Preservación digital en 2009

Se realiza un balance del estado de la investigación y el desarrollo de soluciones en preservación digital a nivel internacional en 2009, así como de las expectativas para 2010. Se presta una especial atención al seguimiento de las principales líneas de investigación y a los desarrollos de software específico, y se caracterizan los centros de investigación preeminentes a nivel mundial.

Las auditorías, una metodología para planificar la preservación digital. Experiencias en España.

Se presentan los resultados obtenidos en la aplicación de diversas metodologías de auditoría para comprobar el estado de la preservación digital en distintas instituciones de España. Se concluye que las auditorías también se pueden usar como herramienta de ayuda a la planificación de sistemas de preservación digital.

Dynamic range extension of SiPM detectors with the time-gated operation

The silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is a novel detector technology that has undergone a fast development in the last few years, owing to its single-photon resolution and ultra-fast response time. However, the typical high dark count rates of the sensor may prevent the detection of low intensity radiation fluxes. In this article, the time-gated operation with short active periods in the nanosecond range is proposed as a solution to reduce the number of cells fired due to noise and thus increase the dynamic range. The technique is aimed at application fields that function under a trigger command, such as gated fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.

Tractament digital de la imatge com a suport per a la recerca

La investigació actual necessita recórrer en nombroses ocasions a la imatge, i encara ho podria fer més. El registre d'imatges s'ha convertit avui en una feina senzilla i económica, almenys en relació amb la situació de fa vint anys. I des de fa amb prou feines un parell d'anys, el tractament de la imatge animada mitjançant tècniques digitals encara s'ha simplificat més, alhora que ha proporcionat nous canvis que permeten explorar la realitat.

La bretxa digital: gènere i jocs d'ordinador

La finalitat d"aquest article és reflexionar sobre una pràctica concreta que s"ha revelat creadora de desigualtat social en l"era digital: els jocs d"ordinador des de la perspectiva del gènere. Per això, es fa una revisió de la literatura existent per mostrar com, malgrat les bondats educatives de l"activitat lúdica, l"ús educatiu dels jocs d"ordinador és mínim. A més, es detallen diverses investigacions que mostren el biaix de gènere en diferents aspectes relacionats amb els jocs multimèdia.

Digital Audio Broadcasting: Technology and Prospects

The subject of the thesis was the digital audio broadcasting technology developed in the Eureka project 147. The research was based on the literature on the subject. At first, some reasons for the digitisation of broadcasting technology were given. Next, the channel multiplexing and channel coding methods employed by digital radio were discussed. The design of these methods is based on certain phenomena related to the propagation of radio-frequency signals, and these phenomena were also described. After that, audio and data transfer mechanisms as well as the structure of digital radio network were explained. Furthermore, digital audio and data services were considered. Finally, the digital radio was examined from marketing and administrative aspects. From a merely technical point of view, the digital radio technology offers several improvements in comparison with analogue technology. However, the digital radio has not become as widespread as it was perhaps originally expected during its development.

Sucção digital: observação em ultra-sonografia e em recém-nascidos

OBJETIVO: Observar a sucção digital ou da mão em fetos, identificar os fatores relacionados à gravidez de importância para sua manifestação e identificar, após o nascimento do bebê, a permanência da sucção digital. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Dois exames de ultra-sonografias fetais foram realizados em 55 gestantes, nos períodos de 20-24 e 25-32 semanas. Para avaliar os fatores relacionados à gravidez, foram utilizados questionários. Para identificar a permanência da sucção digital, visitas foram realizadas uma semana após o nascimento. RESULTADOS: A sucção digital foi detectada na maioria dos fetos, exceto em 20. Estatisticamente não houve diferenças significativas entre estado de saúde da gestante e o grau de aceitação da gravidez com a manifestação da sucção digital em fetos. O teste Q de Cochran não evidenciou diferenças significativas entre os sinais de sucção digital em fetos e a instalação do hábito em recém-nascidos. CONCLUSÃO: A ultra-sonografia é um método importante para a observação de sinais de sucção digital em fetos. Esses sinais não implicam hábito bucal após o nascimento.

Test automation of digital mammography device

Testing of a complex software is time consuming. Automated tools are available quite a lot for desktop applications, but for embedded systems a custom-made tool is required Building a complete test framework is a complicated task. Therefore, the test platform was built on top of an already existing tool, CANoe. CANoe is a tool for CAN bus analysis and node simulation. The functionality of CANoe was extended with LabVIEW DLL. The LabVIEW software was used for simulating hardware components of the embedded device As a result of the study, a platform was created where tests could be automated. Of the current test plan, 10 percent were automated and up to 60 percent could be automated with the current functionality.

Effects of vacancy-type defects in silicon based particle detectors

The semiconductor particle detectors used at CERN experiments are exposed to radiation. Under radiation, the formation of lattice defects is unavoidable. The defects affect the depletion voltage and leakage current of the detectors, and hence affect on the signal-to-noise ratio of the detectors. This shortens the operational lifetime of the detectors. For this reason, the understanding of the formation and the effects of radiation induced defects is crucial for the development of radiation hard detectors. In this work, I have studied the effects of radiation induced defects-mostly vacancy related defects-with a simulation package, Silvaco. Thus, this work essentially concerns the effects of radiation induced defects, and native defects, on leakage currents in particle detectors. Impurity donor atom-vacancy complexes have been proved to cause insignificant increase of leakage current compared with the trivacancy and divacancy-oxygen centres. Native defects and divacancies have proven to cause some of the leakage current, which is relatively small compared with trivacancy and divacancy-oxygen.

Mamografia digital: perspectiva atual e aplicações futuras

Na mamografia digital, os processos de aquisição da imagem, demonstração e armazenamento são separados, o que leva à otimização de cada uma dessas etapas. A radiação transmitida através da mama é absorvida por um detector eletrônico, em resposta fiel a uma ampla variedade de intensidades. Uma vez que esta informação é armazenada, ela pode ser demonstrada usando técnicas computadorizadas de imagem, permitindo variações de brilho e contraste e ampliação, sem a necessidade de exposições radiológicas adicionais para a paciente. Neste artigo, o estado atual da tecnologia em mamografia digital e dados sobre testes clínicos que dão suporte ao uso dessa tecnologia são revistos. Além disso, algumas aplicações potencialmente utilizáveis que estão sendo desenvolvidas com a mamografia digital são descritas.

Are we modular lying cues detectors ? The answer is "yes sometimes"

We quickly form first impressions about newly encountered people guiding our subsequent behaviour (approach, avoidance). Such instant judgments might be innate and automatic, being performed unconsciously and independently to other cognitive processes. Lying detection might be subject to such a modular process. Unfortunately, numerous studies highlighted problems with lying detection paradigms such as high error rates and learning effects. Additionally, humans should be motivated doing both detecting others' lies and dis- guising own lies. Disguising own lies might even be more challenging than detecting other people's lies. Thus, when trying to disguise cheating behaviour, liars might display a mixture of disguising (fake) trust cues and uncontrolled lying cues making the interpretation of the expression difficult (perceivers are guessing). In two consecutive online studies, we tested whether seeing an increasing amount (range 0-4) of lying cues (LC) and non-lying cues (NLC) on a standard face results in enhanced guessing behaviour (studies 1 and 2) and that enhanced guessing is accompanied by slower responding (study 2). Results showed that pronounced guessing and slowest responding occurred for faces with an intermediate number and not with the highest number of LC and NLC. In particular, LC were more impor- tant than NLC to uncertain lying decisions. Thus, only a few LC may interfere with automatic processing of lying detection (irrespective of NLC), probably because too little lying cue information is yet available.

La Transformación del periodismo tradicional en el nuevo entorno digital

Esta investigación se centra en comparar las diferencias existentes entre el periodismo tradicional y el periodismo ciudadano, tanto desde un punto de vista teórico como desde un punto de vista práctico, analizando la situación actual en la que el periodismo tradicional se está transformando a consecuencia del nuevo entorno digital. Proponemos descubrir el cambio provocado por Internet y las nuevas tecnologías en las formas y estructuras de la comunicación, reflexionar sobre la situación actual del periodismo tradicional y conocer las nueves posibilidades del periodismo ciudadano. La investigación consiste en un estudio de caso explorativo donde se hace una comparación entre The New York Times y The Huffington Post, que respectivamente representan las características del periodismo tradicional y ciudadano. Los resultados muestran que el periodismo tradicional se ha quedado atrás de sus rivales por sus ideas estereotipadas, falta de innovación e insuficiente oferta de interacción para sus lectores. De este modo, consideramos que el periodismo tradicional debe replantearse seriamente una transformación profunda para adaptarse a esta nueva situación.