Matrix Platform: Empowering Smart Ports with Advanced Video Analytics for Enhanced Security, Safety, and Efficiency

This paper underscores the crucial role of video anonymization in smart ports, were data privacy and security hold critical importance. It introduces the Matrix Platform, specifically designed for smart environments, and highlights its strong video anonymization capabilities. The platform employs advanced Video Anonymization techniques to effectively balance the preservation of data confidentiality with the enhancement of port security. Furthermore, the paper discusses how object detection and anonymization methods are strategically employed to protect sensitive information while still allowing access to critical operational details such as cargo and vessel types. Emphasis is placed on video anonymization's pivotal role in strengthening port security by concealing high-value assets and minimizing the risk of exposing sensitive data. By integrating the Matrix Platform, ports gain the capability to proactively manage security risks, safeguard assets, and secure information. This adaptable platform can be deployed in both Edge and Cloud environments, ensuring alignment with the specific needs of smart ports, with a primary focus on data anonymization. In conclusion, as the port industry continues to evolve, this paper asserts that the adoption of video anonymization techniques is fundamental for future growth and development, providing assurance of privacy and security in this dynamic landscape

Challenge-based learning: Cross-university implementation in Animal Breeding

[ES] En este trabajo se examinan los resultados obtenidos de la implementación interuniversitaria del aprendizaje basado en retos (ABR) a través del uso de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC) en la asignatura de Mejora Genética Animal. El reto consistió en llevar a cabo la mejora genética de un rebaño de vacuno lechero, mediante de un software en línea, en un entorno con limitaciones de manejo y económicas reales. Los alumnos obtuvieron una evolución positiva de los resultados a lo largo del reto, confirmando al ABP como una herramienta útil en el aprendizaje de la aplicación de la mejora genética animal. Por otra parte, las encuestas realizadas a los alumnos mostraron, en todas las universidades, una alta satisfacción con este tipo de aprendizaje, aunque indicaron posibles mejoras en la explicación inicial del reto. La aplicación de ABR ha sido muy positiva tanto desde un punto de vista de participación y motivación de los alumnos, como con el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico a través de la aplicación práctica de conceptos teóricos.[EN] This paper examines the results obtained from the interuniversity implementation of challenge-based learning (RBL) using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in animal breeding. The challenge faced by students consisted of managing the genetic improvement of a dairy cattle herd in an environment with real management and economic constraints using an online software online. The students achieved a positive evolution of the results along the challenge, confirming the PBA as a useful tool in learning the application of animal breeding. On the other hand, the student surveys showed, in all universities, a high satisfaction with this type of learning, although they indicated possible improvements in the initial explanation of the challenge. The application of ABR has been very positive both from the point of view of student participation and motivation, as well as with the development of critical thinking by the practical application of theoretical concepts.Al Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Politécnica de València por financiar el proyecto de innovación educativa PIME/20-21/203.Ibáñez-Escriche, N.; Casto-Rebollo, C.; Formoso Rafferty, N.; González Recio, O.; Casellas Vidal, J. (2021). Aprendizaje basado en retos: Implementación interuniversitaria en la asignatura de Mejora Genética Animal. Servicio de Publicaciones Universidad Zaragoza. 290-294. https://doi.org/10.26754/CINAIC.2021.0056S29029

Aplicación interuniversitaria del aprendizaje basado en retos en la asignatura de Mejora Genética Animal

[EN] This paper presents the results of the first year of the inter-university implementation of challenge-based learning (CBL) in animal breeding. The challenge faced by students from the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Universitat Politècnica de València consisted of managing the genetic improvement of a cattle herd in an environment with real management and economic constraints using DCBSP software. The results obtained by the students in the challenge showed an improvement throughout the challenge, which would indicate its usefulness in learning the application of animal breeding. Regarding the students' evaluation of the challenge. The results of the surveys showed high satisfaction with this type of learning in all universities, although they indicated possible improvements in the initial explanation of the challenge. The experience during the first course of pilot application of the CBL has been very positive from the point of view of student participation and motivation, as well as with the development of critical thinking through the practical application of theoretical concepts.[ES] En este trabajo se presentan los resultados del primer año de la implementación interuniversitaria del aprendizaje basado en retos en la asignatura de Mejora Genética Animal. El reto al que se enfrentaron los alumnos de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid y la Universitat Politècnica de València consistió en gestionar la mejora genética de un rebaño de vacuno lechero en un entorno con limitaciones de manejo y económicas reales a través de un software informático DCBS. Los resultados obtenidos por los alumnos en el reto evidenciaron una mejoría a lo largo del mismo, lo que indicaría su utilidad en el aprendizaje de la aplicación de de la mejora genética animal. Respecto a la valoración del reto por parte de los estudiantes, los resultados de las encuestas mostraron una satisfacción elevada con este tipo de aprendizaje en todas las universidades, aunque indicaron posibles mejoras en la explicación incial del reto. La experiencia durante el primer curso de aplicación piloto del ABR ha sido muy positiva tanto desde un punto de vista de participación y motivación de los alumnos, como con el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico a través de la aplicación práctica de conceptos teóricos.Ibáñez Escriche, N.; Casto Rebollo, C.; Formoso-Rafferty Castilla, N.; González Recio, O.; Casellas Vidal, J. (2021). Aplicación interuniversitaria del aprendizaje basado en retos en la asignatura de Mejora Genética Animal. En IN-RED 2021: VII Congreso de Innovación Edicativa y Docencia en Red. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 104-113. https://doi.org/10.4995/INRED2021.2021.13464OCS10411

Detection of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes by molecular surveillance, Kenya

The Anopheles stephensi mosquito is an invasive malaria vector recently reported in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, and Ghana. The World Health Organization has called on countries in Africa to increase surveillance efforts to detect and report this vector and institute appropriate and effective control mechanisms. In Kenya, the Division of National Malaria Program conducted entomological surveillance in counties at risk for An. stephensi mosquito invasion. In addition, the Kenya Medical Research Institute conducted molecular surveillance of all sampled Anopheles mosquitoes from other studies to identify An. stephensi mosquitoes. We report the detection and confirmation of An. stephensi mosquitoes in Marsabit and Turkana Counties by using endpoint PCR and morphological and sequence identification. We demonstrate the urgent need for intensified entomological surveillance in all areas at risk for An. stephensi mosquito invasion, to clarify its occurrence and distribution and develop tailored approaches to prevent further spread

The diversity and evolution of pollination systems in large plant clades: Apocynaceae as a case study

Background and Aims Large clades of angiosperms are often characterized by diverse interactions with pollinators, but how these pollination systems are structured phylogenetically and biogeographically is still uncertain for most families. Apocynaceae is a clade of >5300 species with a worldwide distribution. A database representing >10 % of species in the family was used to explore the diversity of pollinators and evolutionary shifts in pollination systems across major clades and regions. Methods The database was compiled from published and unpublished reports. Plants were categorized into broad pollination systems and then subdivided to include bimodal systems. These were mapped against the five major divisions of the family, and against the smaller clades. Finally, pollination systems were mapped onto a phylogenetic reconstruction that included those species for which sequence data are available, and transition rates between pollination systems were calculated. Key Results Most Apocynaceae are insect pollinated with few records of bird pollination. Almost three-quarters of species are pollinated by a single higher taxon (e.g. flies or moths); 7 % have bimodal pollination systems, whilst the remaining approx. 20 % are insect generalists. The less phenotypically specialized flowers of the Rauvolfioids are pollinated by a more restricted set of pollinators than are more complex flowers within the Apocynoids + Periplocoideae + Secamonoideae + Asclepiadoideae (APSA) clade. Certain combinations of bimodal pollination systems are more common than others. Some pollination systems are missing from particular regions, whilst others are over-represented. Conclusions Within Apocynaceae, interactions with pollinators are highly structured both phylogenetically and biogeographically. Variation in transition rates between pollination systems suggest constraints on their evolution, whereas regional differences point to environmental effects such as filtering of certain pollinators from habitats. This is the most extensive analysis of its type so far attempted and gives important insights into the diversity and evolution of pollination systems in large clades

Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

BACKGROUND Regular, detailed reporting on population health by underlying cause of death is fundamental for public health decision making. Cause-specific estimates of mortality and the subsequent effects on life expectancy worldwide are valuable metrics to gauge progress in reducing mortality rates. These estimates are particularly important following large-scale mortality spikes, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. When systematically analysed, mortality rates and life expectancy allow comparisons of the consequences of causes of death globally and over time, providing a nuanced understanding of the effect of these causes on global populations. METHODS The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 cause-of-death analysis estimated mortality and years of life lost (YLLs) from 288 causes of death by age-sex-location-year in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations for each year from 1990 until 2021. The analysis used 56 604 data sources, including data from vital registration and verbal autopsy as well as surveys, censuses, surveillance systems, and cancer registries, among others. As with previous GBD rounds, cause-specific death rates for most causes were estimated using the Cause of Death Ensemble model-a modelling tool developed for GBD to assess the out-of-sample predictive validity of different statistical models and covariate permutations and combine those results to produce cause-specific mortality estimates-with alternative strategies adapted to model causes with insufficient data, substantial changes in reporting over the study period, or unusual epidemiology. YLLs were computed as the product of the number of deaths for each cause-age-sex-location-year and the standard life expectancy at each age. As part of the modelling process, uncertainty intervals (UIs) were generated using the 2·5th and 97·5th percentiles from a 1000-draw distribution for each metric. We decomposed life expectancy by cause of death, location, and year to show cause-specific effects on life expectancy from 1990 to 2021. We also used the coefficient of variation and the fraction of population affected by 90% of deaths to highlight concentrations of mortality. Findings are reported in counts and age-standardised rates. Methodological improvements for cause-of-death estimates in GBD 2021 include the expansion of under-5-years age group to include four new age groups, enhanced methods to account for stochastic variation of sparse data, and the inclusion of COVID-19 and other pandemic-related mortality-which includes excess mortality associated with the pandemic, excluding COVID-19, lower respiratory infections, measles, malaria, and pertussis. For this analysis, 199 new country-years of vital registration cause-of-death data, 5 country-years of surveillance data, 21 country-years of verbal autopsy data, and 94 country-years of other data types were added to those used in previous GBD rounds. FINDINGS The leading causes of age-standardised deaths globally were the same in 2019 as they were in 1990; in descending order, these were, ischaemic heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lower respiratory infections. In 2021, however, COVID-19 replaced stroke as the second-leading age-standardised cause of death, with 94·0 deaths (95% UI 89·2-100·0) per 100 000 population. The COVID-19 pandemic shifted the rankings of the leading five causes, lowering stroke to the third-leading and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to the fourth-leading position. In 2021, the highest age-standardised death rates from COVID-19 occurred in sub-Saharan Africa (271·0 deaths [250·1-290·7] per 100 000 population) and Latin America and the Caribbean (195·4 deaths [182·1-211·4] per 100 000 population). The lowest age-standardised death rates from COVID-19 were in the high-income super-region (48·1 deaths [47·4-48·8] per 100 000 population) and southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania (23·2 deaths [16·3-37·2] per 100 000 population). Globally, life expectancy steadily improved between 1990 and 2019 for 18 of the 22 investigated causes. Decomposition of global and regional life expectancy showed the positive effect that reductions in deaths from enteric infections, lower respiratory infections, stroke, and neonatal deaths, among others have contributed to improved survival over the study period. However, a net reduction of 1·6 years occurred in global life expectancy between 2019 and 2021, primarily due to increased death rates from COVID-19 and other pandemic-related mortality. Life expectancy was highly variable between super-regions over the study period, with southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania gaining 8·3 years (6·7-9·9) overall, while having the smallest reduction in life expectancy due to COVID-19 (0·4 years). The largest reduction in life expectancy due to COVID-19 occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean (3·6 years). Additionally, 53 of the 288 causes of death were highly concentrated in locations with less than 50% of the global population as of 2021, and these causes of death became progressively more concentrated since 1990, when only 44 causes showed this pattern. The concentration phenomenon is discussed heuristically with respect to enteric and lower respiratory infections, malaria, HIV/AIDS, neonatal disorders, tuberculosis, and measles. INTERPRETATION Long-standing gains in life expectancy and reductions in many of the leading causes of death have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the adverse effects of which were spread unevenly among populations. Despite the pandemic, there has been continued progress in combatting several notable causes of death, leading to improved global life expectancy over the study period. Each of the seven GBD super-regions showed an overall improvement from 1990 and 2021, obscuring the negative effect in the years of the pandemic. Additionally, our findings regarding regional variation in causes of death driving increases in life expectancy hold clear policy utility. Analyses of shifting mortality trends reveal that several causes, once widespread globally, are now increasingly concentrated geographically. These changes in mortality concentration, alongside further investigation of changing risks, interventions, and relevant policy, present an important opportunity to deepen our understanding of mortality-reduction strategies. Examining patterns in mortality concentration might reveal areas where successful public health interventions have been implemented. Translating these successes to locations where certain causes of death remain entrenched can inform policies that work to improve life expectancy for people everywhere. FUNDING Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Nursing care time in the Intensive Care Unit: evaluation of the parameters proposed in COFEN Resolution Nº 293/04 Tiempo de asistencia de enfermería en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos: evaluación de los parámetros propuestos por la Resolución COFEN nº 293/04 Tempo de assistência de Enfermagem em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva: avaliação dos parâmetros propostos pela Resolução COFEN nº293/04

This study aimed to evaluate the parameters established in COFEN Resolution 293/04 concerning nursing staff dimensioning in adult intensive care units (AICU). The research was conducted in six hospitals in São Paulo City. The daily quantitative average of professionals needed for patient care was calculated according to the parameters established by COFEN. The obtained results were compared with the existing number of daily staff members in these units. It was observed that the proportions recommended by COFEN for the nurse category are superior to those used in the hospitals studied, which represents a challenge for Brazilian nursing. Mean care time values were found appropriate and represent important standards for dimensioning the minimum number of professionals in AICU. This study contributed to the validation of the parameters indicated in Resolution 293/04 for nursing staff dimensioning in the AICU.<br>Este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar los parámetros establecidos por la Resolución COFEN 293/04, referencia para dimensionamiento de personal de enfermería en unidades de cuidados intensivos adultos (UCIA). La investigación se realizó en seis hospitales de la ciudad de São Paulo. La cantidad media diaria de profesionales necesarios para la asistencia al paciente se calculó de acuerdo a los parámetros establecidos por COFEN. Los resultados se compararon al cuantitativo diario de personal existente en estas Unidades. Se observó que las proporciones recomendadas por COFEN, categoría enfermera, son superiores a las utilizadas por los hospitales convirtiéndose desafío para la enfermería brasileña. Se encontró que los valores del tiempo medio de asistencia son adecuadas y representan importante referencia para el dimensionamiento del cuantitativo mínimo de profesionales en UCIA. Este estudio evidencia contribuciones para validación de los parámetros especificados en la Resolución COFEN 293/04, para el dimensionamiento del personal de enfermería en UCIA.<br>O estudo teve por objetivo avaliar os parâmetros preconizados pela Resolução COFEN nº293/04, enquanto referência para o dimensionamento de pessoal de Enfermagem em e Terapia Intensiva Adulto (UTIA). A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em seis hospitais da cidade de São Paulo. Os quantitativos médios diários de profissionais, necessários para o atendimento dos pacientes, foram calculados conforme parâmetros preconizados pelo COFEN. Os resultados obtidos foram comparados ao quantitativo diário de pessoal existente nessas unidades. Observou-se que as proporções recomendadas pelo COFEN, para a categoria enfermeiro, são superiores às utilizadas pelos hospitais estudados, configurando-se em um desafio para a Enfermagem brasileira. Constatou-se que os valores referentes aos tempos médios de assistência são adequados e constituem importante referencial para o dimensionamento do quantitativo mínimo de profissionais, nas UTIAs. Com este estudo, evidenciaram-se contribuições para a validação dos parâmetros indicados pela Resolução COFEN nº293/04, para o dimensionamento de pessoal de Enfermagem em UTIA