The internationalisation of Spanish SMEs : main developments and their determinants

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Propuesta didáctica de Educación Física para quinto curso de Educación Primaria

En este Trabajo de Fin de Grado se ofrece la programación de catorce unidades didácticas desarrolladas de manera esquemática más dos de ellas desarrolladas íntegramente. Todas están destinadas a ser impartidas en la asignatura Educación física de 5º curso de Educación Primaria. Partiendo de estas premisas, las catorce unidades estarán relacionadas con los bloques de contenido del BOCYL orientados a dicho curso. La organización de todas las unidades se desarrollará de acuerdo con esta estructura: título, justificación, objetivos, contenidos, metodología, temporalización, atención a la diversidad, recursos didácticos (materiales y espacios) y criterios de evaluación, poniendo especial énfasis en desarrollar los contenidos, objetivos y estándares de aprendizaje de cada bloque.In this End-of-Degree Project we offer the programming of fourteen didactic units presented schematically plus two of them fully developed. All of them are meant for the Physical Education subject of the 5th year of Primary Education. Based on these assumptions, the fourteen units will be related to the content blocks of the BOCYL aimed at the course. The organization of all units will be developed according to this structure: title, justification, objectives, contents, methodology, timing, attention to diversity, didactic resources (materials and spaces) and evaluation criteria, with special emphasis on developing the contents, objectives and learning standards of each block.Grado en Educación Primari

A Test Bench for Distortion-Energy Optimization of a DSP-Based H.264/SVC Decoder

International audienceThis paper describes an OMAP based real-time test bench to find the Pareto frontier of an H.264/SVC decoder within a distortion-energy optimization space. A metric to estimate video distortion is introduced. In addition, energy consumption estimates are obtained from real-time measurements of the computational load. Finally, test bench operation is successfully demonstrated with different H.264/SVC-compliant sets of sequences

Current status of pharmacological invasive treatments in Achilles tendinopathy

[Resumen] Objetivos: El objetivo es aportar evidencia científica sobre tratamientos invasivos farmacológicos para la tendinopatía Aquilea. Material y métodos: Se realizó una búsqueda en PubMed que abarcó trabajos desde 1984 hasta el 30 de enero de 2018 usando términos como: “Achilles tendinopathy and treatment”. “Corticosteroids” “Heparin”. Stem cell” “Platelet Rich Plama” Resultados: Se obtuvieron artículos sobre el tratamiento del tendón de Aquiles con corticoides, heparina, proloterapia, sustancias esclerosantes, transfusiones de sangre autóloga, células madre, plasma enriquecido en plaquetas y ácido hialurónico. Conclusiones: Los tratamientos invasivos evaluados pueden ser una opción de para la tendinopatía aquilea. No obstante hay que ser cauteloso con ciertos efectos adversos derivados de su uso.[Abstract] Objectives: The objective is to provide quality evidence on pharmacological invasive treatments in Achilles tendinopathy. Methods: A search was made in PubMed that included works from 1984 to January 30, 2018. Terms like “Achilles tendinopathy and treatment”. “Corticosteroids” “Heparin”. Stem cell” “Platelet Rich Plama” were used. Results: Articles about Achilles tendon were obtained with this treatments: corticosteroids, heparin, prolotherapy, sclerosing substance, autologous blood transfusions, stem cells, platelet rich plasma and hyaluronic acid. Conclusions: The invasive treatments evaluated may be an option for Achilles tendinopathy. However, we must be careful with certain adverse effects derived from its us

A DSP based H.264/SVC decoder for a multimedia terminal

International audienceIn this paper, the implementation of a DSP-based video decoder compliant with the H.264/SVC standard (14496-10 Annex G) is presented. A PC-based decoder implementation has been ported to a commercial DSP. Performance optimizations have been carried out improving the initial version performance about 40% and reaching real time for CIF sequences. Moreover, the performance has been characterized using H.264/SVC sequences with different kinds of scalabilities and different bitrates. This decoder will be the core of a multimedia terminal that will trade off energy against quality of experience

The lowest triplet state 3A′ of H3 +: Global potential energy surface and vibrational calculations

The adiabatic global potential energy surface of the H3 + system for the lowest triplet excited state of A ' symmetry was computed for an extensive grid of conformations around the minimum region at full configuration interaction ab initia level, using a much more extended basis set than in a previous paper from the same authors. An accurate global fit (rms error lower than 27 cm-1 for energies lower than dissociation into separated atoms and lower than 5 cm-1 for energies lower than the dissociation channel) to these ab initio points and also to part of the previous.calculated points (for a total of 7689 energies in the data set) of the lowest triplet excited state of A′ symmetry is obtained using a diatomics-in-molecules approach corrected by one symmetrized three-body term with a total of 109 linear parameters and 1 nonlinear parameter. This produces an accurate global potential which represents all aspects of the bound triplet excited state of H3 + including the minima and dissociation limits, satisfying the correct symmetry properties of the system. The vibrational eigenstates have been calculated using hyperspherical coordinates with symmetry adapted basis functions with the proper regular behavior at the Eckart singularities. .The accuracy of: the vibrational levels thus obtained is expected to be better than 2 cm-1 with respect to unknown experimental values. Due to the presence of three equivalent minima at collinear geometries (D∝h) the lower vibrational levels are close to triple degenerate. Since the .interconversion barrier between the three minima is about 2640 cm-1, these states split for the upper excited vibrational levels. Such splitting can provide a key feature to identifying the unassigned transitions amongst the many H3 + lines that have been observed in hydrogen plasmas. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.This work has been supported by DGICYT (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain) under Grant Nos. PB97-0027 and PB95-0071.Peer Reviewe

Diseño del circuito electrónico de control y programación de una mano subactuada para el robot humanoide TEO

Para la correcta interacción de un robot humanoide con el medio que lo rodea, una vez que se ha conseguido un desplazamiento del mismo por el entorno de manera segura, es totalmente imprescindible la capacidad de desplazar otros objetos. Para ello, es necesario la instalación de una mano que permita agarrar estos objetos de manera eficaz, de forma que se adapte a la forma del objetivo. No obstante, el control preciso para manipular adecuadamente objetos, al ser una tarea compleja, necesitaría de un dispositivo con hasta más grados de libertad que el propio robot. El robot TEO, humanoide en desarrollo por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, incorpora una mano subactuada, la cual permite poder asir objetos mediante un mecanismo de seis grados de libertad, pero con solamente un actuador. Esto puede facilitar enormemente el control de esta mano, garantizando un buen agarre de objetivo. En este Trabajo Fin de Grado se ha realizado el diseño de la electrónica y del software que permita el control de la mano subactuada a través de la infraestructura de la que dispone el robot humanoide TEO. Este documento recoge las decisiones de diseño tomadas y las pruebas realizadas para conseguir un funcionamiento correcto del dispositivo, así como el proceso seguido para ello.Once a safe movement within the environment has been assured for a humanoid robot, the capability to drag and move objects becomes essential for a correct interaction within the objects of this environment. In order to accomplish this objective the incorporation of a hand that allows to grip these objects in an effective manner, adapting to the objectives shape. Nevertheless, as the manipulation of objects is a complex task, a device with several additional degrees of freedom than the actual robot is required for finesse. TEO, a humanoid robot in development by the Carlos III University, incorporates an underactuated hand, which enables to grasp objects through a six degrees of freedom mechanism, but just using one actuator. This provides an easy control of the hand, ensuring a reliable grip. In this Final Bachelor Project, electronics and software have been designed to achieve a correct operation of the underactuated hand through the already implemented architecture of robot TEO. As well, the present document collects the design decisions taken and tests performed in order to obtain a proper device operation .Ingeniería en Tecnologías Industriale

Miedo al delito en contextos digitales : un estudio con población urbana

El miedo al delito y la percepción de inseguridad son, en la actualidad, temas de interés para la investigación científi ca, pero también para los medios de comunicación, los ciudadanos mismos y las instituciones implicadas en la toma de decisiones para la promoción de la calidad de vida urbana. Y es que un aspecto que todo investigador en ciencias sociales debe tomar en consideración es la relevancia social de la temática de su investigación. En este caso, la relevancia del estudio del miedo al delito viene dada, principalmente, por los efectos que tanto para los individuos, como para la comunidad, puede tener una situación generalizada de miedo a ser víctima de delitos. Efectos que, como veremos, pueden ser independientes de la situación objetiva de riesgo, es decir, de la tasa de delitos que una zona o ciudad concreta soporta

Effectiveness of median nerve neural mobilization versus oral ibuprofen treatment in subjects who suffer from cervicobrachial pain: a randomized clinical trial

9 p.Oral ibuprofen (OI) and median nerve neural mobilization (MNNM) are first line treatments for patients who suffer cervicobrachial pain (CP). OI may produce side effects which are not tolerated by all subjects who suffer CP, whereas MNNM has no known side effects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of both treatments (OI vs. MNNM) in CP. Material and methods: This investigation was a blinded parallel randomized clinical trial (NCT02593721). Sixty-two participants diagnosed with CP were recruited and randomly assigned to 2 groups (n = 31), which received MNNM or 1200 mg/day OI treatment for 6 weeks. The numeric rating scale for pain intensity was the primary outcome. The cervical rotation range of motion (CROM) and the upper limb function were the secondary outcomes. Results: The results showed that OI treatment (η2 = 0.612–0.755) was clearly superior to MNNM (η2 = 0.816–0.821) in all assessments (p 0.05). Three subjects were discharged because of OI side effects. Conclusions: Oral ibuprofen may be superior to MNNM for pain reduction and upper limb function increase of subjects with CP. Nevertheless, both treatments were effective. Median nerve neural mobilization may be considered an effective non-pharmaceutical treatment option in subjects with CP. Regarding OI adverse effects, our findings challenge the role of pharmacologic versus manual therapy as possible treatments that may improve pain intensity and upper limb functionality in subjects with CP. Effectiveness of median nerve neural mobilization versus oral ibuprofen treatment... | Request PDF. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320554952_Effectiveness_of_median_nerve_neural_mobilization_versus_oral_ibuprofen_treatment_in_subjects_who_suffer_from_cervicobrachial_pain_a_randomized_clinical_trial [accessed Mar 08 2018].S

Disparidades económicas sobre unidades territoriales menores: análisis de convergencia

El objetivo fundamental de este trabajo es analizar la aplicabilidad de los modelos de convergencia económica en unidades territoriales menores y sobre la base de la estimación de indicadores sintéticos de desarrollo. Para tal efecto, se postula la aplicación de modelos de regresión espacial a partir de un índice compuesto de desarrollo con desagregación municipal y construido mediante técnicas de análisis multivariante. La aplicación de esta metodología se realiza sobre una región prototipo, el sistema municipal de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León durante el periodo 1981-2001, con el fin de mostrar también la evolución de las disparidades territoriales en este ámbito