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Practical algorithms for a family of waterfilling solutions

Many engineering problems that can be formulatedas constrained optimization problems result in solutionsgiven by a waterfilling structure; the classical example is thecapacity-achieving solution for a frequency-selective channel.For simple waterfilling solutions with a single waterlevel and asingle constraint (typically, a power constraint), some algorithmshave been proposed in the literature to compute the solutionsnumerically. However, some other optimization problems result insignificantly more complicated waterfilling solutions that includemultiple waterlevels and multiple constraints. For such cases, itmay still be possible to obtain practical algorithms to evaluate thesolutions numerically but only after a painstaking inspection ofthe specific waterfilling structure. In addition, a unified view ofthe different types of waterfilling solutions and the correspondingpractical algorithms is missing.The purpose of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, itoverviews the waterfilling results existing in the literature from aunified viewpoint. On the other hand, it bridges the gap betweena wide family of waterfilling solutions and their efficient implementationin practice; to be more precise, it provides a practicalalgorithm to evaluate numerically a general waterfilling solution,which includes the currently existing waterfilling solutions andothers that may possibly appear in future problems.

Testing website usability in Spanish-Speaking Academia through heuristic evaluation and cognitive walkthroughs

Although usability evaluations have been focused on assessing different contexts of use, no proper specifications have been addressed towards the particular environment of academic websites in the Spanish-speaking context of use. Considering that this context involves hundreds of millions of potential users, the AIPO Association is running the UsabAIPO Project. The ultimate goal is to promote an adequate translation of international standards, methods and ideal values related to usability in order to adapt them to diverse Spanish-related contexts of use. This article presents the main statistical results coming from the Second and Third Stages of the UsabAIPO Project, where the UsabAIPO Heuristic method (based on Heuristic Evaluation techniques) and seven Cognitive Walkthroughs were performed over 69 university websites. The planning and execution of the UsabAIPO Heuristic method and the Cognitive Walkthroughs, the definition of two usability metrics, as well as the outline of the UsabAIPO Heuristic Management System prototype are also sketched.

Interpretar pedagógicamente las actividades acuáticas para bebés. Aportaciones desde la fenomenología

Esta comunicación presenta una investigación que tiene como objetivo comprender el potencial pedagógico del espacio acuático sobre los bebés. Para hacerlo, parte de un planteamiento metodológico de carácter filosófico que utiliza la fenomenologia como vía de descubierta y en donde el propio proceso formativo de los investigadores se manifiesta como un elemento decisivo. Desde esta postura se justifica la historia y los pasos que se han seguido en el proceso de construcción de la búsqueda los cuales muestran la actitud que lo ha gobernado y que ha permitido seguir un proceso que le ha permitido transitar desde la vivencia más personal al conocimiento consciente, experiencial y transpersonal. En coherencia con la metodología fenomenológica se ha procedido a la búsqueda de las esencias del fenómeno como son la reducción gnoseológica que re-observa las actividades de los bebés en el medio acuático. La reducción eidética ha estudiado las esencias del medio acuático como espacio pluridimensional y el estudio del bebé en su etapa de cero a tres años desde una perspectiva holística integradora de las dimensiones emocional y social, cognitiva y psicomotriz. Para, finalmente, y como resultado de la búsqueda, construir las esencias de una propuesta de acción pedagógica en el medio acuático que se muestra, en ella misma, como el soporte de experiencia formativa.