VariaMos: an extensible tool for engineering (dynamic) product lines

International audienceThis paper presents the new release of VariaMos, a Java-based tool for defining variability modeling languages, modeling (dynamic) product lines and cyber-physical self-adaptive systems, and supporting automated verification, analysis, configuration and simulation of these models. In particular, we describe the characteristics of this new version regarding its first release: (1) the capability to create languages for modeling systems with variability, even with different views; (2) the capability to use the created language to model (dynamic) product lines; (3) the capability to analyze and configure these models according to the changing context and requirements; and (4) the capability to execute them over several simulation scenarios. Finally, we show how to use VariaMos with an example, and we compare it with other tools found in the literature

Al Imperio por la Cultura. Uso publicitario de bibliotecas y patrimonio bibliográfico en el Noticiero Documental (NO-DO) durante la dictadura de Franco (1939–1975)

Objectives: To determine whether news items about libraries and book heritage were used during the Franco regime (1939–1975) as a resource for disseminating political propaganda through the current affairs newsreel "Noticiero Documental", also known as "NO-DO". Methodology: We identified and extracted news items about books, reading, bibliographic heritage and libraries from the "NO-DO" newsreel, which Spanish cinemas were obliged to screen before films. The news items were then categorised and analysed. Results: Most of the news items idealise Spain’s sociocultural reality even while this stands in contrast with the undeveloped state of the library system of the time. Most items advertise large exhibitions of book heritage taking place alongside events involving important figures of Spanish culture or works in Spanish. Their purpose is to enhance the historical importance of Hispanic culture as epitomised by the Franco regime

Al Imperio por la Cultura. Uso publicitario de bibliotecas y patrimonio bibliográfico en el Noticiero Documental (NO-DO) durante la dictadura de Franco (1939–1975)

Objectives: To determine whether news items about libraries and book heritage were used during the Franco regime (1939–1975) as a resource for disseminating political propaganda through the current affairs newsreel "Noticiero Documental", also known as "NO-DO". Methodology: We identified and extracted news items about books, reading, bibliographic heritage and libraries from the "NO-DO" newsreel, which Spanish cinemas were obliged to screen before films. The news items were then categorised and analysed. Results: Most of the news items idealise Spain’s sociocultural reality even while this stands in contrast with the undeveloped state of the library system of the time. Most items advertise large exhibitions of book heritage taking place alongside events involving important figures of Spanish culture or works in Spanish. Their purpose is to enhance the historical importance of Hispanic culture as epitomised by the Franco regime

Identifying dead features and their causes in product line models: an ontological approach

Feature Models (FMs) are a notation to represent differences and commonalities between products derived from a product line. However, product line modelers could unintentionally incorporate dead features in FMs. A dead feature is a type of defect, which implies that one or more features are not present in any product of the product line. Some authors have used ontologies in product lines, but they have not exploited ontology reasoning to identify and explain causes for defects in FMs in natural language. In this paper, we propose an ontology that represents FMs in OWL (Web Ontology Language). Then, we use SQWRL (Semantic Query-enhanced Web Rule Language) to identify dead features in a FM and identify and explain certain causes of this defect in natural language. Our preliminary empirical evaluation confirms the benefits of our approach

Potential role of new molecular plasma signatures on cardiovascular risk stratification in asymptomatic individuals

The evaluation of cardiovascular (CV) risk is based on equations derived from epidemiological data in individuals beyond the limits of middle age such as the Framingham and SCORE risk assessments. Lifetime Risk calculator (QRisk®), estimates CV risk throughout a subjects' lifetime, allowing those. A more aggressive and earlier intervention to be identified and offered protection from the consequences of CV and renal disease. The search for molecular profiles in young people that allow a correct stratification of CV risk would be of great interest to adopt preventive therapeutic measures in individuals at high CV risk. To improve the selection of subjects susceptible to intervention with aged between 30-50 years, we have employed a multiple proteomic strategy to search for new markers of early CV disease or reported CV events and to evaluate their relationship with Lifetime Risk. Blood samples from 71 patients were classified into 3 groups according to their CV risk (healthy, with CV risk factors and with a previously reported CV event subjects) and they were analyzed using a high through quantitative proteomics approach. This strategy allowed three different proteomic signatures to be defined, two of which were related to CV stratification and the third one involved markers of organ damage.This work was supported by grants from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI070537, IF08/3667-1, PI11-02239, PI 14/01917, PI11/01401, PI11/02432, PI13/01873, PI13/01746, PI13/01581, PI14/01650, PI14/01841), PT13/0001/0013, PIE13/00051, PIE13/00045, CP09/00229, CP15/00129, IDC Salud (3371/002), the MutuaMadrileña Foundation, the SENEFRO Foundation and FONDOS FEDER (RD06/0014/1015, RD12/0042/0071). Sociedad Española de cardiología para la Investigación Básica 2017. Grant PRB3 (IPT17/0019 - ISCIII-SGEFI / ERDF. These results are in line with the Spanish initiative on the Human Proteome Project.S

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

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Analyzing the convenience of adopting a product line engineering approach

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