LiDom builder: Automatising the construction of multilingual domain modules

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Pasado, presente y futuro. Reflexionar-hacer desde el archivo

Fundamentalmente a partir de los años noventa del siglo veinte ha venido adquiriendo especial relevancia en el arte el trabajo en torno al paradigma del archivo. Quienes desarrollan esta clase de prácticas parten de una necesidad de releer las imágenes de modo no lineal y no jerárquico, en el seno de procesos de conocimiento interesados en generar nuevas posibles lecturas, nuevas relaciones. Este texto propone un recorrido por un determinado grupo de manifestaciones que tienen en común el empleo del paradigma del archivo como punto de partida, como espacio de una indagación acerca del presente. Se trata las proposiciones artísticas llevadas a cabo por Catarina Simão, Maria Ruido, Sahatsa Jauregui y Elssie Ansareo. Todas ellas, habiendo entendido la importancia de su necesaria incidencia en el futuro, asumen la colección y/o relectura de las imágenes mismas como estrategia.

Design, Construction and Testing of a Hydraulic Power Take-Off for Wave Energy Converters

This paper presents the construction, mathematical modeling and testing of a scaled universal hydraulic Power Take-Off (PTO) device for Wave Energy Converters (WECs). A specific prototype and test bench were designed and built to carry out the tests. The results obtained from these tests were used to adjust an in-house mathematical model. The PTO was initially designed to be coupled to a scaled wave energy capture device with a low speed and high torque oscillating motion and high power fluctuations. Any Energy Capture Device (ECD) that fulfils these requirements can be coupled to this PTO, provided that its scale is adequately defined depending on the rated power of the full scale prototype. The initial calibration included estimation of the pressure drops in the different components, the pressurization time of the oil inside the hydraulic cylinders and the volumetric efficiency of the complete circuit. Since the overall efficiency measured during the tests ranged from 0.69 to 0.8 and the dynamic performance of the PTO was satisfactory, the results are really promising and it is believed that this solution might prove effective in real devices.

The conventional facade solution during the developmental period in Gipuzkoa: decline (and end) of a construction system

The article analyses the construction process, the evolution and the disturbing future of the facade enclosure of the collective housing constructions built during the developmental period in the province of Gipuzkoa. 128 residential complexes were checked, and 17 people who directly took part in the construction of many of these buildings were interviewed. After examining the material and elements that make up the conventional facade solution used in Gipuzkoa and in much of Spain not only during those years but also up to the present time, the effects and causes of its main damages and flaws were studied. Its complex and costly adaptation to current demands is going to require a strong effort from society at large, and this raises the question of whether the life cycle of this construction system should be terminated once and for all.