3D to 2D transformation of environment and characters in videogames

Treball final de Grau en Disseny i Desenvolupament de Videojocs. Codi: VJ1241. Curs acadèmic: 2019/2020To use different programs and techniques to convert 3D character and scene modeling to 2D character and scenario modeling. To create several Demos that implement this technique with different uses, to observe its potential and possible error

Systematic Review: Preventive Intervention to Curb the Youth Online Gambling Problem

This systematic review focuses on all the gambling addiction prevention programs carried out in schools, with the intention of making their effectiveness known and encouraging the creation of more such programs. During the third quarter of 2021, an exhaustive search was conducted using the databases of Scopus, Medline (via Pubmed), WOS, and PsycINFO. The search strategy was based on a combination of specific search terms: “Gambling Disorder [Mesh]”, “Online Gambling Disorder [Mesh]”, and “Prevention Programs [Mesh]”. A total of 15 articles were chosen for systematic review. All the programs analyzed show effective results, although there are several methodological shortcomings in the way they are conducted. Effective programs need to focus more on long-term results and the emotional aspects of gambling. We need professionals who can convey the causal nature of the problem the youth are facing

Colloidal crystals and water: Perspectives on liquid–solid nanoscale phenomena in wet particulate media

Solid colloidal ensembles inherently contain water adsorbed from the ambient moisture. This water, confined in the porous network formed by the building submicron spheres, greatly affects the ensemble properties. Inversely, one can benefit from such influence on collective features to explore the water behavior in such nanoconfinements. Recently, novel approaches have been developed to investigate in-depth where and how water is placed in the nanometric pores of self-assembled colloidal crystals. Here, we summarize these advances, along with new ones, that are linked to general interfacial water phenomena like adsorption, capillary forces, and flow. Water-dependent structural properties of the colloidal crystal give clues to the interplay between nanoconfined water and solid fine particles that determines the behavior of ensembles. We elaborate on how the knowledge gained on water in colloidal crystals provides new opportunities for multidisciplinary study of interfacial and nanoconfined liquids and their essential role in the physics of utmost important systems such as particulate media.Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad MAT2014-58731-JIN y MAT2015-68075-RComunidad de Madrid S2013/MIT-274

Deployment of urban agriculture in East Lima, Peru.

Urban agriculture in Lima has been promoted by the project Farmers in the city encompassed in the Urban harvest program promoted by the Consultive Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The validation of the effectiveness of the project Farmers in the city can only be confirmed by maintenance over the time the deployment of the project goals. The project Farmers in the city was carried out by the International Potato Center (CIP) and GESPLAN research group of the Technical University of Madrid. The project was conducted at the East Cone of Lima, Peru, from 2006 to 2008. This communication shows the situation 5 years later. In order to know the current situation all the members of Cosanaca producer association, which was created under the project, have been interviewed. Besides, an expert panel was carried out with the responsible of the urban agricultural office of the municipalities that participate in the project. The results show that Cosanaca has duplicated the number of producers and that the municipalities have increased the number of workers

Desarrollo de sustratos de carburo de silicio mediante carburización e implantación iónica de silicio monocristalino

Mechanisms of formation involved in both thin films and crystalline precipitates of silicon carbide (SiC) are studied in this Ph. D. thesis. SiC is fabricated starting from single-crystalline silicon (Si) substrates by carbonization or by ion implantation. The characterization of these structures allows to gather data and better physical and chemical understanding of these systems.The main objectives are (i) the fabrication and characterization of SiC and other interesting crystalline phases obtained from Si wafers and (ii) to demonstrate that these products are a viable way for using them as templates, compliant, seed or buffer layers in SiC or III-N overgrowth by epitaxial growth techniques. These approaches let the consecution of a crystalline quality enough to the development of devices. Indeed, their use allow a significant reduction of the high defect density present in III-N or SiC alloys compared to their quality when directly grown on Si. Therefore, long life are foreseen for electronic devices that could use these substrates. This is the limit needed for the beginning of their industrial production and commercialization.Samples studied in this work are framed inside three groups: (1) Silicon Carbide and other phases (Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) and carbon nitride (C3N4)) synthesized by Silicon ion implantation, (2) Silicon Carbide synthesized by Si carbonisation and (3) Silicon Carbide and Gallium Nitride heteroepitaxial growth on carbonized Si. All these structures are fabricated by techniques derived from classic (i) Ion Beam Induced Crystallization (IBIC), (ii) Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) or (iii) Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE). Structural characterizations are carried out mainly by (i) Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), (ii) Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), (iii) Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectrometry (FTIR) and other techniques.298 p

Colloidal crystals and water: Perspectives on liquid–solid nanoscale phenomena in wet particulate media

Solid colloidal ensembles inherently contain water adsorbed from the ambient moisture. This water, confined in the porous network formed by the building submicron spheres, greatly affects the ensemble properties. Inversely, one can benefit from such influence on collective features to explore the water behavior in such nanoconfinements. Recently, novel approaches have been developed to investigate in-depth where and how water is placed in the nanometric pores of self-assembled colloidal crystals. Here, we summarize these advances, along with new ones, that are linked to general interfacial water phenomena like adsorption, capillary forces, and flow. Water-dependent structural properties of the colloidal crystal give clues to the interplay between nanoconfined water and solid fine particles that determines the behavior of ensembles. We elaborate on how the knowledge gained on water in colloidal crystals provides new opportunities for multidisciplinary study of interfacial and nanoconfined liquids and their essential role in the physics of utmost important systems such as particulate media

Intestinal microbiota and colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer may be influenced by changes in the intestinal microbiota that affect the mucosa and cause an immune response capable of producing inflammatory effects. Although there are still few studies in this regard, it is necessary to emphasize the need to expand the studies on this topic and to state the usefulness of the new technologies based on metagenomics.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Case study of the intestinal microbiota using the XGN-MBI metagenomic assay

The microbiota of the colon and rectum is the most abundant and diverse of the human body, with a density of up to 1-2 kg of weight and a diversity that exceeds a thousand species. Metagenomics can be defined as the application of modern genomic techniques for the direct study of communities of microorganisms in their natural environment The aim of this study is to prove the usefulness of new technologies based on metagenomics, such as the XGN-MBI assay to realize gut microbiota studies.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Poisson mixed models for predicting number of fires

© 2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/. This version of the article: M. Boubeta, M. J. Lombardía, M. Marey-Pérez, y D. Morales, «Poisson mixed models for predicting number of fires», Int. J. Wildland Fire, vol. 28, n.º 3, pp. 237-253, mar. 2019, doi: 10.1071/WF17037, has been accepted for publication in International Journal of Wildland Fire. The Version of Record is available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/WF17037[Abstract]: Wildfires are considered one of the main causes of forest destruction. In recent years, the number of forest fires and burned area in Mediterranean regions have increased. This problem particularly affects Galicia (north-west of Spain). Conventional modelling of the number of forest fires in small areas may have a high error. For this reason, four area-level Poisson mixed models with time effects are proposed. The first two models contain independent time effects, whereas the random effects of the other models are distributed according to an autoregressive process AR(1). A parametric bootstrap algorithm is given to measure the accuracy of the plug-in predictor of fire number under the temporal models. A significant prediction improvement is observed when using Poisson regression models with random time effects. Analysis of historical data finds significant meteorological and socioeconomic variables explaining the number of forest fires by area and reveals the presence of a temporal correlation structure captured by the area-level Poisson mixed model with AR(1) time effects