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    Looking for Simple Common Schemes to Design Recognizer P Systems with Active Membranes That Solve Numerical Decision Problems

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    Earlier solutions to decision problems by means of P systems used many counter objects to control the synchronization of different stages in a computation (usually as many counters as the stage must last in the worst case). In this paper we propose a way to replace those counters with some spacial objects for each stage. Furthermore, following the ideas presented in [1], in order to have a common scheme to attack numerical problems, all instances of a problem with the same size are solved by the same P system (which depends on the size) given an input which describes the corresponding instance of the problem. We illustrate these ideas with a cellular solution to the Subset-Sum problem

    La etnicidad como identidad por la ascendencia. El enfoque del evolucionismo social.

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    El resurgimiento de sentimientos localistas, regionalistas y nacionalistas que, contradictoriamente, trajo la globalización, han reavivado el interés por entender el significado del concepto de 'etnia', así como de las consecuencias que la actividad de las etnias provoca en la vida de las naciones y en la de los propios grupos étnicos. La discusión está abierta y el concepto de etnia es discutido desde diversas disciplinas y perspectivas analíticas distintas, llegando a convertirse en un concepto ubicuo y transdisciplinario

    A New Strategy to Improve the Performance of PDP-Systems Simulators

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    One of the major challenges that current P systems simulators have to deal with is to be as efficient as possible. A P system is syntactically described as a membrane structure delimiting regions where multisets of objects evolve by means of evolution rules. According to that, on each computation step, the applicability of the rules for the current P system configuration must be calculated. In this paper we extend previous works that use Rete-based simulation algorithm in order to improve the time consumed during the checking phase in the selection of rules. A new approach is presented, oriented to the acceleration of Population Dynamics P Systems simulations.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad TIN2012- 3743

    Evaluating the Response of Mediterranean-Atlantic Saltmarshes to Sea-Level Rise

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    Saltmarshes provide high-value ecological services and play an important role in coastal ecosystems and populations. As the rate of sea level rise accelerates in response to climate change, saltmarshes and tidal environments and the ecosystem services that they provide could be lost in those areas that lack sediment supply for vertical accretion or space for landward migration. Predictive models could play an important role in foreseeing those impacts, and to guide the implementation of suitable management plans that increase the adaptive capacity of these valuable ecosystems. The SLAMM (sea-level affecting marshes model) has been extensively used to evaluate coastal wetland habitat response to sea-level rise. However, uncertainties in predicted response will also reflect the accuracy and quality of primary inputs such as elevation and habitat coverage. Here, we assessed the potential of SLAMM for investigating the response of Atlantic-Mediterranean saltmarshes to future sea-level rise and its application in managerial schemes. Our findings show that SLAMM is sensitive to elevation and habitat maps resolution and that historical sea-level trend and saltmarsh accretion rates are the predominant input parameters that influence uncertainty in predictions of change in saltmarsh habitats. The understanding of the past evolution of the system, as well as the contemporary situation, is crucial to providing accurate uncertainty distributions and thus to set a robust baseline for future prediction
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