Replicant: Interfaz para la interoperabilidad de dispositivos embebidos con capacidad de conexión a redes de datos

El objeto último de este proyecto consiste en establecer una interfaz que permita que un dispositivo embebido cualquiera, con capacidad para conectarse a una red de datos, pueda describir los actuadores y sensores de los que dispone y ponerlos al servicio de un usuario u otro sistema. Como prueba de concepto se diseñará e implementará una aplicación para teléfonos móviles capaz de hacer uso de esta interfaz para controlar cualquier dispositivo que implemente dicha especificación al que pueda conectarse. También se diseñará y fabricará un dispositivo que pueda controlarse haciendo uso del marco de trabajo propuesto.

Tarjeta del ciudadano

Proyecto de fin de carrera para la distribución de tarjetas de ciudadanos en el ámbito local o zonas comerciales para fomentar y focalizar el consumo.

Sensorimotor Plasticity after Music-Supported Therapy in Chronic Stroke Patients Revealed by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

BACKGROUND: Several recently developed therapies targeting motor disabilities in stroke sufferers have shown to be more effective than standard neurorehabilitation approaches. In this context, several basic studies demonstrated that music training produces rapid neuroplastic changes in motor-related brain areas. Music-supported therapy has been recently developed as a new motor rehabilitation intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS: In order to explore the plasticity effects of music-supported therapy, this therapeutic intervention was applied to twenty chronic stroke patients. Before and after the music-supported therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied for the assessment of excitability changes in the motor cortex and a 3D movement analyzer was used for the assessment of motor performance parameters such as velocity, acceleration and smoothness in a set of diadochokinetic movement tasks. Our results suggest that the music-supported therapy produces changes in cortical plasticity leading the improvement of the subjects' motor performance. CONCLUSION: Our findings represent the first evidence of the neurophysiological changes induced by this therapy in chronic stroke patients, and their link with the amelioration of motor performance. Further studies are needed to confirm our observations.

Sensorimotor Plasticity after Music-Supported Therapy in Chronic Stroke Patients Revealed by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

BACKGROUND: Several recently developed therapies targeting motor disabilities in stroke sufferers have shown to be more effective than standard neurorehabilitation approaches. In this context, several basic studies demonstrated that music training produces rapid neuroplastic changes in motor-related brain areas. Music-supported therapy has been recently developed as a new motor rehabilitation intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS: In order to explore the plasticity effects of music-supported therapy, this therapeutic intervention was applied to twenty chronic stroke patients. Before and after the music-supported therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied for the assessment of excitability changes in the motor cortex and a 3D movement analyzer was used for the assessment of motor performance parameters such as velocity, acceleration and smoothness in a set of diadochokinetic movement tasks. Our results suggest that the music-supported therapy produces changes in cortical plasticity leading the improvement of the subjects' motor performance. CONCLUSION: Our findings represent the first evidence of the neurophysiological changes induced by this therapy in chronic stroke patients, and their link with the amelioration of motor performance. Further studies are needed to confirm our observations.

Prognostic value of cortically induced motor evoked activity by TMS in chronic stroke: caveats from a very revealing single clinical case

Background: We report the case of a chronic stroke patient (62 months after injury) showing total absence of motor activity evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of spared regions of the left motor cortex, but near-to-complete recovery of motor abilities in the affected hand. Case presentation: Multimodal investigations included detailed TMS based motor mapping, motor evoked potentials (MEP), and Cortical Silent period (CSP) as well as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of motor activity, MRI based lesion analysis and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Tractography of corticospinal tract (CST). Anatomical analysis revealed a left hemisphere subinsular lesion interrupting the descending left CST at the level of the internal capsule. The absence of MEPs after intense TMS pulses to the ipsilesional M1, and the reversible suppression of ongoing electromyographic (EMG) activity (indexed by CSP) demonstrate a weak modulation of subcortical systems by the ipsilesional left frontal cortex, but an inability to induce efficient descending volleys from those cortical locations to right hand and forearm muscles. Functional MRI recordings under grasping and finger tapping patterns involving the affected hand showed slight signs of subcortical recruitment, as compared to the unaffected hand and hemisphere, as well as the expected cortical activations. Conclusions: The potential sources of motor voluntary activity for the affected hand in absence of MEPs are discussed. We conclude that multimodal analysis may contribute to a more accurate prognosis of stroke patients.

Plasticity in the sensorimotor cortex induced by Music-supported therapy in stroke patients: a TMS study.

Playing a musical instrument demands the engagement of different neural systems. Recent studies about the musician"s brain and musical training highlight that this activity requires the close interaction between motor and somatosensory systems. Moreover, neuroplastic changes have been reported in motor-related areas after short and long-term musical training. Because of its capacity to promote neuroplastic changes, music has been used in the context of stroke neurorehabilitation. The majority of patients suffering from a stroke have motor impairments, preventing them to live independently. Thus, there is an increasing demand for effective restorative interventions for neurological deficits. Music-supported Therapy (MST) has been recently developed to restore motor deficits. We report data of a selected sample of stroke patients who have been enrolled in a MST program (1 month intense music learning). Prior to and after the therapy, patients were evaluated with different behavioral motor tests. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) was applied to evaluate changes in the sensorimotor representations underlying the motor gains observed. Several parameters of excitability of the motor cortex were assessed as well as the cortical somatotopic representation of a muscle in the affected hand. Our results revealed that participants obtained significant motor improvements in the paretic hand and those changes were accompanied by changes in the excitability of the motor cortex. Thus, MST leads to neuroplastic changes in the motor cortex of stroke patients which may explain its efficacy.

Plasticity in the sensorimotor cortex induced by Music-supported therapy in stroke patients: a TMS study.

Playing a musical instrument demands the engagement of different neural systems. Recent studies about the musician"s brain and musical training highlight that this activity requires the close interaction between motor and somatosensory systems. Moreover, neuroplastic changes have been reported in motor-related areas after short and long-term musical training. Because of its capacity to promote neuroplastic changes, music has been used in the context of stroke neurorehabilitation. The majority of patients suffering from a stroke have motor impairments, preventing them to live independently. Thus, there is an increasing demand for effective restorative interventions for neurological deficits. Music-supported Therapy (MST) has been recently developed to restore motor deficits. We report data of a selected sample of stroke patients who have been enrolled in a MST program (1 month intense music learning). Prior to and after the therapy, patients were evaluated with different behavioral motor tests. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) was applied to evaluate changes in the sensorimotor representations underlying the motor gains observed. Several parameters of excitability of the motor cortex were assessed as well as the cortical somatotopic representation of a muscle in the affected hand. Our results revealed that participants obtained significant motor improvements in the paretic hand and those changes were accompanied by changes in the excitability of the motor cortex. Thus, MST leads to neuroplastic changes in the motor cortex of stroke patients which may explain its efficacy.

Plasticity in the sensorimotor cortex induced by Music-supported therapy in stroke patients: a TMS study.

Playing a musical instrument demands the engagement of different neural systems. Recent studies about the musician"s brain and musical training highlight that this activity requires the close interaction between motor and somatosensory systems. Moreover, neuroplastic changes have been reported in motor-related areas after short and long-term musical training. Because of its capacity to promote neuroplastic changes, music has been used in the context of stroke neurorehabilitation. The majority of patients suffering from a stroke have motor impairments, preventing them to live independently. Thus, there is an increasing demand for effective restorative interventions for neurological deficits. Music-supported Therapy (MST) has been recently developed to restore motor deficits. We report data of a selected sample of stroke patients who have been enrolled in a MST program (1 month intense music learning). Prior to and after the therapy, patients were evaluated with different behavioral motor tests. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) was applied to evaluate changes in the sensorimotor representations underlying the motor gains observed. Several parameters of excitability of the motor cortex were assessed as well as the cortical somatotopic representation of a muscle in the affected hand. Our results revealed that participants obtained significant motor improvements in the paretic hand and those changes were accompanied by changes in the excitability of the motor cortex. Thus, MST leads to neuroplastic changes in the motor cortex of stroke patients which may explain its efficacy.

Sensorimotor Plasticity after Music-Supported Therapy in Chronic Stroke Patients Revealed by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

BACKGROUND: Several recently developed therapies targeting motor disabilities in stroke sufferers have shown to be more effective than standard neurorehabilitation approaches. In this context, several basic studies demonstrated that music training produces rapid neuroplastic changes in motor-related brain areas. Music-supported therapy has been recently developed as a new motor rehabilitation intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS: In order to explore the plasticity effects of music-supported therapy, this therapeutic intervention was applied to twenty chronic stroke patients. Before and after the music-supported therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied for the assessment of excitability changes in the motor cortex and a 3D movement analyzer was used for the assessment of motor performance parameters such as velocity, acceleration and smoothness in a set of diadochokinetic movement tasks. Our results suggest that the music-supported therapy produces changes in cortical plasticity leading the improvement of the subjects' motor performance. CONCLUSION: Our findings represent the first evidence of the neurophysiological changes induced by this therapy in chronic stroke patients, and their link with the amelioration of motor performance. Further studies are needed to confirm our observations.

Terapeuttiset strategiat toimintaterapiaryhmässä asiakkaan oman tahdon toteuttamisen tukena

Opinnäytetyömme tarkoituksena on tarkastella terapeuttisia strategioita toimintaterapiaryhmän toteutuksen kautta (Kielhofner 2002). Etsimme vastausta kysymykseen: Minkälaiset terapeuttiset strategiat tukevat ja mahdollistavat ryhmän jäsenen oman tahdon toteuttamista? Työelämän yhteistyökumppanimme Haavikon opetus- ja aikuiskasvatuskeskus mahdollisti ryhmän toteuttamisen heidän kuudelle opiskelijalleen, joilla kaikilla on kehitysvamma. Ryhmään valikoituivat Haavikon opetus- ja aikuiskasvatuskeskuksen opiskelijoista henkilöt, joilla on vaikeutta oman tahdon toteuttamisessa. Ryhmämuotoisen toimintaterapian ohjaaviksi viitekehyksiksi olemme valinneet Inhimillisen toiminnan mallin (Kielhofner 2002), josta työssämme korostuu tahto-osa-alue sekä Terapeuttisen toimintaryhmän systeemimallin ( Borg - Bruce 1991), joka jäsentää ryhmän suunnittelua ja toteutusta. Tarkastelun kohteena olevat terapeuttiset strategiat kuuluvat Inhimillisen toiminnan malliin, ne ohjaavat terapeutin vuorovaikutusta ja ohjaamistapaa terapiatilanteessa. Opinnäytetyömme on tapaustutkielma, jossa teoria ja empiria ovat tiiviissä vuorovaikutuksessa. Aineistonkeruumme pohjaa ryhmän toteuttamiseen, jossa aineistonkeruumenetelmänä käytämme osallistuvaa havainnointia. Tahdon havainnointimenetelmän (De las Heras 1998) neljätoista arvioitavaa osa-aluetta muodostavat havainnointirungon ensimmäisen vaiheen, toisessa vaiheessa yhdeksästä terapeuttisesta strategiasta valitaan ryhmän jäsenen tuen tarpeeseen kohdennetut strategiat. Kerätty aineisto teemoitellaan teoriaohjaavan sisällönanalyysin avulla. Tuloksissa tuomme esille kunkin ryhmän jäsenen kohdalla korostuneet terapeuttiset strategiat. Johtopäätöksissä pohdimme tulosten yleistettävyyttä oman tahdon tukemisessa, terapeuttisten strategioiden ilmenemistä terapiasuhteen eri vaiheissa ja mahdollisuutta ammatilliseen kasvuun oman työskentelyn tarkastelun myötä.

Tectonic-palaeoenvironmental forcing of clay-mineral assemblages in nonmarine settings: the Oligocene-Miocene As Pontes Basin (Spain)

Two small, alluvial-lacustrine subbasins developed during the early restraining overstep stages of the Oligocene-Miocene As Pontes strike-slip Basin (NW Spain). Later, the basin evolved into a restraining bend stage and an alluvial-swamp-dominated depositional framework developed. The palaeobiological record demonstrates that the Oligocene-Miocene palaeoclimate in NW Spain was subtropical, warm and humid to subhumid.

Students’ viewpoint on engineering subjects taught in English

The European Educational Institutions have the challenge and the commitment to enhance multilingual competence and teaching curricular subjects in a foreign language is seen as one of the most promising alternatives. In that context, professors teaching different engineering subjects at the School of Engineering of the UPC at Manresa (EPSEM) have been involved in projects aiming at analyzing the current linguistic situation and developing some on-line open access materials using CLIL as a strategy. They formed the u-Linguatech Research Group on Multilingual Communication in Science and Technology in order to provide such resources in an effective and efficient way. In this paper, we focus on students’ perception of the improvement of their multilingual competence throughout their Engineering degree, by means of subjects taught in English by non-native speakers. Data about the English level of current students are taken into account. We also describe the use of the above resources to improve the quality of subjects learning related to Chemical Engineering curricula.

Cat??logo de ??rboles y arbustos

Los profesores del Departamento de Biolog??a y Geolog??a de este IES elaboraron esta gu??a como ayuda a aquellos que se acercan por primera vez al conocimiento de los ??rboles y arbustos de su entorno m??s cercano, aquel que se circunscribe a los jardines del Instituto y al ??rea recreativa pr??xima, ambos situados en Vegadeo (Asturias). La mayor parte de las especies descritas son plantas cultivadas procedentes de jardines y viveros cuya utilizaci??n ornamental se encuentra muy extendida por lo que a pesar no formar parte de la flora aut??ctona de Asturias su presencia en calles y parques urbanos es tan com??n que no resultan extra??as al observador. Este material forma parte de un programa del Departamento, en el que adem??s de visitas, salidas, estudios fuera del recinto y tareas de mantenimiento del jard??n del IES se editaron varios trabajos relacionados con el mismo. En ??l se encuentran una introducci??n explicativa a la gu??a; el cat??logo de ??rboles y arbustos (nombre popular, nombre cient??fico, clasificaci??n, descripci??n, h??bitat, origen y distribuci??n, usos, ilustraciones); un glosario, un ??ndice de especies, clave dicot??mica para principiantes y un plano del ??rea catalogado con la ubicaci??n de cada especie.

Implementación del modelo hidrológico de Témez para la evaluación de recursos hídricos con GRASS GIS: fase superficial y subterránea

Se presenta la implementación del modelo hidrológico distribuido de Témez sobre GRASS GIS. Este modelo se utiliza para la evaluación de recursos hídricos en régimen natural con paso mensual y para la totalidad del territorio español, tal como aparece en el Libro Blanco del Agua en España. A partir de las variables de entrada, precipitación y evapotranspiración potencial y los parámetros hidrológicos, el modelo obtiene los mapas de los distintos almacenamientos, humedad en el suelo y volumen de acuífero, y de las variables de salida del ciclo hidrológico, evapotranspiración y escorrentía total, obtenida esta última como suma de la escorrentía superficial y subterránea. El objetivo final del trabajo es la implementación de los componentes superficiales y subterráneos en el modelo hidrológico, desarrollando para ello un programa que hace funcional en GRASS GIS el modelo matemático en que se basa la evaluación de recursos hídricos

Psicopatología : un análisis de la realidad canaria.

Tratar de describir las variables sociodemográficas que se relacionan con aspectos psicopatológicos y su distribución geográfica en la Comunidad Autónoma Canaria. . Participaron un total de 1564 personas de la población general. De ellos, 744 eran varones y 818 mujeres. La edad media fue de 36,03 años y el rango entre 18 y 65 años. La muestra fue representativa d ela Comunidad Autónoma Canaria, estratificada por sexo, edad, municipio e isla de residencia. . Las variables estudiadas fueron: 1. Lugar de nacimiento y/o residencia (municipio urbano, municipio rural). 2. Isla de nacimiento y/o residencia (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, Fuerteventura y Lanzarote). 3. Sexo (varón, mujer). 4. Estado civil (soltero/a, casado/a, viudo/a, separado/divorciado, en convivencia). 5. Profesión. 6. Condiciones de trabajo. 7. Nivel cultural. 8. Emigración fuera de las islas. 9. Edad. Previo al inicio de la investigación se realizó un estudio piloto para hallar una aproximación a la prevalencia, que permitiera, por un lado, calcular el número de personas que deberían componer la muestra representativa y, por otro lado, tomar decisiones sobre los instrumentos que se iban a utilizar. El paso siguiente fue entrenar a 7 evaluadores, homogeneizando los criterios en la administración d ela batería de los cuestionarios. Los datos codificados, procesados y analizados por el programa computarizado estadístico SPSS/pc+. . Para la evaluación se ha utilizado: un 'protocolo de variables sociodemográficas', los cuestionarios de paranoidismo y de síntomas hipomaníacos de De las Heras (1993), el cuestionario AD sobre dependencia al consumo de sustancias tóxicas (García Medina, en fase experimental), y el cuestionario GHQ-28 de Golberg, adaptado a la población española por Lobo, Pérez Echevarría y Artal (1986). . Se presenta un primer bloque de seis conclusiones que versan sobre propiedades psicométricas de los instrumentos utilizados en la investigación para operativizar el constructo de psicopatología a fin de hacerlo apresable y medible. por la extensión de dichas conclusiones no se pueden recoger en el presente resumen. Por lo que se refiere a la relación entre 'síntomas psicológicos y variables demográficas' en la Comunidad Autónoma Canaria, los resultados se resumen en las siguientes conclusiones: 1. En cuanto al sexo, se observa que las mujeres presentan mayor número y/o intensidad de síntomas que los hombres en depresión y/o ansiedad, así como en el factor somático. 2. Edad: como grupo de riesgo con síntomas de depresión aparecen las personas más jóvenes. Parte de esta variabilidad es atribuible al estado civil. En dependencia al consumo de sustancias tóxicas parecen ser las personas con edad intermedia (26 a 41 años) las que tienen mayor tendencia a presentar estos síntomas. 3. Estado civil: Los resultados señalan como grupo de riesgo de síntomas de depresión y/o ansiedad a las personas que han perdido su pareja, particularmente por muerte. Mientras que se aleja de ese perfil, parece estar más protegido, el grupo que convive en pareja, sin estar oficialmente casados. Además, las personas que viven en pareja tienen menor riesgo de padecer síntomas de depresión. 4. Municipio de residencia en el medio urbano manifiestan más síntomas psicopatológicos. 5. Isla de residencia: Los resultados muestran a los habitantes de las islas capitalinas con mayor número y/o mayor puntuación en síntomas de ansiedad, depresión, hipomanía y optimismo exagerado. 6. Profesión: se ha hallado mayor riesgo en el factor somático entre las amas de casa. En dependencia al consumo de sustancias tóxicas, el pertenecer a este último grupo aparece como un factor protector. En este tipo de síntomas, los que mayor riesgo presentan son los profesionales y obreros cualificados. 7. Las condiciones laborales más precarias (parados) se presentan como un factor de riesgo de síntomas de dependencia física al consumo de sustancias tóxicas. 8. El nivel cultural es el factor con mayor variabilidad sintomatológica. Los grupos con mayor riesgo de síntomas psicopatológicos de ansiedad, somático y de síntomas de paranoidismo son los que tienen menor instrucción educativa (leer y escribir). 10. Los factores de hiperactivación y dependencia psicopatológica al consumo de sustancia tóxicas no obtienen variabilidad significativa, entre distintos grupos de las variables sociodemográficas tratadas en este estudio. 11. El poder discriminativo de las nueve variables sociodemográficas, aunque significativo estadísticamente, no es sobresaliente, pero sí aceptable. Carcaterizándose, sociodemográficamente, las personas con síntomas significativos de hipomanía/manía por ser: jóvenes, residentes en las islas capitalinas, nivel cultural medio-alto, varón, residentes en las ciudades y en condiciones laborales inestables..