Estructuras de fábrica de ladrillo y bloque cerámico no armada

We present a method for the design of brick and ceramic blocks loadbearing walls. This methods is based on the verification of design stresses in critical points of the wall structure. The method considers the interaction and the connection among loadbearing and shear walls designed to carry imposed loads and lateral forces, taking into account the structural behaviour of each wall. Strength reduction factors due to slenderness and eccentricity, bending moments caused by floor loads, wall columns, stiffening walls, accidental eccentricities or the effect of lateral forces are analyzed. The basic mechanical properties of ceramic materials, compressive and shear strength are previous defined.En esta exposición se presenta un procedimiento de cálculo para muros de fábrica de ladrillo y bloque cerámico. Dicho procedimiento está basado en el método de comprobación de las tensiones admisibles en las secciones críticas al igual que la normativa vigente en nuestro país y sigue la estructura del futuro Eurocódigo EC62,3. El método considera la colaboración conjunta de los muros ante acciones horizontales y verticales teniendo en cuenta los distintos modos de comportamiento estructural de cada fábrica. Se contempla la reducción de la capacidad resistente de la fábrica debida a los factores de esbeltez y excentricidad, considerando el efecto de los empotramientos muro-forjado, cambios de sección entre plantas, acciones horizontales, apilastramientos, arriostramientos y tolerancias de ejecución. Con carácter previo se hacen una serie de consideraciones sobre las características mecánicas de los materiales cerámicos, ladrillos y bloques

The Geometry of Quantum Mechanics

A recent notion in theoretical physics is that not all quantum theories arise from quantising a classical system. Also, a given quantum model may possess more than just one classical limit. These facts find strong evidence in string duality and M-theory, and it has been suggested that they should also have a counterpart in quantum mechanics. In view of these developments we propose "dequantisation", a mechanism to render a quantum theory classical. Specifically, we present a geometric procedure to "dequantise" a given quantum mechanics (regardless of its classical origin, if any) to possibly different classical limits, whose quantisation gives back the original quantum theory. The standard classical limit $\hbar\to 0$ arises as a particular case of our approach.Comment: 15 pages, LaTe

Synthesis and anti-HIV-1 activities of new pyrimido[5,4-b]indoles

A set of new pyrimido[5,4-b]indole derivatives that are structurally related to some non-nucleside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors were synthesized and biologically evaluated for their activity as inhibitors of wild and mutant HIV-1 RT types in an 'in vitro' recombinant HIV-1 RT screening assay, as well as anti-infectives in HLT4lacZ-1IIIB cells. Preliminary structure-activity relationships suggest that activity is promoted by simultaneous substitution in positions 2 and 4, especially when chains of alkyldiamine type are present, and by electron-releasing substituents (methoxy) in positions 7 and 8. The inactivity or the very low activity of title derivatives does not suggest interest in AIDS therapy

High-resolution optical imaging of the core of the globular cluster M15 with FastCam

We present high-resolution I-band imaging of the core of the globular cluster M15 obtained at the 2.5 m Nordic Optical Telescope with FastCam, a low readout noise L3CCD based instrument. Short exposure times (30 ms) were used to record 200000 images (512 x 512 pixels each) over a period of 2 hours 43 min. The lucky imaging technique was then applied to generate a final image of the cluster centre with FWHM ~ 0".1 and 13" x 13" FoV. We obtained a catalogue of objects in this region with a limiting magnitude of I=19.5. I-band photometry and astrometry are reported for 1181 stars. This is the deepest I-band observation of the M15 core at this spatial resolution. Simulations show that crowding is limiting the completeness of the catalogue. At shorter wavelengths, a similar number of objects has been reported using HST/WFPC observations of the same field. The cross-match with the available HST catalogues allowed us to produce colour-magnitude diagrams where we identify new Blue Straggler star candidates and previously known stars of this class.Comment: 11 pages, 15 figures. Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societ

Studies with the Golgi method in central gangliogliomas and dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum (Lhermitte-Duclos disease)

The rapid Golgi method, combined with current optical and electronmicroscopica1 techniques, was used in three central gangliogliomas and in one dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum to study the morphology of ganglionic cells. Gangliogliomas were composed of bipolar, fusiform and radiate cells with dense core and clear vesicles in the perikaryon and cellular processes, the number of each cellular type varying from one case to another. These features, together with the fact that isodendritic neurons are considered to be phylogenetically old neurons, suggest that these tumours are composed of 'primitive' neurons that are not homogeneous with regard to their morphology. In contrast, ganglionic cells in dysplastic gangliocytoma are huge cells with long, stereotyped neurites that establish unique asymmetric contacts with neighbouring perikarya and neurites by means of claw-shaped processes covered with synaptic buttons. These morphological characteristics are different from those of any other neuron of the CNS

Development and implementation of a virtual laboratory for training process improvement in the mechanics of continuous media

The project arises from the need to develop improved teaching methodologies in field of the mechanics of continuous media. The objective is to offer the student a learning process to acquire the necessary theoretical knowledge, cognitive skills and the responsibility and autonomy to professional development in this area. Traditionally the teaching of the concepts of these subjects was performed through lectures and laboratory practice. During these lessons the students attitude was usually passive, and therefore their effectiveness was poor. The proposed methodology has already been successfully employed in universities like University Bochum, Germany, University the South Australia and aims to improve the effectiveness of knowledge acquisition through use by the student of a virtual laboratory. This laboratory allows to adapt the curricula and learning techniques to the European Higher Education and improve current learning processes in the University School of Public Works Engineers -EUITOP- of the Technical University of Madrid -UPM-, due there are not laboratories in this specialization. The virtual space is created using a software platform built on OpenSim, manages 3D virtual worlds, and, language LSL -Linden Scripting Language-, which imprints specific powers to objects. The student or user can access this virtual world through their avatar -your character in the virtual world- and can perform practices within the space created for the purpose, at any time, just with computer with internet access and viewfinder. The virtual laboratory has three partitions. The virtual meeting rooms, where the avatar can interact with peers, solve problems and exchange existing documentation in the virtual library. The interactive game room, where the avatar is has to resolve a number of issues in time. And the video room where students can watch instructional videos and receive group lessons. Each audiovisual interactive element is accompanied by explanations framing it within the area of knowledge and enables students to begin to acquire a vocabulary and practice of the profession for which they are being formed. Plane elasticity concepts are introduced from the tension and compression testing of test pieces of steel and concrete. The behavior of reticulated and articulated structures is reinforced by some interactive games and concepts of tension, compression, local and global buckling will by tests to break articulated structures. Pure bending concepts, simple and composite torsion will be studied by observing a flexible specimen. Earthquake resistant design of buildings will be checked by a laboratory test video

Linking Engineering and the Humanities: new ways for professional development.

The European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the changes in the regulations that structure the Spanish University System and the new organization of degree programs, have brought about a new concept of university in which it is especially necessary to optimize resources and control their return to society. As a consequence of this vision, the universities must guarantee in their actions the fulfilment of the objectives associated with the courses they teach, also seeking their continuous improvement. University education represents a significant investment of public resources, the ultimate aim of which is to create professionals who respond to the labor demands of the socio-economic fabric of their environment. In accordance with these premises, the University of Malaga is developing a 1st Employability Plan, which constitutes a guiding instrument that includes the measures and actions to be implemented to improve the visibility of our graduates in the labor market. The School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSIT) participates in this initiative through a proposal that aims to encourage students to change their vision and see the importance of the relationship between Technology and Humanities.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Pedagogical strategy for lifelong learning.

Based on one of the fundamental principles of the educational model of the European Higher Education Area concerning the development of the capacity to achieve lifelong learning, this project has been carried out in which a set of active teaching activities have been implemented for the acquisition of key competences in the challenge of achieving one of the most important objectives that any educational system must provide: lifelong learning. The aim of this model is to facilitate the incorporation of new university graduates into the world of work. This project has been developed in the context of subjects in the field of Electronics. However, in order to facilitate transfer to other subjects, the catalogue of active teaching activities is sufficiently varied to facilitate their extrapolation and use in other subjects, thanks to the fact that teachers have a wide variety of activities to choose from. Finally, a survey has been carried out to evaluate the satisfaction, impact and improvement of this new active methodology in order to find out the students' perspectives once they have worked with this catalogue of activities.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech