Informatización de una biblioteca mediante una BD multimedia

El projecte té com objectiu desenvolupar una aplicació informàtica per a una biblioteca. El principal handicap que tindrà aquesta aplicació és que algunes de les dades que s'hi volen desar són de diversos formats: imatges, sons, dibuixos, pel·lícules de DVD, arxius doc, arxius application/pdf, etc.

UOCasion: trabajo fin de carrera J2EE

L'objectiu del TFC és el desenvolupament d'una aplicació informàtica sota la plataforma J2EE, implementant el patró model-vista-controlador. Per posar-ho en pràctica, es desenvoluparà una aplicació web que gestioni una companyia dedicada a la compra i venda de cotxes de segona mà. Es desenvoluparà tant la part empresarial relacionada amb la interacció amb els clients com la part administrativa, que permeti a la companyia gestionar la seva xarxa de concessionari i el personal que tenen contractat.

The sustainability of a Spanish Regional Virtual Library

Objectives: The Andalusian Health e-Library (BV-SSPA) is the National Health Library in the region of Andalusia (Spain). It is a corporate hospital library created in 2006. The year 2012 is a turning point for the Spanish economy, and the BV-SSPA has to demonstrate that it is cost-effective and sustainable. Methods: Andalusia is a wide Spanish region with more than 8 million inhabitants, more than 100,000 health professionals for 41 hospitals, 1,500 primary health care centers, and 28 centers for nonmedical attention purposes, and the BV-SSPA was created to cover all these health services. It was appointed the only intermediary for contracting electronic resources destined to the Andalusian Health System. Hospitals are not allowed to subscribe any resources, and the same services are offered for the whole system. Results: In 2011, the BV-SSPA reached the biggest electronic health sciences resource collection in Spain: a total amount of 2,431 subscribed titles, besides 8 databases and other scientific information resources. The following goals were also achieved: • Cost-effectiveness: In 2011, the BV-SSPA represented a saving percentage of 25.42% compared to the individual hospital subscription costs if they would have continued their contracting. • Efficiency: Central purchasing has meant for the Andalusian health professionals, the democracy of research resource access. Some services were also created: • integrated and safe remote access to all the library resources independent of the user’s location • citizenship website, where the resources for citizenship are grouped • Centralized Document Supply Service, focusing all the article orders from and for the Andalusian Health System • institutional repository, which contains the whole intellectual, scientific production generated by the Andalusian health professionals • computer application to study the Andalusian health system scientific production • Social media as instrument for communicating with users • science web, a defined space for researchers. Conclusions: Although Andalusia is facing a dreadful economic situation, the BV-SSPA has demonstrated its sustainability: • For 2012 renewals, it carried out a statistics study allowing obtaining enough data for deciding which titles were not being discharged by users. • Titles with no discharges or without impact factor were rejected after strong negotiation with suppliers, as the BV-SSPA after 6 years on, is considered a strong dealer by them. • This meant savings of 14% from the original budget for 2012, which allowed the continuity of the BV-SSPA without decreasing the quality offered to their users.

Anàlisi de l’elecció de la cama d’atac predominant en la prova de 400 metres tanques dels XIII Campionats del Món d’Atletisme Daegu 2011

Objectius: Analitzar la utilització d’una o altra cama com a cama d’atac predominant en atletes de 400 metres tanques d’alt nivell. Mètode: L’estudi és descriptiu de tall transversal. Es van estudiar totes les curses de 400 metres tanques dels 72 participants (34 homes i 38 dones) en els XIII Campionats del Món d’Atletisme Daegu 2011 mitjançant la gravació en vídeo des de la tribuna principal del Daegu Stadium de les 18 curses de 400 metres tanques disputades i la posterior anàlisi mitjançant l’aplicació informàtica Kinovea 0.8.4. Resultats: Per atletes, en el total de les curses masculines, la cama d’atac predominant va ser l’esquerra, amb el 63,6 % (42 atletes), i amb la cama dreta va haver-hi el 34,8 % (23 atletes). Només en un cas hi havia un equilibri entre esquerra i dreta. A la final va haver-hi el 75 % (6 atletes) la cama predominant d’atac dels quals va ser l’esquerra. Quant a les dones, la cama d’atac predominant va ser l’esquerra, amb el 48,6 %, seguida de la cama dreta, amb el 41,4 %, i per al 10 % hi havia un equilibri de les dues. A la final, en canvi, la cama predominant d’atac va ser la dreta, amb el 87,5 % (7 atletes), pel 12,5 % de l’esquerra (1 sola atleta). Es van trobar diferències significatives (p = 0,018) en la mitjana de temps finals dels atletes masculins segons quina fos la seva cama d’atac. Conclusions: La majoria dels atletes ataquen les tanques amb dreta i esquerra en algun moment de la cursa, la qual cosa obliga al domini tècnic bilateral. La cama d’atac més utilitzada és l’esquerra, encara que en menor mesura en el cas de les dones. Per primera vegada en una gran competició, 7 de les 8 finalistes tenen la cama dreta com a cama predominant.

Tensión Creativa aplicada al Análisis de Competencias a Alumnos de Ingeniería

This article reflects the analysis of personal and social competences through the study and analysis of creative tensión in engineering students, using a computer application called Cycloid. The main objective was to compare the students' creative tensión by asigning them the task of being the project leader of a given project: their own university major. The process consisted of evaluating, through special surveys, a group of students to know the current situation of competences, using fuzzy logic analysis. From this self-knowledge, provided by the survey, students can know their strong and weak characteristics regarding their study habits. Results showed that tolerance to stress and to language courses are the weaker points. This application is useful for the design of study strategies that students themselves can do to better face their courses

Disseny i implementació d'un programari d'adquisició de dades de la producció d'una línia automàtica de palets

This thesis presents a software that allows data acquisition production process, in this case, an automatic pallet nailing line. The recording of these data will enable them to make a track and analyze them later, either with the analytical tools of the application or by the transfer of such data to an Excel sheet or database. The programming language has been developed made by Ladder for the application in the PLC that controls the line of nailing. Control pages for the HMI application that monitors the process. Finally, the Visual Basic language for the production department computer application. To extract production variables from the process, the developed software communicates with the network formed by the PLC and the HMI terminal which stores and control the process using the Modbus TCP/IP protocol.

Modelling of the PWR PACTEL vertical steam generator with the TRACE code

The behavior of the nuclear power plants must be known in all operational situations. Thermal hydraulics computer applications are used to simulate the behavior of the plants. The computer applications must be validated before they can be used reliably. The simulation results are compared against the experimental results. In this thesis a model of the PWR PACTEL steam generator was prepared with the TRAC/RELAP Advanced Computational Engine computer application. The simulation results can be compared against the results of the Advanced Process Simulator analysis software in future. Development of the model of the PWR PACTEL vertical steam generator is introduced in this thesis. Loss of feedwater transient simulation examples were carried out with the model.

Polarímetro virtual: desenvolvimento, utilização e avaliação de um software educacional

Optical activity is the ability of chiral substances to rotate the plane of plane-polarized light and is measured using an instrument called a polarimeter. An educational software application to explore, both interactively and visually, the concepts related to polarimetry to facilitate their understanding was developed. The software was field-tested and a questionnaire evaluating the graphics interface, usability and the software as an educational tool, was answered by students. The results characterized the computer application developed as an auxiliary tool for assisting teachers in lectures and students in the learning process.

Ressonância: desenvolvimento, utilização e avaliação de um software educacional

Resonance is a useful concept that shows how electrons are shared between two or more atoms and allows a prediction of the chemical reactivity and relative stability of reagents, intermediates, and products. An educational software that enables interactive exploration of the concepts related to resonance and thereby facilitates its understanding was developed. The software was field-tested, and an evaluation questionnaire concerning the software as an educational tool was answered by the students and professors involved in the test. The results led to the conclusion that the developed computer application can be characterized as an auxiliary tool that assists teachers in their lectures and students in their learning process.

INTERACTIONS: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF A COMPUTATIONAL TOOL FOR TEACHING INTERMOLECULAR FORCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Intermolecular forces are a useful concept that can explain the attraction between particulate matter as well as numerous phenomena in our lives such as viscosity, solubility, drug interactions, and dyeing of fibers. However, studies show that students have difficulty understanding this important concept, which has led us to develop a free educational software in English and Portuguese. The software can be used interactively by teachers and students, thus facilitating better understanding. Professors and students, both graduate and undergraduate, were questioned about the software quality and its intuitiveness of use, facility of navigation, and pedagogical application using a Likert scale. The results led to the conclusion that the developed computer application can be characterized as an auxiliary tool to assist teachers in their lectures and students in their learning process of intermolecular forces.

Web-sovellus Google App Engine alustalle

App Engine on lyhenne englanninkielisistä termeistä application, sovellus ja engine, moottori. Kyseessä on Google, Inc. -konsernin toteuttama kaupallinen palvelu, joka noudattaa pilvimallin tietojenkäsittelyn periaatteita ja mahdollistaa asiakkaan oman sovelluskehityksen. Järjestelmään on mahdollista ohjelmoida itse ideoitu palvelu Internet - verkon välityksellä käytettäväksi, joko yksityisesti tai julkisesti. Kyse on siis hajautetusta palvelinjärjestelmästä, jonka tarjoaa dynaamisesti kuormitukseen sopeutuvan sovellusalustan, jossa asiakas ei vuokraa virtuaalikoneita. Myös järjestelmän tarjoama tallennuskapasiteetti on saatavilla joustavasti. Itse kandidaatintyössä syvennytään yksityiskohtaisemmin sovelluksen toteuttamiseen palvelussa, rajoitteisiin ja soveltuvuuteen. Alussa käydään läpi pilvikäsite, joista monilla tietokoneiden käyttäjillä on epäselvä käsitys. Erilaisia kokonaisuuksia voidaan luoda erittäin monella tavalla, joista rajaamme käsittelyn kohteeksi toteuttamiskelpoiset yleiset ratkaisut.

Management decision-making in nursing

This study developed a new, valid and reliable evaluation instrument to measure the level, type and pattern of management decisions of fifteen nursing students. The management decision score achieved using this instrument was correlated with two psychological determinants of management decision making: creativity and problem-solving ability. The instrument was a written patient management problem in case format, answered by a free form written response. The student responses were classified for type of management decision according to the sub-categories of technical, inter-personal, environmental and unique. Using statistical analysis a significant difference was found in the type of management decisions most frequently selected by the study sample. The students predominantly selected technical type decisions. This preference for one type of management decision may be due to a number of psychological and environmental factors. These factors may program and mold the type of management decisions student nurses make early in their career. Low but positive correlations were found between the total management score and the two psychological tests. This finding supports the authors cited in the literature who state that although creativity augments the type of management decision making, it is not present or encouraged widely in the nursing profession. These factors are worth considering when the profession becomes concerned over ritualization and lack of individuality in patient care. The tool is easy to administer, lends itself to a variety of professional settings and shows promise with further refinement for computer application.

O Professor do séc. XXI e o uso das aplicações informáticas

Com este projeto pretendemos dar relevância a algumas ideias que emergem da observação diária da prática profissional da investigadora no sentido em que os professores não usam as TIC nas suas práticas pedagógicas e quando o fazem, essas práticas não são pedagogicamente muito consistentes. Assim, foi apontada como questão de partida: Está o professor do século XXI disponível para utilizar e rentabilizar as aplicações informáticas disponíveis nas redes profissionais das escolas? Assim, procurámos um referencial teórico de estudo sobre as novas competências pessoais e profissionais que o professor do século XXI deve possuir para ser capaz de dar resposta às exigências das escolas de hoje; da disponibilidade do professor do séc. XXI para a utilização das aplicações informáticas e de como as aplicações informáticas contribuem para melhorar o trabalho do professor do século XXI. O plano de resolução foi direcionado em três áreas: o ser professor, as aplicações informáticas disponíveis na rede da escola e a avaliação dos alunos, visando a implementação de várias ações que propõem-se superar os problemas encontrados e promover a melhoria da profissionalidade dos docentes.

The development of a computerized version of a revised W-1 word list for obtaining speech reception thresholds

This paper discusses the creation of a condensed list SRT application of the W-1 for the Macintosh computer.

Forensisk analys av volatilt minne från operativsystemet OS X

Behovet av att analysera volatilt minne från Macintosh-datorer med OS X har blivit allt mer betydelsefull på grund av att deras datorer blivit allt populärare och att volatil minnesanalysering blivit en allt viktigare del i en IT-forensikers arbete. Anledningen till att volatil minnesanalysering blivit allt viktigare är för att det går att finna viktig information som inte finns lagrad permanent på datorns interna hårddisk. Problemet som låg till grunden för det här examensarbetet var att det uppenbart fanns brist på undersökningsmetoder av det volatila minnet för Mac-datorer med OS X.Syftet med detta arbete var därför att undersöka möjligheten att utvinna information från ett volatilt minne från en Mac-dator med OS X genom att kartlägga och bedöma olika undersökningsmetoder. För att göra denna undersökning har litteraturstudier, informella intervjuer, egna kunskaper och praktiska försök genomförts.Slutsatsen blev att möjligheten att utvinna information från det volatila minnet från en Mac-dator med OS X är relativt begränsad. Det största problemet är själva dumpningen av minnet. Många av dumpningsmetoderna som finns att tillgå kräver administrativa rättigheter. Vid analysering av en minnesdump bör man aldrig förlita sig på en analysmetod då olika analysmetoder ger olika resultat som kan vara till nytta för en vidare undersökning av en Mac-dator.