Dispositivo para domar la intemperie

This work has been produced as part of an investigation on the roles of drawing in contemporary art, in response to the proliferation of practices that claim it as an autonomous discipline. The aim of this piece is to reflect on the codes established by modernity around the themes, supports and exhibition spaces of drawing. Here, the plate, a marginal device in the field of art, supports images of the Negro River which are elusive to the spatial organization that modern art has imprinted on nature in various visual manifestations.Esta obra ha sido producida en el marco de una investigación sobre los roles del dibujo en el arte contemporáneo, atendiendo a la proliferación de prácticas que lo reivindican como una disciplina autónoma. El objetivo de esta pieza es reflexionar respecto a los códigos establecidos por la modernidad en torno a los temas, soportes y espacios de exhibición del dibujo. El plato, un soporte fronterizo en el campo del arte, soporta aquí imágenes del Río Negro que se presentan esquivas a la organización espacial que el arte moderno ha impreso sobre la naturaleza en diversas manifestaciones visuales

La meseta como paisaje. Emancipación sensible del territorio norpatagónico en la obra de Julieta Sacchi

The aim of this work is to analyze the scope of the concept of landscape as applied to the North Patagonian plateau territory, by considering artist Julieta Sacchi’s work of art called Museo meseta (‘Plateau Museum’) (2010, 2015). Sacchi’s site specific artistic experience took place in the outskirts of Balsa Las Perlas, a small village located on the margins of Limay river, near the densely inhabited city of Neuquén. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar los alcances del concepto paisaje aplicado al territorio de la meseta norpatagónica, a partir de la obra de la artista neuquina Julieta Sacchi conocida como Museo meseta (2010, 2015). Se trata de dos experiencias de sitio específico realizadas en una zona próxima a Balsa Las Perlas, una localidad ubicada en el límite de la urbanización, en la costa del río Limay, próxima a un centro densamente poblado como es la ciudad de Neuquén

Analysis of the Socio-digital inclusion policy in Andalusia (Spain) and its territorial strategy Guadalinfo

Andalucía (España) registra diferentes capacidades y ritmos ciudadanos en su incorporación a la sociedad de la información mediante el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación. La divisoria producida entre usuarios avanzados y otras personas con menor o nula posibilidad de acceso y aprovechamiento es una realidad que ha tratado de mitigar la Administración Autonómica a través de su estrategia integradora Guadalinfo, basada en una red territorial de equipamientos de atención ciudadana. En el trabajo se ha examinado el proceso de configuración de esta red territorial y la coherencia de Guadalinfo en su planificación, comprobando la adecuación del mismo en su estrategia interna y con el marco operativo exterior. La metodología empleada incluye la evaluación conceptual o del diseño vinculada al enfoque del Marco Lógico, de planificación guiada por objetivos. Los resultados conseguidos muestran carencias de diseño de la estrategia integradora y nuevas pautas para optimizar la efectividad reductora de la divisoria digital. Así mismo, se verifica la coherencia de esta estrategia regional con los objetivos de integración digital de la Unión Europea.L’Andalousie (l’Espagne) enregistre des différentes capacités et des rythmes citoyens de rejoindre la société de l’information moyennant l’usage des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication. La partition produite entre des utilisateurs devancés et d’autres personnes avec moins ou pas de possibilité d’accès et d’exploitation est une réalité qui a tenté d’atténuer l’administration régionale à travers sa stratégie d’intégration Guadalinfo, basée sur un réseau territorial des installations d’attention citoyenne. Dans la recherche présentée ont discuté du processus de mise en place de ce réseau régional et la cohérence Guadalinfo dans leur planification, vérification de l’adéquation de la même dans sa stratégie interne et contexte opérationnel avec l’extérieur.La méthodologie comprend l’évaluation de la conception en vertu de l’approche du Cadre Logique, guidée par des objectifs de planification. Les résultats réussis montrent les lacunes de l’intégration et la conception de nouveaux modèles pour optimiser l’efficacité de la stratégie de réduction de la fracture numérique. En outre, la cohérence de cette stratégie régionale avec les objectifs de l’intégration numérique de l’Union Européenne est vérifiée.The introduction of information and communication technologies (ITC) in Andalusia (Spain) have brought about an uneven distribution of Internet users in the region, due to the different capabilities and adoption rates within the population. The regional government addressed this gap among advanced Internet users, limited users and the population unable to access the Internet, by implementing a new strategy called «Guadalinfo» which is based on a territorial network of public facilities to foster ITC development in the two last groups. This paper reflects a research on the process of setting up the Guadalinfo regional network and its planning consistency, checking its internal strategy and its operational framework adequacy with the outside. The methodology includes a conceptual design or assessment under the Logical Framework approach, guided by planning objectives. The outcomes show deficiencies in the strategy design as well as new ways to bridge the digital divide between the different types of users. Finally, the study analyzes the consistency of this strategy with the European Union directives on the digital divide

Application of a regression model to a technology transfer conducts of andalousian aerospace cluster

Esta investigación efectúa un análisis descriptivo y aplica un modelo de regresión para estudiar el impacto de las externalidades de conocimiento sobre la innovación de una muestra de 134 entidades del clúster aeroespacial andaluz. El estudio distingue entre externalidades obtenidas a través de conductos voluntarios y no-voluntarios. Para ello se realizó una recopilación de información sobre las firmas del clúster mediante una encuesta propia. Los resultados evidenciaron una doble tendencia: los conductos voluntarios mostraron que las externalidades internacionales no tenían significación y las nacionales destacaban sobre las locales por albergar empresas más intensivas en conocimiento. Los no voluntarios estaban influenciados por externalidades nacionales y, especialmente, por las internacionales.This article aims to: 1. apply a regression model to analyze the impact of externalities of knowledge about the innovative activity of aerospace companies located in Andalusia. 2. Addressing this impact from the perspective of three geographical areas (local, national, international). And, 3. Study, on the one hand, externalities captured by voluntary technology transfer and, on the other, those that deal with involuntary channels, determining their spatial boundaries. So, this work aims to analyze the characteristics of knowledge externalities generated in the aviation industry in a region such as Andalusia, as the pieces of research previously conducted on this subject have focused mainly on advanced countries or regions

Évaluation de la politique d’inclusion sociodigital en Andalousie (l’Espagne) et sa stratégie territoriale Guadalinfo

The introduction of information and communication technologies (ITC) in Andalusia (Spain) have brought about an uneven distribution of Internet users in the region, due to the different capabilities and adoption rates within the population. The regional government addressed this gap among advanced Internet users, limited users and the population unable to access the Internet, by implementing a new strategy called «Guadalinfo» which is based on a territorial network of public facilities to foster ITC development in the two last groups. This paper reflects a research on the process of setting up the Guadalinfo regional network and its planning consistency, checking its internal strategy and its operational framework adequacy with the outside. The methodology includes a conceptual design or assessment under the Logical Framework approach, guided by planning objectives. The outcomes show deficiencies in the strategy design as well as new ways to bridge the digital divide between the different types of users. Finally, the study analyzes the consistency of this strategy with the European Union directives on the digital divide.Andalucía (España) registra diferentes capacidades y ritmos ciudadanos en su incorporación a la sociedad de la información mediante el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación. La divisoria producida entre usuarios avanzados y otras personas con menor o nula posibilidad de acceso y aprovechamiento es una realidad que ha tratado de mitigar la Administración Autonómica a través de su estrategia integradora Guadalinfo, basada en una red territorial de equipamientos de atención ciudadana. En el trabajo se ha examinado el proceso de configuración de esta red territorial y la coherencia de Guadalinfo en su planificación, comprobando la adecuación del mismo en su estrategia interna y con el marco operativo exterior. La metodología empleada incluye la evaluación conceptual o del diseño vinculada al enfoque del Marco Lógico, de planificación guiada por objetivos. Los resultados conseguidos muestran carencias de diseño de la estrategia integradora y nuevas pautas para optimizar la efectividad reductora de la divisoria digital. Así mismo, se verifica la coherencia de esta estrategia regional con los objetivos de integración digital de la Unión Europea. L’Andalousie (l’Espagne) enregistre des différentes capacités et des rythmes citoyens de rejoindre la société de l’information moyennant l’usage des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication. La partition produite entre des utilisateurs devancés et d’autres personnes avec moins ou pas de possibilité d’accès et d’exploitation est une réalité qui a tenté d’atténuer l’administration régionale à travers sa stratégie d’intégration Guadalinfo, basée sur un réseau territorial des installations d’attention citoyenne. Dans la recherche présentée ont discuté du processus de mise en place de ce réseau régional et la cohérence Guadalinfo dans leur planification, vérification de l’adéquation de la même dans sa stratégie interne et contexte opérationnel avec l’extérieur.La méthodologie comprend l’évaluation de la conception en vertu de l’approche du Cadre Logique, guidée par des objectifs de planification. Les résultats réussis montrent les lacunes de l’intégration et la conception de nouveaux modèles pour optimiser l’efficacité de la stratégie de réduction de la fracture numérique. En outre, la cohérence de cette stratégie régionale avec les objectifs de l’intégration numérique de l’Union Européenne est vérifiée

Impact of Visual Design Elements and Principles in Human Electroencephalogram Brain Activity Assessed with Spectral Methods and Convolutional Neural Networks

The visual design elements and principles (VDEPs) can trigger behavioural changes and emotions in the viewer, but their effects on brain activity are not clearly understood. In this paper, we explore the relationships between brain activity and colour (cold/warm), light (dark/bright), movement (fast/slow), and balance (symmetrical/asymmetrical) VDEPs. We used the public DEAP dataset with the electroencephalogram signals of 32 participants recorded while watching music videos. The characteristic VDEPs for each second of the videos were manually tagged for by a team of two visual communication experts. Results show that variations in the light/value, rhythm/movement, and balance in the music video sequences produce a statistically significant effect over the mean absolute power of the Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma EEG bands (p < 0.05). Furthermore, we trained a Convolutional Neural Network that successfully predicts the VDEP of a video fragment solely by the EEG signal of the viewer with an accuracy ranging from 0.7447 for Colour VDEP to 0.9685 for Movement VDEP. Our work shows evidence that VDEPs affect brain activity in a variety of distinguishable ways and that a deep learning classifier can infer visual VDEP properties of the videos from EEG activity

Colombian Forest Monitoring System: Assessing Deforestation in an Environmental Complex Country

Colombia is a key actor related with the adoption of the relevant UNFCC provisions referred in the context of obtaining result-based payments for REDD+ actions. Since 2012, the Colombian Forest Monitoring System (SMByC, Spanish acronym) has generated wall-to-wall historical information about the deforestation process over the last 27 years at national and regional levels. The SMByC generates a methodology that integrates tools for the preprocessing and semi-automated processing of satellite imagery to detect and quantify the loss of forest cover by deforestation. Also, the SMByC has done an extensive literature review, collecting qualitative and quantitative information to identify how the drivers of deforestation (illicit crops, illegal mining and postconflict scenario) could result in an increased forest lost during a postconflict scenario. Given that Colombia is a country conformed by regions that have differentially socioeconomic and environmental conditions, the study shows how the methods could generate official information and specifies the context of deforestation process of those regions

Equity and distributional effects of the regional policy of digital inclusion in Andalusia

La corrección de la brecha digital en Andalucía ha sido investigada desde una doble perspectiva. En primer lugar, se ha llevado a cabo un reconocimiento de las principales interpretaciones de este nuevo fenómeno, contextualizándolo en el caso concreto de la política regional aplicada en la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía y explorado el origen e implantación de la estrategia Guadalinfo de alfabetización, acceso y uso y dinamización ciudadana basada en el despliegue de centros de acceso público a Internet y el manejo de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) por parte de su población objetivo. Asimismo, se han examinado los impactos más destacados que la acción Guadalinfo ha tenido en dicha población, obteniendo interesantes implicaciones sobre la equidad e idoneidad de esta política regional y sus posibilidades de futuro. Estos resultados mostrados son fruto de un proyecto desarrollado durante los años 2012 al 2014, tomando la gestión de la red de centros Guadalinfo extendida en el territorio andaluz como referente directo de dicha política y utilizando como fuente específica de información una encuesta propia realizada a los usuarios de dichos centros.The correction of the digital divide in Andalusia has been investigated from two perspectives. First, a reconnaissance of the main interpretations of this new phenomenon has been carried out, considering the case of the regional policy in Andalusia, and it has been explored the origin and implementation of the Guadalinfo strategy of literacy, as well as the access and use and citizen-based dynamic display of centers of public access to the Internet and the management of the information and communication technologies (ICT) by its target population. It has also been considered the most important impacts that the Guadalinfo action has had in this population, obtaining some interesting results in terms of the fairness and adequacy of the regional policy and its future possibilities. This paper shows the results of a research conducted between 2012 and 2014, taking the management of the Guadalinfo centers network, extended in the Andalusian territory, as a direct reference of the above mentioned policy and considering its users surveyed as a specific source of information

Spanish citizens’ opinions on future trends in cardiology as expressed in digital ecosystems

[Abstract] Patient-centred medicine is a healthcare approach that focuses on patients’ wants, needs and preferences. An obstacle to implement patient-centred medicine is the difficulty of obtaining data that is relevant and representative of the whole society. In 2019, the Spanish Society of Cardiology highlighted eight trends that would exert a determining influence on the future of cardiology: “demographics”, “economic environment”, “political environment”, “citizens’ expectations”, “incorporation of women”, “technological innovation”, “health levels and cardiovascular risk factors” and “healthcare organisation and management”. In order to assess these trends from a pacient-centred approach, the aim of this study is to evaluate the opinions of the individuals who are part of Spanish society, regarding the eight trends identified by the Spanish Society of Cardiology, using natural language processing tools to analyse the communications expressed by citizens in digital ecosystems and official channels of communication. We analysed communications published between 2007 and 2019. Natural language processing identified 17 areas of opinion that support the eight trends. We evaluated the impact of each area of opinion based on the standard metrics of online reputation: presence, emotion and reach. Thus, 257,456 communications were analysed. The most relevant trend was “healthcare organisation and management” (54% of the total impact), followed by “health levels and cardiovascular risk factors” and “demographics” (14% and 10%, respectively). The least relevant trend was “citizens’ expectations” (1%). Within the areas of opinion identified, the one with greatest impact was “the cardiologist” (16% of the total impact). In conclusion, the results of this research show that natural language processing tools are a useful tool for patient-centred medicine. The high impact associated with the cardiologist’s role, together with the low impact observed for “citizen’s expectations” show that Spanish citizens identify the cardiologist as the leading figure regarding their cardiovascular health

Description of injuries and associated factors of Colombians athletes with physical and sensory - visual disabilities

Purpose: Describe injuries and factors that affect athletes with physical, and sensory-visual disabilities of the Bogotá team. Methods: 165 data from medical records of athletes with disabilities of Paralympic movement members of Bogotá team in the period between 2013 - 2015 (men 81%, women 18%, age 32.3±12.04) were chosen for this study. Results: The prevalence of injuries found in the Bogotá selection was 60% with a proportional incidence of 2.09 injuries / athlete. The most common lesion location was the upper extremities (46%). The most injured anatomical structure was muscle (31%). Athletics are the sport with higher prevalence of injuries. Of the 345 injuries, 90% were presented in the training of the athletes, with the gradual onset of the lesion being greater (56.5%). Main cause of the injuries are due to overuse mechanism (68.4%). Conclusions: Investigations like these, are the basis for very specific prevention programs for Paralympic athletes