Indicadores Urbanos Activos (IURA): un camino hacia el Índice de Desarrollo Urbano

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Integration of cartoons in the nursery education curriculum. A theoretical proposal

El uso de la televisión en el campo de la educación ha sido un tema muy debatido en distintos foros: educativos, sociales, familiares, etc. En Educación Infantil se está planteando introducir el sector audiovisual en segundo grado. Resulta necesario y conveniente ofrecer un enfoque metodológico para la integración curricular de la televisión en las aulas infantil. En las siguientes líneas se presentan las áreas donde pueden integrarse el uso de una serie de televisión concreta y de sus bloques de contenido, en base a un ejemplo de un episodio de una serie infantil. Finalmente llegamos a la conclusión de que es un deber profesional hacer una llamada de atención a los docentes de este nivel, en particular, ya que entendemos que deben aprovechar un recurso tan cercano y simultáneamente dar respuestas educativas a este elemento tan influyente a lo largo de la vida de los individuos en nuestra sociedadThe use of television in the educational field has been a highly debated topic in different forums: educational, social, family, etc. We present the areas where we can integrate the use of a concrete TV series and its blocks of content. Finally we conclude this experience with a call to teachers at this level in particular not to be forgotten a resource so close. In the following lines are areas where they can integrate the use of a particular television series and its content blocks, based on an example of an episode of a child series. Finally we conclude that it is a professional duty to make a call of attention to teaching at this level particularly, and we understand that should seize a resource so close and simultaneously we must offer educational responses to this element so influential in livelong of individuals in our society

Vivienda colaborativa: Ayuda mutua, cooperativismo y participación en las políticas de promoción pública de vivienda

La presente investigación se enmarca en los resultados de la confluencia entre dos ejemplos de intervención pública en materia de vivienda en España, por un lado, y por otro, del inicio de un camino por un modelo extendido de vivienda colaborativa en la isla de Gran Canaria. La investigación analiza la denominada vivienda colaborativa y su relación con los mecanismos de gestión que pueden o deben acompañar a las políticas públicas de vivienda, a través de la observación de los casos de Andalucía y Barcelona, ambas inspiradas en el modelo de vivienda cooperativa de Uruguay. Tras estudiar el caso de la isla de Gran Canaria, se propone la necesidad de políticas de vivienda que incorporen la ayuda mutua, la cesión de uso, el cooperativismo o la participación ciudadana

Habitat and development. Exploring paths of educational innovation in architecture and urbanism

Han pasado dos décadas desde que aparecieron las primeras asignaturas que incorporaban la habitabilidad básica o la cooperación al desarrollo en la formación del arquitecto en España. Desde entonces, las escuelas de arquitectura han ido incorporando contenidos que son cada vez más demandados, tanto por la sociedad como por los propios alumnos. La crisis económica iniciada en 2008, o los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible aprobados en 2015 por Naciones Unidas, nos deben hacer reflexionar sobre la centralidad de estos temas en la formación de la arquitectura y el urbanismo. Desde el año de su creación, en 2001, la asignatura optativa Hábitat y desarrollo se ha propuesto visibilizar la arquitectura social como una parte importante en la formación del arquitecto, en la que se prioriza el proceso arquitectónico, íntimamente relacionado con el habitar (el habitante, los hábitos y su relación con el lugar), frente al producto (el objeto, el edificio, como una síntesis formal de esa arquitectura). En la asignatura se hace una lectura del papel que la cooperación al desarrollo puede jugar en la formación del arquitecto. La participación ciudadana es otro de los temas transversales que se incorporan en la asignatura, formando a los estudiantes en técnicas específicamente aplicables al campo de la arquitectura y del urbanismo. Hábitat y desarrollo se imparte en el primer semestre de quinto curso del grado en arquitectura de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.Habitat and development. Exploring paths of educational innovation in architecture and urbanism. It has been two decades since the first subjects that incorporated basic habitability or development cooperation appeared in the training of the architect in Spain. Since then the schools of architecture have been incorporating content that is increasingly demanded by both society and students themselves. The economic crisis initiated in 2008 or the Sustainable Development Objectives approved in 2015 by the United Nations should make us reflect on the centrality of these issues in the formation of architecture and urbanism. Since the year of its creation, in 2001, the optional Habitat and Development has been proposed to make visible the social architecture as an important part in the architect’s training, in which the architectural process is prioritized, closely related to the habitat (the inhabitant, the habits and their relation to the place), in front of the product (the object, the building, as a formal synthesis of that architecture). The subject makes a reading of the role that development cooperation can play in the training of the architect. Citizen participation is another of the cross-cutting themes that are incorporated into the subject by training students in techniques specifically applicable to the field of architecture and urbanism. Habitat and development is taught in the first semester of fifth year of the degree in architecture of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

New technology proposals for tackling intimate partner violence: Challenges and opportunities

Intimate partner violence remains a critical social phenomenon in today’s societies. Among the different effective resources and tools to address it, technology seems to offer an innovative procedure to reduce its impact. This article is based on the potential contribution of technology to protect female victims, offering a qualitative analysis of the testimonies of experts who contributed to an ongoing project to design a device capable of providing automatic and immediate warning when women are in at-risk situations. The analysis of the discourses of the experts interviewed provided valuable information to explore the possibilities, limitations and unforeseen effects offered by technology in general, and this new device in particular, for tackling intimate partner violence.The EMPATIA-CM research project, Y2018/TCS-5046, has been supported by the Region of Madrid, Department of Science, University and Innovation, under the Program of synergistic R&D projects in new and emerging scientific areas on the frontier of science and of an interdisciplinary nature, co-financed with the Operational Programs of the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund

A novel hybrid approach of SVM combined with NLP and probabilistic neural network for email phishing

Phishing attacks are one of the slanting cyber-attacks that apply socially engineered messages that are imparted to individuals from expert hackers going for tricking clients to uncover their delicate data, the most mainstream correspondence channel to those messages is through clients' emails. Phishing has turned into a generous danger for web clients and a noteworthy reason for money related misfortunes. Therefore, different arrangements have been created to handle this issue. Deceitful emails, also called phishing emails, utilize a scope of impact strategies to convince people to react, for example, promising a fiscal reward or summoning a feeling of criticalness. Regardless of far reaching alerts and intends to instruct clients to distinguish phishing sends, these are as yet a pervasive practice and a worthwhile business. The creators accept that influence, as a style of human correspondence intended to impact others, has a focal job in fruitful advanced tricks. Cyber criminals have ceaselessly propelling their techniques for assault. The current strategies to recognize the presence of such malevolent projects and to keep them from executing are static, dynamic and hybrid analysis. In this work we are proposing a hybrid methodology for phishing detection incorporating feature extraction and classification of the mails using SVM. At last, alongside the chose features, the PNN characterizes the spam mails from the genuine mails with more exactness and accuracy

A decentralized framework for multi-agent robotic systems

Over the past few years, decentralization of multi-agent robotic systems has become an important research area. These systems do not depend on a central control unit, which enables the control and assignment of distributed, asynchronous and robust tasks. However, in some cases, the network communication process between robotic agents is overlooked, and this creates a dependency for each agent to maintain a permanent link with nearby units to be able to fulfill its goals. This article describes a communication framework, where each agent in the system can leave the network or accept new connections, sending its information based on the transfer history of all nodes in the network. To this end, each agent needs to comply with four processes to participate in the system, plus a fifth process for data transfer to the nearest nodes that is based on Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) and data history. To validate this framework, we use differential robotic agents and a monitoring agent to generate a topological map of an environment with the presence of obstacles

A Holistic Methodology for Improved RFID Network Lifetime by Advanced Cluster Head Selection using Dragonfly Algorithm

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) networks usually require many tags along with readers and computation facilities. Those networks have limitations with respect to computing power and energy consumption. Thus, for saving energy and to make the best use of the resources, networks should operate and be able to recover in an efficient way. This will also reduce the energy expenditure of RFID readers. In this work, the RFID network life span will be enlarged through an energy-efficient cluster-based protocol used together with the Dragonfly algorithm. There are two stages in the processing of the clustering system: the cluster formation from the whole structure and the election of a cluster leader. After completing those procedures, the cluster leader controls the other nodes that are not leaders. The system works with a large energy node that provides an amount of energy while transmitting aggregated data near a base station

The Importance of the Participatory Dimension in Urban Resilience Improvement Processes

This article discusses the approach adopted by the researchers into citizen participation in urban regeneration actions and projects. It describes the concepts of sustainability and habitability in relation to the urban environment and architecture within the framework of improving the resilience of our cities through the circular economy and decarbonisation processes in architecture. The authors review the participatory dimension of different urban regeneration actions carried out in Spain and the impact of this dimension on the results obtained by environmental, economic and social urban improvements. They then define possible strategies and methodological tools for integrating this dimension into traditional urban regeneration processes. The article presents case studies and their specific characteristics, and draws conclusions about their effectiveness and relevance. It also compares citizen-led interventions with interventions led by public administrations. Lastly, the authors analyse the potential reasons for success in these processes and projects, identifying weaknesses and proposing possible strategies for future development by researchers

The Interactions between host glycobiology, bacterial microbiota, and viruses in the gut

Rotavirus (RV) and norovirus (NoV) are the major etiological agents of viral acute gastroenteritis worldwide. Host genetic factors, the histo-blood group antigens (HBGA), are associated with RV and NoV susceptibility and recent findings additionally point to HBGA as a factor modulating the intestinal microbial composition. In vitro and in vivo experiments in animal models established that the microbiota enhances RV and NoV infection, uncovering a triangular interplay between RV and NoV, host glycobiology, and the intestinal microbiota that ultimately influences viral infectivity. Studies on the microbiota composition in individuals displaying different RV and NoV susceptibilities allowed the identification of potential bacterial biomarkers, although mechanistic data on the virus-host-microbiota relation are still needed. The identification of the bacterial and HBGA interactions that are exploited by RV and NoV would place the intestinal microbiota as a new target for alternative therapies aimed at preventing and treating viral gastroenteritis