Performance evaluation of a hybrid vehicle and sensor network to prevent traffic accidents

In recent years, wireless networks have become a widespread communication technology as well as a research challenge. Many contributions have been made on ad hoc networks, such as wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). Recently, the number of cars on our streets, roads, and highways has been increasing, giving rise to a great interest in vehicular communication technologies. This paper presents an hybrid sensor and vehicular network (HSVN) platform, as well as the description and evaluation of a communication protocol between VANETs and WSNs using a network simulator for its evaluation

Patrimonio, turismo y territorio en la Sierra de las Nieves

El libro al que pertenece este capítulo ha sido financiado por la Universidad de Málaga y la BUMA dispone de un ejemplar del mismo, depositado en la Biblioteca de Arquitectura y Bellas Artes.Este documento refleja el enfoque de la asignatura "Patrimonio, Turismo y Territorio" en la Escuela de Arquitectura de Málaga. Tras exponer su contexto y su metodogía docente teórica y práctica, el texto se centra en el ejercicio desarrollado por los alumnos, durante el curso 2015-16, en la red de municipios que conforman la Sierra de las Nieves. Los trabajos de estos estudiantes de quinto curso constaron de una parte de investigación y otra de propuesta de intervención y fueron tutorizados por seis profesores pertenecientes a diferentes Áreas de Conocimiento del Departamento Arte y Arquitectura. Esto permite realizar una crítica y autoevaluación de los resultados obtenidos y demostrar el gran valor que la exposición de estos proyectos a los representantes políticos supuso para establecer líneas de investigación y transferencias futuras entre la Universidad y dicha Mancomunidad. Gracias a lo cual, se plantea la creación de un laboratorio de estudio permanente, ubicado en el propio territorio y conformado por estudiantes, profesores de la asignatura y representantes locales

Recent astrophysical and accelerator based results on the Hadronic Equation of State

In astrophysics as well as in hadron physics progress has recently been made on the determination of the hadronic equation of state (EOS) of compressed matter. The results are contradictory, however. Simulations of heavy ion reactions are now sufficiently robust to predict the stiffness of the (EOS) from (i) the energy dependence of the ratio of $K^+$ from Au+Au and C+C collisions and (ii) the centrality dependence of the $K^+$ multiplicities. The data are best described with a compressibility coefficient at normal nuclear matter density $\kappa$ around 200 MeV, a value which is usually called ``soft'' The recent observation of a neutron star with a mass of twice the solar mass is only compatible with theoretical predictions if the EOS is stiff. We review the present situation.Comment: invited talk Strange Quark Matter Conference SQM06 in Los Angele

Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility profiling of Gram-positive cocci in blood cultures with the Vitek 2 system

Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility profiling of the bacteria in blood cultures can result in clinical and financial benefits. Addition of saponin to the fluid from blood culture bottles promotes the recovery of the bacteria and thus may shorten the turnaround time of the microbiological analyses. In this study we compared the identification and susceptibility profiles of saponin-treated and untreated (standard method) blood cultures monomicrobial for Gram-positive cocci using Vitek 2. We concordantly identified 49 (89%) of 55 monobacterial cultures using the results with the standard method as reference. Complete categorical agreement between the susceptibility profiles with the new and the standard method was found for 26 (53%) of 49 isolates, while discrepancies were seen for 23 (47%) cultures. E-tests indicated that the new method resulted in a correct susceptibility profile for 8 (35%) of these 23 blood cultures. Therefore, 34 (69%) of 49 cultures showed a concordant/correct susceptibility profile for all antimicrobials with an overall error rate of 2.3%. Thus, addition of saponin to the fluid from blood culture bottles of the Bactec 9240 leads to the rapid (results available ≥12 hours earlier) and reliable identification and susceptibility profiling of Gram-positive cocci in blood cultures with Vitek 2

Seguimiento de las guías españolas para el manejo del asma por el médico de atención primaria: un estudio observacional ambispectivo

Objetivo Evaluar el grado de seguimiento de las recomendaciones de las versiones de la Guía española para el manejo del asma (GEMA 2009 y 2015) y su repercusión en el control de la enfermedad. Material y métodos Estudio observacional y ambispectivo realizado entre septiembre del 2015 y abril del 2016, en el que participaron 314 médicos de atención primaria y 2.864 pacientes. Resultados Utilizando datos retrospectivos, 81 de los 314 médicos (25, 8% [IC del 95%, 21, 3 a 30, 9]) comunicaron seguir las recomendaciones de la GEMA 2009. Al inicio del estudio, 88 de los 314 médicos (28, 0% [IC del 95%, 23, 4 a 33, 2]) seguían las recomendaciones de la GEMA 2015. El tener un asma mal controlada (OR 0, 19, IC del 95%, 0, 13 a 0, 28) y presentar un asma persistente grave al inicio del estudio (OR 0, 20, IC del 95%, 0, 12 a 0, 34) se asociaron negativamente con tener un asma bien controlada al final del seguimiento. Por el contrario, el seguimiento de las recomendaciones de la GEMA 2015 se asoció de manera positiva con una mayor posibilidad de que el paciente tuviera un asma bien controlada al final del periodo de seguimiento (OR 1, 70, IC del 95%, 1, 40 a 2, 06). Conclusiones El escaso seguimiento de las guías clínicas para el manejo del asma constituye un problema común entre los médicos de atención primaria. Un seguimiento de estas guías se asocia con un control mejor del asma. Existe la necesidad de actuaciones que puedan mejorar el seguimiento por parte de los médicos de atención primaria de las guías para el manejo del asma. Objective: To assess the degree of compliance with the recommendations of the 2009 and 2015 versions of the Spanish guidelines for managing asthma (Guía Española para el Manejo del Asma [GEMA]) and the effect of this compliance on controlling the disease. Material and methods: We conducted an observational ambispective study between September 2015 and April 2016 in which 314 primary care physicians and 2864 patients participated. Results: Using retrospective data, we found that 81 of the 314 physicians (25.8%; 95% CI 21.3–30.9) stated that they complied with the GEMA2009 recommendations. At the start of the study, 88 of the 314 physicians (28.0%; 95% CI 23.4–33.2) complied with the GEMA2015 recommendations. Poorly controlled asthma (OR, 0.19; 95% CI 0.13–0.28) and persistent severe asthma at the start of the study (OR, 0.20; 95% CI 0.12–0.34) were negatively associated with having well-controlled asthma by the end of the follow-up. In contrast, compliance with the GEMA2015 recommendations was positively associated with a greater likelihood that the patient would have well-controlled asthma by the end of the follow-up (OR, 1.70; 95% CI 1.40–2.06). Conclusions: Low compliance with the clinical guidelines for managing asthma is a common problem among primary care physicians. Compliance with these guidelines is associated with better asthma control. Actions need to be taken to improve primary care physician compliance with the asthma management guidelines

Improving the business processes management from the knowledge management

This paper proposes a model that integrates the knowledge management to the business processes management in order to improve the process performance. The proposal defines the knowledge management flow as an element that interacts with part workflows and provides rules and actions in the BPMN elements in order to improve the BPM. To achieve the aim, first, a survey was made in forty Colombian' companies in order to identify the state of the practice about business process management, knowledge management and their use through the workflows; then, different elements were identified and characterized in order to achieve the integration model proposed. This was experimented in forty business workflows of the companies analyzed. A use case shows how the interactions among model elements are, and how these can improve the process performance. This experience allowed to measuring the effect that the integration had in the business process management by means of a new metric that involve the knowledge management in the workflow. Finally, it was possible conclude that the knowledge management must be part to the BPM impacting directly the workflow, in order to improve the result offered to the organizational actors and customers

El arte 2.0 como estética invisible

Actualmente todo aquello que quiere ser novedoso tiene el apelativo de “2.0”, como ocurre con el denominado Arte 2.0, que bebe de las fuentes de la Web 2.0. Pero esta novedad se queda en copia si tan solo consiste en cambiar el lienzo por la tecnología, y el artista por el espectador. La principal característica de la Web 2.0, la que la distingue de la Internet de hace una década, es lo que se denomina ‘sombra de información’. Nuestra propuesta consiste en reclamar al arte la capacidad expresiva de representar dicha ‘sombra de información’, creando así un verdadero Arte 2.0. El Arte 2.0 debe ser la estética de esa ‘sombra de información’ y constituirse en la estética de lo invisible.Palabras clave: conocimiento, sombra de información, Web 2.0, Arte 2.0, net-art, ciberfemismo.AbstractToday everything that wants to be innovative has the nickname of “2.0”. This is the case with the so-called Art 2.0, apparently founded on Web 2.0. However this innovative Art 2.0 is just a copy when it only changes the canvas by technology, and the artist for the viewer. The main characteristic of Web 2.0 is the ‘shadow of information’. This is what distinguishes it from the Internet of one decade ago. Our proposal is to demand of art the expressive capacity to represent such a ‘shadow of information’, thus creating a real Art 2.0. Art 2.0 must be the aesthetics of this ‘shadow of information’, becoming the aesthetics of what it is unseen.Keywords: information, knowledge, shadow of information, Web 2.0, Art 2.0, net-art, ciberfeminism.</p

Interactivity Model 2.0: Social communication dynamics in organizational contexts

This article presents the Interactivity Model 2.0, which aims to support the communicative process of knowledge transfer 2.0 developed in organizations that follow a social business model. This model has its origin in SECI and Ba interaction models and in the Open Communication Interactivity Model. This study defines Interactivity building on two concepts: role and interaction. The study considers role as actors taking part in Knowledge Transfer Process 2.0, and interaction as the process of communication that enables a transfer. The research tests this model through a case study at a Colombian Information Technology Company. The results show the changes of the communicative process in social settings and allow the identification of a message, a role, the direction and control of a message, and the knowledge contributions of the various actors of the Knowledge Transfer Process 2.0. © 2016

Neutrino-driven supernovae: an accretion instability in a nuclear physics controlled environment

New simulations demonstrate that low-mode, nonradial hydrodynamic instabilities of the accretion shock help starting hot-bubble convection in supernovae and thus support explosions by the neutrino-heating mechanism. The prevailing conditions depend on the high-density equation of state which governs stellar core collapse, core bounce, and neutron star formation. Tests of this sensitivity to nuclear physics variations are shown for spherically symmetric models. Implications of current explosion models for r-process nucleosynthesis are addressed.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, contribution to Nuclei in the Cosmos 8, to appear in Nucl. Phys.

Value generation through the implementation of the knowledge transfer 2.0 process based on the model of business Social Business

The objective of the article is identify how the intellectual capital (IC) generates value to an organization through Knowledge 2.0 Transfer Process (KTP-2.0) [12] based on the Social Business model [3]. KTP-2.0 allows the display of COOPIN 2.0 [13] that was developed in three phases, initially was to implement workshops and leisure activities with the employees of Colombian Information Technology Company, then KTP-2.0 and the COOPIN 2.0 was displayed, in which the IC was measured through indicators associated that are reflected in the formation of social networks. The participation obtained from contributions of knowledge through different agents; interactivity from the definition of communication protocols and the cooperative work supported on social media. In the results obtained, each one of the IC indicators, allow identifying the value generated to the organization, as a result of the deployment of KTP-2.0 based on the model of business set up by the social business. © 2018, revistaESPACIOS.com