A near zero consumption building as an urban acupuncture for a vertical slum. A case study in the city of Malaga, Spain

Vertical slum is defined as a particularly vulnerable height building, with serious problems of functionality, safety and habitability. Venezuela’s Tower of David is a famous example. Vertical slums are associated with an important level of physical degradation, coupled with a precarious socioeconomic situation of its occupants. Their inability to create a community for proper and mandatory maintenance increases their physical deterioration. The abandonment of the original owners is replaced by a system of occupation and illegal activities. In many cases, with an interest in maintaining the building in a state of precariousness, which annuls any attempt to rehabilitate it Facing this situation, the intervention is proposed through an urban acupuncture project, understood as a project of expropriation and physical rehabilitation of the building, associated to a project of social rehabilitation in a disadvantaged environment. It is about creating a hybrid building associated with four objectives 1- Create a hybrid building with a mixed offer of social and housing services: sheltered housing for seniors, residence and accommodation for young entrepreneurs. The idea of a social condenser is related to studies of the hybrid building such as the Downtown Athletic Club in New York, or the Rokade Tower and Maartenshof residence (Groningen, The Netherlands). 2- Incorporate the sustainability parameters directed to a building almost zero. 3- Incorporate a model of provision of housing services, managed by the municipality, but with the possibility of incorporating NGOs 4- Design a social rehabilitation project that facilitates the creation of a web of social-based companies or cooperatives that fosters entrepreneurship, and that can actively participate in the rehabilitation and maintenance of the neighborhood itself. This paper applies these principles to a building in Malaga as a case study and 10 strategies are developed and analysed in regards to its physical, social and sustainable transformation.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Efeito da hipóxia sobre a gliconeogênese muscular em caranguejo Chasmagnathus granulata alimentados com dieta rica em proteína ou carboidrato

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LavCAO (Laboratorio virtual de Control Ambiental de Obras)

En este artículo se va a presentar el Laboratorio virtual de Control Ambiental de Obras de la UPM. Un laboratorio virtual es la representación virtual de una práctica docente, incluyendo los espacios, herramientas o procedimientos que se realizan en la vida real. En este laboratorio se realizan tareas de vigilancia y seguimiento ambiental de una obra. En numerosos planes, proyectos y actividades de Ingeniería y Arquitectura existe la figura de un responsable ambiental, que se encarga de realizar controles relacionados con diferentes variables ambientales o medidas mitigadoras de impacto ambiental y elabora informes basados en un gran número de datos (de calidad del aire, aguas, ruido, etc.) tomados en el escenario de la obra y/o en sus alrededores que, a veces, deben llevarse a cabo antes de la obra, durante la obra y después de la misma. Estos procesos abarcan muchos sectores de actividad en el ámbito de la Ingeniería de Montes, Agrónomos, Industrial, Civil, Minas, Arquitectura, etc. Se va a explicar en detalle la practica relativa a Acústica Ambiental

Indicator system to measure the qualities of urban space affecting urban safety and coexistence

Preprint de los autores enviado a: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. DOI:10.1088/issn.1757-899xUrban space design directly influences its own safety. Sometimes this security is given by urban furniture, lighting or urban facilities, among other aspects. This paper presents a methodology based on the development of a system of indicators that provides the opportunity to assess what qualities of urban space influence street safety. It is important to know what aspects of public space make the citizen consider it a safe place and at the same time, to contrast these data with scientific documents. The first results are shown after applying this methodology to the case study of the city of Malaga, and specifically, to a sample of streets selected based on objective criteria crime rate. For research and obtaining indicators, digital surveys have been carried out on a group of 300 people, using Google Forms and social networks. Likewise, to obtain samples of the streets with the highest and lowest crime rates, registration data has been geolocated by the tolls of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The main contribution of this document is focused on defining indicators to characterize and quantify the safety in the streets of the urban public space. These are contrasted with objective data and records of insecurity and crime, and can be applicable to any street in any city. Finally, through these indicators, it is intended to know what are the parameters that influence urban safety for future designs of public spaces, or their renovation, achieving in the future, the existence of streets with a higher level of safety.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Real-time gun detection in CCTV: An open problem

Object detectors have improved in recent years, obtaining better results and faster inference time. However, small object detection is still a problem that has not yet a definitive solution. The autonomous weapons detection on Closed-circuit television (CCTV) has been studied recently, being extremely useful in the field of security, counter-terrorism, and risk mitigation. This article presents a new dataset obtained from a real CCTV installed in a university and the generation of synthetic images, to which Faster R-CNN was applied using Feature Pyramid Network with ResNet-50 resulting in a weapon detection model able to be used in quasi real-time CCTV (90 ms of inference time with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX-1080Ti card) improving the state of the art on weapon detection in a two stages training. In this work, an exhaustive experimental study of the detector with these datasets was performed, showing the impact of synthetic datasets on the training of weapons detection systems, as well as the main limitations that these systems present nowadays. The generated synthetic dataset and the real CCTV dataset are available to the whole research community.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad TIN2017-82113-C2-1-

LAB-SUITE

TRATA SOBRE LA ADMINISTRACION DE LOS RECURSOS COMPUTACIONALES EN UN LABORATORIO, ESPECIALMENTE CUANDO SE TIENE UN NUMERO LIMITADO DE COMPUTADORAS Y UN GRAN NUMERO DE ESTUDIANTES Y EL REPARTO JUSTO DE LOS RECURSOS COMPUTACIONALES SE TRANSFORMA EN UN PROBLEMA DE PRIORIDAD. LAB-SUITE, ES UN SISTEMA QUE PERMITE LA APLICACION DE POLITICAS DE ADMINISTRACION DE RECURSOS INFORMATICOS DE MANERA AUTOMATIZADA, ESTE PROYECTO SE COMPONE DE TRES SISTEMAS INDEPENDIENTES: LAB-FIREWALL: SISTEMA DE CONTROL DE ACCESO A INFORMACION DE INTERNET. LAB-MANAGER: SISTEMA DE ADMINISTRACION DE LAS COMPUTADORAS DEL LABORATORIO, ES UN SISTEMA CLIENTE-SERVIDOR, QUE OPERA EN RED Y UTILIZA LA FAMILIA DE PROTOCOLOS TCP/IP. LAB-IMAGE: SISTEMA DE PUBLICACION DE ANUNCIOS. TANTO EL CLIENTE COMO LOS SERVIDORES SE EJECUTAN SOBRE EL SISTEMA OPERATIVO WINDOWS 95, Y EN EL CASO DE LOS SERVIDORES SE REQUIERE DE UN COMPUTADOR DE MINIMAS CARACTERISTICAS

TENDENCIAS INVESTIGATIVAS EN EL DESARROLLO DE PRODUCTOS MECATRONICOS EN LA ACTUALIDAD (RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE MECHATRONIC PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY)

Resumen La mecatrónica es un campo interdisciplinario de ciencias de la ingeniería caracterizado por la integración e interconexión entre la ingeniería mecánica, la ingeniería eléctrica y la informática. Los productos mecatrónicos son en su mayoría estructuralmente complejos, pero son una solución óptima para muchos campos de la Industria como la medicina, la agricultura, la agroindustria entre otros. Este artículo tiene como objetivo principal identificar las tendencias investigativas en los proyectos mecatrónicos NPD en la actualidad. Para ello se hace una revisión bibliográfica, citando trabajos importantes en el área a partir del año 2017 y abordando el objetivo principal de cada investigación, para así agruparlas en enfoques e identificar las tendencias investigativas actualmente. Al final se puede concluir que la tendencia es reducir el costo total en un producto mecatrónico, así como de comenzar a adaptar los conceptos de las nuevas tecnologías de la Industria 4.0 (I4.0) a los proyectos de desarrollo de nuevos productos mecatrónicos (NPD). Palabras Clave: Enfoques investigativos, NPD, proyecto mecatrónico, tendencia investigativa. Abstract Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary field of engineering sciences characterized by the integration and interconnection between mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science. Mechatronic products are mostly structurally complex, but they are an optimal solution for many fields of Industry such as medicine, agriculture, agroindustry among others. The main objective of this paper is to identify research trends in the development of mechatronics products today. To meet this objective, a bibliographic review is made, citing important works in the area from 2017 on and addressing the main objective of each investigation in order to group them into approaches and identify current investigative trends. In the end, it can be concluded that the trend is to reduce the total cost of a mechatronic product, as well as to begin to adapt the concepts of the new technologies of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) to mechatronic NPD (new project development) projects. Keywords: investigative approaches, NPD, Mechatronic Project, Research trend

Drug Repurposing for Cancers With Limited Survival: Protocol for a Retrospective Cohort Study

Only 5% of the molecules tested in oncology phase 1 trials reach the market after an average of 7.5 years of waiting and at a cost of tens of millions of dollars. To reduce the cost and shorten the time of discovery of new treatments, drug repurposing (research with molecules already approved for another indication) and the use of secondary data (not collected for the purpose of research) have been proposed. Due to advances in informatics in clinical care, secondary data can, in some cases, be of equal quality to primary data generated through prospective studies.Objective: The objective of this study is to identify drugs currently marketed for other indications that may have an effect on the prognosis of patients with cancer.Methods: We plan to monitor a cohort of patients with high-lethality cancers treated in the public health system of Catalonia between 2006 and 2012, retrospectively, for survival for 5 years after diagnosis or until death. A control cohort, comprising people without cancer, will also be retrospectively monitored for 5 years. The following study variables will be extracted from different population databases: type of cancer (patients with cancer cohort), date and cause of death, pharmacological treatment, sex, age, and place of residence. During the first stage of statistical analysis of the patients with cancer cohort, the drugs consumed by the long-term survivors (alive at 5 years) will be compared with those consumed by nonsurvivors. In the second stage, the survival associated with the consumption of each relevant drug will be analyzed. For the analyses, groups will be matched for potentially confounding variables, and multivariate analyses will be performed to adjust for residual confounding variables if necessary. The control cohort will be used to verify whether the associations found are exclusive to patients with cancer or whether they also occur in patients without cancer.Results: We anticipate discovering multiple significant associations between commonly used drugs and the survival outcomes of patients with cancer. We expect to publish the initial results in the first half of 2024.Conclusions: This retrospective study may identify several commonly used drugs as candidates for repurposing in the treatment of various cancers. All analyses are considered exploratory; therefore, the results will have to be confirmed in subsequent clinical trials. However, the results of this study may accelerate drug discovery in oncology

Comportamento etológico do gado Bos taurus, Bos indicus e crioulo Caqueteño em três sistemas de cobertura de árvores de Brachiaria decumbens paddocks no sopé da Amazônia na Colômbia

The study was conducted at the Amazon Research Center CIMAZ - MACAGUAL of the University of Amazonia, Colombia, with a tropical rain forest climate (Af). The behavior of Bos taurus, Bos indicus, and Caqueteño Creole cattle, the animals were observed in paddocks with three levels of scattered tree cover density. The pasture was composed of Braquiaria decumbens with 35 days of regrowth. Direct observations were made from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with 10-minute intervals between the recording of the activities. The activity performed most often during the day by all of the animals was grazing under the sun, and those who pasture the most are the Caqueteño Creole, followed by the Bos indicus and, finally, the Bos taurus. Ruminating was the second most important activity performed by the cattle, having presented the same tendency. In the paddocks with a low level of tree cover, the animals pasture more in the shade; this trend is more relevant among B. taurus cattle. Caqueteño Creole cattle dedicate less time to water consumption and rest, spending more time grazing, in the high and medium cover levels, they interrupt the grazing at noon for a shorter time compared to B. indicus and B. taurus; after 2 p.m., the creoles vertiginously increase grazing. At the high cover level, the peak of grazing of the Caqueteño Creoles is at 9 a.m. and from 1-1:30 p.m., while at the medium tree cover level, the peak of pasturing was at noon, 1:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m., at the high tree level of cover, the peak for the three breeds was at 11 a.m. Only at the average tree level of cover did the Caquetaño creoles and B. indicus present a similar peak. In 9-9:30 a.m. and 4-5 p.m., the breeds substantially reduce rumination.O estudo foi realizado no Centro de Pesquisa Amazônica CIMAZ - MACAGUAL da Universidade da Amazônia, Colômbia, com um clima de floresta tropical úmida (Af). O comportamento do gado Bos taurus, Bos indicus e Caqueteño crioulo, os animais foram observados em cercados com três níveis de densidade de cobertura arbórea dispersa. A pastagem era composta de Braquiaria decumbens com 35 dias de recrescimento. Observações diretas foram feitas das 9h às 17h com intervalos de 10 minutos entre o registro das atividades. A atividade mais executada durante o dia por todos os animais era o pasto sob o sol, e aqueles que mais pastam são os Caqueteño crioulo, seguido pelo Bos indicus e, finalmente, o Bos taurus. A ruminação foi a segunda atividade mais importante desempenhada pelo gado, tendo apresentado a mesma tendência. Nos cercados com um baixo nível de cobertura arbórea, os animais pastam mais à sombra; esta tendência é mais relevante entre o gado B. taurus. O gado crioulo Caqueteño dedica menos tempo ao consumo de água e descanso, passando mais tempo pastando, nos níveis de cobertura alta e média, interrompem o pastoreio ao meio-dia por um tempo mais curto em comparação com o B. indicus e B. taurus; depois das 14 horas, os crioulos aumentam vertiginosamente o pastoreio. No nível de cobertura alta, o pico de pastagem dos Caqueteño crioulos é às 9h e das 13h30, enquanto no nível médio de cobertura de árvores, o pico de pastagem era ao meio-dia, 13h30 e 16h30, no nível alto de cobertura de árvores, o pico para as três raças era às 11h. Nas 9-9h30 e 16-17h, as raças reduzem substancialmente a ruminação

¿Cómo negociar con peruanos? : sector microfinanzas

En un mundo actualmente globalizado es indispensable conocer estas características culturales de un país para poder realizar una negociación exitosa a nivel internacional. El ignorar los aspectos culturales en la mayoría de casos representa un obstáculo para llegar a acuerdos en forma oportuna y beneficiosa; incluso la falta de entendimiento de la cultura representa una desventaja a nivel comercial. La presente investigación permite identificar las características de la cultura peruana en el ámbito de negociaciones en el sector de las microfinanzas. El presente estudio se realizó mediante entrevistas a los negociadores del sector microfinanzas para descubrir y analizar las características de la cultura peruana en el ámbito de las negociaciones. Se investigó los siguientes factores relevantes para llevar a cabo la negociación: (a) comunicación, lenguaje y presentación, (b) comportamiento durante las reuniones, ante el público, y utilización de protocolos, (c) costumbres sociales y los temas de conversación características en las negociaciones, (d) habilidades en las etapas de negociación y la destreza en el manejo de las condiciones del entorno, (e) grado de utilización de tecnología como elemento de apoyo en las negociaciones, (f) forma de resolución de disputas y/o controversias en la negociación, (g) importancia de la creación de lazos de amistad, obsequios y lugares de entretenimiento, (h) temas controversiales que se deben evitar en una negociación. Los resultados de la investigación proporcionaron datos importantes sobre cada uno de los aspectos de la cultura peruana, además, se recogieron algunas recomendaciones finales por parte de los negociadores peruanos del sector microfinanzas basadas en sus experiencias con los clientes. Finalmente, los resultados y recomendaciones obtenidos de los casos deben ser tomados en cuenta por parte de los empresarios extranjeros para que las negociaciones con empresarios peruanos del sector microfinanzas contribuyan al éxito de la mismaNowadays, in a globalized world it is essential to know the cultural characteristics of any given country in order to have a successful negotiation internationally. Ignoring the cultural aspects in most cases is an obstacle to reach agreements in a timely and with proper benefits; even the misunderstanding of the culture is a commercial weakness. The purpose of this research is to identify the characteristics of the Peruvian culture in the field of negotiations in the microfinance sector. This study was conducted through interviews with negotiators microfinance sector to discover and analyze the characteristics of the Peruvian culture in the field of negotiations. The following relevant factors to carry out negotiations were investigated: (a) communication, language and introduction, (b) behavior during meetings, and use of protocols, (c) social customs and topics spoken in negotiations, (d) skills in the negotiation stages and skill in managing environmental conditions, (e) degree of utilization of technology as a support element of negotiations, (f) dispute resolution and / or disputes during the negotiation, (g) the importance of friendships, gifts and entertainment, (h) controversial topics to avoid in negotiations The research results provided important information about every aspect of the culture; also, some final recommendations were collected from the Peruvian microfinance negotiators based on their experiences with clients sector. Finally, the results and recommendations obtained from the cases should be taken into account by foreign entrepreneurs when they negotiate with Peruvian microfinance entrepreneurs since these will contribute to the successTesi