Perceptrons without output codes

This is an electronic version of the paper presented at the 5th WSEAS international conference on Simulation, modelling and optimization, held in Corfu Island on 2005Neural networks for classification require our choosing output codes. Most often, the 1-of-c output code is used, with as many dimensions as classes. This coding scheme can turn into a burden for datasets with many classes such as the 19 class UCI soybean problem. In this paper, a procedure is introduced which allows to choose the number of output units of a neural network, independently of the number of classes. The weights of the network are learned by means of an evolution strategy whose fitness is the number of misclassifications incurred by assigning patterns to the class of the closest projected mean. In this way, we obtain two-dimensional views of multiclass problems such as the 19-class soybean database and the non-linear 6-class satellite problem

Early detection and management of the high-risk patient with elevated blood pressure

Severe or important blood pressure elevations are associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, a significant proportion of myocardial infarctions and strokes occur in subjects with only slight elevations or even with normal blood pressure. Both the coexistence of other cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes or dyslipidemia, or those recently recognized, such as elevations of C-reactive protein or abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome, or the presence of target organ damage, such as microalbuminuria, left ventricular hypertrophy, mild renal dysfunction or increased intima-media thickness, all indicate the existence of a high cardiovascular risk in mild hypertensives or in subjects with normal or high-normal blood pressure. Unfortunately, these high-risk patients are often not recognized and thus under-treated

Improving power system static security margins by means of a real coded genetic algorithm

Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. P. Martín and A. Sierra, "Improving Power System Static Security Margins by Means of a Real Coded Genetic Algorithm," in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1915-1924, May 2016. doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2015.2439579This paper introduces a new method of removing thermal overloads and voltage limits in an electric power system by means of the Evolution of Corrective and Preventive control Actions (ECPA). The goal is to find the minimum number of control actions that solve the identified limit violations at minimum cost. A recombination operator based on form theory allows the codification of control actions in a natural and simple way. ECPA has been tested on the IEEE 30-bus and the IEEE 118-bus systems. The limit violations are solved at minimum cost and with fewer control actions on average than alternative methods

Meu pai saiu, mas vai voltar Experiências de migração entre os não migrantes: ʺCultura Migratóriaʺ no Barrio Plan 3000 em Santa Cruz de la Sierra, na Bolívia

El presente trabajo se ubica en el estudio y análisis de un fenómeno relativamente poco investigado; el de las “consecuencias de la migración” en el lugar de origen de las mismas. En particular, se estudia el caso del Plan 3000 en Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) donde se registró, entre fines de 1990 hasta casi finales de la década de 2010, una importante emigración hacia fuera del país con destino a España, mayormente. La investigación indaga, desde una perspectiva cualitativa, acerca de la experiencia de vida de los “no migrantes” en el seno de "familias transnacionales". La investigación persigue ser una aportación a nivel del caso bajo estudio el que es interpretado a luz de los conceptos de "cultura migratoria", "sentimiento de privación relativa" y "transnacionalismo".This paper focuses on the study and analysis of a scarcely studied phenomenon: that of the “consequences of migration” in the area where migration itself originates. Namely, the case of Plan 3000 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) where a significant migration process from this country to –mostly– Spain was registered between 1990 up to almost the end of 2010. The research intends to be a contribution to knowledge related to the case under study which is interpreted in the light of concepts such as "migratory culture," "feeling of relative deprivation" and "transnationalism.Este trabalho está localizado no estudo e análise de um fenômeno relativamente pouco investigada; que das "consequências da migração", no lugar de sua origem. Em particular, o caso do Plan 3000 em Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolívia), que foi gravado entre o final de 1990 até quase o final da década de 2010, uma grande migração para fora do país para a Espanha, principalmente estudado. A pesquisa explora, a partir de uma perspectiva qualitativa, sobre a experiência de vida de "nãomigrantes" dentro de "famílias transnacionais". A pesquisa tem como objetivo ser um nível de contribuição do presente caso em que é interpretado à luz dos conceitos de "cultura de migração", "sentimento de privação relativa" e "transnacionalismo".Fil: Rivero Sierra, Fulvio Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman. Facultad de Filosofia y Letras. Instituto de Historia y Pensamiento Argentinos; Argentin

A descriptive, survey research study for the perception of a possible implementation of a drama-based complementary program aiming to develop and strengthen english language skills and soft skills in high school students at colegio bilingüe santa marta

Copy and access link of the instrumentEste proyecto aplicado de investigación descriptiva-cuantitativa busca validar la percepción de una comunidad de secundaria en un colegio bilingüe privado- cátolico hacia la posible implementación de un programa constructivista complementario de idioma inglés basado en el teatro con el objetivo de fortalecer las habilidades del Inglés y cuatro habilidades blandas específicas. : Gestión del tiempo, resiliencia, trabajo en equipo y facilidad para comunicarse. En consecuencia, brinda la posibilidad de comprender los antecedentes teóricos y los beneficios del teatro en la enseñanza basada en habilidades. Finalmente, a partir de los antecedentes teóricos y la aplicación del instrumento cuantitativo, el investigador propone una metodología para desarrollar y fortalecer las habilidades del Inglés como lengua extranjera y las habilidades blandas antes mencionadas.This applied descriptive-quantitative research project seeks to validate the perception of a high school community in a private international-catholic-coed school towards the possible implementation of a constructivist drama-based English language complementary program aiming to strengthen the English language skills and four specific soft skills: Time management, resilience, teamwork and the ease to communicate. Consequently, It provides the possibility to understand the theoretical background and benefits of drama in skill-based teaching. Finally, based on the theoretical background and the application of the quantitative instrument, the researcher proposes a methodology to develop and strengthen language skills and the previously mentioned soft skills

Effects of Eprosartan on Target Organ Protection

Hypertension is the most important cardiovascular risk factor for stroke. Blood pressure reduction by antihypertensive treatment is clearly efficacious in the prevention of stroke (both primary and secondary), although no clear differences have yet been observed between antihypertensive drug classes. However, a recent study reported the clear superiority of the angiotensin-receptor blocker eprosartan over the calcium channel blocker nitrendipine in cardiovascular protection of hypertensive patients with a previous stroke. Comparative studies using angiotensin-receptor blockers have also suggested the superiority of this class of drugs on primary stroke prevention. This effect may be linked to their beneficial actions on left ventricular hypertrophy, atrial enlargement, and supraventricular arrhythmias, endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and remodelling, as well as a direct neuroprotective effect mediated through the stimulation of the angiotensin II type-2 receptor. In addition, a sympathoinhibition observed with the renin–angiotensin system blockers and particularly demonstrated with eprosartan, may help to explain the better cardiovascular and cerebrovascular protection in comparison with the calcium antagonist nitrendipine

Escorpionismo en una instituci?n de tercer nivel del municipio de Ibagu? Tolima durante los a?os 2010-2017

84 p. Recurso Electr?nicoIntroducci?n: El escorpionismo se conoce como la inoculaci?n del veneno del escorpi?n en el cuerpo humano generando manifestaciones desde leves a severas con afectaci?n multisistemica. Objetivo: Describir el comportamiento epidemiol?gico y estad?stico del escorpionismo en una instituci?n de tercer nivel de atenci?n en el municipio de Ibagu? Tolima durante los a?os 2010-2017. Materiales y m?todos: Se realiz? un estudio epidemiol?gico observacional descriptivo transversal con informaci?n retrospectiva, en pacientes que presentaron escorpionismo, ingresados a una instituci?n de tercer nivel de atenci?n en el municipio de Ibagu? Tolima durante los a?os 2010-2017. Resultados: El promedio de la edad de presentaci?n de escorpionismo fue de 35 a?os. Cerca del 96% de pacientes permanecieron en el ?rea de urgencias y observaci?n. Un 98.6% de pacientes manifest? la presencia de dolor en el sitio de la picada. Solo al 30.6% del total de los pacientes se les aplic? el suero antiescorpi?nico. El rango de edad que m?s frecuencia tuvo casos fue entre 21 y 40 a?os con 46 personas, 6 ni?os estuvieron en Unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI), 5 de ellos menores de 1 a?o y uno de 6 a 10 a?os. Conclusi?n: La poblaci?n afectada por el escorpionismo no tiene en consideraci?n la edad ni el g?nero, generalmente las medidas de prevenci?n deben ser uno de los pilares para contrarrestar las picaduras por estos artr?podos. Destacar la importancia que tiene la clasificaci?n de severidad en los ni?os menores a 1 a?o, pues la mayor?a terminaron en UCIP (unidad de cuidados intensivos pedi?tricos). Palabras Claves: Escorpionismo, escorpi?n, antiveneno, epidemiolog?a.Introduction: Scorpionism is known as the inoculation of the scorpion venom in the human body generating manifestations from mild to severe with multisystemic affectation. Objective: To describe the epidemiological and statistical behavior of scorpionism in a third-level care institution in the municipality of Ibagu? Tolima during the years 2010-2017. Materials and methods: An observational, cross-sectional observational epidemiological study was conducted with retrospective information, in patients who presented scorpionism, admitted to a third-level care institution in the municipality of Ibagu? Tolima during the years 2010-2017. Results: The average age of presentation of scorpionism was 35 years. About 96% of patients remained in the emergency and observation area. A 98.6% of patients reported the presence of pain at the site of the bite. Only 30.6% of the total patients were treated with antiscorpionic serum. The age range that most often had cases was between 21 and 40 years with 46 people, 6 children were in intensive care unit (ICU), 5 of them under 1 year and one of 6 to 10 years. Conclusion: The population affected by the scorpionism does not take into account the age or the gender, generally the preventive measures must be one of the pillars to counteract the stings by these arthropods. Highlight the importance of the classification of severity in children under 1 year, since most ended up in PICU (pediatric intensive care unit). Keywords: scorpionism, escorpions, antivenom, epidemiology

Effects of Driving Style on Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions

The tractive force developed by energy consumption (EC) in a car engine produces its acceleration and sustains the motion against velocity dependent resistance forces. In internal combustion engines, fuel burning entails pollutant emissions (PE) released into the atmosphere. In vehicular traffic, EC and PE depend on the driving style. This paper assumed that the transition rules in a traffic cellular automata (TCA) represent a driving style, and its effect on EC and PE in TCA is studied. Extending empirical relationships, we proposed models to estimate EC and PE in TCA from the velocity and acceleration distributions, which we obtained by computer simulations for three well-known TCA. The Nagel-Schreckenberg (NS) and Fukui-Ishibashi (FI) models, and a variant (NS+FI) defined by combining the NS and FI rules, were considered. The FI driving style revealed EC and CO2 emission rates dependent on the stochastic delay (p) only for low vehicular densities. We also detected that the larger EC and CO2 emission rates were 45.4 kW and 26.7 g/s with no dependence on p. With NS and NS+FI driving styles, the larger energy consumption and CO2 emission rates occurred for small stochastic delays, 18.4 kW and 6.6 g/s and 61.1kW and 30.2 g/s for p = 0.2. On average, for NS, FI, and NS+FI models (p = 0.2), we obtained energy consumptions of 1.88, 2.60, and 2.76 MJ/km, fuel consumptions of 0.08, 0.12, and 0.13 L/km, and CO2 emissions of 0.158, 0.460, and 0.562 kgCO2/km. Our results agree with those (3.37 MJ/km and 0.235 kgCO2/km) of petrol combustion car engines at 10 km/L. This work may help in designing flow and driving style scenarios to optimize vehicular traffic EC and reduce PE

Propuesta para comercialización de equipos de telefonía móvil por parte de CELISTICS COLOMBIA a través del canal de ventas de Colombia TELEFÓNICA MOVISTAR

64 páginasThis project consists of the presentation of a proposal to CELISTICS COLOMBIA SAS for the commercialization of mobile equipment through the sales channel of TELEFONICA MOVISTAR in order to increase revenues and profits for the logistics operator (CELISTICS), improving the supply of inventory In the direct points of Movistar in Colombia, where the high time has been identified for the processing of purchase orders by the latter, this creates new sources of income and profitability that allow Celistics Colombia to be sustainable over time and Offer additional services with a high level of value generation towards its main clientEste proyecto consiste en la presentación de una propuesta hacia CELISTICS COLOMBIA SAS para la comercialización de equipos móviles a través del canal de ventas de TELEFONICA MOVISTAR con el obieto de incrementar los ingresos y beneficios para el operador logístico (CELISTICS), mejorando el abastecimiento de inventario en los puntos directos de Movistar en Colombia, en donde se ha identificado los altos tiempos para el procesamiento de órdenes de compra por parte de este, lo anterior genera nuevas fuentes de ingreso y rentabilidad que le permitan a Celistics Colombia ser sostenible en el tiempo y ofrecer servicios adicionales con un alto nivel de generación de valor hacia su cliente principal.Especialista en Gerencia con Énfasis en Logística y Comercio InternacionalEspecializació