En búsqueda de interfaces naturales para personas con discapacidad

Dentro de la población de personas en situación de discapacidad, hay un colectivo que tiene discapacidad intelectual, sensorial, motriz o una combinación de éstas. La Clasificación Internacional del Funcionamiento, de la Discapacidad y de la Salud (CIF) define la discapacidad como un término genérico que abarca deficiencias, limitaciones de la actividad y restricciones a la participación. Se calcula que más del 15% de la población mundial está aquejada por la discapacidad en alguna forma. En Argentina esta prevalencia asciende a 7,1%. Cuando estas personas quieren acceder a algún dispositivo tecnológico, generalmente se encuentran con interfaces que no son accesibles. A menudo se tiene que recurrir a adaptaciones, lo cual eleva costos y no se asegura completa accesibilidad. Las tecnologías actuales permiten interfaces “más naturales” o intuitivas, donde el feedback es inmediato. La aplicación de la tecnología adecuada, con interfaces naturales o intuitivas, permite una mayor accesibilidad que las adaptaciones comúnmente usadas para el desarrollo integral de alumnos con trastornos psicomotores. El objetivo de este trabajo es facilitar el desarrollo integral de los alumnos con trastornos sensopsicomotores que asisten a la Escuela Especial Beatriz A. Martínez Allio, a través de la incorporación e implementación de interfaces naturales para el trabajo con computadoras en el ámbito educativo, ofreciendo al docente una herramienta complementaria para el desarrollo de sus actividades diarias. Se plantea la implementación de interfaces de hardware y software para alcanzar el objetivo general. Se pretende realizar al menos una pantalla táctil y al menos una interfaz con la cámara Kinect de la consola de juegos Xbox 360.Fil: Beltramone, Diego Antonio. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Ingeniería Biomédica; Argentina.Fil: Tula, Silvia Matilde. Ministerio de Educación-Provincia de Córdoba. * Escuela Especial Beatriz Angélica Martínez Ayillo; Argentina.Fil: Rivarola, Marcela Fabiana. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Medicina. Escuela de Kinesiología y Fisioterapia; Argentina.Fil: Hidalgo, María Belén. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Ingeniería Biomédica; Argentina.Fil: Tancredi, Pablo Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Ingeniería Biomédica; Argentina.Fil: Quinteros Quintana, María Luz. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Ingeniería Biomédica; Argentina.Fil: Díaz, Juan Manuel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Ingeniería Biomédica; Argentina.Fil: Marcotti, Aída. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Ingeniería Biomédica; Argentina.Fil: Atea, Juan Javier. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Departamento de Electrónica; Argentina.Otras Ingenierías y Tecnología

Variation in outcomes among 24/7 percutaneous coronary intervention centres for patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

BackgroundPatients treated at 24/7 percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) centres following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have better outcomes than those treated at non-24/7 PCI centres. However, variation in outcomes between 24/7 PCI centres is not well studied.ObjectivesTo evaluate variation in outcomes among 24/7 PCI centres and to assess stability of 24/7 PCI centre performance.MethodsAdult patients in the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Patient Discharge Database with a "present on admission" diagnosis of cardiac arrest admitted to a 24/7 PCI centre from 2011 to 2015 were included. Primary outcome was good neurologic recovery at hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes were survival to hospital discharge, cardiac catheterisation, and DNR orders within 24 h. Data were analysed using mixed effects logistic regression models. Hospitals were ranked each year and overall.ResultsOf 27,122 patients admitted to 128 24/7 PCI centres, 41% (11,184) survived and 27% (7188) had good neurologic recovery. Adjusted rates of good neurologic recovery (18%-39%; p,0.001), survival (32%-51%; p < 0.0001), cardiac catheterisation (11%-49%; p < 0.0001) and DNR orders within 24 h (4.8%-49%; p < 0.0001) varied between 24/7 PCI centres. For the 26 hospitals with mean good neurologic rankings in the top or bottom tenth during 2011-2013, 14 (54%) remained in their respective tenth for 2014-2015.ConclusionSignificant variation exists between 24/7 PCI centres in good neurologic recovery following OHCA and persists over time. Future studies should evaluate hospital-level factors that contribute to these differences in outcomes between 24/7 PCI centres

Variation in outcomes among 24/7 percutaneous coronary intervention centres for patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

BackgroundPatients treated at 24/7 percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) centres following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have better outcomes than those treated at non-24/7 PCI centres. However, variation in outcomes between 24/7 PCI centres is not well studied.ObjectivesTo evaluate variation in outcomes among 24/7 PCI centres and to assess stability of 24/7 PCI centre performance.MethodsAdult patients in the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Patient Discharge Database with a "present on admission" diagnosis of cardiac arrest admitted to a 24/7 PCI centre from 2011 to 2015 were included. Primary outcome was good neurologic recovery at hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes were survival to hospital discharge, cardiac catheterisation, and DNR orders within 24 h. Data were analysed using mixed effects logistic regression models. Hospitals were ranked each year and overall.ResultsOf 27,122 patients admitted to 128 24/7 PCI centres, 41% (11,184) survived and 27% (7188) had good neurologic recovery. Adjusted rates of good neurologic recovery (18%-39%; p,0.001), survival (32%-51%; p < 0.0001), cardiac catheterisation (11%-49%; p < 0.0001) and DNR orders within 24 h (4.8%-49%; p < 0.0001) varied between 24/7 PCI centres. For the 26 hospitals with mean good neurologic rankings in the top or bottom tenth during 2011-2013, 14 (54%) remained in their respective tenth for 2014-2015.ConclusionSignificant variation exists between 24/7 PCI centres in good neurologic recovery following OHCA and persists over time. Future studies should evaluate hospital-level factors that contribute to these differences in outcomes between 24/7 PCI centres

The stellar occultation by Makemake on 2011 April 23

International audienceWe have taken advantage of a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Makemake on 2011 April 23, to determine several of its main physical properties. We present results from a multisite campaign with 8 positive occultation detections from 5 different sites, including data from the 8-m VLT and 3.5-m NTT telescopes in Chile, which have very high temporal resolution. Because the star was significantly fainter than Makemake (setting a record in the magnitude of a star whose occultation has been detected), the occultation resulted in a drop of just ~0.3 mag in the lightcurves. From the lightcurves we have been able to determine the size and shape of the body, its geometric albedo and constraints on its atmosphere

The stellar occultation by Makemake on 2011 April 23

International audienceWe have taken advantage of a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Makemake on 2011 April 23, to determine several of its main physical properties. We present results from a multisite campaign with 8 positive occultation detections from 5 different sites, including data from the 8-m VLT and 3.5-m NTT telescopes in Chile, which have very high temporal resolution. Because the star was significantly fainter than Makemake (setting a record in the magnitude of a star whose occultation has been detected), the occultation resulted in a drop of just ~0.3 mag in the lightcurves. From the lightcurves we have been able to determine the size and shape of the body, its geometric albedo and constraints on its atmosphere

The stellar occultation by Makemake on 2011 April 23

International audienceWe have taken advantage of a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Makemake on 2011 April 23, to determine several of its main physical properties. We present results from a multisite campaign with 8 positive occultation detections from 5 different sites, including data from the 8-m VLT and 3.5-m NTT telescopes in Chile, which have very high temporal resolution. Because the star was significantly fainter than Makemake (setting a record in the magnitude of a star whose occultation has been detected), the occultation resulted in a drop of just ~0.3 mag in the lightcurves. From the lightcurves we have been able to determine the size and shape of the body, its geometric albedo and constraints on its atmosphere

The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC

High energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing LHC experiments. The proposed Forward Physics Facility (FPF), to be located several hundred meters from the ATLAS interaction point and shielded by concrete and rock, will host a suite of experiments to probe standard model (SM) processes and search for physics beyond the standard model (BSM). In this report, we review the status of the civil engineering plans and the experiments to explore the diverse physics signals that can be uniquely probed in the forward region. FPF experiments will be sensitive to a broad range of BSM physics through searches for new particle scattering or decay signatures and deviations from SM expectations in high statistics analyses with TeV neutrinos in this low-background environment. High statistics neutrino detection will also provide valuable data for fundamental topics in perturbative and non-perturbative QCD and in weak interactions. Experiments at the FPF will enable synergies between forward particle production at the LHC and astroparticle physics to be exploited. We report here on these physics topics, on infrastructure, detector, and simulation studies, and on future directions to realize the FPF's physics potential

The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC

International audienceHigh energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing LHC experiments. The proposed Forward Physics Facility (FPF), to be located several hundred meters from the ATLAS interaction point and shielded by concrete and rock, will host a suite of experiments to probe Standard Model (SM) processes and search for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). In this report, we review the status of the civil engineering plans and the experiments to explore the diverse physics signals that can be uniquely probed in the forward region. FPF experiments will be sensitive to a broad range of BSM physics through searches for new particle scattering or decay signatures and deviations from SM expectations in high statistics analyses with TeV neutrinos in this low-background environment. High statistics neutrino detection will also provide valuable data for fundamental topics in perturbative and non-perturbative QCD and in weak interactions. Experiments at the FPF will enable synergies between forward particle production at the LHC and astroparticle physics to be exploited. We report here on these physics topics, on infrastructure, detector, and simulation studies, and on future directions to realize the FPF's physics potential