When the People Behind the Scenes Come to the Fore

In this essay, the notion of “the people behind the scenes” is used to build a bridge between the cognitive framework of film studies and migration research to describe those who are discursively categorized as “illegal” or “irregular” migrants and whose lives are exploited in the workforce and at risk in “Fortress Europe”. As a natural southern border of the Schengen area, the Mediterranean region sometimes offers fleeting encounters between “illegal” migrants excluded by this border regime and foreign travellers courted by the tourism industry. These ephemeral juxtapositions of people with contrasting political and economic stakes create what we call “visual clashes”, gathering in one frame antithetical human lived experiences of this maritime area. Drawing on Nicholas Mirzoeff’s concept of the “right to look”, which the visual culture theorist and activist uses as a bulwark against a dominant Western regime of visuality, this essay analyses a series of visual texts that bear witness to unwanted encounters by this dominant regime’s visual system of classification and separation. The essay examines two press photographs and television images alongside Elleke Boehmer’s short story “Synthetic Orange”, and analyses a cartographic experiment and a film; each case opposes the authority of Western visuality and makes a claim for the autonomy of the right to look.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Capability curve analysis of photovoltaic generation systems

The present article assesses the study of the PV generator capability curves for use in large scale photovoltaic power plants (LS-PVPPs). For this purpose, the article focuses on three main aspects: (i) the modelling of the main components of the PV generator, (ii) the operational limits analysis of the PV array together with the inverter, and (iii) the capability curve analysis considering variable solar irradiance and temperature. To validate this study a PVPP of 1 MW is designed, modelled and simulated in DIgSILENT PowerFactory®. The results for each case scenario shows that the capability curve and the limitations are directly affected by: the solar irradiance, temperature, dc voltage, and the modulation index.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Netflix communication as the key to its business model

Treball Final de Grau en Publicitat i Relacions Públiques. Codi: PU0932. Curs acadèmic: 2017/2018Netflix se ha convertido en una de las principales empresas de distribución de contenidos en streaming a nivel global. Y parte de su éxito, se debe a la forma que tiene la empresa de comunicarse con su público. El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo principal estudiar cómo es la comunicación realizada por la marca Netflix en su red social Twitter, tanto como emisor de mensajes como interactuando con usuarios, y en publicidad convencional en el medio exterior. Para ello, se analizan los tweets publicados por la marca en un período de seis meses; la interacción con usuarios en la misma red social durante un mes, y siete carteles de publicidad exterior realizados por Netflix en España. El trabajo consta de una introducción a la investigación, donde se incluyen los objetivos del trabajo y la hipótesis de partida: que la comunicación de Netflix es clave en su modelo de negocio basado en la experiencia ofrecida al usuario para crear una nueva forma de encontrar complicidad con la audiencia; un marco teórico sobre el contexto actual de las marcas digitales, cómo ha evolucionado el espectador hasta convertirse en audiencia social y cómo es la comunicación llevada a cabo por las marcas en redes sociales y el medio exterior. Los principales resultados obtenidos son que la marca se comunica en Twitter de manera informal y tratando al espectador como un amigo. Y en el caso de la publicidad en el medio exterior, tiende a ser más provocativa para generar debate social. Concluyendo así que es cierto que la empresa de video en streaming centra en el usuario gran parte de su modelo de negocio para ofrecerle una experiencia única

La arquitectura y la poesía, dos bellas artes que casan de una manera genial

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“Parusía (Lo que nadie ve de ellas)”

Treball Final de Grau en Comunicació Audiovidual. Codi: CA0932. Curs acadèmic: 2016/2017My End of Degree Project is going to be a hypermedia product and is going to be composed of a sequence of images with sound, a photographic project, an Instagram and a webpage, as can be seen in the following chart. The life of the nuns will be shown in the photographic project, but their lives outside religion (or not). The form in which it shall be presented is a small book as well as the webpage. The places where it will take place are, among others, the house where they live together, a social centre where they collaborate, the streets… The sequence will contain the religious part of the life of the Daughter of Charity, during a specific liturgy day, Domingo de Ramos (Bouquet Sunday). The idea is to incorporate spaces, symbols and liturgy moments or religious acts through a series of captured images through bursts of many pictures to obtain the sensation of movement; this will be done in stop motion mode. Furthermore, the audios that will be used intend to be choral singing, songs played with a barrel organ, sermons… The Instagram will portrait my cohabitation with them, the how I am living the experience. It is separated from the hypermedia product and it intends to generate project repercussion, so that I will try to have many followers to make my product known. Finally, all of the part will be incorporated on to a Webpage in order to be able to better promote it through social media. The Webpage will be built through Wix. The objectives which to reach through this project are: show the lives of the Daughters of Charity form a more human and daily point of view, what lifestyle their congregation allows them to lead, what makes them different from the rest of the people and whether their everyday life distances them from religion or not. Furthermore I will try to make all the parts which build this hypermedia product known. All of this will be done through 4 platforms, the ones named before, composed by colour photographs, also sound in the case of the sequence, and description in the case of the Instagram. Finally, the nuns lifestyle and their religious ways shall be known.Mi Trabajo de Final de Grado va a ser un producto hipermedia y se va a componer de una secuencia de imágenes con sonido, un proyecto fotográfico, un Intagram y una web, tal y como indico en la siguiente gráfica. En el proyecto fotográfico se va a mostrar la vida de las monjas, pero su vida fuera de la religión (o no). El formato en el que se va a presentar es un librito físico además de en la página web. Los espacios en los que se va a llevar a cabo van a ser, entre otros, la casa donde conviven, un centro social donde colaboran, la calle… La secuencia contendrá la parte religiosa de la vida de las Hijas de la Caridad, durante un día de liturgia en concreto, el Domingo de Ramos. La idea es incorporar espacios, símbolos y momentos de una liturgia o acto religioso a través de una serie de imágenes capturadas a través de ráfagas de muchas fotos para así conseguir la sensación de movimiento, esto se hará a modo de stop motion. Además, los audios que se van a utilizar pretender ser cánticos corales, canción tocada con organillo, sermones… El Instagram va a retratar mi convivencia con ellas, el cómo yo estoy viviendo la experiencia. Este apartado del producto hipermedia pretende provocar repercusión ante el proyecto, de modo que intentaré tener muchos seguidores para así dar a conocer mi producto. Finalmente, se incorporará todas las partes en una Web para así poder promocionarlo mejor a través de las redes sociales. La web se construya a través de Wix. Los objetivos a alcanzar en este trabajo son: mostrar la vida de las Hijas de la Caridad desde un punto de vista más humano y cotidiano, enseñar que vida les permite llevar su congregación, poder ver que les diferencia del resto de la gente y ver si su vida cotidiana se aleja de la religión o no. Además se intentara dar a conocer todas las partes que construyen este producto hipermedia. Todo esto se va a hacer a través de 4 plataformas, las nombradas anteriormente, que se compondrán de fotografías a color, en el caso de la secuencia también de sonido, y en el caso del Instagram también de descripciones. Finalmente, se podrá llegar a conocer el modo de vida de estas monjas y su acompañamiento de la religión

Chapter 6: Characterization of TRPC Channels in a Heterologous System Using Calcium Imaging and the Patch-Clamp Technique

Transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are involved in a variety of fundamental physiological processes, and their malfunction produces numerous human diseases. Therefore, these proteins represent a class of attractive drug targets and a class of important off-targets for in vitro pharmacological profiling. In the past decades, the rapid progress in emerging functional assays and instrumentation has enabled to readily monitor thermoTRP channel activity, and to develop high throughput screening (HTS) assays for TPR drug discovery. Chronologically, functional methods for ion channels include the ligand binding assay, flux-based assay, electrophysiology, fluorescence-based assays, and, more recently, automated electrophysiological assays. Here we described the methodology used to monitor the functionality of two thermoTRPs, TRPV1 and TRPM8, based on Ca2+ microfluorography using a 96-well fluorescence plate reader that allows the implementation of a medium- to high-throughput format ideal for drug screening

A Genomic and Proteomic Approach to Identify and Quantify the Expressed Bacillus thuringiensis Proteins in the Supernatant and Parasporal Crystal

The combined analysis of genomic and proteomic data allowed us to determine which cry and vip genes are present in a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) isolate and which ones are being expressed. Nine Bt isolates were selected from Spanish collections of Bt based on their vip1 and vip2 gene content. As a first step, nine isolates were analyzed by PCR to select those Bt isolates that contained genes with the lowest similarity to already described vip1 and vip2 genes (isolates E-SE10.2 and O-V84.2). Two selected isolates were subjected to a combined genomic and proteomic analysis. The results showed that the Bt isolate E-SE10.2 codifies for two new vegetative proteins, Vip2Ac-like_1 and Sip1Aa-like_1, that do not show expression differences at 24 h vs. 48 h and are expressed in a low amount. The Bt isolate O-V84.2 codifies for three new vegetative proteins, Vip4Aa-like_1, Vip4Aa-like_2, and Vip2Ac-like_2, that are marginally expressed. The Vip4Aa-like_1 protein was two-fold more abundant at 24 h vs. 48 h, while the Vip4Aa-like_2 was detected only at 24 h. For Vip2Ac-like_2, no differences in expression were found at 24 h vs. 48 h. Moreover, the parasporal crystal of the E-SE10.2 isolate contains a single type of crystal protein, Cry23Aa-like, while the parasporal crystal from O-V84.2 contains three kinds of crystal proteins: 7.0-9.8% weight of Cry45Aa-like proteins, 35-37% weight of Cry32-like proteins and 2.8-4.3% weight of Cry73-like protein

All-in-one continuous electrochemical monitoring of 2-phenylphenol removal from water by electro-Fenton treatment

The biggest allure of heterogeneous electro-Fenton (HEF) processes largely fails on its high efficiency for the degradation of a plethora of hazardous compounds present in water, but still challenging to search for good and cost-effective electrocatalyst. In this work, carbon black (CB) and oxidised carbon black (CBox) materials were investigated as cathodes in the electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide involved in HEF reaction for the degradation of 2-phenylphenol (2PP) as a target pollutant. The electrodes were fabricated by employing carbon cloth as support, and the highest H2O2 production yields were obtained for the CBox, pointing out the beneficial effect of the hydrophilic character of the electrode and oxygen-type functionalization of the carbonaceous surface. HEF degradation of 2PP was explored at −0.7 V vs. Ag/AgCl exhibiting the best conversion rates and degradation grade (total organic carbon) for the CBox-based cathode. In addition, the incorporation of an electrochemical sensor of 2PP in line with the HEF reactor was accomplished by the use of screen-printed electrodes (SPE) in order to monitor the pollutant degradation. The electrochemical sensor performance was evaluated from the oxidation of 2PP in the presence of Fe2+ ions by using square wave voltammetry (SWV) technique. The best electrochemical sensor performance was based on SPE modified with Meldola Blue showing a high sensitivity, low detection limit (0.12 ppm) and wide linear range (0.5–21 ppm) with good reproducibility (RSD 2.3 %). The all-in-one electrochemical station has been successfully tested for the degradation and quantification of 2PP, obtaining good recoveries analysing spiked waters from different water matrices origins

Topologies for large scale photovoltaic power plants

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The concern of increasing renewable energy penetration into the grid together with the reduction of prices of photovoltaic solar panels during the last decade have enabled the development of large scale solar power plants connected to the medium and high voltage grid. Photovoltaic generation components, the internal layout and the ac collection grid are being investigated for ensuring the best design, operation and control of these power plants. This paper addresses the review of components as photovoltaic panels, converters and transformers utilized in large scale photovoltaic power plants. In addition, the distribution of these components along this type of power plant and the collection grid topologies are also presented and discussed.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Active and reactive power control of a PV generator for grid code compliance

As new grid codes have been created to permit the integration of large scale photovoltaic power plants into the transmission system, the enhancement of the local control of the photovoltaic (PV) generators is necessary. Thus, the objective of this paper is to present a local controller of active and reactive power to comply the new requirements asked by the transmission system operators despite the variation of ambient conditions without using extra devices. For this purpose, the control considers the instantaneous capability curves of the PV generator which vary due to the change of solar irradiance, temperature, dc voltage and modulation index. To validate the control, the PV generator is modeled in DIgSILENT PowerFactoryr and tested under different ambient conditions. The results show that the control developed can modify the active and reactive power delivered to the desired value at different solar irradiance and temperature.Postprint (published version