Self-Calibration Methods for Uncontrolled Environments in Sensor Networks: A Reference Survey

Growing progress in sensor technology has constantly expanded the number and range of low-cost, small, and portable sensors on the market, increasing the number and type of physical phenomena that can be measured with wirelessly connected sensors. Large-scale deployments of wireless sensor networks (WSN) involving hundreds or thousands of devices and limited budgets often constrain the choice of sensing hardware, which generally has reduced accuracy, precision, and reliability. Therefore, it is challenging to achieve good data quality and maintain error-free measurements during the whole system lifetime. Self-calibration or recalibration in ad hoc sensor networks to preserve data quality is essential, yet challenging, for several reasons, such as the existence of random noise and the absence of suitable general models. Calibration performed in the field, without accurate and controlled instrumentation, is said to be in an uncontrolled environment. This paper provides current and fundamental self-calibration approaches and models for wireless sensor networks in uncontrolled environments

Programming 1 and sustainability

Computer programming is an essential skill for today's engineers, and sustainability plays a role of growing interest in any of the design phases of an engineering project. The fundamentals of sustainability, with basic concepts such as "carbon intensity", must be covered in any engineering curriculum. We propose a basic computer programming course in which the lab sessions incorporate exercises related to the computation of environmental impacts. For instance, an exercise might request the computation of the carbon footprint of the lab sessions during a whole year. Lab sessions use an automatic evaluation server, so called Jutge.org that assesses about the correctness of the programs submitted by the students. New exercises concerning sustainability topics are included in the Jutge.org course. The course involves the effort of a multidisciplinary team. First, lecturers on basic programming are required. An expert on automatic evaluation of computer programs is essential to prepare the statements and the test sets of the proposed exercises. Finally, the advice of economists and sustainability experts is crucial to guarantee judicious conclusions are drawn from each exercise. Forming a team with this profile is a challenging task. Our Computer Science (CS) department lectures basic programming courses to more than 1700 students/year. The success of this approach could bring a substantial social impact in our ecosystem

Scavenging patterns of generalist predators in forested areas: the potential implications of increase in carrion availability on a threatened capercaillie population

The increases in ungulate populations and hunting bags throughout Europe and North America have resulted in higher carcass numbers available for mesocarnivore species in temperate and boreal forests. The increase in food resources can sustain denser predator populations, potentially affecting prey species such as the threatened western capercaillie Tetrao urogallus. We investigated the ungulate population trends in recent decades and the carrion use by facultative scavengers in areas of the Pyrenees occupied by capercaillie to assess the potential effects on predation of nests and adult birds, and on its population trend. We found a significant increase in the number of ungulates harvested during the period of sharp capercaillie population decline. Carrion was provided experimentally in forested areas occupied by capercaillie showing that remains were mainly consumed by red fox Vulpes vulpes, followed by wild boar Sus scrofa and marten species (Martes sp.). Season (cold or warm) was the most important factor determining scavenging activity in most species. Main predators of capercaillie nests and adults were martens and red fox, with no predation by wild boar. Our data show that main predators of capercaillie are the same species that mainly consume carrion, especially in winter, and that plentiful carrion resources could maintain higher populations of these species, potentially increasing predation pressure on the capercaillie population. This study shows that managing carrion arising from hunting activity in areas of capercaillie distribution is a necessary management action to reduce the available carrion biomass and so reduce the impact of mesocarnivores on capercaillie conservation.We acknowledge the forestry rangers of Generalitat de Catalunya for field work. The comments of two anonymous reviewers improved the previous version. This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (RTI2018-099609-B-C22) and the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge

Host-Guest and Guest-Guest Interactions of P- and N-Containing Structure Directing Agents Entrapped inside MFI-Type Zeolite by Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy

"This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05689".[EN] Highly crystalline pure silica MFI zeolites have been synthesized using tetraethylammonium (TEA), tetraethylphosphonium (TEP), or a mixture of both cations in different proportions as organic structure directing agents (OSDAs). The zeolites have been deeply characterized in order to get insight about the guest guest interactions involving the OSDAs and the guest host interactions involving the OSDAs and the inorganic framework, as well as the main features of the resulting materials. The results show that the average size of the MFI crystals decreases when TEP is present within the zeolite and that this cation is homogeneously distributed throughout the crystallites. The multinuclear NMR investigation (H-1, C-13, N-14, F-19, Si-29, P-31) indicates that TEP interacts with the zeolite host creating higher heterogeneity of the SiO4 crystallographic sites and a diminution on the mobility of fluorine atoms incorporated into the zeolite. Moreover, the presence of TEP influences the dynamics of the nitrogen atoms of the TEA molecules, and 2D heteronuclear correlation experiments give evidence on the spatial proximity of the TEA and TEP molecules in the MFI zeolites. Then, it is concluded that TEA and TEP are intimately mixed within the zeolite voids of the pure silica MFI samples synthesized by the dual template route.Financial support by the MINECO of Spain through the Severo Ochoa (SEV-2016-0683) and RTI2018-101784-B-I00 projects is gratefully acknowledged. 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Polarimetric imaging microscopy for advanced inspection of vegetal tissues

Optical microscopy techniques for plant inspection benefit from the fact that at least one of the multiple properties of light (intensity, phase, wavelength, polarization) may be modified by vegetal tissues. Paradoxically, polarimetric microscopy although being a mature technique in biophotonics, is not so commonly used in botany. Importantly, only specific polarimetric observables, as birefringence or dichroism, have some presence in botany studies, and other relevant metrics, as those based on depolarization, are underused. We present a versatile method, based on a representative selection of polarimetric observables, to obtain and to analyse images of plants which bring significant information about their structure and/or the spatial organization of their constituents (cells, organelles, among other structures). We provide a thorough analysis of polarimetric microscopy images of sections of plant leaves which are compared with those obtained by other commonly used microscopy techniques in plant biology. Our results show the interest of polarimetric microscopy for plant inspection, as it is non-destructive technique, highly competitive in economical and time consumption, and providing advantages compared to standard non-polarizing techniques

Use of Alkylarsonium Directing Agents for the Synthesis and Study of Zeolites

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 16390 16396 , which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201904043. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.[EN] Expanding the previously known family of -onium (ammonium, phosphonium, and sulfonium) organic structure-directing agents (OSDAs) for the synthesis of zeolite MFI, a new member, the arsonium cation, is used for the first time. The new group of tetraalkylarsonium cations has allowed the synthesis of the zeolite ZSM-5 with several different chemical compositions, opening a route for the synthesis of zeolites with a new series of OSDA. Moreover, the use of As replacing N in the OSDA allows the introduction of probe atoms that facilitate the study of these molecules by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Finally, the influence of trivalent elements such as B, Al, or Ga isomorphically replacing Si atoms in the framework structure and its interaction with the As species has been studied. The suitability of the tetraalkylarsonium cation for carrying out the crystallization of zeolites is demonstrated along with the benefit of the presence of As atoms in the occluded OSDA, which allows its advanced characterization as well as the study of its evolution during OSDA removal by thermal treatments.Program Severo Ochoa SEV-2016-0683 and Maria de Maeztu MDM-2015-0538 are gratefully acknowledged. S.S-F. thanks MEC for his Severo Ochoa Grant SPV-2013-067884, P.O.-B. and G.M.E. thank MEC for his Ramon y Cajal contracts (RYC-2014-16620 and RYC-2013-14386). The authors thank the financial support by the Spanish Government (RTI2018-096399-A-I00, RTI2018-101784-B-I00 and CTQ2017-89528-P) and the Generalitat Valeciana (PROMETEO/2017/066). The Electron Microscopy Service of the UPV is acknowledged for their help in sample characterization. We gratefully acknowledge ESRF synchrotron for allocating beamtime (proposal CH-5193), the Italian CRG beam-line at ESRF (LISA-BM08), and Alessandro Puri for the help and technical support during our experiment. C.W.L. (Science without Frontiers-Process no. 13191/13-6) thanks CAPES for a predoctoral fellowship.Saez-Ferre, S.; Lopes, CW.; Simancas-Coloma, J.; Vidal Moya, JA.; Blasco Lanzuela, T.; Agostini, G.; Mínguez Espallargas, G.... (2019). Use of Alkylarsonium Directing Agents for the Synthesis and Study of Zeolites. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(71):16390-16396. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201904043S16390163962571Sun, J., Bonneau, C., Cantín, Á., Corma, A., Díaz-Cabañas, M. J., Moliner, M., … Zou, X. (2009). The ITQ-37 mesoporous chiral zeolite. Nature, 458(7242), 1154-1157. doi:10.1038/nature07957Jiang, J., Yu, J., & Corma, A. (2010). 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Detection of Beta-Lactam-Resistant Escherichia coli and Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Strains in Wild Boars Foraging in an Anthropization Gradient

Funding: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (PIF-UAB 2015). Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Economia i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya 2018FI_B_00978 i 2016FI_B 00425Disease transmission among wild boars, domestic animals and humans is a public health concern, especially in areas with high wild boar densities. In this study, fecal samples of wild boars (n = 200) from different locations of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona were analyzed by PCR to explore the frequency of β-lactamases and extended cephalosporin and carbapenem resistance genes (ESBLs) in Escherichia coli strains and the presence of toxigenic Clostridioides difficile. The prevalence of genes conferring resistance to β-lactam antimicrobials was 8.0% (16/200): blaCMY-2 (3.0%), blaTEM-1b (2.5%), blaCTX-M-14 (1.0%), blaSHV-28 (1.0%), blaCTX-M-15 (0.5%) and blaCMY-1 (0.5%). Clostridioides difficile TcdA+ was detected in two wild boars (1.0%), which is the first report of this pathogen in wild boars in Spain. Moreover, the wild boars foraging in urban and peri-urban locations were more exposed to AMRB sources than the wild boars dwelling in natural environments. In conclusion, the detection of E. coli carrying ESBL/AmpC genes and toxigenic C. difficile in wild boars foraging in urban areas reinforces the value of this game species as a sentinel of environmental AMRB sources. In addition, these wild boars can be a public and environmental health concern by disseminating AMRB and other zoonotic agents. Although this study provides the first hints of the potential anthropogenic sources of AMR, further efforts should be conducted to identify and control them

Mutations in TRAPPC11 are associated with a congenital disorder of glycosylation.

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a heterogeneous and rapidly growing group of diseases caused by abnormal glycosylation of proteins and/or lipids. Mutations in genes involved in the homeostasis of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the Golgi apparatus (GA), and the vesicular trafficking from the ER to the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) have been found to be associated with CDG. Here, we report a patient with defects in both N- and O-glycosylation combined with a delayed vesicular transport in the GA due to mutations in TRAPPC11, a subunit of the TRAPPIII complex. TRAPPIII is implicated in the anterograde transport from the ER to the ERGIC as well as in the vesicle export from the GA. This report expands the spectrum of genetic alterations associated with CDG, providing new insights for the diagnosis and the understanding of the physiopathological mechanisms underlying glycosylation disorders

Survey of Visual and Force/Tactile Control of Robots for Physical Interaction in Spain

Sensors provide robotic systems with the information required to perceive the changes that happen in unstructured environments and modify their actions accordingly. The robotic controllers which process and analyze this sensory information are usually based on three types of sensors (visual, force/torque and tactile) which identify the most widespread robotic control strategies: visual servoing control, force control and tactile control. This paper presents a detailed review on the sensor architectures, algorithmic techniques and applications which have been developed by Spanish researchers in order to implement these mono-sensor and multi-sensor controllers which combine several sensors