Innovació i competitivitat empresarial en el sector tèxtil i del vestit

Transformacions en el model de negoci del tèxtil de moda, a través de casos com Inditex, Mango, Desigual, Sita Murt o Pronovia

Business innovation and competitiveness in the textile and garment industry

Changes in the business model of textile fashion companies, through study cases such as Inditex, Mango, Desigual, Sita Murt and Pronovia

Diseño de packaging y producto para campaña de marketing de Nokia

Con motivo de la campaña de marketing de Nokia para promocionar la plataforma OVI de contenidos y aplicaciones para teléfonos móviles, se propone la realización del diseño de un packaging promocional y de su contenido

Automatic Generation of Efficient Linear Algebra Programs

The level of abstraction at which application experts reason about linear algebra computations and the level of abstraction used by developers of high-performance numerical linear algebra libraries do not match. The former is conveniently captured by high-level languages and libraries such as Matlab and Eigen, while the latter expresses the kernels included in the BLAS and LAPACK libraries. Unfortunately, the translation from a high-level computation to an efficient sequence of kernels is a task, far from trivial, that requires extensive knowledge of both linear algebra and high-performance computing. Internally, almost all high-level languages and libraries use efficient kernels; however, the translation algorithms are too simplistic and thus lead to a suboptimal use of said kernels, with significant performance losses. In order to both achieve the productivity that comes with high-level languages, and make use of the efficiency of low level kernels, we are developing Linnea, a code generator for linear algebra problems. As input, Linnea takes a high-level description of a linear algebra problem and produces as output an efficient sequence of calls to high-performance kernels. In 25 application problems, the code generated by Linnea always outperforms Matlab, Julia, Eigen and Armadillo, with speedups up to and exceeding 10x

The impact of neos and their fragments recorded from the ground : ongoing research lines of the spanish fireball network

A continuous monitoring of the night sky all over Spain will be completed in 2009. This involves the recording over a very large surface area of 500,000 km2, but new CCD and video cameras operated by the Spanish Meteor and Fireball Network (SPMN) allows this target to be achieved. Through the use of these new techniques the SPMN can obtain new information regarding the dynamical processes that deliver meteorites to the Earth. It transpires that the main asteroid belt is not the only source of these fireballs, Near Earth Objects (NEOs) and Jupiter Family Comets (JFCs) may also play a role. To obtain more information in this regard, new efforts are needed to compare the orbits of large meteoroids reaching the Earth with those of the members of NEO and JFC populations. By numerically integrating their orbits back in time it may be possible to identify meteoroids delivered by other mechanisms like such as catastrophic disruptions or collisions

Pharmacopuncture in the treatment of peripheral polyneuropathy in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2

Introducción: la diabetes mellitus es causa importante de discapacidad y muerte. Se estima que para el año 2030 supere la cifra de 435 millones de personas. Aproximadamente del 60 al 70% de estos pacientes tienen algún grado de neuropatía; en su tratamiento se utilizan analgésicos, antidepresivos, anticonvulsivantes y terapias tradicionales como la acupuntura y las plantas medicinales. Objetivo: evaluar los resultados terapéuticos del uso de la farmacopuntura en el tratamiento de la polineuropatía periférica en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2. Método: se realizó un estudio de desarrollo, descriptivo, prospectivo, longitudinal, cuasi experimental en el Hospital “Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero” de Santa Clara de octubre de 2010 hasta septiembre de 2014. La muestra quedó conformada por 66 pacientes, a través de un método no probabilístico, por criterios. La inclusión a cada grupo se realizó de manera aleatoria. El tratamiento se realizó con vitaminas B1, B6 y B12. A los pacientes del grupo estudio se les administró 0,3cc en puntos acupunturales, en dependencia del diagnóstico por Zang Fu, y al grupo control 1cc de cada una por vía intramuscular; a todos por 10 sesiones de tratamiento. Resultados: los pacientes del grupo estudio presentaron una evolución clínica más favorable en un tiempo corto de remisión. Los principales eventos adversos se presentaron en el grupo control. Los resultados terapéuticos del grupo estudio fueron satisfactorios en mayor número de pacientes que en el grupo control. Conclusiones: se lograron resultados terapéuticos satisfactorios con el uso de la farmacopuntura en el tratamiento de la polineuropatía periférica diabética.Introduction: diabetes mellitus is an important cause of disability and death. It is estimated that by the year 2030 it will surpass the figure of 435 million people. Approximately 60 to 70% of these patients have some degree of neuropathy; in its treatment, analgesics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants and traditional therapies such as acupuncture and medicinal plants are used. Objective: to evaluate the therapeutic results of the use of pharmacopuncture in the treatment of peripheral polyneuropathy in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2. Method: a descriptive, prospective, longitudinal, quasi-experimental development study was carried out at “Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero” Hospital in Santa Clara from October 2010 to September 2014. The sample consisted of 66 patients, through a non-probabilistic method, by criteria. The inclusion to each group was done in a random way. The treatment was carried out with vitamins B1, B6 and B12. The patients in the study group were administered 0.3cc in acupunctural points, depending on the diagnosis by Zang Fu, and the control group 1cc of each one intramuscularly; all for 10 treatment sessions. Results: patients in the study group presented more favorable clinical course in a short time of remission. The main adverse events were presented in the control group. The therapeutic results of the study group were satisfactory in a larger number of patients than in the control group. Conclusions: satisfactory therapeutic results were achieved with the use of pharmacopuncture in the treatment of diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy

Involvement of NRN1 gene in schizophrenia-spectrum and bipolar disorders and its impact on age at onset and cognitive functioning

Objectives Neuritin 1 gene (NRN1) is involved in neurodevelopment processes and synaptic plasticity and its expression is regulated by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). We aimed to investigate the association of NRN1 with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) and bipolar disorders (BPD), to explore its role in age at onset and cognitive functioning, and to test the epistasis between NRN1 and BDNF. Methods The study was developed in a sample of 954 SSD/BPD patients and 668 healthy subjects. Genotyping analyses included 11 SNPs in NRN1 and one functional SNP in BDNF. Results The frequency of the haplotype C-C (rs645649-rs582262) was significantly increased in patients compared to controls (P = 0.0043), while the haplotype T-C-C-T-C-A (rs3763180-rs10484320-rs4960155-rs9379002-rs9405890-rs1475157) was more frequent in controls (P = 3.1 × 10-5). The variability at NRN1 was nominally related to changes in age at onset and to differences in intelligence quotient, in SSD patients. Epistasis between NRN1 and BDNF was significantly associated with the risk for SSD/BPD (P = 0.005). Conclusions Results suggest that: (i) NRN1 variability is a shared risk factor for both SSD and BPD, (ii) NRN1 may have a selective impact on age at onset and intelligence in SSD, and (iii) the role of NRN1 seems to be not independent of BDNF

Pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Postoperative outcome after surgical treatment in a Spanish multicenter study (PANMEKID)

Background: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) occasionally spreads to the pancreas. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the short and long-term results of a multicenter series in order to determine the effect of surgical treatment on the prognosis of these patients. Methods: Multicenter retrospective study of patients undergoing surgery for RCC pancreatic metastases, from January 2010 to May 2020. Variables related to the primary tumor, demographics, clinical characteristics of metastasis, location in the pancreas, type of pancreatic resection performed and data on short and long-term evolution after pancreatic resection were collected. Results: The study included 116 patients. The mean time between nephrectomy and pancreatic metastases' resection was 87.35 months (ICR: 1.51-332.55). Distal pancreatectomy was the most performed technique employed (50 %). Postoperative morbidity was observed in 60.9 % of cases (Clavien-Dindo greater than IIIa in 14 %). The median follow-up time was 43 months (13-78). Overall survival (OS) rates at 1, 3, and 5 years were 96 %, 88 %, and 83 %, respectively. The disease-free survival (DFS) rate at 1, 3, and 5 years was 73 %, 49 %, and 35 %, respectively. Significant prognostic factors of relapse were a disease free interval of less than 10 years (2.05 [1.13-3.72], p 0.02) and a history of previous extrapancreatic metastasis (2.44 [1.22-4.86], p 0.01). Conclusions: Pancreatic resection if metastatic RCC is found in the pancreas is warranted to achieve higher overall survival and disease-free survival, even if extrapancreatic metastases were previously removed. The existence of intrapancreatic multifocal compromise does not always warrant the performance of a total pancreatectomy in order to improve survival. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd

Escola de Terápia Familiar: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Treball Final del Màster Universitari en Intervenció i Mediació Familiar. Codi: SAF036. Curs acadèmic 2014-201