Design and implementation of the feedback systems Web laboratory

Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-103).This thesis describes the design and implementation of a remote web-based laboratory (WebLab) for MIT's 6.302 Feedback Systems course. The WebLab system proposed consists of a three-tiered architecture where client and server communicate with each other via web services. On the front end, the user interacts with the system through the Lab Client's graphical user interface implemented as a Java applet. On the back end, the Lab Server processes experiment requests from users and runs them at the laboratory site. Once the experiment has been completed successfully, the Lab Server sends the measured data to the Lab Client for display on the screen and further manipulation by the user. Furthermore, the WebLab is designed to take advantage of the iLab framework for provision of authentication and authorization services, as well as common administrative tasks, such as user management and logging of experimental results.by Gerardo Viedma Núñez.M.Eng

Synthetic self-assembling ADDomer platform for highly efficient vaccination by genetically encoded multiepitope display

International audienceSelf-assembling virus-like particles represent highly attractive tools for developing next-generation vaccines and protein therapeutics. We created ADDomer, an adenovirus-derived multimeric protein-based self-assembling nanoparticle scaffold engineered to facilitate plug-and-play display of multiple immunogenic epitopes from pathogens. We used cryo-electron microscopy at near-atomic resolution and implemented novel, cost-effective, high-performance cloud computing to reveal architectural features in unprecedented detail. We analyzed ADDomer interaction with components of the immune system and developed a promising first-in-kind ADDomer-based vaccine candidate to combat emerging Chikungunya infectious disease, exemplifying the potential of our approach

Quotidianità recluse: lo studio come pratica di resistenza in un'istituzione totale

In questo capitolo, a partire da elementi conoscitivi emersi da ricerche sul campo nei contesti penitenziari italiano e spagnolo, consapevoli del carattere esemplificativo delle argomentazioni proposte, dedicheremo attenzione ad una delle attività nello spazio della pena che maggiormente simboleggia il recupero di un’autonomia di pensiero: lo studio, e nel caso specifico i percorsi di studio universitario. Il tempo utilizzato dai detenuti in questa attività rappresenta simbolicamente l’opportunità di ricostruire una nuova identità futura, un’esperienza che serve a confrontare il passato che ha portato alla detenzione, sia con la punizione presente che con il futuro in una libertà idealizzata. Un’azione che “cuce il tempo”

A citation analysis of fuzzy research by universities and countries

This paper presents the results of a citation analysis focusing on the universities and countries represented by publications in 22 highly oriented fuzzy research journals using bibliometric techniques. Bibliometric studies have recently gained significant relevance, this fact is mainly due to the flexibility and dynamism that new information technologies provide. In our case, the structured gathered materials are thoroughly refined and offer a wide view of the influence that the selected journals have on territories and institutions around the globe. The results show the clear influence of countries located in the Asian continent and the high impact of institutions in Spain, the United States of America and China. This study sheds light on the visualization of the citation scope of these highly oriented fuzzy research journals with the aim of finding possible common ground for synergy and collaboration