Introduction: The Stormy Swirl of Sensations

Our special issue approaches knowledge as a product of intermingled sensory experiences in ways that confound neat divisions of body/mind, exterior/interior, subject/object, cognition, emotion, and imagination. Rejecting “cognitive ocularcentrism,” as well as approaches that focus on any single sense, we articulate an intersensorial framework premised on the entanglement of touch with other senses, particularly sight. Through this, we highlight hidden epistemic multiplicities, intersubjectivities, and literary strategies for the study of gender in the history of science, especially in reference to the gendering of personae and emotions. The putative rise of the visual in modern science was always already intersensorial, no matter how much cognitive ocularcentrism sought to tame this. By attending to seeming distractions within knowledge production, our issue seeks to reintegrate science back into the immersive flow of intersensorial experience and recover the sensuous webs that connect actors, geographies, fields, and time periods habitually separated

Jóvenes disruptivos en centros escolares: programa de intervención

La adolescencia es una etapa de la vida en la que se suceden cambios biopsicosociales. Considerada la etapa más compleja, se caracteriza por el avance de habilidades cognitivas como la empatía o la autoconciencia, por cambios en las relaciones interpersonales, y donde el sistema de valores ahora se rige por el grupo de iguales, perdiendo protagonismo las propias familias. Los jóvenes buscan experimentar sensaciones, y al intensificar sus emociones, la gestión y el control de las mismas entraña problemas, pudiendo incurrir en conductas disruptivas, siendo el aula (símil del sistema social) un lugar donde afloren, ya que aquí pasan gran parte de su tiempo. Por todo ello, el objetivo de este artículo es ofrecer un programa de intervención desde la criminología educativa a aplicar tanto a los escolares como a sus familias, basado fundamentalmente en el desarrollo de competencias emocionales y habilidades sociales. Así pues, a la luz de los excelentes resultados observados en el programa que nos hemos inspirado, denominado “Años Increíbles”, de prevención primaria y secundaria de la delincuencia, se espera que el presente aquí diseñado pueda contribuir al alcance de los objetivos planteados

El piano flamenco: contextualización, estética y evolución

The piano is an instrument with great rhythmic capacity, easily adapted to flamenco, with an even wider range of possibilities than the guitar. At the end of the 19th century, piano notations began to imitate the guitar and many piano com-positions were marked by flamenco palos. Ocón is the most well known Spanish musician of the 19th century, promoting Spanish musical natio-nalism which continued to take shape through artists including Albéniz, Falla and Turina. This period of Spanish Nationalism serves as a refe-rence for flamenco piano’s beginnings and its le-gacy inspired those who were later drawn to the genre, including Arturo Pavón and José Romero. The Spanish nationalist musicians integrated rhythms from popular Spanish dances such as the jota from the north or the fandango or za-pateado from the south, as well as other styles, such as sevillanas and seguidillas, with Albéniz and Falla being the most well known examples to incorporate flamenco grandeur. Highly in-fluenced by Andalusian folklore, they included not only popular melodies in their works, but also flamenco guitar peculiarities. This article follows a scientific qualitative methodology and theoretical review research techniques based on searches, flexible collection and interpretational analysis of various documentary sources. The aim is to investigate the flamenco piano, focu-sing on its historical, social and cultural context with special mention to Spanish musical natio-nalism, delimiting its expression and evolution, and including contributions from its most promi-nent figures.El piano es un instrumento con gran capacidad rítmica y de adaptación al flamenco, incluso te-niendo más posibilidades que la guitarra. A fina-les del XIX se empieza a querer imitar la guitarra con el piano en su forma de escritura y muchas de las composiciones que se realizarán para piano irán rotuladas con palos flamencos. Ocón se sitúa como el principal promotor tanto de la música española del XIX como del nacionalismo, estética que cristalizará en las figuras de Albé-niz, Falla y Turina. Es en esta época del Nacio-nalismo Español donde cabría situar los prece-dentes del piano flamenco, cuyo legado servirá de inspiración a los que luego se acercarían al género, como Arturo Pavón y José Romero. Los nacionalistas recurrieron a los ritmos de danzas españolas como la jota del norte o el fandango y el zapateado del sur, además de otros estilos como las sevillanas y seguidillas; siendo Albéniz y Falla los máximos exponentes de la sublimidad del flamenco. Altamente influenciados por el fo-lklore andaluz, incluyeron en sus obras no sólo giros melódicos populares, sino efectos propios de la guitarra flamenca. La metodología sigue el método científico, con método cualitativo y como técnica de investigación, la revisión teó-rica, basada en la búsqueda, recogida flexible y análisis interpretacional de distintas fuentes documentales. El objetivo es investigar sobre el piano flamenco, realizando una aproximación a su contexto histórico, social y cultural, con es-pecial mención al Nacionalismo Español, delimi-tando su estética y evolución, e incluyendo las aportaciones de las figuras más destacadas

Flamenco as a tool for social transformation

Premio extraordinario de Trabajo Fin de Máster curso 2021/2022. Máster en Investigación y Análisis del FlamencoEl flamenco como manifestación artística y sociocultural internacional, altamente inclusiva e interdisciplinar, puede ser una valiosa herramienta de transformación social, especialmente en entornos vulnerables e interculturales. En esa línea se presenta desde una perspectiva original e interdisciplinar, el proyecto de intervención musical basado en flamenco “Duende y Compás”. Es un programa para la prevención temprana y secundaria de la delincuencia, pues el objeto de estudio es un grupo (mayoría etnia gitana) de menores de cuatro a doce años en situación de riesgo, residentes en determinados barrios y zonas desfavorecidas de Málaga capital. Enfocado desde la criminología educativa y el aprendizaje por proyectos, la educación en valores se sitúa como contenido transversal y principal. Los objetivos generales son: contribuir al desarrollo de la autoestima de los participantes, detectando las capacidades propias y la valía que puede tener su aportación a la sociedad, y evitar la delincuencia como opción de vida; y favorecer la inclusión social y mejorar la convivencia. Su logro se prevé a partir de actividades basadas en metodologías pedagógico-musicales sobre el flamenco. De duración de doce meses en colaboración con una ONG, un equipo multidisciplinar será el encargado de implementarlo y evaluarlo con el apoyo de profesionales del ámbito artístico.Flamenco as an international artistic and socio-cultural manifestation, highly inclusive and interdisciplinary, can be a valuable tool for social transformation, especially in vulnerable and intercultural environments. In this line, the musical intervention project based on flamenco "Duende y Compás" is presented from an original and interdisciplinary perspective. It is a program for the early and secondary prevention of delinquency, since the object of study is a group (mostly gypsy ethnicity) of minors from four to twelve years old at risk, residents in certain neighborhoods and disadvantaged areas of Malaga city. Focused on educational criminology and project-based learning, education in values is placed as a transversal and main content. The general objectives are: to contribute to the development of the participants' self-esteem, detecting their own abilities and the value of their contribution to society, and to avoid delinquency as a life option; and to favor social inclusion and improve coexistence. Its achievement is foreseen from activities based on pedagogical-musical methodologies on flamenco. With a duration of twelve months in collaboration with an NGO, a multidisciplinary team will be in charge of implementing and evaluating it with the support of professionals from the artistic field

Influence of liquid-to-biogas ratio and alkalinity on the biogas upgrading performance in a demo scale algal-bacterial photobioreactor

The influence of the liquid-to-biogas ratio (L/G) and alkalinity on methane quality was evaluated in a 11.7 m3 outdoors horizontal semi-closed tubular photobioreactor interconnected to a 45-L absorption column (AC). CO2 concentrations in the upgraded methane ranged from <0.1 to 9.6% at L/G of 2.0 and 0.5, respectively, with maximum CH4 concentrations of 89.7% at a L/G of 1.0. Moreover, an enhanced CO2 removal (mediating a decrease in CO2 concentration from 9.6 to 1.2%) and therefore higher CH4 contents (increasing from 88.0 to 93.2%) were observed when increasing the alkalinity of the AC cultivation broth from 42 ± 1 mg L−1 to 996 ± 42 mg L−1. H2S was completely removed regardless of the L/G or the alkalinity in AC. The continuous operation of the photobioreactor with optimized operating parameters resulted in contents of CO2 (<0.1%–1.4%), H2S (<0.7 mg m−3) and CH4 (94.1%–98.8%) complying with international regulations for methane injection into natural gas grids.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Optimization of multi-stage thickening of biomass in a demonstrative full–scale microalgae-based wastewater treatment system

This study gathers the results of the operation and optimization of the thickening of microalgal biomass produced at demonstrative scale in photobioreactors fed with agricultural runoff and domestic wastewater. The optimization was conducted during two months. The system consisted in two gravity thickeners connected in series in a multi-stage approach. The objective of thickening was to concentrate the microalgae grown in photobioreactors (total solids (TS) concentration of 0.1–1 g/L) into a biomass with 20 g/L of TS, which was considered optimal for the subsequent anaerobic digestion process. First, the utilization of one single thickener alone allowed to achieve a concentration factor (CF) of 1.9 and recovery efficiency (RE) of 28%. However, the final concentration of TS in the thickened biomass (6.4 g/L) was still much lower than the target concentration. The installation of the second thickener connected in series with the first one significantly improved the overall performance. Indeed, a TS concentration of 26.5 g/L was finally achieved, with an overall CF of 3.6. The results of the study suggest that the multi-stage thickening process is a suitable strategy and it is highly advisable to achieve a successful microalgal biomass thickening at full-scale. In addition, other three points have been identified as key factors to be taken into account for biomass tickening: proper adjustment of the purge flowrate, coordination between purges times and volumes in the different stages, and proper adjustment of the operation of the scrapers.The authors would like to thank the European Commission (INCOVER, GA 689242) and the Government of Catalonia (Consolidated Research Group 2017 SGR 1029) for their financial support. E. Uggetti and R. Díez-Montero would also like to thank the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Economy for their research grants (RYC2018-025514-I and IJC2019-042069-I, respectively).Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Low-speed longitudinal controllers for mass-produced cars: A comparative study

Four longitudinal control techniques are compared: a classical Proportional-Integral (PI) control; an advanced technique-called the i-PI-that adds an intelligent component to the PI; a fuzzy controller based on human experience; and an adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system. The controllers were designed to tackle one of the challenging topics as yet unsolved by the automotive sector: managing autonomously a gasoline-propelled vehicle at very low speeds. The dynamics involved are highly nonlinear and constitute an excellent test-bed for newly designed controllers. A Citroën C3 Pluriel car was modified to permit autonomous action on the accelerator and the brake pedals-i.e., longitudinal control. The controllers were tested in two stages. First, the vehicle was modeled to check the controllers' feasibility. Second, the controllers were then implemented in the Citroën, and their behavior under the same conditions on an identical real circuit was compared

Comparing fuzzy and intelligent PI controllers in stop-and-go manoeuvres

The aim of this work was twofold: on the one hand, to describe a comparative study of two intelligent control techniques-fuzzy and intelligent proportional-integral (PI) control, and on the other, to try to provide an answer to an as yet unsolved topic in the automotive sector-stop-and-go control in urban environments at very low speeds. Commercial vehicles exhibit nonlinear behavior and therefore constitute an excellent platform on which to check the controllers. This paper describes the design, tuning, and evaluation of the controllers performing actions on the longitudinal control of a car-the throttle and brake pedals-to accomplish stop-and-go manoeuvres. They are tested in two steps. First, a simulation model is used to design and tune the controllers, and second, these controllers are implemented in the commercial vehicle-which has automatic driving capabilities-to check their behavior. A stop-and-go manoeuvre is implemented with the two control techniques using two cooperating vehicles

Variability in the northeastern Atlantic intermediate water during the past 60 years as recorded by a cold-water coral from the Bay of Biscay

Here we present the Li/Mg ratio, Nd-isotopic composition, and radiocarbon(14C) values obtained on a precisely 230Th/U dated post-modern framework-forming deep-sea coral of species Madrepora oculata sampled in the Bay of Biscay at ~691m water depth. In 2008, this coral was still alive during sampling using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) ‘Genesis’ on the R/V Belgica (De Mol et al., in press). Based on the selected tracers of water mass origin, temperature and ventilation we investigate here changes in the advection patterns of intermediate water masses in the Bay of Biscay. Based on the high precision U-series dating the corals spans a growth period of ~60 years. Pre- and postbomb d14C showed quasi-decadal oscillations between -36 to -65‰ and -28 to 5‰ respectively. Those variations are most likely related to a competition between mid-depth subtropical gyre vs. northward propagating Mediterranean Sea Water (MSW) in close association to modifications of the North Atlantic Oscillation. These results confirm the link between atmospheric circulation and intermediate depth ocean response observed from hydrographical data (Lozier and Stewart, 2008; Bozec et al., submitted JGR). The Nd-isotopic composition (?Nd) was measured to characterize water mass origin and in particular the northward transport and evolution of Mediterranean Sea water and the potential eastward penetration of temperate and subpolar North Atlantic water.Within the Bay of Biscay North Atlantic Central water and MSW are almost indistinguishable with ?Nd values ranging from -11.7 to -11.6 (Copard et al., submitted G-Cubed). The coral ?Nd values ranged from -11.9 to -10.5 within ranges of both water masses. 14C increases are accompanied by a tendency to higher ?Nd providing clear evidence of enhanced northward transport of MSW. Finally, temperature trends as derived from the corals Li/Mg ratio are in well agreement within uncertainty with patterns of temperature anomaly in the Bay of Biscay during the past 60 years (Reverdin et al., 1994). Thus, our coral provides a unique record of the past 60 years hydrography in the Bay of Biscay