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Original Staged Music Performance incorporating Projected Sand Art and Narrator at Woodford Festival 2013

Towards the development of 1-to-n human machine interfaces for unmanned aerial vehicles

Multi-touch interfaces across a wide range of hardware platforms are becoming pervasive. This is due to the adoption of smart phones and tablets in both the consumer and corporate market place. This paper proposes a human-machine interface to interact with unmanned aerial systems based on the philosophy of multi-touch hardware-independent high-level interaction with multiple systems simultaneously. Our approach incorporates emerging development methods for multi-touch interfaces on mobile platforms. A framework is defined for supporting multiple protocols. An open source solution is presented that demonstrates: architecture supporting different communications hardware; an extensible approach for supporting multiple protocols; and the ability to monitor and interact with multiple UAVs from multiple clients simultaneously. Validation tests were conducted to assess the performance, scalability and impact on packet latency under different client configurations.

‘Healthy mobile check-ins’ study: using GIS in smartphones to track use of urban environment by survivors of endometrial cancer

Aims/Objectives Our study aims to test the capacity of a newly developed smartphone innovation to obtain data on social, structural, and spatial determinants of the daily health-related behaviours of women living in urban Brisbane neighbourhoods who have survived endometrial cancer. Methods The women used a mobile web app designed specifically for the project to record GIS/location data on every destination they visited within their local urban neighbourhoods over a two-week period. Additionally, we gathered textual data on the social context/reasons for travel, as well as mode of transport to reach these destinations. The data was transported to SPSS and Google Earth for statistical and spatial analysis. We then met with the women to discuss lifestyle interventions to maximise their use of their local neighbourhoods in ways that could increase their physical activity levels and improve their overall health and well-being. These interventions will be evaluated and translated into a large-scale national study if effective. Results Initial findings about patterns in the group’s use of the local urban environment will be displayed, including daily distances travelled, types of locations visited, walking levels, use of public transport, use of green spaces and use of health-related resources. Any socio-demograpahic differences found between the women will be reported. Qualitative, quantitative, and spatial/mapping data will be displayed Conclusion The benefits and limitations of the mobile website designed to collect a range of data types about human-neighbourhood interactions with implications for intervention design will be discussed.

The Steering Clear First Offender Drink Driving Program

This program is a research based, guided intervention program, designed for first time drink driving offenders which provides them with information and strategies to avoid drink driving in the future. It is an innovative program with the ability to tailor specific information to different individuals based on their level of risk of reoffending and help them develop their own plan to prevent them from drink driving. It aims to teach offenders the skills to implement their own plan when they determine they are at risk of future drink driving. The program provides information about: What a standard drink is and how blood alcohol content (BAC) is determined; How alcohol affects the body, reaction time, and decision making; The consequences of drink driving and what happens after a second offence; How to deal with risky drink driving situations in the future; How to build a personalised plan to avoid drink driving in the future, and; Levels of alcohol consumption and its impact on daily life. It also includes access to a mobile friendly web app that can be used anytime after completing the program. This is tool that will aid offenders in tracking their drinks and build on plans to prevent future drink driving.

An innovative online intervention: The Steering Clear First Offender Drink Driving Program

Drink driving remains a substantial public health issue warranting investigation. First offender drink drivers are seen to be less risky than repeat offenders, though the majority of first offenders report drink driving prior to detection, and many continue to drink drive following conviction. Few first offenders are offered treatment programs, and as such there is a need to address drink driving behaviour at this stage. A comprehensive approach including first offender treatment is needed to address the problem. Online interventions have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing risky behaviours such as harmful substance use. Such interventions allow for personalised tailored content to be delivered to individuals targeting specific mechanisms of behavioural change. This method also allows for targeting screening to ensure relevance of content on an individual level. However, there have been no research based online programs to date aimed at reducing repeat drink driving by first offenders. The Steering Clear First Offender Drink Driving Program is a self-guided, research based online program aimed at reducing recidivism by first time drink driving offenders. It includes a specialised web app to track drinks and build plans to prevent future drink driving. This allows for elongation of learning and encouragement of sustained behavioural change using self-monitoring after initial program completion. An outline of the program is discussed and the qualitative experience of the program on a sample of first offenders recruited at the time of court appearance is described.

Gestor de radio FM y sistema RDS - FM radio RDS

En este documento se recoge toda la documentación asociada al desarrollo de la aplicación para dispositivos móviles Firefox OS, FM Radio RDS. La experiencia ha sido muy satisfactoria, a pesar de las frustraciones pasadas. Se han conseguido cumplir todos los objetivos establecidos inicialmente, obteniendo como resultado una aplicación muy cercana a la ideada. Se puede considerar una herramienta útil y novedosa para la reproducción de la radio FM en función de la posición en los dispositivos con el sistema operativo móvil Firefox OS. Se tiene previsto añadir futuras mejoras, como darle un enfoque más social. Personalmente, se han logrado alcanzar habilidades en el desarrollo de aplicaciones web que me permitirán realizar otros proyectos futuros. A pesar de no haber cumplido con los plazos establecidos en la planificación principal, la sensación personal es positiva al haber conseguido realizar un trabajo de tal magnitud por cuenta propia.

Postbuckling behaviour of a blade-stiffened composite panel loaded in uniaxial compression

The postbuckling behaviour of a panel with blade-stiffeners incorporating tapered flanges was experimentally investigated. A new failure mechanism was identified for this particular type of stiffener. Failure was initiated by mid-plane delamination at the free edge of the postbuckled stiffener web at a node-line. This was consistent with an interlaminar shear stress failure and was calculated from strain gauge measurements using an approximate analysis based on lamination theory and incorporating edge effects. The critical shear stress was found to agree well with the shear strength obtained from a three-point bending test of the web laminate. 

DiveRsity: An R package for the estimation and exploration of population genetics parameters and their associated errors

Summary: We present a new R package, diveRsity, for the calculation of various diversity statistics, including common diversity partitioning statistics (?, G) and population differentiation statistics (D, GST ', ? test for population heterogeneity), among others. The package calculates these estimators along with their respective bootstrapped confidence intervals for loci, sample population pairwise and global levels. Various plotting tools are also provided for a visual evaluation of estimated values, allowing users to critically assess the validity and significance of statistical tests from a biological perspective. diveRsity has a set of unique features, which facilitate the use of an informed framework for assessing the validity of the use of traditional F-statistics for the inference of demography, with reference to specific marker types, particularly focusing on highly polymorphic microsatellite loci. However, the package can be readily used for other co-dominant marker types (e.g. allozymes, SNPs). Detailed examples of usage and descriptions of package capabilities are provided. The examples demonstrate useful strategies for the exploration of data and interpretation of results generated by diveRsity. Additional online resources for the package are also described, including a GUI web app version intended for those with more limited experience using R for statistical analysis. © 2013 British Ecological Society.

Observatorio del acuerdo comercial alianza pacífico en Colombia: oportunidades de exportación para Colombia a Chile, México y Perú

El desarrollo del presente proyecto de investigación, identifica, consolida, analiza datos económicos y el comportamiento del comercio exterior de Colombia, Chile, Perú y México dentro de la evolución del Acuerdo Alianza Pacífico durante los años 2011 - 2013. El estudio permitirá tener una visión más concreta, sobre la viabilidad que este bloque comercial representa para Colombia y mostrará cual ha sido el desempeño del país dentro del acuerdo con base a las exportaciones e importaciones efectuadas con los demás países miembros de la alianza. A lo largo del estudio, se analizará la balanza comercial de los treinta y dos (32) departamentos colombianos con los países miembros del acuerdo Alianza del Pacifico (Chile, México y Perú) entre 2011 – 2013. A partir de la obtención y análisis de resultados de tipo cuantitativo y cualitativo como el valor las exportaciones e importaciones, se hace un diagnóstico del comportamiento de la comercialización de productos por parte de los departamentos con destino y desde de Chile, México y Perú. Este análisis nos permitirá identificar cuáles son los bienes de mayor exportación y su participación dentro de las transacciones comerciales del acuerdo Alianza Pacifico. Con base a los datos que se recopilen, será posible analizar la situación y el papel que juega Colombia actualmente dentro del acuerdo y así identificar así las oportunidades, debilidades y posibles consecuencias, producto de la firma de este tratado. Finalmente, con la presente investigación se buscará iniciar el Observatorio del Acuerdo Alianza Pacifico, el cual se creará con fines investigativos, facilitando el seguimiento a la evolución de dicho acuerdo. A través del observatorio se lograra saber cuáles son los comportamientos en materia económica, tales como balanza comercial, inversión extranjera, movilidad, entre otros de este bloque de integración. Adicionalmente, será posible y analizar el comportamiento de los principales sectores económicos y los departamentos involucrados en este proceso, en términos comerciales.

Progetto e sviluppo di un network informativo per dispositivi mobili sull'alimentazione senza glutine

La tesi descrive la progettazione e lo sviluppo di un network informativo accessibile come Web App e come app sullo store Android, sviluppato con architettura Client / Server grazie ad un sistema di API sviluppato parzialmente ad-hoc.

Analisi, progettazione e sviluppo di un sistema per la richiesta di preventivi e consulenze

Analisi, progettazione e implementazione di un' applicazione web per il matching tra domanda e offerta.

Studio di modelli di illuminazione e texture in ambiente WebGL

Il mondo di Internet ha vissuto un radicale e inarrestabile processo di rinnovamento nel corso dell'ultimo decennio. Nel giro di pochi anni, i siti che popolano il World Wide Web si sono evoluti divenendo vere e proprie applicazioni in grado di fornire un livello di interattività e di coinvolgimento fino ad allora impensabile. Il mondo del Web è mutato, e con esso quello dei browser, i quali assumono sempre più le conformazioni di "sistemi operativi nei sistemi operativi": si sono tramutati in complesse piattaforme di sviluppo in grado di fornire a programmatori e web designer potenti librerie e API relative a qualsiasi ambito, nonché avanzati strumenti di debugging. Numerosi standard che governano l'ecosistema di Internet hanno raggiunto la maturità in questo contesto: fra tutti HTML5, il quale ha arricchito enormemente le potenzialità di un browser introducendo nuovi strumenti orientati alla multimedialità e alla classificazione semantica delle risorse. Altri standard altrettanto importanti hanno visto la luce in questi anni, affermandosi e conquistando, nel giro di pochissimi anni, l'interesse di un'ampia platea di sviluppatori. E' il caso di WebGL, una potente e flessibile libreria grafica derivata dal mondo di OpenGL che ha aperto le porte al rendering di scene tridimensionali all'interno di un qualsiasi browser moderno. WebGL ha rappresentato un punto di svolta abbattendo un'ulteriore barriera tra il mondo del web che vive all'interno di un browser e la dimensione delle applicazioni native che popolano un sistema operativo, consolidando il già affermato concetto di web app che lentamente sta seppellendo l'idea di "sito" così come era stato concepito all'inizio del nuovo millennio. Scopo di questo elaborato è quello di fornire una panoramica delle principali funzionalità offerte dalla libreria WebGL (con una particolare attenzione per il supporto cross browser) e di analizzare le possibilità che essa offre, studiando e implementando i principali modelli di illuminazione e le tecniche di applicazione texture per definire un ambiente tridimensionale esplorabile e il più possibile realistico all'interno della dimensione del web.

Wishlist: progettazione ed implementazione di una piattaforma di mobile social network per dispositivi Android

Questo elaborato tratta della progettazione e dell'implementazione di una piattaforma social, destinata alla commercializzazione, per creare, gestire, condividere un insieme di liste organizzate di oggetti. La piattaforma è di tipo client-server, dove il client consiste in un'applicazione Android e il server in un'applicazione Node.js e un database MySQL che offrono un'API RESTful. Nello specifico è stata trattata l'implementazione delle notifiche push (anche geolocalizzate) e la sincronizzazione dei dati per l'utilizzo offline.

Estudio de las posibilidades de los datos abiertos enlazados (Linked Open Data) para la realización de mashups de ámbito geográfico.

La web ha sufrido una drástica transformación en los últimos años, debido principalmente a su popularización y a la enorme cantidad de información que alberga. Debido a estos factores se ha dado el salto de la denominada Web de Documentos, a la Web Semántica, donde toda la información está relacionada con otra. Las principales ventajas de la información enlazada estriban en la facilidad de reutilización, accesibilidad y disponibilidad para ser encontrada por el usuario. En este trabajo se pretende poner de manifiesto la utilidad de los datos enlazados aplicados al ámbito geográfico y mostrar como pueden ser empleados hoy en día. Para ello se han explotado datos enlazados de carácter espacial provenientes de diferentes fuentes, a través de servidores externos o endpoints SPARQL. Además de eso se ha trabajado con un servidor privado capaz de proporcionar información enlazada almacenada en un equipo personal. La explotación de información enlazada se ha implementado en una aplicación web en lenguaje JavaScript, tratando de abstraer totalmente al usuario del tratamiento de los datos a nivel interno de la aplicación. Esta aplicación cuenta además con algunos módulos y opciones capaces de interactuar con las consultas realizadas a los servidores, consiguiendo un entorno más intuitivo y agradable para el usuario. ABSTRACT: In recent years the web has suffered a drastic transformation because of the popularization and the huge amount of stored information. Due to these factors it has gone from Documents web to Semantic web, where the data are linked. The main advantages of Linked Data lie in the ease of his reuse, accessibility and availability to be located by users. The aim of this research is to highlight the usefulness of the geographic linked data and show how can be used at present time. To get this, the spatial linked data coming from several sources have been managed through external servers or also called endpoints. Besides, it has been worked with a private server able to provide linked data stored in a personal computer. The use of linked data has been implemented in a JavaScript web application, trying completely to abstract the internally data treatment of the application to make the user ignore it. This application has some modules and options that are able to interact with the queries made to the servers, getting a more intuitive and kind environment for users.

Infografía UNIVERSITIC 2015

Infografía UNIVERSITIC 2015. Análisis de las TIC en las Universidades Españolas. Este informe contabiliza las TIC oficiales y gestionadas de forma centralizada de las Universidades Españolas. Los datos son aportados de forma voluntaria por las universidades a través de la aplicación web kTI. En 2015 se recogieron 64 formularios válidos. Por ello los datos absolutos corresponden a las universidades participantes, no al total del SUE. Pero además de lo recogido en este informe, en las universidades se utiliza tecnología que no son de su propiedad ni está bajo su control (Shadow IT).