RoboARCH: An autonomous robot for analysis and documentation of historical architectures

The Mediterranean basin has an impressive amount of millenarian urban structures which have been modelled along centuries. Unfortunately, they are sometimes damaged due to both the passage of time as well as bad preservation criteria. In order to avoid these situations or reduce their effects, new preservation criteria have arisen in the last decades. These criteria aim to revitalize the historical value of these architectural remains from a cultural and economic perspective. In this line of research, the “Archaeology of Architecture” applies the theoretical principles of the archaeology to study buildings and streets, offering new methodologies of analysis. An important part of these methodologies incorporates new technologies, such as 3D scanners, robotic total stations, or virtual and augmented reality, to the data acquisition and processing tasks. The application of these technologies in the area of Historical Heritage results in a breakthrough in the graphic documentation of monuments and archaeological remains, which allows the development of new preservation strategies. Among all these new technologies, this abstract proposes the use of an autonomous robot to help identifying elements inside a building. The robot navigates through the environment, collects data and compares them against well-known historical and architectural archetypes, to find a set of candidates for each perceived pattern. The advantages of the proposed system when compared against current state-of-the-art techniques are the following: (i) the robot explores the environment autonomously using SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) algorithms and acquires colour and depth information; (ii) no special markers, such as the targets or spheres usually employed by robotic total stations, are required; (iii) the system uses advanced image processing methods to automatically provide a first characterization of perceived borders, that will help in different identification processes, from single elements to more complex structures; (iv) obtained data are compared against historical and architectural archetypes included in a data base; (v) evaluation of the object position inside the stratigraphic sequence of the wall.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Dialogue between Higher Education, Cooperation Development and Economics through Information Technologies; an imperative need for the success of the XXIth Century Society

Este proyecto es atemporal por lo que se continuará a través de otros proyectos de innovación docente, cooperación al desarrollo y TFG y Tesis de DoctoradoEl proyecto de Innovación Docente surge, en línea con los objetivos de "Erasmus Key Action 2", con el propósito de acercar la Educación Superior en Economía y Administración de Empresas de países desarrollados a la formación de micro-empresarios en países en desarrollo de África y Latinoamérica. Este acercamiento sería a través de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TICs) que serán el vehículo de apoyo, en línea con los objetivos de esta convocatoria. Así se definirán nuevas metodologías docentes, más dinámicas e innovadoras en enseñanza presencial para los profesores. Se diseñaran herramientas de aprendizaje para las nuevas generaciones de estudiantes y de micro-empresarios en el tercer mundo. Finalmente, se diseñaran herramientas para la evaluación de la satisfacción de los estudiantes (micro-empresarios en países en desarrollo) junto con la promoción de solidaridad entre los alumnos de los grados de ADE y Economía en España al conocer el proyecto hacia la mejora de países en desarrollo por medio de la educación superior. Uno de los valores añadidos del proyecto es que ha conseguido reunir a 14 profesores de las áreas de Contabilidad, Finanzas, Marketing y Trabajo Social que son docentes de amplia experiencia en Universidades públicas y privadas de España pero que también han formado parte de equipos investigadores y docentes en Cooperación al Desarrollo en países como Etiopía, República Democrática del Congo, Malawi, Perú y Colombia. La experiencia de formar a micro-empresarios en países en desarrollo no es fácil y el coste de oportunidad de ir a clases de formación, aun en áreas importantes para ellos como la contabilidad, las micro-finanzas o las técnicas de ventas, es muy alto. Por ello hay que pensar en tecnologías que se acerquen a ellos y les motiven a la formación continua. Los Apps como recurso didáctico en las aulas en España empiezan a dejar de ser una novedad para ser un recurso más. Por ello, en este proyecto se propone programar/usar un App propio ajustado a los contenidos de Contabilidad, Finanzas y Marketing que se rodaría en los seminarios de las distintas asignaturas de los 14 profesores con cuestionario de motivación y satisfacción y test de aprendizaje para medir el éxito docente de este recurso.This teaching Innovation project emerges, in line with the objectives of "Erasmus Key Action 2", with the purpose of linking Higher Education with development cooperation and economics and business administration. This link will be between developed countries and developing countries of Africa and Latin America through the economics training of micro-entrepreneurs. This approach would be through the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that will be the analytic tool, in line with the objectives of this call. ITs will define new teaching methods, more dynamic and innovative than face-to-face teaching for teachers. Learning tools will be designed for the new generations of students and micro-entrepreneurs in the third world. Finally, interactive tools for the evaluation of students' satisfaction (micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries) will be designed together with solidarity fostering among the students of the Economics and Business degrees in Spain when they learn about the project towards the improvement of countries in development through higher education. One of the added values of the project is that it has connected 14 teachers and researchers from the areas of Accounting, Finance, Marketing and Social Work who have extensive experience in public and private universities in Spain, but who have also been part of research teams in Development Cooperation in countries such as Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Peru and Colombia. The experience of training micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries is not easy and the opportunity cost of going to training classes, even in areas important to them such as accounting, micro-finance or sales techniques, is very high . Therefore it is necessary to think about technologies that can approach them more easily and motivate them to the continuous formation (ITs). Apps as a didactic resource in classrooms in Spain are starting to stop being a novelty to be a usual resource. Therefore, in this project an own App programmed is proposed adjusted to the contents of Accounting, Finance and Marketing that would be applied and trialed in the seminars of the different subjects of the 14 teachers with motivation, satisfaction and learning questionnaires and test to measure the teaching success of this resource.Depto. de Administración Financiera y ContabilidadFac. de Ciencias Económicas y EmpresarialesFALSEsubmitte

The CARBA-MAP study: national mapping of carbapenemases in Spain (2014–2018)

Introduction:Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including isolates producing acquired carbapenemases, constitute a prevalent health problem worldwide. The primary objective of this study was to determine the distribution of the different carbapenemases among carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE, specifically Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae complex, and Klebsiella aerogenes) and carbapenemase-producing P. aeruginosa (CPPA) in Spain from January 2014 to December 2018.Methods: A national, retrospective, cross-sectional multicenter study was performed. The study included the first isolate per patient and year obtained from clinical samples and obtained for diagnosis of infection in hospitalized patients. A structured questionnaire was completed by the participating centers using the REDCap platform, and results were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 29.0.0.Results: A total of 2,704 carbapenemase-producing microorganisms were included, for which the type of carbapenemase was determined in 2692 cases: 2280 CPE (84.7%) and 412 CPPA (15.3%), most often using molecular methods and immunochromatographic assays. Globally, the most frequent types of carbapenemase in Enterobacterales and P. aeruginosa were OXA-48-like, alone or in combination with other enzymes (1,523 cases, 66.8%) and VIM (365 cases, 88.6%), respectively. Among Enterobacterales, carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae was reported in 1821 cases (79.9%), followed by E. cloacae complex in 334 cases (14.6%). In Enterobacterales, KPC is mainly present in the South and South-East regions of Spain and OXA-48-like in the rest of the country. Regarding P. aeruginosa, VIM is widely distributed all over the country. Globally, an increasing percentage of OXA-48-like enzymes was observed from 2014 to 2017. KPC enzymes were more frequent in 2017–2018 compared to 2014–2016.Discussion: Data from this study help to understand the situation and evolution of the main species of CPE and CPPA in Spain, with practical implications for control and optimal treatment of infections caused by these multi-drug resistant organisms

Morir en Malaka: génesis y desarrollo de las necrópolis de la Bahía de Málaga, siglos VIII a.C.-VI d.C.

Proyecto teórico y metodológico de la investigación realizada en la Bahía de Málaga, en el contexto de la Protohistoria-Antigüedad tardíaUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

El arrabal de Al-Tabbanim o de los mercaderes de la paja. Málaga

This article presents an overview on the formation and development of this suburb, emphasizing on its most relevant features, especially from the archaeological point of view.En el presente artículo se pretende hacer un recorrido por la génesis y desarrollo del arrabal, poniendo el acento en alguno de sus rasgos más distintivos, tal y como se vienen definiendo desde la arqueología, fundamentalmente

La Tumba del Guerrero. Un hallazgo de época protohistórica en Málaga

This paper describes the structural elements and the grave goods recovered from a protohistoric funerary structure documented in the the town of Málaga. Among the archaecological findings there are some remarkable pieces belonging to the war panoply, specially a �Corinthian� type Greek helmet.En este trabajo se describen los elementos estructurales y el ajuar recuperado en una estructura funeraria protohistórica documentada en la ciudad de Málaga. Entre los hallazgos realizados destaca la existencia de elementos relacionados con la panoplia bélica, entre ellos un casco griego de los denominados de tipo �corintio�

Net ecosystem CO2 exchange in an irrigated olive orchard of SE Spain: Influence of weed cover

No-till management and the establishment of plant cover have been implemented in olive crops in recent years in order to prevent soil erosion and increase soil organic carbon. However, the effect of these conservation practices on the net CO2 exchange at the ecosystem scale has not been explored so far. In this study, we analyze the influence of resident vegetation cover (hereafter weeds) on the net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) in an irrigated olive orchard located in Jaén (SE Spain) by using the eddy covariance technique. NEE was measured in the olive orchard under two treatments, one with weed cover in the alleys from autumn to spring, and another where weed growth was avoided by the application of a glyphosate herbicide. Our study demonstrates that the presence of weeds in the alleys increased carbon assimilation in the weed-cover treatment during the weed growing period (from December to April). However, the net ecosystem CO2 uptake decreased in the weed-cover treatment during late spring (May and June), after weeds were cut and left on the soil, compared to the weed-free treatment, probably due to an increase in soil respiration. On an annual basis, weed removal decreased net carbon uptake by 50% compared to the weed-cover treatment. The annual NEE was −140 g C m−2 y−1 in the weed-cover treatment and −70 g C m−2 y−1 in the weed-free treatment. In summary, our study demonstrates that, during the first year of differential treatment, maintenance of weed cover in olive groves has a positive effect on CO2 uptake and enhances the capacity of the agro-system to act as a net CO2 sink.This work was funded by the Andalusian Regional Government (Ministry of Innovation, Science and Business) project CARBOLIVAR (P11-RNM-7186), the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness project GEISpain (CGL2014-52838-C2-1-R), both including ERDF funds, and also by the international project DIESEL (PEOPLE-2013-IOF-625988). We thank Roberto García for help in soil sampling and Eva Arnau for help in preparing the figure of the study site. Special thanks are given to the Group Castillo de Canena for the use of their farm as an experimental site and for continuous cooperation in the development of the project. We thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments that have helped improve the quality of this work.Peer reviewe

Convive : programa de educación en valores para la convivencia

El trabajo obtuvo un premio de la Modalidad B de los Premios Tomás García Verdejo a las buenas prácticas educativas en la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura para el curso 2011-2012Se presentan un conjunto de buenas prácticas para mejorar la convivencia y el ambiente en el centro escolar. Las actuaciones del programa pretendían tener una doble repercusión, por un lado interna: mejorar los valores de los alumnos, correcta disciplina escolar, etc. y por otro externa: adecuada convivencia en el hogar, respeto a los miembros de la familia, cuidado del medio ambiente, etc.ExtremaduraES