Lo material depende de lo ambiental

El artículo profundiza en una serie de aspectos que influyen en la construcción del espacio arquitectónico contemporáneo, desde la sostenibilidad, el uso de la energía verde y las fuentes renovables, hasta el concepto de equilibrio y el balance entre el orden y el desorden asociados con las leyes de la termodinámica y la analogía con la simetría y la asimetría en la naturaleza. La energía y sus flujos podrían determinar diversas formas arquitectónicas. Podría ser interpretada como lugar, contexto o paisaje, también como programa, estructura y material. Su estudio y asociación con el espacio arquitectónico, como se propone en este escrito, permite un mayor entendimiento de los aspectos inmateriales e intangibles que aún permaneciendo ocultos son esenciales en cualquier proceso de diseño. Nociones vinculadas a la teoría de la evolución como es la adaptación al medio pueden abrir un debate sobre la modificación del medio y la fijación de los nuevos límites entre el territorio y la ciudad. Este concepto puede ser también útil para proponer nuevas formas de desarrollo urbano y paisaje. La sostenibilidad se puede asociar con el equilibrio, el balance, y la adaptación al medio y la ecología con el uso de tecnologías de bajo consumo de energía, -Low-Tech-, y el reciclaje, de manera que se pueda fijar de una manera mas eficaz el ciclo de vida de los materiales y los sistemas que aseguren además la flexibilidad en el uso futuro del espacio

La comunicación deportiva en los planes de estudio de los grados en periodismo en españa

In the past, sports journalism was regarded by universities as a “soft” specialisation. The picture began to change at the end of the 20th century, when schools were incorporating it into their programs. Nowadays, it’s one of the most popular specializations among journalism students, who demand specific training in this field. This paper investigates the status of sports communication pedagogy at universities in Spain. For this purpose, an exploratory research is conducted to describe the presence of sport as an object of study in the teaching plans of the journalism degrees. The method used is content analysis. 38 curricula and 1748 syllabi of their courses are examined. Findings show that 58% of the universities offer a stand-alone course on sports communication, while 24% address the subject as part of a specialist journalism course. Other courses not related to sports journalism or specialist journalism (mainly those focused on radio, photojournalism, media law, press and television) also include sports in their syllabi in a shorter form. For 11% of universities, the latter is the only way in which the subject is addressed, and in one case an institution does not include any reference to sport. Therefore, most of Journalism degrees in Spain cover, to a greater or lesser extent, the demand for training in sports communication, although data indicates that this discipline is not yet fully established and that there is room for improvement.En tiempos pasados, el periodismo deportivo era contemplado desde la universidad como una especialización menor. El panorama comenzó a cambiar a finales del siglo XX, cuando las facultades fueron incorporándolo a sus programas. Actualmente es una de las áreas de más interés entre los estudiantes de Periodismo, los cuales reclaman una formación específica en la materia. Este artículo analiza la respuesta que ofrecen los grados en Periodismo en España a esa demanda. Para ello, se realiza una investigación exploratoria que describa la presencia del deporte como objeto de estudio en la planificación docente de las universidades. La metodología empleada es el análisis de contenido. Se examinan 38 planes de estudio y 1748 guías docentes de sus asignaturas. Los resultados muestran que el 58 % de las universidades ofrecen una asignatura específica sobre comunicación deportiva, mientras que el 24 % aborda la materia dentro de una disciplina sobre periodismo especializado. Otras asignaturas de campos distintos –principalmente las dedicadas a la radio, el fotoperiodismo, el derecho de la información, la prensa y la televisión– también estudian el deporte de forma puntual. Para el 11 % de universidades esta supone la única forma en la que se aborda la materia, e incluso hay una institución que no incluye referencia alguna al deporte. Por tanto, la mayoría de los grados en Periodismo españoles cubren, en mayor o menor medida, la demanda de formación en comunicación deportiva, aunque los datos indican que esta disciplina aún no está completamente asentada y que tiene margen de desarrollo

System dynamics modelling in systems biology and applications in pharmacology

El modelado matemático de sistemas biológicos complejos es uno de los temas clave en la Biología de Sistemas y varios métodos computacionales basados ​​en la simulación computarizada han sido aplicados hasta ahora para determinar el comportamiento de los sistemas no lineales. La Dinamica de Sistemas es una metodología de modelado intuitivo basada en el razonamiento cualitativo por el cual un modelo conceptual se puede describir como un conjunto de relaciones de causa y efecto entre las variables de un sistema. A partir de esta estructura, es posible obtener un conjunto de ecuaciones dinámicas que describan cuantitativamente el comportamiento del sistema. Centrándose en los sistemas farmacológicos, el modelado compartimental a menudo se utiliza para resolver un amplio espectro de problemas relacionados con la distribución de materiales en los sistemas vivos en la investigación, el diagnóstico y la terapia en todo el cuerpo, los órganos y los niveles celulares. En este artículo presentamos la metodología de modelado de Dinámica del Sistema y su aplicación al modelado de un modelo compartimental farmacocinético-farmacodinámico del efecto de profundidad anestésica en pacientes sometidos a intervenciones quirúrgicas, derivando un modelo de simulación en el entorno de simulación orientada a objetos OpenModelica. La Dinamica de Sistemas se puede ver como una herramienta educativa poderosa y fácil de usar y en la enseñanza de Biología de Sistemas.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Drivers and barriers of university social responsibility: integration into strategic plans

The implementation of University Social Responsibility (USR) in its strategic plans is a subject of great social interest. However, the lack of understanding produces deficient stakeholder’s engagement, obstructing USR applications and potential benefits. USR in a formal context and as part of strategy should be a path that leads to its fulfilment. A Delphi method was used and several experts have participated in it. Results show that USR is related to student’s issues, among main drivers are to work under a code of ethics and acquire civic competences as a part of their vocational training. Among barriers to be involved in social responsibility activities is the lack of engagement of university community. The insufficient communication into the university community is mentioned as one of the main obstacles to incorporate USR into strategic planning. Relevance of this work relies on the holistic points of views of the results.Postprint (author's final draft

Generation of curved high-order meshes with optimal quality and geometric accuracy

We present a novel methodology to generate curved high-order meshes featuring optimal mesh quality and geometric accuracy. The proposed technique combines a distortion measure and a geometric L2-disparity measure into a single objective function. While the element distortion term takes into account the mesh quality, the L2-disparity term takes into account the geometric error introduced by the mesh approximation to the target geometry. The proposed technique has several advantages. First, we are not restricted to interpolative meshes and therefore, the resulting mesh approximates the target domain in a non-interpolative way, further increasing the geometric accuracy. Second, we are able to generate a series of meshes that converge to the actual geometry with expected rate while obtaining high-quality elements. Third, we show that the proposed technique is robust enough to handle real-case geometries that contain gaps between adjacent entities.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Catalysts of university social responsability into strategic planning by thematic analysis and deductive coding

The relevance of higher education institutions (HEI) for social development is unquestionable because of their potential for contributing intellectual solutions for the social, economic, and environmental welfare of society. The current study aims to: 1) examine which are the main catalysts of university social responsibility (USR) from a strategic management perspective; 2) show the relations among those catalysts through semantic networks; and 3) analyse the role of university promotion of entrepreneurship. The method uses a content analysis in a sample of 23 universities and examines the subject and codes to clarify the catalysts. The semantic networks are shown to reveal these connections. It was found that a high percentage of universities orient their efforts towards enhancing the employability of students, mainly through entrepreneurial projects intended to achieve social responsibility.Postprint (author's final draft

Molybdenum-catalyzed enantioselective sulfoxidation controlled by a nonclassical hydrogen bond between coordinated chiral imidazolium-based dicarboxylate and peroxido ligands

Chiral alkyl aryl sulfoxides were obtained by molybdenum-catalyzed oxidation of alkyl aryl sulfides with hydrogen peroxide as oxidant in mild conditions with high yields and moderate enantioselectivities. The asymmetry is generated by the use of imidazolium-based dicarboxylic compounds, HLR. The in-situ-generated catalyst, a mixture of aqueous [Mo(O)(O2)2(H2O)n] with HLR as chirality inductors, in the presence of [PPh4]Br, was identified as the anionic binuclear complex [PPh4]{[Mo(O)(O2)2(H2O)]2( -LR)}, according to spectroscopic data and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. A nonclassical hydrogen bond between one C–H bond of the alkyl R group of coordinated (LR)- and one oxygen atom of the peroxido ligand was identified as the interaction responsible for the asymmetry in the process. Additionally, the step that governs the enantioselectivity was theoretically analyzed by locating the transition states of the oxido-transfer to PhMeS of model complexes [Mo(O)(O2)2(H2O)( 1-O-LR)]- (R = H, iPr). The DDG6= is ca. 0 kcal mol-1 for R = H, racemic sulfoxide, meanwhile for chiral species the DDG6= of ca. 2 kcal mol-1 favors the formation of (R)-sulfoxide.Junta de Andalucía (Proyecto de Excelencia FQM-7079)Universidad de Sevilla (VI Plan Propio

A distortion measure to validate and generate curved high-order meshes on CAD surfaces with independence of parameterization

This is the accepted version of the following article: [Gargallo-Peiró, A., Roca, X., Peraire, J., and Sarrate, J. (2016) A distortion measure to validate and generate curved high-order meshes on CAD surfaces with independence of parameterization. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng, 106: 1100–1130. doi: 10.1002/nme.5162], which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.5162/abstractA framework to validate and generate curved nodal high-order meshes on Computer-Aided Design (CAD) surfaces is presented. The proposed framework is of major interest to generate meshes suitable for thin-shell and 3D finite element analysis with unstructured high-order methods. First, we define a distortion (quality) measure for high-order meshes on parameterized surfaces that we prove to be independent of the surface parameterization. Second, we derive a smoothing and untangling procedure based on the minimization of a regularization of the proposed distortion measure. The minimization is performed in terms of the parametric coordinates of the nodes to enforce that the nodes slide on the surfaces. Moreover, the proposed algorithm repairs invalid curved meshes (untangling), deals with arbitrary polynomial degrees (high-order), and handles with low-quality CAD parameterizations (independence of parameterization). Third, we use the optimization procedure to generate curved nodal high-order surface meshes by means of an a posteriori approach. Given a linear mesh, we increase the polynomial degree of the elements, curve them to match the geometry, and optimize the location of the nodes to ensure mesh validity. Finally, we present several examples to demonstrate the features of the optimization procedure, and to illustrate the surface mesh generation process.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

mTOSSIM: A simulator that estimates battery lifetime in wireless sensor networks

Knowledge of the battery lifetime of the wireless sensor network is important for many situations, such as in evaluation of the location of nodes or the estimation of the connectivity, along time, between devices. However, experimental evaluation is a very time-consuming task. It depends on many factors, such as the use of the radio transceiver or the distance between nodes. Simulations reduce considerably this time. They allow the evaluation of the network behavior before its deployment. This article presents a simulation tool which helps developers to obtain information about battery state. This simulator extends the well-known TOSSIM simulator. Therefore it is possible to evaluate TinyOS applications using an accurate model of the battery consumption and its relation to the radio power transmission. Although an specific indoor scenario is used in testing of simulation, the simulator is not limited to this environment. It is possible to work in outdoor scenarios too. Experimental results validate the proposed model.Junta de Andalucía P07-TIC-02476Junta de Andalucía TIC-570

Últimos avances en cosechadoras de cereales y forrajes

Durante los últimos años la maquinaría de recolección de cereales y forrajes ha experimentado numerosas innovaciones técnicas principalmente orientadas a aumentar su capacidad de trabajo. En este sentido, las cosechadoras autopropulsadas, dada su complejidad y elevado precio, son las máquinas donde los avances han sido más significativos, como hemos podido comprobar en las anteriores ediciones de la FIMA