Dealing with Qualitative and Quantitative Features in Legal Domains

In this work, we enrich a formalism for argumentation by including a formal characterization of features related to the knowledge, in order to capture proper reasoning in legal domains. We add meta-data information to the arguments in the form of labels representing quantitative and qualitative data about them. These labels are propagated through an argumentative graph according to the relations of support, conflict, and aggregation between arguments.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1903.0186

Migración y salud en zonas fronterizas: informe comparativo sobre cinco fronteras seleccionadas

Incluye BibliografíaLa población migrante en Latinoamérica y el Caribe se ha incrementado significativamente desde los años noventa. Una gran parte de esta población, en su mayoría joven y con una participación cada vez más numerosa de mujeres, está sujeta a condiciones de alta vulnerabilidad (Pellegrino, 2003). A la vez, existen grandes vacíos en cuanto a la información disponible sobre dinámicas migratorias, características sociodemográficas y acceso y barreras a los servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva, entre otros, particularmente en las zonas fronterizas.En este marco, la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe del Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas (UNFPA-LACRO) ha identificado la necesidad de realizar una investigación que permita dar cuenta de la situación de los derechos humanos de la población que se moviliza en diferentes zonas de frontera en América Latina, centrándose en las condiciones de salud y en especial la salud sexual y reproductiva de la población migrante en dichas zonas, con enfoque de género y generacional. Para ello, UNFPA-LACRO ha promovido esta investigación que incluye 10 países de la región, y cuyo objetivo es generar y recopilar información sociodemográfica, sobre las migraciones en América Latina, que contribuyan a la toma de decisiones y formulación de políticas públicas que coadyuven al respeto de los derechos humanos de los migrantes, y en especial que incluyan el acceso a servicios básicos de salud y salud sexual y reproductiva y protección contra la violencia, principalmente de la población joven y de las mujeres, todo ello, desde una perspectiva de género e intergeneracional (UNFPA-AECI, 2007). Al respecto, LACRO ha realizado una extensa labor de coordinación con los múltiples actores involucrados en esta iniciativa, asegurando que existan sinergias entre las actividades de la División de Población de la CEPAL (CELADE), las oficinas de UNFPA y la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM). A nivel de país, esta investigación implicó el diseño y desarrollo de marcos binacionales de acción a partir de reuniones de las oficinas de país del UNFPA con participación de contrapartes de gobierno y sociedad civil de zonas fronterizas.Esta investigación incluye el estudio de cinco casos binacionales, donde la migración de países fronterizos no sólo es particularmente importante, sino que además, define contextos de vulnerabilidad social y demográfica particulares, especialmente en lo que respecta a los derechos humanos y reproductivos. Estos cinco casos de estudio corresponden a los de las migraciones limítrofes entre los siguientes países: 1. Bolivianos a la Argentina; 2. Colombianos al Ecuador; 3. Haitianos a la República Dominicana; 4. Nicaragüenses a Costa Rica y 5. Guatemaltecos a México.Con este estudio se busca tener los insumos necesarios para el diseño de una agenda que identifique las líneas de acción prioritaria y a mediano plazo, como estrategia para la movilización social en torno a los temas de migración y de salud sexual y reproductiva, incluyendo programas de acción y promoción de los derechos de los y las migrantes, y que permita incluir a los distintos actores involucrados (migrantes, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, organismos internacionales, instancias gubernamentales, entre otras)

Enigmatic tracks of solitary sauropods roaming an extensive lacustrine megatracksite in Iberia

Sauropod remains are abundant on the Iberian Peninsula across the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition. Where the osteological record shows a high diversity of this kind of dinosaur, the ichnological findings are mainly limited to sauropod tracks characterized by kidney-shaped manus (with or without pollex impressions) and pes impressions with three claw imprints oriented laterally. Here, we present a new sauropod ichnotaxon, Iniestapodus burgensis, found at several exposures within the Las Sereas megatracksite (Burgos, Spain). These are preserved within lacustrine limestone strata of the Rupelo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian). Iniestapodus burgensis is characterized by: semicircular manus tracks with small pollex impressions; unusual tetradactyl pes tracks with evidence of four claws oriented anteriorly (I-II) and laterally (III-IV), of variable sizes (short claw I and IV impressions, claw II and III being the largest). The combination of features and comparison with the osteological record allows us to propose a non-titanosaurian titanosauriform as a possible trackmaker. All the Iniestapodus tracks are represented by at least two different size classes of small and medium-sized individuals, and their trackways show different multidirectional orientations. The paleoenvironmental and paleoecological data suggest that Iniestapodus trackmakers were solitary individuals, likely representing different age classes, that crossed and used the Las Sereas shallow lacustrine-palustrine areas as their preferred habitat

Personalized Diet in Obesity: A Quasi-Experimental Study on Fat Mass and Fat-Free Mass Changes

Considering that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Southeast of Spain is high, the aim of this work was to analyze the relation between the adherence to a personalized diet and the effectiveness of changes in the body composition in overweight and obese adults in this region. This quasi-experimental study presents the following selection criteria: attendance at the consultation between 2006 and 2012, subjects ≥ 19 years of age with overweight or obesity. In total, 591 overweight or obese individuals were involved in this study, attending 4091 clinic consultations in total. Most of the sample consisted of subjects who attended >3 consultations (>1.5 months), and were females aged 19–64 years who obtained clinically significant changes in fat mass (FM, ≥5%) and recommended changes in fat-free mass (FFM, ≥0%). Based on the results obtained and the experience gained from this research, the following recommendations are established: (i) record fat mass and fat-free mass index as a complement to body mass index; (ii) use FM and FFM to evaluate effectiveness of interventions with the aim of obtaining body composition changes; (iii) use personalized diet to achieve significant changes in FM and avoid non-recommended changes in FFM.This research has been partially funded by VIGROB−309 (University of Alicante)

A ferric guest inside a spin crossover ferrous helicate

A designed dimetallic Fe(II) helicate made with biphenylenebridged bispyrazolylpyridine ligands and exhibiting a process of spin crossover at temperatures above ambient is shown to encapsulate an S = 5/2 tris-oxalato Fe(III) ion. The spin relaxation dynamics of this guest are strongly reduced upon encapsulatio

Group 10 Metal Benzene-1,2-dithiolate Derivatives in the Synthesis of Coordination Polymers Containing Potassium Countercations

This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Inorganic Chemistry, 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/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01775The use of theoretical calculations has allowed us to predict the coordination behavior of dithiolene [M(SC6H4S)2]2- (M = Ni, Pd, Pt) entities, giving rise to the first organometallic polymers {[K2(μ-H2O)2][Ni(SC6H4S)2]}n and {[K2(μ-H2O)2(thf)]2[K2(μ-H2O)2(thf)2][Pd3(SC6H4S)6]}n by one-pot reactions of the corresponding d10 metal salts, 1,2-benzenedithiolene, and KOH. The polymers are based on σ,π interactions between potassium atoms and [M(SC6H4S)2]2- (M = Ni, Pd) entities. In contrast, only σ interactions are observed when the analogous platinum derivative is used instead, yielding the coordination polymer {[K2(μ-thf)2][Pt(SC6H4S)2]}nThis work was supported in part by the MICINN (grants MAT2016-77608-C3-1-P and MAT2016-75883-C2-1-P), Generalitat Valenciana (PrometeoII/2014/076), and ISIC. J.I.M. acknowledges financial support by the “Ramon y Cajal ́ ” Program of MINECO (RYC-2015-17730

Detecting microvariability in type 2 quasars using enhanced F-test

Microvariability (intranight variability) is a low amplitude flux change at short time-scales (i.e. hours). It has been detected in unobscured type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGN) and blazars. However in type 2 AGN, the detection is hampered by the low contrast between the presumably variable nucleus and the host galaxy. In this paper, we present a search for microvariability in a sample of four type 2 quasars as an astrostatistical problem. We are exploring the use of a newly introduced enhanced F-test, proposed by Diego. The presented results show that out of four observed target, we are able to apply this statistical method to three of them. Evidence of microvariations is clear in the case of quasar J0802+2552 in all used filters (g?, r? and i?) during both observing nights, and they are present in one of the nights of observations, J1258+5239 in one filter (i?), while for the J1316+4452, there is evidence for microvariability within our detection levels during one night and two filters (r? and i?). We demonstrate the feasibility of the enhanced F-test to detect microvariability in obscured type 2 quasars. At the end of this paper, we discuss possible causes of microvariability. One of the options is the misclassification of the targets. A likely scenario for explanation of the phenomenon involves optically thin gaps in a clumpy obscuring medium, in accordance with the present view of the circumnuclear medium. There is a possible interesting connection between the merging state of the targets and detection of microvariability

Cognitive robotics in a soccer game domain: a proposal for the e-league competition

In this work, we will discuss the design of a team of robots to play soccer at RoboCup E-League. This task is being carried out in the Cognitive Robotics group of the Laboratory of Research and Development in Artificial Intellgence (LIDIA), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Sur. The RoboCup competition provides a great opportunity to develop a multi-agent system in which we can test and apply new ideas and results. In the following sections, we will briefly describe the league in which we will participate, and our proposal for the implementation of a team.Eje: Inteligencia artificial distribuida, aspectos teóricos de la inteligencia artificial y teoría de computaciónRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Cognitive robotics in a soccer game domain: a proposal for the e-league competition

In this work, we will discuss the design of a team of robots to play soccer at RoboCup E-League. This task is being carried out in the Cognitive Robotics group of the Laboratory of Research and Development in Artificial Intellgence (LIDIA), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Sur. The RoboCup competition provides a great opportunity to develop a multi-agent system in which we can test and apply new ideas and results. In the following sections, we will briefly describe the league in which we will participate, and our proposal for the implementation of a team.Eje: Inteligencia artificial distribuida, aspectos teóricos de la inteligencia artificial y teoría de computaciónRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI