The Method for the Clarinet, by Antonio Romero. Some considerations about its first edition

La figura de Antonio Romero quizá nos sea familiar a los clarinetistas gracias, en gran medida, al sistema de clarinete que desarrolló en París junto al constructor Paul Bié a mediados del siglo XIX. Al aproximarnos a su estudio, nos encontraremos con uno de los personajes más activos e interesantes de la música española del siglo XIX. Romero no sólo fue un clarinetista excepcional; también fue editor, oboísta brillante, crítico musical, académico, dinamizador de la vida musical madrileña con la promoción de orquestas y de una ópera nacional española, y fundador del Salón Romero, la sala de conciertos más importante del Madrid de su época donde, entre otros muchos actos, Isaac Albéniz haría su debut madrileño en 1886, Pau Casals tocaría en su etapa de estudiante en 1895 y Miguel Yuste, otro excepcional clarinetista, estrenaría en España las obras para clarinete de Brahms poco después de ser compuestas. El objetivo de este artículo es establecer las circunstancias que rodearon la primera edición del «Método completo de clarinete» de Antonio Romero. También analizaremos la relación entre el Conservatorio de Madrid y el citado método, estudiando los documentos custodiados en la Biblioteca de dicho centro. Como veremos, el año de la primera edición ha sido un dato inconsistente desde las menciones iniciales a la obra, por lo que propondremos una fecha para datarla, teniendo en cuenta la documentación encontrada.Antonio Romero’s figure may be familiar to clarinettists thanks largely to the clarinet system developed in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century with the builder Paul Bié. As we approach the study, we will find one of the most active and interesting characters of Spanish music of the nineteenth century. Romero was not only an outstanding clarinettist: he was also an editor, an amazing oboist, a music critic, an academic, a cultural activist of Madrid’s musical life promoting orchestras and a Spanish national opera. He was also the founder of the Salón Romero, the most important concert hall of Madrid of his era. There, amongst many other concerts, Isaac Albéniz made his debut in Madrid in 1886, Pau Casals gave a concert/played music/acted in his student period in 1895 and, Miguel Yuste, another outstanding clarinetist, premiered in Spain the Brahms clarinet works shortly after being composed. The aim of this article is to establish the circumstances surrounding the Antonio Romero’s first edition of the "Complete Method for the Clarinet". We will also analyze the relationship between the Madrid Conservatory and the aforementioned method, studying documents held by the Library of that centre. As we shall see, the year of the first edition has been an inconsistent data from initial references to the work, so we will propose a date, considering the documents found

La retórica de los argumentos: Persuasión racional y manipulación visual

A partir de dos preguntas claves de la teoría de la argumentación visual, el presente trabajo plantea como hipótesis de investigación que la argumentación visual existe y que las imágenes pueden presentar razones genuinas, y, por tanto, servir para exponer argumentos, particularmente en publicidad. Se empezará por contextualizar los orígenes de la argumentación visual, para a continuación explorar la visión perspectivista de la argumentación, junto con una revisión crítica. A partir de este marco, caracterizará el concepto de argumentar y el de argumentación visual. A continuación, se explorarán las características propias de la argumentación visual y sus mecanismos de cómo se insertan las imágenes en los argumentos. Por último, se realizará un análisis específico de la relación de la argumentación visual, la publicidad y cómo expresar razones con imágenes.Starting from two key questions of the theory of visual argumentation, the present work raises as a research hypothesis that visual argumentation exists and that images can present genuine reasons, and, therefore, serve to present arguments, particularly in advertising. It will begin by contextualizing the origins of visual argumentation, and then exploring the perspectivist view of argumentation, along with a critical review. From this framework, the concepts of argumentation and visual argumentation will be characterized. Next, the characteristics of the visual argumentation and its mechanisms of how the images are inserted in the arguments will be explored. Finally, a specific analysis of the relationship of visual argumentation, advertising and how to express reasons with images will be carried out.Departamento de Filosofía (Filosofía, Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Teoría e Historia de la Educación, Filosofía Moral, Estética y Teoría de las Artes)Departamento de Lingüística General, Lenguas Modernas, Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia. Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)Máster en Lógica y Filosofía de la Cienci

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Versions of EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L in Children with Cancer: A Comparative Study

Background: The recent published version with five levels of response of EQ-5D-Y needs to be studied in children with chronic illness. For this, the aim of the present study was to assess and compare the psychometric properties of EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L in terms of feasibility, ceiling effect, redistribution properties, informativity and inconsistence responses in children with cancer. (2) Methods: A core set of self-report tools, including the Spanish version of EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L, were administered to children drawn from the population with cancer. EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L were evaluated in terms of feasibility, ceiling effects, redistribution properties and differences in absolute and relative informativity. (3) Results: A total of 73 children (9.7 ± 2.3 years old) from the population with cancer participated in the study. No missing data in the new EQ-5D-Y-5L were visualized, so the feasibility was acceptable. EQ-5D-Y-5L showed a low ceiling effect in all dimensions with relative changes from EQ-5D-Y-3L to EQ-5D-Y-5L of between 15.3% and 42.4% for the dimensions and 44.6% for the overall system. Compared to EQ-5D-Y-3L, EQ-5D-Y-5L provided a better distribution of the severity of the problem in the five levels of response. The absolute informativity (Shannon’s index) did not show statistically significant differences between EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L in all dimensions and the overall system. (4) Conclusions: EQ-5D-Y-5L is feasible, presenting a low ceiling effect and high discriminative powerThis work was financially supported by the EuroQol Research Foundation. EuroQol Research Foundation by 1226-RA project. (The EuroQoL Research Foundation is a non-profit organization) : Regional Association of Parents of Children with Cancer (ANDEX), Spai

Efectes de l'entrenament aquàtic i posterior desentrenament sobre la percepció i intensitat del dolor i el nombre de punts sensibles de dones amb fibromiàlgia

Introducció i objectius: El símptoma més freqüent i característic de la fibromiàlgia és el dolor generalitzat i difús. El propòsit d'aquest estudi va ser avaluar els efectes de 12 setmanes d'entrenament en aigua calenta i posterior desentrenament sobre la percepció i intensitat de dolor i el nombre de punts sensibles al dolor en dones amb fibromiàlgia Mètodes: Trenta cinc pacients van ser distribuïdes aleatòriament en dos grups: un grup experimental (n = 18), que va fer 3 sessions setmanals d'exercici físic de 60 min cadascuna, i el grup control (n = 17), que no va rebre l'esmentat entrenament addicional. El dolor es va avaluar usant les dimensions de dolor del Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnarie i Short Form 36. També es va avaluar el nombre de punts sensibles al dolor. Resultats: Després de 12 setmanes de programa es van observar millores significatives en el grup experimental respecte del grup control en la intensitat i la percepció del dolor. No obstant això, després del període de desentrenament, només es va mantenir la millora en la dimensió de "dolor corporal" del Short Form 36. El nombre de punts sensibles al dolor es va mantenir sense canvis en ambdós grups durant tot el protocol de programa. Conclusions: Un programa de 12 setmanes d'entrenament en aigua calenta, unit al tractament mèdic clàssic, va ser efectiu per reduir el dolor en dones amb fibromiàlgia. Després d'un període semblant sense entrenament físic, les millores en dolor es van mantenir parcialment. Amb tot, el programa d'entrenament no va tenir efectes en la reducció del nombre de punts sensibles al dolor

Fitness and health-related quality of life dimensions in community-dwelling middle aged and older adults

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The aim of the present study was to identify the physical fitness (PF) tests of a multi-component battery more related to the perception of problems in each dimension of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessed by the EuroQol 5 dimensions 3 level questionnaire (EQ-5D-3L) in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 7104 participants (6243 females and 861 males aged 50-99 years) who were recruited in the framework of the Exercise Looks After You Program, which is a public health program designed to promote physical activity (PA) in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults. Participants were assessed by the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire and a battery of fitness tests. The responses to each EQ-5D-3L dimension were collapsed into a two-tier variable consisting of «perceive problems» and «do not perceive problems». Correlation coefficients for the relationships between the HRQoL variables, between the PF variables, and between the HRQoL and PF variables were obtained. Two logistic regression models, one adjusted and one unadjusted, were developed for each EQ-5D-3L dimension.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>There were significant correlations between all variables except anxiety/depression and the back scratch test. The PF tests that correlated best with the HRQoL dimensions were the Timed Up-and-Go Test (TUG) and the 6-min walk; pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression correlated less well. All PF tests correlated, especially the TUG and 6-min walk tests. Unadjusted logistic models showed significant goodness of fit for the mobility and pain/discomfort dimensions only. Adjusted logistic models showed significant goodness of fit for all dimensions when the following potential confounding variables were included: age, gender, weekly level of PA, smoking and alcohol habits, body mass index, and educational level. For all dimensions, the highest odds ratios for the association with PF tests were with the TUG; this was observed with both the unadjusted and adjusted models.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The perception of problems, as measured by the EQ-5D-3L dimensions, was associated with a lower level of fitness, particularly for those dimensions that relate more closely to physical components. The PF tests that associated most closely with the perception of problems in the HRQoL dimensions were the TUG and the 6-min walk. This information will aid the design and assessment of PA programs that aim to improve HRQoL.</p

GPS-aided Visual Wheel Odometry

This paper introduces a novel GPS-aided visual-wheel odometry (GPS-VWO) for ground robots. The state estimation algorithm tightly fuses visual, wheeled encoder and GPS measurements in the way of Multi-State Constraint Kalman Filter (MSCKF). To avoid accumulating calibration errors over time, the proposed algorithm calculates the extrinsic rotation parameter between the GPS global coordinate frame and the VWO reference frame online as part of the estimation process. The convergence of this extrinsic parameter is guaranteed by the observability analysis and verified by using real-world visual and wheel encoder measurements as well as simulated GPS measurements. Moreover, a novel theoretical finding is presented that the variance of unobservable state could converge to zero for specific Kalman filter system. We evaluate the proposed system extensively in large-scale urban driving scenarios. The results demonstrate that better accuracy than GPS is achieved through the fusion of GPS and VWO. The comparison between extrinsic parameter calibration and non-calibration shows significant improvement in localization accuracy thanks to the online calibration.Comment: Accepted by IEEE ITSC 202