giménez, F., & Monsoriu, J. A. (2013). A quantitative analysis of coupled oscillations using mobile accelerometer sensors. European Journal of Physics, 34(3), 737-744. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/34/3/737Carlos Castro-Palacio, J., Velázquez-Abad, L., Giménez, M. H., & Monsoriu, J. A. (2013). Using a mobile phone acceleration sensor in physics experiments on free and damped harmonic oscillations. American Journal of Physics, 81(6), 472-475. doi:10.1119/1.4793438Ouseph, P. J., Driver, K., & Conklin, J. (2001). Polarization of light by reflection and the Brewster angle. American Journal of Physics, 69(11), 1166-1168. doi:10.1119/1.1397457Berger, J. (1988). On potential energy, its force field and their measurement along an air track. European Journal of Physics, 9(1), 47-50. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/9/1/00

Metodología de diseño, observación y cálculo de redes geodésicas interiores en túneles de ferrocarril de alta velocidad

El guiado de las Tuneladoras durante su avance debe apoyarse en los puntos determinados inmediatamente detrás de ellas. Conseguir las precisiones requeridas presentaría algunas dificultades en condiciones normales con respecto al exterior, pero en el interior de un túnel se plantean ciertos factores que ensombrecen el panorama. El más importante y difícil de tratar es el de la refracción lateral. El diseño de redes interiores es uno de los principales problemas, desde el punto de vista geodésico y topográfico, el cual tiene unas características tales que todos los textos de topografía de precisión aconsejan evitar. Con estas redes se va guiando la tuneladora y en ningún momento dicha red vuelve a tener comprobación sobre otros puntos de control. A medida que la red va avanzando, las precisiones obtenidas de sus coordenadas van empeorando de forma exponencial. Este trabajo establece una metodología para el diseño de redes planimétricas interiores. ABSTRACT The guiding of TBMs (Tunnel Boring Machines) along their advance must be based on points placed immediately behind them. Achieving good accuracies results would present some difficulties for normal exterior conditions, but inside a tunnel certain factors clouding the outlook arise. The most important and difficult factor to deal with, has to do with lateral refraction. Internal geodetic networks design is one of the more challenging problems from the geodetic and topographic point of view, as the bibliographical review dealing with this subject, advises to avoid this practice. This network allows only guiding the TBM, so that it is not used for further checking or quality control. As the network progresses, the reached coordinate accuracies deteriorate exponentially. This work establishes a methodology for the design of internal horizontal networks

Técnicas de Geovisualización aplicadas al Paisaje Cultural y el Patrimonio: el caso de Atauta

La integración por un lado de la perspectiva espacial en el análisis del paisaje a través de conceptos escalares, territorio, ubicación, distancia, proximidad y lejanía, o elementos que lo configuran como objetos constructivos, vegetación..., y de otro lado el uso de las tecnologías de geovisualización y la información geográficamente referenciada, sirven de eje para abordar en el presente caso la investigación del BIC Conjunto Etnológico de bodegas de Atauta

Web 2.0 en Topografía, Cartografía y Fotogrametría

La metodología 2.0 que desarrollamos se basa en la colaboración, compartiendo y trabajando en grupo, con la revisión permanente del entorno de enseñanza-aprendizaje en el ámbito de la Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica

Tutorial 2.0 on Technical Drawing 3D and Visualization

In recent years, the continuous incorporation of new technologies in the learning process has been an important factor in the educational process (1). The Technical University of Madrid (UPM) promotes educational innovation processes and develops projects related to the improvement of the education quality. The experience that we present fits into the Educational Innovation Project (EIP) of the E.U. of Agricultural Engineering of Madrid. One of the main objectives of the EIP is to Take advantage of the new opportunities offered by the Learning and Knowledge Technologies in order to enrich the educational processes and teaching management (2)

Diseño de filtros corrugados mediante la técnica de enjambre de partículas

En este artículo se presenta la experiencia en la aplicación de la técnica de optimización de enjambre de partículas o PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) al diseño de filtros corrugados en guía de onda. Los resultados obtenidos indican que esta técnica permite realizar diseños que se adaptan a una máscara de filtrado predeterminada con una alta convergencia hacia la solución óptima

Management and planning of urban trees by mobile mapping system

Countless problems that have arisen in urban woodland, because they don't complete a planning and proper management, arise currently numerous studies to streamline the implementation of sustainable green areas. Based on the sustainable management model, we create a database and use a set of Geographic Information Technology (GIT), in order to solve the current problems of urban woodline