Proyecto para rehabilitación estructural de muelle de carga de graneles líquidos

El siguiente documento, titulado ‘PROYECTO PARA REHABILITACIÓN ESTRUCTURAL DE MUELLE DE CARGA DE GRANELES LIQUIDOS” se enmarca dentro de la normativa referente al Trabajo de Fin de Master de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Sevilla, para la obtención de los créditos ECTS correspondientes de la titulación de MASTER EN INGENIERÍA DE CAMINOS, CANALES Y PUERTOS por parte del alumno D. Cesar López Martín, que ha cursado en dicha escuela los estudios correspondientes a la referida titulación, y tiene como objetivo último mostrar una parte de las capacidades profesionales que dichos estudios universitarios le han permitido adquirir. Este Trabajo de Fin de Máster está dentro de la línea de trabajo en materia de Construcciones Civiles que desarrolla el Departamento de CONSTRUCCIONES ARQUITECTÓNICAS I, siendo el tutor de este trabajo, el ingeniero de caminos, canales y puertos D. Blas González González, profesor del Departamento, que imparte la docencia de varias asignaturas del Máster de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos. El objeto de este trabajo fin de máster es la de desarrollar un proyecto constructivo completo, con todos los documentos reglamentarios que en su caso pudiera servir de base a la licitación de las obras, con lo cual se han de poner en juego para su redacción no solo los aspectos de ingeniería del diseño de una rehabilitación estructural sino también los aspectos tecnológicos de la materialización de un documento profesional. (Extraído de la Memoria)Universidad de Sevilla. Máster en Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puerto

Artificial intelligence strategies in European public broadcasters: Uses, forecasts and future challenges

As artificial intelligence (AI) gains space in the media, public broadcasters are testing and experimenting with these technologies to raise their services to the new standards of the audiovisual ecosystem. From algorithms that help recommend the most suitable content for users, to others that detect news and automate some of the tasks of journalists, these tools are increasingly present in public audiovisual corporations. The data were obtained from semi-structured in-depth interviews with a convenience sample of 15 corporations from 12 countries. The results reflect a heterogeneous application of artificial intelligence in corporations, oriented towards the automatic creation of content from structured data, the improvement of audience interaction through chatbots, and personalisation or verification. The implementation of these technologies also poses major challenges. Firstly, the economic cost of adapting these systems to each corporation and the difficulties in hiring experts to develop AI solutions prevent a complete deployment of these tools in public broadcasters. As main conclusions, we have understood that AI as a “culture” is believed to be vital for the public audiovisual services of the future, although its application is still far from being a standard and generally does not occupy a relevant strategic position in the innovation departments of corporations

Reaching a Consensus on Access Detection by a Decision System

Classification techniques based on Artificial Intelligence are computational tools that have been applied to detection of intrusions (IDS) with encouraging results. They are able to solve problems related to information security in an efficient way. The intrusion detection implies the use of huge amount of information. For this reason heuristic methodologies have been proposed. In this paper, decision trees, Naive Bayes, and supervised classifying systems UCS, are combined to improve the performance of a classifier. In order to validate the system, a scenario based on real data of the NSL-KDD99 dataset is used.Depto. de Arquitectura de Computadores y AutomáticaFac. de InformáticaTRUEMinistry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT) of the Government of the Republic of Ecuadorpu

Optical fiber sensors based on microstructured optical fibers to detect gases and volatile organic compounds-A review

Since the first publications related to microstructured optical fibers (MOFs), the development of optical fiber sensors (OFS) based on them has attracted the interest of many research groups because of the market niches that can take advantage of their specific features. Due to their unique structure based on a certain distribution of air holes, MOFs are especially useful for sensing applications: on one hand, the increased coupling of guided modes into the cladding or the holes enhances significantly the interaction with sensing films deposited there; on the other hand, MOF air holes enhance the direct interaction between the light and the analytes that get into in these cavities. Consequently, the sensitivity when detecting liquids, gasses or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is significantly improved. This paper is focused on the reported sensors that have been developed with MOFs which are applied to detection of gases and VOCs, highlighting the advantages that this type of fiber offers.This work was carried out with the financial support of MINECO (Spain) through TEC2016-79367-C2-2-R (AEI/FEDER, UE) as well as Public University of Navarre PhD grants program.This work was carried out with the financial support of MINECO (Spain) through TEC2016-79367-C2-2-R (AEI/FEDER, UE)

Una aproximación desde las TIC y el departamento de orientación a la educación inclusiva del alumnado con discapacidad visual

Esta revisión bibliográfica tiene el objetivo de abordar el estado de la cuestión de lasprácticas TIC de los centros educativos desde los departamentos de orientación. Se,centra específicamente en las personas con discapacidad visual (PDV) y parte deuna perspectiva de educación inclusiva. A lo largo del trabajo se expondrán lasnecesidades del colectivo y los hallazgos en relación a cómo se cubren con el uso delas TIC. Así mismo, se identificarán las funciones del departamento de orientaciónpara cubrir estas necesidades y se indagará en el uso de las TIC por parte de estos.Por último, se expondrá en qué medida los centros educativos cuentan con elsoporte necesario y los recursos para la implantación de TIC como herramientainclusiva, señalando la posible influencia de la brecha digital en las PDV.<br /

The balance of payments and international investment position of Spain in 2017

Artículo de revistaAccording to the balance of payments (BoP) statistics, the Spanish economy once again became a net lender in 2017, despite the rise in oil prices and the strength of domestic demand. Factors that are foreseeably temporary, such as low interest rates, and other longterm factors, mainly relating to the increase in the number of exporting firms and the gains in competitiveness accumulated in recent years, contributed to this. The Spanish economy’s negative net International Investment Position (IIP), in terms of GDP, declined again for the third consecutive year (to 80.8%), since Spain’s lending position and the expansion of GDP offset the negative impact of valuation effects and other adjustments on the net II

The balance of payments and international investment position of Spain in 2020

Artículo de revistaIn 2020, the Spanish economy recorded net lending of 1.1% of GDP, significantly below the previous year’s level of 2.5%. This decline essentially reflects the impact of the health crisis on travel credits, which contracted sharply, owing to the restrictions on international mobility and on activity in accommodation and food and travel services to contain the pandemic. The widening of the secondary income deficit also contributed to the decline in net lending, albeit to a much lesser extent. These developments offset the improvement in the other components, which was particularly notable in the goods and primary income balances. Cross-border financial transactions were strongly influenced by the increase in the volume of Eurosystem asset purchases, as reflected by a large surplus on the financial account of resident sectors, excluding the Banco de España. By contrast, the financial transactions of the Banco de España with the rest of the world showed a large increase in its liabilities. Spain’s negative net international investment position increased to 84.3% of GDP, essentially as a result of the sharp fall in GDP and the decline in the value of external financial assets owing to the appreciation of the euro. Finally, in terms of GDP, the nation’s gross external debt stood at all-time highs (199.4%) owing to the contraction in economic activity and the assumption of new liabilities, in particular by the Banco de España, given the increase in its positions vis-à-vis the Eurosystem as a result of the implementation of the asset purchase programmes

Evaluating Ecosystem Services in Transhumance Cultural Landscapes: An Interdisciplinary and Participatory Framework

Following the concept of ecosystem services, we propose in this article an interdisciplinary and participatory methodological framework for ecosystem services assessment and participatory decision-making in Mediterranean cultural landscapes linked with transhumant pastoralism. It is based on four sequential phases: 1. characterisation of the social-ecological network associated with transhumance, 2. preliminary identification and characterisation of ecosystem services, 3. evaluation of ecosystem services (in biophysical, socio-cultural, and economic terms), and 4. future scenario planning for the analysis of social conflicts related to ecosystem services use and trade-offs as well as the proposal of management strategies. Applying the framework to a case study on one of the major transhumance landscapes in Spain, we could identify and evaluate more than 30 ecosystem services. The framework facilitated the design of robust policy measures that aim to maintain this livestock raising model and its associated flow of ecosystem services. It also contributes to provide the basis for the implementation of adaptive co-management strategiesThis research has been financed by the Spanish Ministry for the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (Project 079/RN08/02.1

The research observatory on the massive online open courses: MOOCSERVATORIO®

The new modality of expansion of knowledge (MOOCs), the Massive, Open and Online Courses, which are part of the new educational contexts of most international prestigious universities, can be considered as a dymanic curricular element in the biotic ecosystems of educational institutions, limited in time and space and frequently reserved for social elites. In this way, it will be possible to transcend to new ubiquitous, connective, informal, and horizontal learning scenarios that facilitate the digital inclusion of the most disadvantaged people. Currently, the extraordinary increase in the educational offer of MOOC courses could lead, in most cases, to students’ disorientation. In this sense, the object of this article is to justify the need to design and elaborate a research observatory on MOOCs: MOOCservatorio®, in order to expand scientific knowledge and social empowerment

Elaboración de paneles prefabricados de bahareque para bóvedas de cañón

Se plantea la elaboración de un prototipo prefabricado curvo de bahareque funcional con la optimización de materia prima tradicional (tierra, madera, caña,) y materiales contemporáneos (terro-cemento, aislante hidrófobo o aditivos). Para llegar a este objetivo el tipo de investigación realizada se divide en diferentes etapas: empezando con un alcance teórico, que ayuda a conocer las propiedades que los sistemas propuestos tienen, siguiendo con una metodología de experimentación basada en la prueba y error, buscando un enfoque a la construcción en tierra y su aplicación a nuevas tipologías constructivas, para ello se emplearon técnicas de estudio basadas en el mejoramiento progresivo del diferentes modelos que se realizaron a lo largo de todo el proyecto, llegando a una nueva conclusión en cada paso realizado. Uno de los puntos importantes a tomar en cuenta es la industrialización del proyecto, para lo cual se ha optado por el uso de maderas contrachapadas o Plywood y la utilización de elementos como un plóter laser para poder obtener los elementos constructivos necesarios; en el ámbito de la tierra, se tomaron en cuenta los posibles problemas que esta presentaría al estar expuesta a la intemperie pero muchos de ellos se solucionaron mediante el adecuado estudio de la misma y correctas dosificaciones.The elaboration of a prefabricated curved prototype of functional wattle-and-daub with the optimization of traditional raw materials (earth, wood, cane) and contemporary materials (terro-cement, hydrophobic insulation or additives) is proposed. To reach this objective the type of research carried out is divided into different stages: starting with a theoretical scope, which helps to know the properties that the proposed systems have, following with a methodology of experimentation based on trial and error, seeking an approach to earth construction and its application to new constructive typologies, for this study techniques were used based on the progressive improvement of the different models that were made throughout the project, reaching a new conclusion at each step performed. One of the important points to take into account is the industrialization of the project, for which we opted for the use of plywood and the use of elements such as a laser plotter to obtain the necessary construction elements; in the field of soil, we took into account the possible problems that this would present when exposed to the elements, but many of them were solved through the proper study of the same and correct dosages.ArquitectoCuenc