A Smart Kitchen for Ambient Assisted Living

The kitchen environment is one of the scenarios in the home where users can benefit from Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) applications. Moreover, it is the place where old people suffer from most domestic injuries. This paper presents a novel design, implementation and assessment of a Smart Kitchen which provides Ambient Assisted Living services; a smart environment that increases elderly and disabled people’s autonomy in their kitchen-related activities through context and user awareness, appropriate user interaction and artificial intelligence. It is based on a modular architecture which integrates a wide variety of home technology (household appliances, sensors, user interfaces, etc.) and associated communication standards and media (power line, radio frequency, infrared and cabled). Its software architecture is based on the Open Services Gateway initiative (OSGi), which allows building a complex system composed of small modules, each one providing the specific functionalities required, and can be easily scaled to meet our needs. The system has been evaluated by a large number of real users (63) and carers (31) in two living labs in Spain and UK. Results show a large potential of system functionalities combined with good usability and physical, sensory and cognitive accessibility

Curso theorico-practico de operaciones de cirugia : en que se contienen los mas célebres descubrimientos modernos

Port. grabada, con orla ("Juan de la Cruz inv. et sculp. Mat.ti A. 1763"). -- Pie de imp. tomado de la port. de la segunda parte. -- Las h. de lám. grab. calc. ("Cruz del. et sculp.")Respetada la ortografía original del títuloSign.: [ ]1, [calderón]10, A-Z8, 2A-2L8, 2M

Agent-based AmI System Case Study: The Easy Line + Project

Smart environments include context-aware computing to enhance system capabilities which affect user interaction positively. A context-aware application should collect contextual information through different ways depending on technology availability and handle this information adequately to execute actions or warnings, present information or modify the environment. Ambient intelligence (AmI) habitually means system complexity and heterogeneity. This paper describes an AmI system case-study, developed for the Easy Line + project, a decentralized intelligence carefully structured in agents grouped by roles in domains to improve system package interaction and integration. The main purposes for this implementation are: avoid complexity and inconsistence between the elements of the system and increase system´s performance. The Easy Line + project is primarily oriented to monitor and control white goods and to assist in emergency situations though it is deployed all over the home environment and can be extended, more easily thanks to the multi-agent approach, to control and monitor other devices or services at home

Curso theorico-practico de operaciones de cirugia : en que se contienen los mas célebres descubrimientos modernos

Port. grabada, con orla ("Juan de la Cruz inv. et sculp. Mat.ti A. 1763"). -- Pie de imp. tomado de la port. de la segunda parte. -- Las h. de lám. grab. calc. ("Cruz del. et sculp.")Respetada la ortografía original del títuloSign.: [ ]1, [calderón]10, A-Z8, 2A-2L8, 2M

“Nadie está preparado para escuchar lo que vi”

El presente artículo analiza las necesidades de atención de salud mental de refugiados y solicitantes de asilo de origen latinoamericano en Chile, por medio de un estudio cualitativo descriptivo, realizado en 2018, desde la voz de las personas solicitantes de refugio y asilo (n=8), profesionales de salud que los atienden (n=4), y miembros de organismos e instituciones dedicados en la temática (n=2). Los hallazgos evidencian que las obligaciones asumidas por Chile, a través de la adhesión a tratados internacionales, no han logrado garantizar el ejercicio del derecho a la salud mental, entendida como parte del derecho universal de acceso a la salud. En lo particular, el artículo documenta la presencia tanto de barreras de acceso a la salud mental en migrantes solicitantes de refugio y asilo, como de factores de estrés posmigratorios que pueden acentuar el riesgo de estos grupos a sufrir trastornos emotivos. También se reporta la insuficiente instalación de capacidades de atención en los equipos de salud mental para abordar las consecuencias psíquicas de los episodios de violencia y persecución que están a la base de la migración forzada. Finalmente, el artículo discute la necesidad de estrechar la vinculación entre la salud mental –como derecho humano fundamental– y el derecho a la protección internacional.This article analyzes the results of a descriptive, qualitative study carried out in 2018 on the mental healthcare needs of Latin American refugees and asylum seekers in Chile, through the perspectives of refugees and asylum applicants (n=8), healthcare professionals responsible for delivery of care (n=4), and members of civil society organisations involved in this area (n=2). Our findings indicate that despite Chile’s commitment to international treaties in this regard, little has been achieved in safeguarding the right to access to mental health care, understood as part of the universal right to health care access. This article documents barriers to mental health care access for migrants applying for asylum and refugee status. Post-migration stress factors may also increase the risk of emotional disorders within this group of people. Mental healthcare providers and teams are often not equipped with the tools to deal with the psychological consequences arising from the situations of violence and persecution associated with forced migration. Our study discusses the need to strengthen the link between mental health care – as a fundamental human right – and the right to international protection