FOODIE: Farm‐Oriented Open Data in Europe

Ponencias, comunicaciones y pósters presentados en el 17th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science "Connecting a Digital Europe through Location and Place", celebrado en la Universitat Jaume I del 3 al 6 de junio de 2014.The agriculture sector is a unique sector due to its strategic importance for both European citizens (consumers) and European economy (regional and global) which, ideally, should make the whole sector a network of interacting organizations. Rural areas are of particular importance with respect to the agro-food sector and should be specifically addressed within this scope. The different groups of stakeholders involved in the agricultural activities have to manage many different and heterogeneous sources of information that need to be combined in order to make economically and environmentally sound decisions, which include (among others) the definition of policies (subsidies, standardisation and regulation, national strategies for rural development, climate change), valuation of ecological performances, development of sustainable agriculture, crop recollection timing and pricing, plagues detection, etc. Such processes are very labour intensive because most parts have to be executed manually and the necessary information is not always available or easily accessible. In this context, future agriculture knowledge management systems have to support not only direct profitability of agriculture or environment protection, but also activities of individuals and groups allowing effective collaboration among groups in agri-food industry, consumers, public administrations and wider stakeholders communities, especially in rural domain. To that end FOODIE project aims at building an open and interoperable agricultural specialized platform hub on the cloud for the management of spatial and non-spatial data relevant for farming production; for discovery of spatial and non-spatial agriculture related data from heterogeneous sources; integration of existing and valuable European open datasets related to agriculture; data publication and data linking of external agriculture data sources contributed by different public and private stakeholders allowing to provide specific and highvalue applications and services for the support in the planning and decision-making processes of different stakeholders groups related to the agricultural and environmental domains

Command and Control Systems for Search and Rescue Robots

The novel application of unmanned systems in the domain of humanitarian Search and Rescue (SAR) operations has created a need to develop specific multi-Robot Command and Control (RC2) systems. This societal application of robotics requires human-robot interfaces for controlling a large fleet of heterogeneous robots deployed in multiple domains of operation (ground, aerial and marine). This chapter provides an overview of the Command, Control and Intelligence (C2I) system developed within the scope of Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned Search operations (ICARUS). The life cycle of the system begins with a description of use cases and the deployment scenarios in collaboration with SAR teams as end-users. This is followed by an illustration of the system design and architecture, core technologies used in implementing the C2I, iterative integration phases with field deployments for evaluating and improving the system. The main subcomponents consist of a central Mission Planning and Coordination System (MPCS), field Robot Command and Control (RC2) subsystems with a portable force-feedback exoskeleton interface for robot arm tele-manipulation and field mobile devices. The distribution of these C2I subsystems with their communication links for unmanned SAR operations is described in detail. Field demonstrations of the C2I system with SAR personnel assisted by unmanned systems provide an outlook for implementing such systems into mainstream SAR operations in the future

El convenio arbitral en el Derecho Español

Disección jurídica de la institución del convenio arbitral, doméstico o internacional. Ventajas de su correcta utilización para el posterior desarrollo de un buen proceso arbitral. Diferentes actores que intervienen en un convenio arbitral; personas físicas o jurídicas. Materias arbitrables en nuestro derecho (materias dudosas, de derecho civil, mercantil, administrativo, etc). lnterpretación del convenio arbitral, consecuencias jurídicas de su correcta redacción; los llamados a interpretarlo. Las relaciones autónomas del convenio arbitral con el contrato principal al que se refiere, con otros contratos pasados y futuros, y con procesos judiciales relacionados. Hay abundante jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional, Tribunal Supremo, Audiencias Provinciales y Tribunales Superiores de Justicia. Con mucha doctrina. Se defiende la importancia cada vez más evidente del arbitraje en las relaciones comerciales entre empresas españolas, y entre estas y las iberoamericanas, con el objetivo de que España sea sede de arbitrajes internacionales como lo son Nueva York, Londres, Hong-Kong o Singapur.Legal dissection of the institution of the arbitration agreement, domestic or international. Advantages of its correct use for the subsequent development of a good arbitration process. Different actors involved in an arbitration agreement; Natural or legal persons. Arbitrable matters in our law (dubious matters, civil law, commercial, administrative, etc.). The interpretation of the arbitration agreement, legal consequences of its correct drafting; Called to interpret it. The autonomous relations of the arbitration agreement with the main contract to which it refers, with other past and future contracts, and with related judicial processes. There is abundant jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Provincial Courts and other Courts of Justice. With much doctrine. It defends the increasingly evident importance of arbitration in the commercial relations between Spanish companies, and between these and Ibero-American companies, with the aim of Spain hosting international arbitrations such as New York, London, Hong Kong or Singapore

Leading teachers who promote math learning

The theoretical references that underpinned a proposal for teacher training of large-scale math teachers are presented, through a diploma course aimed at teachers in primary education service, oriented in the mathematical competences for teaching, of the Republic of Panama. The theoretical framework built for this purpose, is based on various theoretical perspectives and theoretical constructs, framed in the discipline of mathematical education; on the one hand, the importance of the use of conjectures in the class of mathematics was considered to justify the solution of problems during class; on the other hand, perspectives emanating from academic leadership that should be encouraged in the training of teachers in service were considered. In addition to the above, the theoretical perspective known as the OntoSemiotic Approach (OSA) was considered, which was the one that allowed to analyze the teaching activity of the participating teachers. The results obtained from the analysis, which are briefly mentioned in this work, suggest that the accompaniment to math teachers, by teachers with a high mastery of experts, allows their teaching empowerment to conform as academic leaders in their workplaces

Consideraciones ambientales sobre el mercurio en el distrito minero de Almadén (Ciudad Real)

The mercury deposits hosted in the Almadén syncline constitute the Almadén mining district, and they represent a worldwide singularity, being the only case of a metal, mercury (Hg), supplied in one third of total historic production by a single deposit, the Almadén mine. The District comprises a number of cinnabar (HgS) deposits, among which the Almadén mine is the very largest. The origin of the deposits could be related to geological processes acting along Upper Paleozoic times. These deposits can be grouped in the so-called �Almadén-type� and the so-called �Las Cuevas type� deposits. The action of atmospheric agents on the cinnabar deposits starts time before the mining activity, and implies the dissemination in the environment of the weathering products, which is amplified by the mining activity. As a result, mercury pollution spreads in a wide area, affecting inorganic and organic environmental compartments. This paper presents the research carried out on environmental and human health concerns related with the presence of mercury in the area.Los yacimientos de mercurio del Distrito minero de Almadén representan una singularidad mundial, al ser el único caso de un metal, el mercurio (Hg), que ha sido obtenido en una tercera parte de su producción mundial a partir de un solo yacimiento. El Distrito está formado por una serie de yacimientos de cinabrio (HgS), entre los que la mina de Almadén constituye el mayor de ellos. Los yacimientos se habrían formado como consecuencia de procesos geológicos actuando a lo largo del Paleozoico superior, pudiendo ser agrupados en dos tipos: los yacimientos de �Tipo Almadén� y los yacimientos de �Tipo Las Cuevas�. Los yacimientos habrían estado expuestos a la erosión atmosférica desde tiempo antes de la llegada de la actividad minera, lo que implica que tanto antes de esta actividad como evidentemente durante ésta se produciría la diseminación en el medio ambiente de los productos de este proceso, en forma de lixiviados naturales y antropogénicos, de partículas de polvo conteniendo el mineral, así como de vapor de mercurio emitido a la atmósfera desde suelos conteniendo el elemento, escombreras, labores mineras, instalaciones metalúrgicas, etc. Este trabajo presenta los diversos estudios llevados a cabo hasta la fecha sobre las implicaciones medioambientales y sobre la salud humana que se derivan de la presencia del metal disperso en el Distrito minero de Almadén (Ciudad Real)