Predictability assessment of nowcasts in high-impact heavy precipitation events

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Diseño de un sistema de control y potencia aplicado a energías renovables

Estudi tècnic sobre un sistema de control i potencia per un aerogenerador. L’estudi compren el tractament de la senyal generada per un aerogenerador trifàsic. Aquesta senyal serà rectificada i posteriorment se la sotmetrà a una elevació inicial per assolir la tensió nominal de la carrega d’un equip de bateries (48 volts). A la sortida de les bateries serà novament elevada per assolir la tensió optima per finalment ser invertida i transformada a corrent altern a un valor de 220 volts

Vellesa viva: residència Can 70

Vellesa Viva és un projecte d’una residència per al col·lectiu Can 70. Un grup format per unes 20 persones, la majoria dones, d’entre 55 i 70 anys d’edat. Elles tenen la intenció de fer la de la seva última etapa de la vida, una experiència plena i enriquidora. L’edifici es situa al recinte industrial de Can Ricart. Un recinte fabril amb valor patrimonial del barri del Poblenou, a Barcelona. Es tracta d’una residència per viure amb comunitat ja que ofereix una amplia oferta d’activitats. Una sala de cures amb piscina , sala polivalent, gimnàs o biblioteca son algunes d’aquestes ocupacions. La residència compta amb 18 habitatges individuals, amb l’opció de comunicar entre elles 2 a 2 i 6 habitatges compartits. En les tres plantes que ocupen, hi ha espais de relació entre les usuàries. El canvi climàtic cada dia s’evidencia més, per això no es podia pensar el projecte d’una altra forma que no fos des de la sostenibilitat. Projectant el programa des de la orientació solar, intentant consumir el mínim de recursos possibles i amb la majoria dels elements portants de fusta, material també utilitzat en els paraments exteriors i interiors, acaben fent del projecte una proposta de futur.Keywords: residential, community, sustainability, construction with wood, use of roofs. Vellesa Viva is a project of a home from the elderly for the Can 70 collective. A group of about 20 people, mostly women, aged between 55 and 70. They intend to make their last stage of life a full and enriching experience. The building is located in the industrial area of Can Ricart. A manufacturing area with heritage value in the Poblenou district of Barcelona. It is a residence to live in community since it offers a wide range of activities. A healing room with swimming pool, multipurpose room, gym or library are some of these occupations. The residence has 18 individual dwellings, with the option to communicate between them 2 to 2 and 6 shared dwellings. In the three floors they occupy, there are spaces of relation between the users. Climate change is becoming more evident every day, so you couldn’t think of the project any other way than from sustainability. Projecting the program from the solar orientation, trying to consume the minimum resources possible and with most of the bearing elements of wood, material also used in the outdoor and indoor kitchenware, end up making the project a proposal for the future

Analysis of the Cooperar para Aprender/Aprender a Cooperar program advice in an educational center one year after the application of the program

Comunicaciones. Área tématica 2: El aprendizaje cooperativo en la enseñanza del deporte.[ES] En este trabajo se presenta parte de la investigación sobre el asesoramiento en el programa Cooperar para Aprender/Aprender a Cooperar (CA/AC) que se realizó en cuatro centros educativos. Se exponen los conceptos básicos del programa CA/AC y en qué consiste el asesoramiento. A partir de aquí se expone el funcionamiento del programa CA/AC, sus fases y ámbitos. La metodología de la investigación consiste en la entrevista un año después de su aplicación y el análisis de datos que se realizó de esta, en un centro educativo. En los resultados se pueden ver los beneficios del asesoramiento y cómo se ha aplicado el programa a nivel de centro.[EN] In this work, we present the part of research on the advising of the CA/AC program in 4 educational centers. It exposes the basic concepts of the CA/AC program which consists of advice. From here, it exposes the operation of the CA/AC program, its phases and scopes is exposed. Within the research methodology consisted of the interview one year after its application and the data analysis was carried out from this in an educational center. And finally, in the results can read the benefits of advice and how they have applied the program at the educational center level

Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches for Cerebral Aneurysms: Anatomical, Virtual Reality and Morphometric Study

Introduction. The purpose of the present contribution is to perform a detailed anatomic and virtual reality three-dimensional stereoscopic study in order to test the effectiveness of the extended endoscopic endonasal approaches for selected anterior and posterior circulation aneurysms. Methods. The study was divided in two main steps: (1) simulation step, using a dedicated Virtual Reality System (Dextroscope, Volume Interactions); (2) dissection step, in which the feasibility to reach specific vascular territory via the nose was verified in the anatomical laboratory. Results. Good visualization and proximal and distal vascular control of the main midline anterior and posterior circulation territory were achieved during the simulation step as well as in the dissection step (anterior communicating complex, internal carotid, ophthalmic, superior hypophyseal, posterior cerebral and posterior communicating, basilar, superior cerebellar, anterior inferior cerebellar, vertebral, and posterior inferior cerebellar arteries). Conclusion. The present contribution is intended as strictly anatomic study in which we highlighted some specific anterior and posterior circulation aneurysms that can be reached via the nose. For clinical applications of these approaches, some relevant complications, mainly related to the endonasal route, such as proximal and distal vascular control, major arterial bleeding, postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak, and olfactory disturbances must be considered

The influence of gender and academic training in the entrepreneurial intention of physical activity and sport sciences students

Objeto: El objetivo del presente artículo es conocer si existen diferencias en las variables que explican la intención de emprender de los estudiantes universitarios de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte atendiendo a la formación y al género de éstos. Diseño/metodología/enfoque: Para conocer las intenciones de emprender y las distintas variables relacionadas con el emprendimiento se utilizó un cuestionario previamente validado. Éste fue administrado a 578 estudiantes pre-graduados (1er - 4º curso) y post-graduados de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte de Valencia. Aportaciones y resultados: Se encontraron diferencias significativas (p≤0.05) en las variables que predicen la intención de emprender según género y formación de los estudiantes. En ambos géneros la actitud y el control percibido resultaron ser las variables predictoras de la intención de emprender, y en los hombres también la norma subjetiva. Limitaciones: La muestra de estudiantes sólo pertenece a la titulación de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte de Valencia, por lo que los resultados no son extrapolables a toda la población de estudiantes. Implicaciones prácticas: Para favorecer el espíritu emprendedor y de esta manera formar graduados más preparados para su inserción en el mundo laboral se deben crear programas que fomenten la actitud hacia la conducta del emprendimiento y el control del comportamiento percibido. Implicaciones sociales: Aumentar el número de emprendedores en el sector deportivo, reduciendo la brecha de género, así como mejorar la calidad del emprendimiento, ya que éste es un aspecto clave debido al impacto positivo que este fenómeno genera sobre la economía. Originalidad / Valor añadido: Conocer si existen diferencias en función de la formación y el género debido a la masiva incorporación de la mujer al mundo laboral deportivo y su baja intención de emprender, con el objetivo de formar tanto a graduados como graduadas con habilidades emprendedoras.Purpose: The objective of this article is to know if there are differences in the variables that explain the entrepreneurial intention of the Physical Activity and Sport Science students addressing academic training and gender of them. Design/methodology: To know entrepreneurial intentions and the different variables related to entrepreneurship, a questionnaire previously validated was used. The questionnaire was provided to 578 students pre-graduated (1st-4th course) and post-graduate of Physical Activity and Sport Science degree of Valencia. Findings: Statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in the variables that predict entrepreneurial intention of Physical Activity and Sport Science students by gender and training were found. In both genders, the attitude towards entrepreneurship and the perceived behavior control were the predictors of entrepreneurial intentions and in men also the subjective norms. Research limitations/implications: The students sample belongs only to the Physical Activity and Sport Science degree of Valencia, so the results cannot be extrapolated to the entire population. Practical implications: It should be developing the attitude toward the behavior of entrepreneurship and perceived behavioral control to promote entrepreneurship. In this way, the graduates will be more prepare for insertion into the working world. Social implications: To increase the number of entrepreneurs (male and female) in the sports sector throughout the education, reducing the gender gap in entrepreneurship and improve the quality of entrepreneurship, as this is a key issue because of the positive impact that this phenomenon generates on the economy Originality/value: It is interesting to know the predictor variables of entrepreneurial intentions, and to know if there are differences based on education and gender due to the massive entry of women into the sport workplaces and low intention to undertake of the. So it is quite important training in the best way, both graduates (male and female) with entrepreneurial skills.Peer Reviewe

Universitat i empresa química: un diàleg necessari entre dos mons complementaris

Un diàleg fluid entre les universitats i altres centres de recerca de Catalunya amb el teixit empresarial és, avui dia, una exigència social ineludible. La transferència de coneixement des dels centres de recerca públics a les nostres empreses ha de servir per millorar la seva competitivitat internacional. Entre les diferents formes de col·laboració, han pres força recentment els doctorats industrials. En aquest article es recullen les característiques bàsiques d'aquests doctorats, així com les experiències del nostre grup de treball i, en concret, el desenvolupament d'una nova síntesi industrial de l'entecavir, un potent fàrmac contra l'hepatitis B.A fluid dialogue between university (and other research centres) and the Catalan chemical companies emerges as an inescapable social demand. Knowledge transfer from public research centres should improve the international competitiveness of our chemical industry. Among the various forms of collaboration, the industrial doctorates have recently gained relevance. This article covers the basic features of these doctorates, as well as the experience of our research group in this field and specially the development of a new industrial synthesis of entecavir, a potent drug against hepatitis B

Deciphering Multiple Sclerosis Progression

Esclerosi múltiple; NeurodegeneracióEsclerosis múltiple; NeurodegeneraciónMultiple sclerosis; NneurodegenerationMultiple sclerosis (MS) is primarily an inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central nervous system, triggered by unknown environmental factors in patients with predisposing genetic risk profiles. The prevention of neurological disability is one of the essential goals to be achieved in a patient with MS. However, the pathogenic mechanisms driving the progressive phase of the disease remain unknown. It was described that the pathophysiological mechanisms associated with disease progression are present from disease onset. In daily practice, there is a lack of clinical, radiological, or biological markers that favor an early detection of the disease's progression. Different definitions of disability progression were used in clinical trials. According to the most descriptive, progression was defined as a minimum increase in the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) of 1.5, 1.0, or 0.5 from a baseline level of 0, 1.0–5.0, and 5.5, respectively. Nevertheless, the EDSS is not the most sensitive scale to assess progression, and there is no consensus regarding any specific diagnostic criteria for disability progression. This review document discusses the current pathophysiological concepts associated with MS progression, the different measurement strategies, the biomarkers associated with disability progression, and the available pharmacologic therapeutic approaches