Application of a behavioral objective evidence of evaluation of the influence of others in the performance in soccer

Se presenta el desarrollo de una prueba objetiva basada en el uso de un dinamómetro manual para analizar la influencia que ejerce la presencia de otras personas significativas, como el entrenador o los compañeros, en jugadores de fútbol infantil, cadete y juvenil de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid. Su aplicación permite superar las limitaciones presentadas por las pruebas de autoinforme tradicionales, analizando la validez convergente que tienen los resultados obtenidos con los encontrados en la escala de “Influencia de la evaluación del rendimiento” del cuestionario de características psicológicas relacionadas con el rendimiento deportivo factorizado CPRD-f (Olmedilla, García y Martínez, 2006). Los resultados obtenidos muestran la utilidad del empleo de una técnica objetiva como la planteada en el análisis de la influencia que tienen los otros en el rendimiento individualAn objective test, by using a hand dynamometer is presented in order to analyze the influence of significant people as the coach or the team mates in grip strength performance of young soccer players. Through this objective test was possible to overcome the methodological limitations presented by the traditional self-reported measures. The convergent validity between the dynamometer test results and the values obtained from the “Influence of performance evaluation scale” of the Psychological Characteristics related to Sport Performance factored Questionnaire CPRD-f (Olmedilla, García y Martínez, 2006) was also analyzed. The results showed the usefulness of an objective test as the hand dynamometer to analyze the influential role of significant people on individual performanceApresentamos o desenvolvimento de uma prova objetiva baseada no uso de um dinamômetro manual para analisar a influencia que exerce a presença de outras pessoas significativas, como o treinador ou os companheiros nos jogadores de futebol infantis, cadetes e juniores da Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid. Sua aplicação permite superar as limitações apresentadas pelas provas auto-informes tradicionais, analisando a validez convergente que tem os resultados obtidos com os encontrados na escala de “influencia da avaliação do rendimento” do questionário de características psicológicas relacionadas com o rendimento esportivo fatorizado CPRD-f (Olmedilla, García y Martínez, 2006). Os resultados obtido mostram a utilidade da aplicação técnica objetiva como a proposta na analises da influencia que tem os outros no rendimento individualEsta investigación ha sido parcialmente financiada gracias al proyecto de I+D+I MICINN PSI2011-2700

Aplicaciones aritméticas usando lógica programable

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) has become a cheap, usual and standard tool, with applications in almost every area of electronics. DSP offers big advantages over classic analog processing, like high precision, bounded processing noise, etc., and in DSP algorithms addition, substraction, and multiplication are essential operators. This paper describes basic arithmetics circuits designed by using Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and shows how bit-serial processing solutions can afford high computing performance with low resources usage.Facultad de Ingenierí

Aplicaciones aritméticas usando lógica programable

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) has become a cheap, usual and standard tool, with applications in almost every area of electronics. DSP offers big advantages over classic analog processing, like high precision, bounded processing noise, etc., and in DSP algorithms addition, substraction, and multiplication are essential operators.\nThis paper describes basic arithmetics circuits designed by using Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and shows how bit-serial processing solutions can afford high computing performance with low resources usage

Aplicaciones aritméticas usando lógica programable

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) has become a cheap, usual and standard tool, with applications in almost every area of electronics. DSP offers big advantages over classic analog processing, like high precision, bounded processing noise, etc., and in DSP algorithms addition, substraction, and multiplication are essential operators. This paper describes basic arithmetics circuits designed by using Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and shows how bit-serial processing solutions can afford high computing performance with low resources usage.Facultad de Ingenierí

Aplicaciones aritméticas usando lógica programable

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) has become a cheap, usual and standard tool, with applications in almost every area of electronics. DSP offers big advantages over classic analog processing, like high precision, bounded processing noise, etc., and in DSP algorithms addition, substraction, and multiplication are essential operators. This paper describes basic arithmetics circuits designed by using Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and shows how bit-serial processing solutions can afford high computing performance with low resources usage.Facultad de Ingenierí

Implementation of adaptive logic networks on an FPGA board

This work is part of a project that studies the implementation of neural network algorithms in reconfigurable hardware as a way to obtain a high performance neural processor. The results for Adaptive Logic Network (ALN) type binary networks with and without learning in hardware are presented. The designs were made on a hardware platform consisting of a PC compatible as the host computer and an ALTERA RIPP10 reconfigurable board with nine FLEX8K FPGAs and 512KB RAM. The different designs were run on the same hardware platform, taking advantage of its configurability. A software tool was developed to automatically convert the ALN network description resulting from the training process with the ATREE 2.7 for Windows software package into a hardware description file. This approach enables the easy generation of the hardware necessary to evaluate the very large combinatorial functions that results in an ALN. In an on-board learning version, an ALN basic node was designed optimizing it in the amount of cells per node used. Several nodes connected in a binary tree structure for each output bit, together with a control block, form the ALN network. The total amount of logic available on-board in the used platform limits the maximum size of the networks from a small to medium range. The performance was studied in pattern recognition applications. The results are compared with the software simulation of ALN networks

¿Afecta la focalización interna realmente en el rendimiento de carrera?. Aproximación experimental hacia el efecto de la focalización atencional = Does an internal focus really affect running performance?. An experimental approach to the effect of attentional focus

Hasta ahora, los estudios sobre los efectos del foco atencional sobre el rendimiento en carreras de fondo han mostrado resultados controvertidos,especialmente derivados de las metodológicas de estudio. Se ha sugerido que un foco atencional interno, centrado en la respiración, aumenta el consumo de oxígeno del corredor, disminuyendo así la economía de carrera. Sin embargo, en los estudios realizados hasta la fecha no se ha controlado en tiempo real a nivel experimental el uso de un foco atencional concreto. Nuestra hipótesis establece que el uso controlado de un foco atencional interno o externo no tiene un efecto sobre la economía de carrera (consumo de oxígeno a una velocidad establecida) si se corre a una intensidad moderada. Un total de 30 corredores de larga distancia (ocho mujeres), con edades de 18 a 50 años (M = 32,87, DT = 8,15) participaron como voluntarios. El protocolo experimental consistió un diseño intrasujeto realizado en tres sesiones: (1) prueba de esfuerzo para detectar el umbral aeróbico, (2)uso de un foco atencional interno, y (3) uso de un foco atencional externo. Durante las sesiones 2 y 3, los participantes realizaron 55 min carrera a intensidad moderada. Mediante el uso de una aplicación móvil y un mando inalámbrico patentados fue posible controlar, a nivel experimental, si los participantes mantenían eficazmente el foco atencional solicitado durante las sesiones. Los resultados muestran que no hubo efecto del uso del foco atencional interno o externo en la economía de carrera. Se concluye que, a una intensidad moderada, los corredores son libres de elegir se estrategia atencional sin que se afecte su rendimiento

Attentional training analysis by videoconsole

Se ha realizado un estudio cuasi-experimental con grupo de control equivalente, para analizar la validez del juego “Flash Focus. Vision training in minutes a day”, de Nintendo, sobre la posible mejora de la coordinación óculo manual, la anticipación de tiempo y movimiento y la atención selectiva. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 29 estudiantes de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, divididos en un grupo experimental de 21.37 años de edad (SD= 5.07), y otro control de 22.37 años (SD= 3.49), que realizaron un total de 15 sesiones de entrenamiento con el juego. Sólo uno de los resultados de los contrastes realizados, el referido a la atención sostenida, muestra diferencias significativas en el grupo de entrenamiento (p=0.01); mientras que el resto de variables atencionales estudiadas muestran resultados no significativos en las comparaciones pre y post. Este resultado justifica el interés por seguir investigando en esta línea y está en concordancia con los encontrados en el empleo de esta misma consola con aplicaciones diferentesThe aim of the current study consists of checking wether the training with Nintendo’s videogame “Flash Focus. Vision training in minutes a day” improves hand-eye coordination, time anticipation and movement and selective attention. For this purpose, a quasi-experimental pre-post design research with equivalent control group was carried out. The sample was made up of 29 university students from the degree of Sport Sciences. Results show that just only one of the dependent variables, selective attention, presented significant differences between the group which received the training and the control group. Further research with larger samples should be carried out in order to test the principles result of this paper and it is in agreement with the found ones in the use of this same console with different application

Psychophysiological condition in the performance of sanitary-military tasks with surgical mask

Using a quasi-experimental design with 19 health workers (33.7 ± 5.1 years), the importance of physical and cognitive condition and performance when wearing protective equipment with a surgical mask during training situations in significant contexts of military intervention has been analysed. Heart rate and its variability, glucose levels, thermoregulation, explosive strength and perceived effort in specific motor performance tasks (tapping test, tourniquet, ammunition), and cognitive and decisional performance (triage) were measured. The results indicate significant differences (p < 05) depending on the physical condition (blood glucose and explosive strength), gender (explosive strength and tourniquet), smoking habit (perceived effort) and specialty (glucose level) in the study group. In conclusion, the importance of physical and psychological training is highlighted to improve the operational response in health-military situations that require the use of a surgical maskSe ha analizado, mediante un diseño cuasi-experimental con 19 sanitarios (33.7 ± 5.1 años), la importancia de la condición física, cognitiva y el rendimiento al portar un equipo de protección con mascarilla quirúrgica durante situaciones de entrenamiento en contextos significativos de intervención militar. Se midieron la frecuencia cardíaca y su variabilidad, los niveles de glucosa, la termorregulación, la fuerza explosiva y el esfuerzo percibido en tareas de rendimiento motor específicas (tapping test, torniquete, municionamiento), y de rendimiento cognitivo y decisional (triaje). Los resultados indican diferencias significativas (p < 05) en función de la condición física (glucemia y fuerza explosiva), del género (fuerza explosiva y torniquete), del hábito tabáquico (esfuerzo percibido) y del cuerpo de pertenencia (nivel de glucemia) en el grupo de estudio. Como conclusión, se destaca la importancia del entrenamiento físico y psicológico para la mejora de la respuesta operativa en situaciones sanitario-militares que requieren el uso de mascarilla quirúrgic