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Sensors
The ‘15-minute city’ concept is emerging as a potent urban regeneration model in post-pandemic ci... more The ‘15-minute city’ concept is emerging as a potent urban regeneration model in post-pandemic cities, offering new vantage points on liveability and urban health. While the concept is primarily geared towards rethinking urban morphologies, it can be furthered via the adoption of Smart Cities network technologies to provide tailored pathways to respond to contextualised challenges through the advent of data mining and processing to better inform urban decision-making processes. We argue that the ‘15-minute city’ concept can value-add from Smart City network technologies in particular through Digital Twins, Internet of Things (IoT), and 6G. The data gathered by these technologies, and processed via Machine Learning techniques, can unveil new patterns to understand the characteristics of urban fabrics. Collectively, those dimensions, unpacked to support the ‘15-minute city’ concept, can provide new opportunities to redefine agendas to better respond to economic and societal needs as w...
Biomedicines, 2022
Metabolic function plays a key role in immune cell activation, destruction of foreign pathogens, ... more Metabolic function plays a key role in immune cell activation, destruction of foreign pathogens, and memory cell generation. As T cells are activated, their metabolic profile is significantly changed due to signaling cascades mediated by the T cell receptor (TCR) and co-receptors found on their surface. CD5 is a T cell co-receptor that regulates thymocyte selection and peripheral T cell activation. The removal of CD5 enhances T cell activation and proliferation, but how this is accomplished is not well understood. We examined how CD5 specifically affects CD4+ T cell metabolic function and systemic metabolome by analyzing serum and T cell metabolites from CD5WT and CD5KO mice. We found that CD5 removal depletes certain serum metabolites, and CD5KO T cells have higher levels of several metabolites. Transcriptomic analysis identified several upregulated metabolic genes in CD5KO T cells. Bioinformatic analysis identified glycolysis and the TCA cycle as metabolic pathways promoted by CD5...
ICE, Revista de Economía, 2022
El programa Next Generation EU potenciará el crecimiento potencial, contribuirá a reducir las bre... more El programa Next Generation EU potenciará el crecimiento potencial, contribuirá a reducir las brechas entre economías y ayudará a mitigar, temporalmente, dos carencias del encaje institucional europeo (falta de elementos fiscales estabilizadores supranacionales y escasez de activos seguros). No obstante, su efecto final es incierto, y dependerá, crucialmente, de la capacidad de asignar e implementar de manera transparente y eficiente los proyectos.
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020
Introduction: High performance female athletes may be a risk group for the development of urinary... more Introduction: High performance female athletes may be a risk group for the development of urinary incontinence due to the imbalance of forces between the abdomen and the pelvis. Pelvic floor physiotherapy may be a useful treatment in these patients. Objectives: (1) To identify the scientific evidence for pelvic floor (PF) dysfunctions that are associated with urinary incontinence (UI) in high-performance sportswomen. (2) To determine whether pelvic floor physiotherapy (PT) corrects UI in elite female athletes. Materials and methods: Meta-analysis of published scientific evidence. The articles analyzed were found through the following search terms: (A) pelvic floor dysfunction elite female athletes; (B) urinary incontinence elite female athletes; (C) pelvic floor dysfunction elite female athletes physiotherapy; (D) urinary incontinence elite female athletes physiotherapy. Variables studied: type of study, number of individuals, age, prevalence of urinary incontinence described in the...
1.TERMINOLOGIA Medicamento. Se consideran medicamentos aquellos farmacos, sustancias medicinales ... more 1.TERMINOLOGIA Medicamento. Se consideran medicamentos aquellos farmacos, sustancias medicinales y sus asociaciones y combinaciones que, adaptados a una forma galenica determinada, se destinan a ser aplicados al hombre o a los animales para prevenir, diagnosticar, tratar, aliviar o curar enfermedades o dolencias, o para afectar a funciones corporales o al estado mental, asi como para regular la fertilidad.
Scientific thought succumbed because it violated the first law of culture, which says that "the m... more Scientific thought succumbed because it violated the first law of culture, which says that "the more man controls anything, the more uncontrollable both become." In the totalizing rhetoric of its mythology, science purported to be its own justification and sought to control and autonomize its discourse. Yet its only justification was proof, for which there could be no justification within its own discourse, and the more it controlled its discourse by subjecting it to the criterion of proof, the more uncontrollable its discourse became. Its own activity constantly fragmented the unity of knowledge it sought to project. The more it knew, the more there was to know." Stephen Tyler examples for illustrating theories, methodologies as well as the core of knowledge in I.C.. A foreigner entering a Japanese home without removing his or her shoes or a Northamerican keeping a certain distance while speaking with a person from the Middle East are some of those typical examples. A particular anecdote that I want to narrate happened recently while this author was attending a party with people from different cultural backgrounds. A young boy from an Indian family, first generation born in the United States, and about twelve or thirteen years old, came to me and asked, "Are you Hispanic?" My first reaction to the tone of his voice and his attitude was to feel if this young guy was seeing in front of him a "label", a "category"; I wondered whether he could see just another person. I responded, "Hispanics are people from Spain and I am not from Spain." My answer was such that today I believe it was a surprise for him as well as for me. Responding with an O.K. sign, the young boy moved away from me. This scene which could be labeled as an unfortunate, ineffective-and perhaps rudesituation between two persons from different cultural backgrounds trying to communicate is, however, more than that. It symbolizes, in essence, the meaning and the complexity present today in many similar situations around the world when people that are different-in this case culturallyare trying to communicate among themselves. A field like I.C., which is seen as a new and growing field, pertains to the field of communication, and defines its main purpose as related to these issues, specifically, trying to understand how people communicate among themselves and how their cultures frame this communication, its means as well as its results. Trying then to deal with some of these issues currently defined, conceptualized, and researched by this field, this paper will try to focus on some prevailing perspectives and discussions. To accomplish this goal, the paper will illustrate some trends in social sciences and communication that are being discussed contemporarily. Next, a detailed epistemological description of some of the current points of view used in social sciences, communication, and I.C. will be made, particularly emphasizing some of the modernist assumptions in contrast with some of the postmodernist assumptions. This, in order to offer an open background about some important points of view, are seen to be disregarded in some of these fields, but specifically in I.C.. Continuing, a critical review about some of their theories, methodologies, concepts as well as subfields will be attempted using, for that purpose, some of the modern and postmodern assumptions previously discussed. It is the central expectation of this paper to demonstrate how the influence of modernism in general, but positivism in particular, as a deep philosophical basealmost like a kind of "worldview"-is present through the theories, methodologies, and concepts discussed and proposed in this field. I. A BRIEF PANORAMA IN COMMUNICATION In the summer of 1993, for the second time in the last twenty years the Journal of Communication published a series of articles trying to see the " ferment of change" in communication. Despite all the different points of view, proposals and approaches of the authors
SYNOPSIS A study of the bond behaviour between steel reinforcement bars and four different types ... more SYNOPSIS A study of the bond behaviour between steel reinforcement bars and four different types of surrounding concrete: normal strength concrete (NSC), steel fibber reinforced concrete (SFRC) and two structural lightweight aggregate concretes (SLWAC) is here presented. Five beam-tests according to Standard RILEM (1982) [5] were conducted on specimens under monotonously increased loading. Bond-slip response curves between concretes and reinforcement are obtained and discussed.
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](Innovaciones docentes en tiempos de pandemia., 2021
Resumen. El Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) es una asignatura obligatoria en los títulos de Grado. La ... more Resumen. El Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) es una asignatura obligatoria en los títulos de Grado. La diversidad existente en el tipo de trabajo y la falta de mecanismos de coordinación originan disparidad de criterios en la elaboración-tutorización y evaluacióncalificación de estos. El objetivo de este trabajo fue diseñar un instrumento que facilitase la realización, tutorización y evaluación de los TFG en la titulación de Grado en Fisioterapia en una universidad pública española. Se diseñaron 6 listas de verificación, una común que incluía las normas de estilo, extensión y estructura y otras 5 para los tipos de TFG contemplados: trabajo de investigación, revisión bibliográfica sistemática, proyectos de investigación, trabajo profesional (caso clínico y protocolo de intervención). Los apartados de las listas y sus epígrafes fueron consensuados entre un equipo de 11 profesores de la titulación. Las listas fueron distribuidas durante el segundo cuatrimestre de 2021 entre profesores y estudiantes de 4º curso. Disponer de listas de verificación organizadas por apartados y epígrafes facilita la elaboración, tutorización y evaluación de los TFG, minimiza la aparición de errores durante las mismas y resultan instrumentos fácilmente exportables a otras universidades y titulaciones en el ámbito de las Ciencias de la Salud.
Smart Cities, 2021
The socio-economic impacts on cities during the COVID-19 pandemic have been brutal, leading to in... more The socio-economic impacts on cities during the COVID-19 pandemic have been brutal, leading to increasing inequalities and record numbers of unemployment around the world. While cities endure lockdowns in order to ensure decent levels of health, the challenges linked to the unfolding of the pandemic have led to the need for a radical re-think of the city, leading to the re-emergence of a concept, initially proposed in 2016 by Carlos Moreno: the “15-Minute City”. The concept, offering a novel perspective of “chrono-urbanism”, adds to existing thematic of Smart Cities and the rhetoric of building more humane urban fabrics, outlined by Christopher Alexander, and that of building safer, more resilient, sustainable and inclusive cities, as depicted in the Sustainable Development Goal 11 of the United Nations. With the concept gaining ground in popular media and its subsequent adoption at policy level in a number of cities of varying scale and geographies, the present paper sets forth to ...
International Journal of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports, 2019
The acoustic startle reflex (ASR) is an intense reaction that involves the contraction of muscle ... more The acoustic startle reflex (ASR) is an intense reaction that involves the contraction of muscle groups in response to an unexpected stimulus. We proposed that an ASR measurement may be used to select physical characteristics among healthy people, including athletes. To find the relationship between the ASR and physical conditioning level, we designed a study to perform ASR measurements, anthropometric measurements, neuromuscular conjugation exercises, strength test, and flexibility test. We studied young adults into 4 groups: male-control, male-athlete, female-control, and female-athlete. Our results showed how the startle amplitude was decreased in athletes compared with controls. In most of the anthropometric parameters, there were differences attending to gender in control groups, but these differences diminished in athletes. In addition, some fitness values were correlated with the latency of the muscle response and with the prepulse inhibition. This study demonstrates that reg...
European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2019
Sensors, 2019
Flooding is one of the most frequent and costly natural disasters affecting mankind. However, imp... more Flooding is one of the most frequent and costly natural disasters affecting mankind. However, implementing Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor river behavior may help mitigate or prevent future disasters. This article outlines the hardware development of an IoT system (RiverCore) and defines an application scenario in a specific hydrological region of the state of Colima (Mexico), highlighting the characteristics of data acquisition and data processing used. Both fixed position and moving drifter node systems are described along with web-based data acquisition platform developments integrated with IoT techniques to retrieve data through 3G cellular networks. The developed architecture uses the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol, along with encryption and security mechanisms, to send real-time data packages from fixed nodes to a server that stores retrieved data in a non-relational database. From this, data can be accessed and displayed through different c...
Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal
Muscle injuries affecting the Adductor Longus are not all localised at the level of the proximal ... more Muscle injuries affecting the Adductor Longus are not all localised at the level of the proximal myotendinous junction and enthesis. Thus, the main purpose of this article was to raise awareness of the imaging features of the Perivascular Adductor Longus muscle injury, which currently remains widely under-recognised. The ultrasound (US) and Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) images of five professional football players were retrospectively reassessed to identify distinctive imaging details of the Perivascular Adductor Longus muscle injury. Complementary information regarding the traumatic mechanics is presented as well. All the players presented similar US images in the first seventy-two hours: loss of ecostructural integrity of the lateral epimysium, in proximity to the femoral vessels, and perilesional oedema were the main pathological findings. The injury lead to the formation of a hypoechoic, intramuscular haematoma in three of the subjects. Anyway, this was detectable only after ...
The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, Jan 23, 2017
Adductor Longus Enthesopathy-related Groin Pain (ALErGP) is the most common cause of groin pain i... more Adductor Longus Enthesopathy-related Groin Pain (ALErGP) is the most common cause of groin pain in soccer players. The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic utility of Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI®) technique in combination with an Active Physical Therapy (APT) program to treat ALErGP. Twenty-four non-professional male soccer players diagnosed with ALErGP were included in this study and randomly divided into two groups. Group A was treated with EPI® technique in combination with a standardized APT program. Group B only underwent the APT program. The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and the Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) were used to assess the effectiveness of the two interventions. The follow-up covered a 6-month period. Both groups significantly improved pain and functional scores after treatment and maintained this therapeutic result throughout the follow-up. The combined intervention of APT program and EPI® ensured a greater and faster reduction of ...
Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal
Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy-related Sciatic Nerve Entrapment (PHTrSNE) is a neuropathy caused... more Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy-related Sciatic Nerve Entrapment (PHTrSNE) is a neuropathy caused by fibrosis interposed between the semimembranosus tendon and the sciatic nerve, at the level of the ischial tuberosity. Ultrasound-guided Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (US-guided EPI) involves galvanic current transfer within the treatment target tissue (fibrosis) via a needle 0.30 to 0.33 mm in diameter. The galvanic current in a saline solution instantly develops the chemical process of electrolysis, which in turn induces electrochemical ablation of fibrosis. In this article, the interventional procedure is presented in detail, and both the strengths and limits of the technique are discussed. US-guided EPI eliminates the fibrotic accumulation that causes PHTrSNE, without the semimembranosus tendon or the sciatic nerve being directly involved during the procedure. The technique is however of limited use in cases of compression neuropathy. US-guided EPI is a technique that is q...
Revista EAN, 2013
Rev.esc.adm.negEn muchas empresas de manufactura, principalmente en las pequeñas y medianas (PYME... more Rev.esc.adm.negEn muchas empresas de manufactura, principalmente en las pequeñas y medianas (PYMES), la gestión ambiental se caracteriza por buscar sólo el cumplimiento de la normatividad ambiental. Sin embargo, se han propuesto conceptos como el de gestión ambiental proactiva (GAP). Según la teoría de la Visión Basada en Recursos Naturales (NRBV), la GAP es una compleja coordinación de recursos estratégicos, capacidades organizacionales y prácticas ambientales que conducen a un mejor desempeño ambiental y una mayor ventaja competitiva. Dichas capacidades se soportan en recursos empresariales estratégicos. Este proyecto de investigación busca construir un modelo de sistema de información (SI), como recurso estratégico, que facilite y apoye la gestión de información, inicialmente de una capacidad organizacional: “la gestión de stakeholders”, la cual permite a una firma desplegar prácticas ambientales más proactivas para alcanzar una ventaja competitiva sostenible. El modelo de SI fue...
Acta Neurol Colomb, Apr 1, 2013
La infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) tiene una alta incidencia con 2,7 ... more La infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) tiene una alta incidencia con 2,7 millones de casos reportados en el 2010. La Neuropatía Sensitiva Distal Periférica (NSDP) es la enfermedad del sistema nervioso periférico más común por la infección por VIH. Esta entidad característicamente dolorosa puede presentarse asociada directamente con la infección: polineuropatía distal simétrica (PDS) o de manera secundaria a la neurotoxicidad de algunos agentes antirretrovirales: neuropatía toxica antirretroviral (NTA). Para explicar su fisiopatología se han propuesto varias hipótesis; la más recientemente aceptada sugiere que existe un grado de sinergia entre NTA y PDS, con mecanismos inflamatorios en común. Otros mecanismos propuestos son la disfunción mitocondrial por depleción de la polimerasa gamma mitocondrial, el déficit de creatina y la toxicidad directa de proteínas del virus, especialmente la glicoproteína 120. Se requieren futuras investigaciones que permitan el desarrollo de nuevas acciones terapéuticas para el manejo y tratamiento de la NSDP.
Revista Ean, Jul 1, 2012
Sistemas de información Gestión ambiental proactiva Visión basada en recursos naturales Gestión d... more Sistemas de información Gestión ambiental proactiva Visión basada en recursos naturales Gestión de stakeholders Système d'information Gestion proactive de l'environnement Vision basée sur les ressources naturelles Gestion des actionnaires.
Revista De La Facultad De Ingenieria Universidad Central De Venezuela, Mar 1, 2012
Los servicios de grupo como la audioconferencia requieren de un nivel mínimo de calidad de servic... more Los servicios de grupo como la audioconferencia requieren de un nivel mínimo de calidad de servicio para la transmisión adecuada de paquetes multimedia, así como del mejoramiento de los procesos de señalización para el establecimiento, el mantenimiento y la liberación de sesiones de grupos de multidifusión. Tradicionalmente, los servidores SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) han trabajado con señalización de unidifusión, y en forma complementaria soportan multidifusión IP (Internet Protocol). En la carga útil con SDP (Session Description Protocol) se describen las pautas de distribución de la sesión de multidifusión IP. Como consecuencia de ello, los mismos inconvenientes de la multidifusión IP afectan el rendimiento de las audioconferencias basadas en solicitudes con protocolo SIP. El presente trabajo propone una nueva arquitectura basada en extensiones SIP y en un sistema de gestión de grupos. Tal arquitectura soporta multidifusión de sobrealineación tanto en el plano de datos, como en el plano de control. Las funciones de gestión de grupos son ejecutadas en un gestor de conferencias. Se montaron dos grupos de experimentos para medir el tiempo de adherencia y el tiempo de desincorporación tanto con multidifusión IP como con la propuesta de multidifusión SIP para varios niveles de tráfico extra de datos desde un potencial miembro de grupo hasta la fuente de tráfico multimedia. Los resultados demuestran que la diferencia entre la desviación estándar mínima y máxima del tiempo de adherencia y del tiempo de desincorporación para la arquitectura propuesta con multidifusión SIP es menor que en la multidifusión IP para los escenarios estudiados.
Sensors
The ‘15-minute city’ concept is emerging as a potent urban regeneration model in post-pandemic ci... more The ‘15-minute city’ concept is emerging as a potent urban regeneration model in post-pandemic cities, offering new vantage points on liveability and urban health. While the concept is primarily geared towards rethinking urban morphologies, it can be furthered via the adoption of Smart Cities network technologies to provide tailored pathways to respond to contextualised challenges through the advent of data mining and processing to better inform urban decision-making processes. We argue that the ‘15-minute city’ concept can value-add from Smart City network technologies in particular through Digital Twins, Internet of Things (IoT), and 6G. The data gathered by these technologies, and processed via Machine Learning techniques, can unveil new patterns to understand the characteristics of urban fabrics. Collectively, those dimensions, unpacked to support the ‘15-minute city’ concept, can provide new opportunities to redefine agendas to better respond to economic and societal needs as w...
Biomedicines, 2022
Metabolic function plays a key role in immune cell activation, destruction of foreign pathogens, ... more Metabolic function plays a key role in immune cell activation, destruction of foreign pathogens, and memory cell generation. As T cells are activated, their metabolic profile is significantly changed due to signaling cascades mediated by the T cell receptor (TCR) and co-receptors found on their surface. CD5 is a T cell co-receptor that regulates thymocyte selection and peripheral T cell activation. The removal of CD5 enhances T cell activation and proliferation, but how this is accomplished is not well understood. We examined how CD5 specifically affects CD4+ T cell metabolic function and systemic metabolome by analyzing serum and T cell metabolites from CD5WT and CD5KO mice. We found that CD5 removal depletes certain serum metabolites, and CD5KO T cells have higher levels of several metabolites. Transcriptomic analysis identified several upregulated metabolic genes in CD5KO T cells. Bioinformatic analysis identified glycolysis and the TCA cycle as metabolic pathways promoted by CD5...
ICE, Revista de Economía, 2022
El programa Next Generation EU potenciará el crecimiento potencial, contribuirá a reducir las bre... more El programa Next Generation EU potenciará el crecimiento potencial, contribuirá a reducir las brechas entre economías y ayudará a mitigar, temporalmente, dos carencias del encaje institucional europeo (falta de elementos fiscales estabilizadores supranacionales y escasez de activos seguros). No obstante, su efecto final es incierto, y dependerá, crucialmente, de la capacidad de asignar e implementar de manera transparente y eficiente los proyectos.
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020
Introduction: High performance female athletes may be a risk group for the development of urinary... more Introduction: High performance female athletes may be a risk group for the development of urinary incontinence due to the imbalance of forces between the abdomen and the pelvis. Pelvic floor physiotherapy may be a useful treatment in these patients. Objectives: (1) To identify the scientific evidence for pelvic floor (PF) dysfunctions that are associated with urinary incontinence (UI) in high-performance sportswomen. (2) To determine whether pelvic floor physiotherapy (PT) corrects UI in elite female athletes. Materials and methods: Meta-analysis of published scientific evidence. The articles analyzed were found through the following search terms: (A) pelvic floor dysfunction elite female athletes; (B) urinary incontinence elite female athletes; (C) pelvic floor dysfunction elite female athletes physiotherapy; (D) urinary incontinence elite female athletes physiotherapy. Variables studied: type of study, number of individuals, age, prevalence of urinary incontinence described in the...
1.TERMINOLOGIA Medicamento. Se consideran medicamentos aquellos farmacos, sustancias medicinales ... more 1.TERMINOLOGIA Medicamento. Se consideran medicamentos aquellos farmacos, sustancias medicinales y sus asociaciones y combinaciones que, adaptados a una forma galenica determinada, se destinan a ser aplicados al hombre o a los animales para prevenir, diagnosticar, tratar, aliviar o curar enfermedades o dolencias, o para afectar a funciones corporales o al estado mental, asi como para regular la fertilidad.
Scientific thought succumbed because it violated the first law of culture, which says that "the m... more Scientific thought succumbed because it violated the first law of culture, which says that "the more man controls anything, the more uncontrollable both become." In the totalizing rhetoric of its mythology, science purported to be its own justification and sought to control and autonomize its discourse. Yet its only justification was proof, for which there could be no justification within its own discourse, and the more it controlled its discourse by subjecting it to the criterion of proof, the more uncontrollable its discourse became. Its own activity constantly fragmented the unity of knowledge it sought to project. The more it knew, the more there was to know." Stephen Tyler examples for illustrating theories, methodologies as well as the core of knowledge in I.C.. A foreigner entering a Japanese home without removing his or her shoes or a Northamerican keeping a certain distance while speaking with a person from the Middle East are some of those typical examples. A particular anecdote that I want to narrate happened recently while this author was attending a party with people from different cultural backgrounds. A young boy from an Indian family, first generation born in the United States, and about twelve or thirteen years old, came to me and asked, "Are you Hispanic?" My first reaction to the tone of his voice and his attitude was to feel if this young guy was seeing in front of him a "label", a "category"; I wondered whether he could see just another person. I responded, "Hispanics are people from Spain and I am not from Spain." My answer was such that today I believe it was a surprise for him as well as for me. Responding with an O.K. sign, the young boy moved away from me. This scene which could be labeled as an unfortunate, ineffective-and perhaps rudesituation between two persons from different cultural backgrounds trying to communicate is, however, more than that. It symbolizes, in essence, the meaning and the complexity present today in many similar situations around the world when people that are different-in this case culturallyare trying to communicate among themselves. A field like I.C., which is seen as a new and growing field, pertains to the field of communication, and defines its main purpose as related to these issues, specifically, trying to understand how people communicate among themselves and how their cultures frame this communication, its means as well as its results. Trying then to deal with some of these issues currently defined, conceptualized, and researched by this field, this paper will try to focus on some prevailing perspectives and discussions. To accomplish this goal, the paper will illustrate some trends in social sciences and communication that are being discussed contemporarily. Next, a detailed epistemological description of some of the current points of view used in social sciences, communication, and I.C. will be made, particularly emphasizing some of the modernist assumptions in contrast with some of the postmodernist assumptions. This, in order to offer an open background about some important points of view, are seen to be disregarded in some of these fields, but specifically in I.C.. Continuing, a critical review about some of their theories, methodologies, concepts as well as subfields will be attempted using, for that purpose, some of the modern and postmodern assumptions previously discussed. It is the central expectation of this paper to demonstrate how the influence of modernism in general, but positivism in particular, as a deep philosophical basealmost like a kind of "worldview"-is present through the theories, methodologies, and concepts discussed and proposed in this field. I. A BRIEF PANORAMA IN COMMUNICATION In the summer of 1993, for the second time in the last twenty years the Journal of Communication published a series of articles trying to see the " ferment of change" in communication. Despite all the different points of view, proposals and approaches of the authors
SYNOPSIS A study of the bond behaviour between steel reinforcement bars and four different types ... more SYNOPSIS A study of the bond behaviour between steel reinforcement bars and four different types of surrounding concrete: normal strength concrete (NSC), steel fibber reinforced concrete (SFRC) and two structural lightweight aggregate concretes (SLWAC) is here presented. Five beam-tests according to Standard RILEM (1982) [5] were conducted on specimens under monotonously increased loading. Bond-slip response curves between concretes and reinforcement are obtained and discussed.
Innovaciones docentes en tiempos de pandemia., 2021
Resumen. El Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) es una asignatura obligatoria en los títulos de Grado. La ... more Resumen. El Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) es una asignatura obligatoria en los títulos de Grado. La diversidad existente en el tipo de trabajo y la falta de mecanismos de coordinación originan disparidad de criterios en la elaboración-tutorización y evaluacióncalificación de estos. El objetivo de este trabajo fue diseñar un instrumento que facilitase la realización, tutorización y evaluación de los TFG en la titulación de Grado en Fisioterapia en una universidad pública española. Se diseñaron 6 listas de verificación, una común que incluía las normas de estilo, extensión y estructura y otras 5 para los tipos de TFG contemplados: trabajo de investigación, revisión bibliográfica sistemática, proyectos de investigación, trabajo profesional (caso clínico y protocolo de intervención). Los apartados de las listas y sus epígrafes fueron consensuados entre un equipo de 11 profesores de la titulación. Las listas fueron distribuidas durante el segundo cuatrimestre de 2021 entre profesores y estudiantes de 4º curso. Disponer de listas de verificación organizadas por apartados y epígrafes facilita la elaboración, tutorización y evaluación de los TFG, minimiza la aparición de errores durante las mismas y resultan instrumentos fácilmente exportables a otras universidades y titulaciones en el ámbito de las Ciencias de la Salud.
Smart Cities, 2021
The socio-economic impacts on cities during the COVID-19 pandemic have been brutal, leading to in... more The socio-economic impacts on cities during the COVID-19 pandemic have been brutal, leading to increasing inequalities and record numbers of unemployment around the world. While cities endure lockdowns in order to ensure decent levels of health, the challenges linked to the unfolding of the pandemic have led to the need for a radical re-think of the city, leading to the re-emergence of a concept, initially proposed in 2016 by Carlos Moreno: the “15-Minute City”. The concept, offering a novel perspective of “chrono-urbanism”, adds to existing thematic of Smart Cities and the rhetoric of building more humane urban fabrics, outlined by Christopher Alexander, and that of building safer, more resilient, sustainable and inclusive cities, as depicted in the Sustainable Development Goal 11 of the United Nations. With the concept gaining ground in popular media and its subsequent adoption at policy level in a number of cities of varying scale and geographies, the present paper sets forth to ...
International Journal of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports, 2019
The acoustic startle reflex (ASR) is an intense reaction that involves the contraction of muscle ... more The acoustic startle reflex (ASR) is an intense reaction that involves the contraction of muscle groups in response to an unexpected stimulus. We proposed that an ASR measurement may be used to select physical characteristics among healthy people, including athletes. To find the relationship between the ASR and physical conditioning level, we designed a study to perform ASR measurements, anthropometric measurements, neuromuscular conjugation exercises, strength test, and flexibility test. We studied young adults into 4 groups: male-control, male-athlete, female-control, and female-athlete. Our results showed how the startle amplitude was decreased in athletes compared with controls. In most of the anthropometric parameters, there were differences attending to gender in control groups, but these differences diminished in athletes. In addition, some fitness values were correlated with the latency of the muscle response and with the prepulse inhibition. This study demonstrates that reg...
European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2019
Sensors, 2019
Flooding is one of the most frequent and costly natural disasters affecting mankind. However, imp... more Flooding is one of the most frequent and costly natural disasters affecting mankind. However, implementing Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor river behavior may help mitigate or prevent future disasters. This article outlines the hardware development of an IoT system (RiverCore) and defines an application scenario in a specific hydrological region of the state of Colima (Mexico), highlighting the characteristics of data acquisition and data processing used. Both fixed position and moving drifter node systems are described along with web-based data acquisition platform developments integrated with IoT techniques to retrieve data through 3G cellular networks. The developed architecture uses the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol, along with encryption and security mechanisms, to send real-time data packages from fixed nodes to a server that stores retrieved data in a non-relational database. From this, data can be accessed and displayed through different c...
Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal
Muscle injuries affecting the Adductor Longus are not all localised at the level of the proximal ... more Muscle injuries affecting the Adductor Longus are not all localised at the level of the proximal myotendinous junction and enthesis. Thus, the main purpose of this article was to raise awareness of the imaging features of the Perivascular Adductor Longus muscle injury, which currently remains widely under-recognised. The ultrasound (US) and Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) images of five professional football players were retrospectively reassessed to identify distinctive imaging details of the Perivascular Adductor Longus muscle injury. Complementary information regarding the traumatic mechanics is presented as well. All the players presented similar US images in the first seventy-two hours: loss of ecostructural integrity of the lateral epimysium, in proximity to the femoral vessels, and perilesional oedema were the main pathological findings. The injury lead to the formation of a hypoechoic, intramuscular haematoma in three of the subjects. Anyway, this was detectable only after ...
The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, Jan 23, 2017
Adductor Longus Enthesopathy-related Groin Pain (ALErGP) is the most common cause of groin pain i... more Adductor Longus Enthesopathy-related Groin Pain (ALErGP) is the most common cause of groin pain in soccer players. The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic utility of Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI®) technique in combination with an Active Physical Therapy (APT) program to treat ALErGP. Twenty-four non-professional male soccer players diagnosed with ALErGP were included in this study and randomly divided into two groups. Group A was treated with EPI® technique in combination with a standardized APT program. Group B only underwent the APT program. The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and the Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) were used to assess the effectiveness of the two interventions. The follow-up covered a 6-month period. Both groups significantly improved pain and functional scores after treatment and maintained this therapeutic result throughout the follow-up. The combined intervention of APT program and EPI® ensured a greater and faster reduction of ...
Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal
Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy-related Sciatic Nerve Entrapment (PHTrSNE) is a neuropathy caused... more Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy-related Sciatic Nerve Entrapment (PHTrSNE) is a neuropathy caused by fibrosis interposed between the semimembranosus tendon and the sciatic nerve, at the level of the ischial tuberosity. Ultrasound-guided Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (US-guided EPI) involves galvanic current transfer within the treatment target tissue (fibrosis) via a needle 0.30 to 0.33 mm in diameter. The galvanic current in a saline solution instantly develops the chemical process of electrolysis, which in turn induces electrochemical ablation of fibrosis. In this article, the interventional procedure is presented in detail, and both the strengths and limits of the technique are discussed. US-guided EPI eliminates the fibrotic accumulation that causes PHTrSNE, without the semimembranosus tendon or the sciatic nerve being directly involved during the procedure. The technique is however of limited use in cases of compression neuropathy. US-guided EPI is a technique that is q...
Revista EAN, 2013
Rev.esc.adm.negEn muchas empresas de manufactura, principalmente en las pequeñas y medianas (PYME... more Rev.esc.adm.negEn muchas empresas de manufactura, principalmente en las pequeñas y medianas (PYMES), la gestión ambiental se caracteriza por buscar sólo el cumplimiento de la normatividad ambiental. Sin embargo, se han propuesto conceptos como el de gestión ambiental proactiva (GAP). Según la teoría de la Visión Basada en Recursos Naturales (NRBV), la GAP es una compleja coordinación de recursos estratégicos, capacidades organizacionales y prácticas ambientales que conducen a un mejor desempeño ambiental y una mayor ventaja competitiva. Dichas capacidades se soportan en recursos empresariales estratégicos. Este proyecto de investigación busca construir un modelo de sistema de información (SI), como recurso estratégico, que facilite y apoye la gestión de información, inicialmente de una capacidad organizacional: “la gestión de stakeholders”, la cual permite a una firma desplegar prácticas ambientales más proactivas para alcanzar una ventaja competitiva sostenible. El modelo de SI fue...
Acta Neurol Colomb, Apr 1, 2013
La infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) tiene una alta incidencia con 2,7 ... more La infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) tiene una alta incidencia con 2,7 millones de casos reportados en el 2010. La Neuropatía Sensitiva Distal Periférica (NSDP) es la enfermedad del sistema nervioso periférico más común por la infección por VIH. Esta entidad característicamente dolorosa puede presentarse asociada directamente con la infección: polineuropatía distal simétrica (PDS) o de manera secundaria a la neurotoxicidad de algunos agentes antirretrovirales: neuropatía toxica antirretroviral (NTA). Para explicar su fisiopatología se han propuesto varias hipótesis; la más recientemente aceptada sugiere que existe un grado de sinergia entre NTA y PDS, con mecanismos inflamatorios en común. Otros mecanismos propuestos son la disfunción mitocondrial por depleción de la polimerasa gamma mitocondrial, el déficit de creatina y la toxicidad directa de proteínas del virus, especialmente la glicoproteína 120. Se requieren futuras investigaciones que permitan el desarrollo de nuevas acciones terapéuticas para el manejo y tratamiento de la NSDP.
Revista Ean, Jul 1, 2012
Sistemas de información Gestión ambiental proactiva Visión basada en recursos naturales Gestión d... more Sistemas de información Gestión ambiental proactiva Visión basada en recursos naturales Gestión de stakeholders Système d'information Gestion proactive de l'environnement Vision basée sur les ressources naturelles Gestion des actionnaires.
Revista De La Facultad De Ingenieria Universidad Central De Venezuela, Mar 1, 2012
Los servicios de grupo como la audioconferencia requieren de un nivel mínimo de calidad de servic... more Los servicios de grupo como la audioconferencia requieren de un nivel mínimo de calidad de servicio para la transmisión adecuada de paquetes multimedia, así como del mejoramiento de los procesos de señalización para el establecimiento, el mantenimiento y la liberación de sesiones de grupos de multidifusión. Tradicionalmente, los servidores SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) han trabajado con señalización de unidifusión, y en forma complementaria soportan multidifusión IP (Internet Protocol). En la carga útil con SDP (Session Description Protocol) se describen las pautas de distribución de la sesión de multidifusión IP. Como consecuencia de ello, los mismos inconvenientes de la multidifusión IP afectan el rendimiento de las audioconferencias basadas en solicitudes con protocolo SIP. El presente trabajo propone una nueva arquitectura basada en extensiones SIP y en un sistema de gestión de grupos. Tal arquitectura soporta multidifusión de sobrealineación tanto en el plano de datos, como en el plano de control. Las funciones de gestión de grupos son ejecutadas en un gestor de conferencias. Se montaron dos grupos de experimentos para medir el tiempo de adherencia y el tiempo de desincorporación tanto con multidifusión IP como con la propuesta de multidifusión SIP para varios niveles de tráfico extra de datos desde un potencial miembro de grupo hasta la fuente de tráfico multimedia. Los resultados demuestran que la diferencia entre la desviación estándar mínima y máxima del tiempo de adherencia y del tiempo de desincorporación para la arquitectura propuesta con multidifusión SIP es menor que en la multidifusión IP para los escenarios estudiados.