Visual Summary of Egocentric Photostreams by Representative Keyframes

Building a visual summary from an egocentric photostream captured by a lifelogging wearable camera is of high interest for different applications (e.g. memory reinforcement). In this paper, we propose a new summarization method based on keyframes selection that uses visual features extracted by means of a convolutional neural network. Our method applies an unsupervised clustering for dividing the photostreams into events, and finally extracts the most relevant keyframe for each event. We assess the results by applying a blind-taste test on a group of 20 people who assessed the quality of the summaries.Comment: Paper accepted in the IEEE First International Workshop on Wearable and Ego-vision Systems for Augmented Experience (WEsAX). Turin, Italy. July 3, 201

La familia, recurso comunitario básico

Desde que se ha producido la reforma psiquiátrica se ha instaurado un modelo de atención en el que el eje principal ha dejado de ser el hospital psiquiátrico (Salvador-Carulla, 2002), para pasar a un modelo comunitario avalado por la OMS y recogido por la Ley General de Sanidad (Ley 14/1986 de 25 de abril) donde el centro de salud es la referencia. A pesar de que era esperable que los efectos de la transferencia de funciones de los hospitales mentales tradicionales a los cuidados comunitarios mantuviera sin apenas cambios el descanso de la familia y de los cuidadores (Thornicroft, 2002), este fenómeno de compensación no parece haberse producido en nuestro medio, al no verse incrementado el esperado apoyo profesional a la familia..

Crònica del I Congrés Internacional Joan Maragall

En el marc de les activitats de l'Any Joan Maragall, els dies 28, 29 i 30 de setembre de 2011, es va celebrar el I Congrés Internacional Joan Maragall a la Universitat de Barcelona. L'acte va ser organitzat per la Universitat de Barcelona, Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) i la Institució de les Lletres Catalanes, amb la col·laboració de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona i la Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Cal consignar, d'entrada, que l'èxit de participació i la bona marxa del congrés van ser fruit de l'excel·lent gestió del comitè organitzador que, a grans trets, va estructurar-lo d'acord amb les següents àrees temàtiques: 1) Una literatura entre l'art i la música. 2) Poesia versus poètica. 3) Pàtria i ciutat en Maragall. 4) Maragall després de Maragall

Analysis of the Radon-222 Concentration and Physical-chemical Quality, in Drinking Water of Taxco, Guerrero

In this work the determination of radon gas (222Rn) and the characterization of chemical elements in drinking water of the city Taxco was carried out. Ingesting or inhaling a small number of radionuclides, as well as water of poor chemical quality, can become a potential public health problem. We are collecting 8 samples of water from a spring, physicochemical parameters were measured in field on different days of the dry season. Measurements of 222Rn were performed in the laboratory with an AlphaGUARD equipment. The chemical quality was analyzed in laboratory too by means of mayor and minor ions, by volumetry and colorimetry. The sodium was determined by Flama Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (FAAS). Trace elements were analyzed by were determined by Atomic Emission Spectroscopy with Plasma Coupled by Induction (ICP-AES). The concentrations of 222Rn present an average of 22.06 ± 2.52 BqL-1. The results obtained from the main ions and field parameters show a type of diluted sodium-calcium-bicarbonate water. The trace elements present are very small and not exceed the limit of quantification. Radon gas is produced by the igneous rock that is the top of the stratigraphic column, of the hydric recharge. Rainwater when descending through the fractures is impregnated with 222Rn gas and accumulated in the underlying rock that has sufficient porosity to accumulate water and gas in the Chacualco´s spring

Field-captured Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830) is a competent vector for Rift Valley fever phlebovirus in Europe

BACKGROUND: Aedes vexans (Meigen) is considered a nuisance species in central Europe and the Mediterranean region. It is an anthropophilic and mammalophilic floodwater mosquito involved in the transmission of several arboviruses. Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a relevant mosquito-borne zoonosis, affecting mainly humans and ruminants, that causes severe impact in public health and economic loses. Due to globalization and climate change, the European continent is threatened by its introduction. The main purpose of the present study was to evaluate the vector competence of a European field-collected Ae. vexans population. METHODS: Aedes vexans field-collected larvae were reared in the laboratory under field-simulated conditions. To assess the vector competence for Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) transmission, adult F0 females were exposed to infectious blood meals containing the 56/74 RVFV strain. Additionally, intrathoracic inoculations with the same virus strain were performed to evaluate the relevance of the salivary gland barriers. Natural circulation of alphavirus, flavivirus and phlebovirus was also tested. RESULTS: To our knowledge, an autochthonous Ae. vexans population was experimentally confirmed as a competent vector for RVFV for the first time. This virus was capable of infecting and disseminating within the studied Ae. vexans mosquitoes. Moreover, infectious virus was isolated from the saliva of disseminated specimens, showing their capacity to transmit the virus. Additionally, a natural infection with a circulating Mosquito flavivirus was detected. The co-infection with the Mosquito flavivirus seemed to modulate RVFV infection susceptibility in field-collected Ae. vexans, but further studies are needed to confirm its potential interference in RVFV transmission. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that field-collected European Ae. vexans would be able to transmit RVFV in case of introduction into the continent. This should be taken into consideration in the design of surveillance and control programmes.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio