Information technology. Level 2. BTEC First.

El programa BTEC es un programa de estudios que permite obtener una cualificación profesional o laboral. Este recurso está preparado para ayudar al alumno en el curso BTEC First, nivel 2, sector profesional tecnología de la información y se divide en diez unidades: la comunicación en la industria de las TI;trabajar en la industria de las TI; sistemas informáticos; personalización del software; creación de una red informática; sistemas de base de datos; desarrollo de sitios web; gráficos por ordenador y desarrollo de los juegos de ordenador. Incluye actividades de evaluación en cada unidad que cubren todos los criterios de ésta para ofrecer a los estudiantes la oportunidad de practicar sus tareas y profundizar en el conocimiento y la comprensión de la materia.

Informe anual sobre el estado y situaci??n de las ense??anzas art??sticas : curso 2009-2010

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Informe sobre el estado y situaci??n del sistema educativo : curso 2009-2010

Se presenta un informe de evaluaci??n sobre el estado y la situaci??n del sistema educativo espa??ol durante el curso acad??mico 2009-2010, comentando los aspectos m??s destacados del mismo y analizando algunos de los temas del sistema educativo como: el balance de los objetivos del a??o 2010 y las propuestas de objetivos para el 2020. Se analizan los niveles educativos de infantil, primaria, secundaria y Formaci??n Profesional, y se comentan otros factores importantes como son la inversi??n educativa, la igualdad, convivencia y participaci??n de otros centros, y la inclusi??n del alumnado que presenta necesidades educativas especiales derivadas de la discapacidad. El CD incluye adem??s un amplio contenido con informaci??n estad??stica y documental adicional.

Informe bienal sobre la situación de la enseñanza en la Región de Murcia : cursos 2001-2002 y 2002-2003.

Presentar la estructura y funcionamiento del sistema educativo, objetivos, realizaciones, situación y perspectivas en la región de Murcia, con refrencia a las fuentes normativas. Funcionamiento del sistema educativo en la Región de Murcia. El informe se estructura conforme al proceso seguido en la elaboración de la información recabada en fuentes oficiales e institucionales. En primer lugar se aborda la estructura para pasar a la organización, estado y situación de los centros. En segundo lugar se analizan los procesos de gestión y participación en la vida de los centros para pasar a analizar las desigualdades educativas y las medidas compensatorias dispuestas para paliarlas. Las medidas de mejora son las que ocupan la última parte en la que se aborda la formación de profesores y la inspección educativa. Datos estadísticos sin referir fuente. Estudio descriptivo. Análisis basado en la explotación de datos estadísticos básicos. Análisis comparado de datos del presente informe con los del anterior y valoración de las diferencias. No se ofrecen resultados globales. Se comprueba el progreso continuo y la mejora educativa en el período considerado.

Información general : curso 1999-2000.

En esta guía de la UNED, dirigida a estudiantes, se recoge información sobre aspectos básicos de esta universidad. Por un lado, ofrece información sobre el marco legal, los órganos de gobierno de la universidad, las autoridades académicas, los estudios que pueden cursarse, el régimen académico, y el modelo educativo; por otro, aporta información administrativa, como centros asociados, normas generales, adquisición de material didáctico, calendario escolar, información de carácter general, consultas específicas, ubicación de las facultades y otros servicicos de la universidad, direcciones, representación y participación de alumnos y otros datos.Incluye en anexos los planes de estudio y los cursos de las distintas enseñanzas..

Alletament matern a les escoletes de les Illes Balears

L???Associaci?? Balear d???Alletament Matern (ABAM) conjuntament amb l???Institut per a l???Educaci?? de la Primera Inf??ncia i el Servei de Salut del Govern de les Illes Balears, han elaborat i facilitat aquestes orientacions per tal d???informar sobre l???alletament matern al llarg de l???estada dels infants a l???Escoleta.

La aplicaci??n del ISTOF para el estudio de la eficacia escolar y del docente

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Reducció de vibracions residuals en moviments transitoris. Definició de lleis de moviment per mitjà de corbes B-spline

Molts sistemes mecànics existents tenen un comportament vibratori funcionalment perceptible, que es posa de manifest enfront d'excitacions transitòries. Normalment, les vibracions generades segueixen presents després del transitori (vibracions residuals), i poden provocar efectes negatius en la funció de disseny del mecanisme. El mètode que es proposa en aquesta tesi té com a objectiu principal la síntesi de lleis de moviment per reduir les vibracions residuals. Addicionalment, els senyals generats permeten complir dues condicions definides per l'usuari (anomenats requeriments funcionals). El mètode es fonamenta en la relació existent entre el contingut freqüencial d'un senyal transitori, i la vibració residual generada, segons sigui l'esmorteïment del sistema. Basat en aquesta relació, i aprofitant les propietats de la transformada de Fourier, es proposa la generació de lleis de moviment per convolució temporal de polsos. Aquestes resulten formades per trams concatenats de polinomis algebraics, cosa que facilita la seva implementació en entorns numèrics per mitjà de corbes B-spline.

Combined affinity labelling and mass spectrometry analysis of differential cell surface protein expression in normal and prostate cancer cells

Differences in the expression of cell surface proteins between a normal prostate epithelial (1542-NP2TX) and a prostate cancer cell line (1542-CP3TX) derived from the same patient were investigated. A combination of affinity chromatographic purification of biotin-tagged surface proteins with mass spectrometry analysis identified 26 integral membrane proteins and 14 peripheral surface proteins. The findings confirm earlier reports of altered expression in prostate cancer for several cell surface proteins, including ALCAM/CD166, the Ephrin type A receptor, EGFR and the prostaglandin F2 receptor regulatory protein. In addition, several novel findings of differential expression were made, including the voltage-dependent anion selective channel proteins Porin 1 and 2, ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73) and Scavenger receptor B1. Cell surface protein expression changed both qualitatively and quantitatively when the cells were grown in the presence of either or both interferon INF alpha and INF gamma. Costimulation with type I and II interferons had additive or synergistic effects on the membrane density of several, mainly peripherally attached surface proteins. Concerted upregulation of surface exposed antigens may be of benefit in immuno-adjuvant-based treatment of interferon-responsive prostate cancer. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that differences in the expression of membrane proteins between normal and prostate cancer cells are reproducibly detectable following vectorial labelling with biotin, and that detailed analysis of extracellular-induced surface changes can be achieved by combining surface-specific labelling with high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry.

Mapping fibre orientation in complex-shaped biological systems with micrometre resolution by scanning X-ray microdiffraction

A fully automated procedure to extract and to image local fibre orientation in biological tissues from scanning X-ray diffraction is presented. The preferred chitin fibre orientation in the flow sensing system of crickets is determined with high spatial resolution by applying synchrotron radiation based X-ray microbeam diffraction in conjunction with advanced sample sectioning using a UV micro-laser. The data analysis is based on an automated detection of azimuthal diffraction maxima after 2D convolution filtering (smoothing) of the 2D diffraction patterns. Under the assumption of crystallographic fibre symmetry around the morphological fibre axis, the evaluation method allows mapping the three-dimensional orientation of the fibre axes in space. The resulting two-dimensional maps of the local fibre orientations - together with the complex shape of the flow sensing system - may be useful for a better understanding of the mechanical optimization of such tissues.

Facial feature extraction and selection by Gabor wavelets and boosting

In this paper, we present a feature selection approach based on Gabor wavelet feature and boosting for face verification. By convolution with a group of Gabor wavelets, the original images are transformed into vectors of Gabor wavelet features. Then for individual person, a small set of significant features are selected by the boosting algorithm from a large set of Gabor wavelet features. The experiment results have shown that the approach successfully selects meaningful and explainable features for face verification. The experiments also suggest that for the common characteristics such as eyes, noses, mouths may not be as important as some unique characteristic when training set is small. When training set is large, the unique characteristics and the common characteristics are both important.

An improved digital deconvolution equation

This paper first points out the important fact that the rectangle formulas of continuous convolution discretization, which was widely used in conventional digital deconvolution algorithms, can result in zero-time error. Then, an improved digital deconvolution equation is suggested which is equivalent to the trapezoid formulas of continuous convolution discretization and can overcome the disadvantage of conventional equation satisfactorily. Finally, a simulation in computer is given, thus confirming the theoretical result.

Deconvolution method for removing the distortion from time jitter in equivalent-time waveform samplers

A sampling oscilloscope is one of the main units in automatic pulse measurement system (APMS). The time jitter in waveform samplers is an important error source that affect the precision of data acquisition. In this paper, this kind of error is greatly reduced by using the deconvolution method. First, the probability density function (PDF) of time jitter distribution is determined by the statistical approach, then, this PDF is used as convolution kern to deconvolve with the acquired waveform data with additional averaging, and the result is the waveform data in which the effect of time jitter has been removed, and the measurement precision of APMS is greatly improved. In addition, some computer simulations are given which prove the success of the method given in this paper.

Early and late stimulus-evoked cortical hemodynamic responses provide insight into the neurogenic nature of neurovascular coupling

Understanding neurovascular coupling is a prerequisite for the interpretation of results obtained from modern neuroimaging techniques. This study investigated the hemodynamic and neural responses in rat somatosensory cortex elicited by 16 seconds electrical whisker stimuli. Hemodynamics were measured by optical imaging spectroscopy and neural activity by multichannel electrophysiology. Previous studies have suggested that the whisker-evoked hemodynamic response contains two mechanisms, a transient ‘backwards’ dilation of the middle cerebral artery, followed by an increase in blood volume localized to the site of neural activity. To distinguish between the mechanisms responsible for these aspects of the response, we presented whisker stimuli during normocapnia (‘control’), and during a high level of hypercapnia. Hypercapnia was used to ‘predilate’ arteries and thus possibly ‘inhibit’ aspects of the response related to the ‘early’ mechanism. Indeed, hemodynamic data suggested that the transient stimulus-evoked response was absent under hypercapnia. However, evoked neural responses were also altered during hypercapnia and convolution of the neural responses from both the normocapnic and hypercapnic conditions with a canonical impulse response function, suggested that neurovascular coupling was similar in both conditions. Although data did not clearly dissociate early and late vascular responses, they suggest that the neurovascular coupling relationship is neurogenic in origin.