Registry of samples and environmental context from the Ocean Sampling Day 2014

The Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) is a simultaneous sampling campaign of the world's oceans which took place (for the first time) on the summer solstice (June 21st) in the year 2014. These cumulative samples, related in time, space and environmental parameters, provide insights into fundamental rules describing microbial diversity and function and contribute to the blue economy through the identification of novel, ocean-derived biotechnologies. We see OSD data as a reference data set for generations of experiments to follow in the coming decade. The present data set includes a description of each sample collected during the Ocean Sampling Day 2014 and provides contextual environmental data measured concurrently with the collection of water samples for genomic analyses.

The flexibility matrix o timber composite beams with a discrete connection system

This work presents a method for the analysis of timber composite beams which considers the slip in the connection system, based on assembling the flexibility matrix of the whole structure. This method is based on one proposed by Tommola and Jutila (2001). This paper extends the method to the case of a gap between two pieces with an arbitrary location at the first connector, which notably broadens its practical application. The addition of the gap makes it possible to model a cracked zone in concrete topping, as well as the case in which forming produces the gap. The consideration of induced stresses due to changes in temperature and moisture content is also described, while the concept of equivalent eccentricity is generalized. This method has important advantages in connection with the current European Standard EN 1995-1-1: 2004, as it is able to deal with any type of load, variable section, discrete and non-regular connection systems, a gap between the two pieces, and variations in temperature and moisture content. Although it could be applied to any structural system, it is specially suited for the case of simple supported and continuous beams. Working examples are presented at the end, showing that the arrangement of the connection notably modifies shear force distribution. A first interpretation of the results is made on the basis of the strut and tie theory. The examples prove that the use of EC-5 is unsafe when, as a rule of thumb, the strut or compression field between the support and the first connector is at an angle with the axis of the beam of less than 60º.

Análisis de parámetros dinámicos y estáticos en la prospección de áridos. Caso práctico: cantera de arcillas en Madrid (España)

En el presente trabajo se hace una valoración de los recursos existentes en una explotación de áridos estudiando parámetros dinámicos mediante técnicas geofísicas y parámetros estáticos mediante ensayos de caracterización de arcillas en laboratorio. Esta doble actuación obedece a la nueva normativa aplicada a las explotaciones mineras en las que se indica la necesidad de la realización de un informe geotécnico incluido dentro de la valoración arqueológica de la explotación. Para ilustrar este “modus operandi” se ha elegido un caso práctico real: una explotación sita en el municipio de Torres de la Alameda, Madrid (España). En cuanto al análisis de los parámetros dinámicos se ha realizado una campaña de prospección geofísica utilizando Corriente Continua mediante la técnica de los Sondeos Eléctricos Verticales (S.E.V.). La selección de los lugares de prospección ha obedecido a criterios estadísticos apoyados en las observaciones de la geología de superficie y las características morfológicas de la explotación. La aplicación de los S.E.V. ha permitido determinar la distribución en profundidad de los diferentes niveles geoeléctricos del área estudiada, además de la distribución de resistividades en cada uno de los niveles. Para el estudio de parámetros estáticos se realizó una investigación de las características geotécnicas del terreno mediante la realización de calicatas geomecánicas y ensayos de penetración dinámica además de ensayos de caracterización de muestras. Dicha información, conjuntamente con las descripciones sobre las muestras obtenidas, han permitido realizar una caracterización fiable y barata de los recursos presentes en la zona de estudio.

Referencias foráneas para una crítica de la arquitectura española: Rafael Leoz y Roberto Puig en Nueva Forma (1968)

Ponencia publicada en Actas del 8º Congreso Internacional de Historia de la Arquitectura Española, celebrado en Pamplona del 2 al 4 de mayo de 2012.

Analysis of WCET in an experimental satellite software development.

This paper describes a case study in WCET analysis of an on-board spacecraft software system. The attitude control system of UPMSat-2, an experimental micro-satellite which is scheduled to be launched in 2013, is used for an experiment on analysing the worst-case execution time of code automatically generated from a Simulink model. In order to properly test the code, a hardware-in-the-loop configuration with a simulation model of the spacecraft environment has been used as a test bench. The code has been analysed with RapiTime, with some modifications to the original instrumentation routines, in order to take into account the particularities of the test configuration. Results from the experiment are described and commented in the paper.

Design and evaluation of an educational platform for implementing and testing bilateral control algorithms

This paper describes the design and evaluation of a new platform created in order to improve the learning experience of bilateral control algorithms in teleoperation. This experimental platform, developed at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, is used by the students of the Master on Automation and Robotics in the practices of the subject called “Telerobotics and Teleoperation”. The main objective is to easily implement different control architectures in the developed platform and evaluate them under different conditions to better understand the main advantages and drawbacks of each control scheme. So, the student’s tasks are focused on adjusting the control parameters of the predefined controllers and designing new ones to analyze the changes in the behavior of the whole system. A description of the subject, main topics and the platform constructed are detailed in the paper. Furthermore, the methodology followed in the practices and the bilateral control algorithms are presented. Finally, the results obtained in the experiments with students are also shown.

Apertura del curso académico universitario 1986-1987. Lección inaugural titulada "El maravilloso mundo de las nuevas tecnologías o el País de Nunca-Jamás a través del espejo", pronunciada por José Antonio Martín Pereda. Discurso pronunciado por Rafael Portaencasa Baeza

Se recogen los dos discursos pronunciados en la apertura del curso académico universitario de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (curso 1986-1987)

Montesa ilustrada origen, fundación, principios, institutos, casos, progressos, iuridicion, derechos, priuilegios, preeminencias ... de la ... Religion militar de N. S. Santa Maria de Montesa y San Jorge de Alfama

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