Search results for "GRAS"

An Optimized Architecture for CGA Operations and Its Application to a Simulated Robotic Arm

2022

Conformal geometric algebra (CGA) is a new geometric computation tool that is attracting growing attention in many research fields, such as computer graphics, robotics, and computer vision. Regarding the robotic applications, new approaches based on CGA have been proposed to efficiently solve problems as the inverse kinematics and grasping of a robotic arm. The hardware acceleration of CGA operations is required to meet real-time performance requirements in embedded robotic platforms. In this paper, we present a novel embedded coprocessor for accelerating CGA operations in robotic tasks. Two robotic algorithms, namely, inverse kinematics and grasping of a human-arm-like kinematics chain, ar…

Counterbalancing salt reduction with aromas and consequences on sensory acceptability: A study with real cheese

2014

Introduction and objective: Unbalanced diet with an overconsumption of salt contributes to the development of cardiovascular disease. Several strategies are currently investigated to design low-salt food while maintaining taste and consumer liking. The strategy relying on cross-modal sensory compensation is being tested within the framework of the EU-TeRiFiQ research project. In this context, this study had for aim to examine whether selected aromas could help to maintain salt and fat perception in low-salt real cheese. Methods: Two commercial cheeses, low-salt cheese (LSC) and regular-salt cheese (RSC), were reprocessed by grinding and addition of a sardine aroma associated to salty taste …

Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

2019

Aim Species-area relationships (SARs) are fundamental scaling laws in ecology although their shape is still disputed. At larger areas, power laws best represent SARs. Yet, it remains unclear whether SARs follow other shapes at finer spatial grains in continuous vegetation. We asked which function describes SARs best at small grains and explored how sampling methodology or the environment influence SAR shape. Location Palaearctic grasslands and other non-forested habitats. Taxa Vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens. Methods We used the GrassPlot database, containing standardized vegetation-plot data from vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens spanning a wide range of grassland types throu…

Disfunzione del tessuto adiposo e diabete mellito tipo 2: scarsa utilità diagnostica della quantificazione del grasso tramite RMN.

2014

Efecto de la Sobrecarga oral con grasa insaturada en los marcadores de estrés oxidativo y expresión de ARN lifomonocitos en sujeto con Diabetes Melli…

2016

La enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV) es la principal causa de mortalidad en nuestro medio. Está causada por diferentes factores de riesgo entre los que se encuentran la diabetes mellitus (DM), el tabaquismo, la hipertensión arterial (HTA) y la dislipemia (DL). El termino DM describe diferentes enfermedades del metabolismo de los carbohidratos, que se caracterizan por la hiperglucemia crónica y son causadas por el déficit de secreción de insulina o por la resistencia a la acción de la misma. La causa mas frecuente de mortalidad en los pacientes con DM2 es la ECV. El riesgo cardiovascular en la DM2 viene mediado no solo por la hiperglucemia, sino también por el resto de factores de riesgo clási…

Evaluación cardiometabólica y adrenérgica en el sujeto obeso sano joven

2021

ANTECEDENTES: La obesidad se define como un exceso de peso del individuo, entendiendo como tal el exceso de contenido graso en el cuerpo. Actualmente la OMS sitúa a la obesidad como la epidemia del siglo XXI. La obesidad incrementa el riesgo de diabetes, hipertensión, enfermedad coronaria, ictus y ciertos tipos de cáncer. Independientemente del mecanismo primario responsable de la obesidad existen un serie de mecanismos que se encuentran interrelacionados y que llevan a la aparición de: I) Alteraciones metabólicas del metabolismo hidrocarbonado y lipídico, con el consiguiente incremento del riesgo de desarrollar diabetes mellitus tipo 2, II) alteraciones precoces en el sistema cardiovascula…

Od folkloru do e-folkloru, czyli przemodelowanie przez Internet przedmiotu współczesnych badań folklorystycznych

2022

The emergence of the Internet, a new electronic means of communication, initiated the process of a qualitative change in contemporary culture. This has led, among other things, to a necessary redefinition ofthe subject of folklore research and, consequently, to highlighting its anthropological dimension. That, in turn, requires first and foremost a change in the concept of orality which in itself may no longer be reduced to direct (oral) provision of content, as the virtual language, enriched with a Computer interface, creates new possibilities for using words, along with their combination with image and music (visual folklore). On the one hand, on the Internet we may observe new aspects of…

Numerical response of predators to large variations of grassland vole abundance, long-term community change and prey switches

2020

AbstractVoles can reach high densities with multi-annual population fluctuations of large amplitude, and they are at the base of large and rich communities of predators in temperate and arctic food webs. This status places them at the heart of management conflicts wherein crop protection and health concerns are often raised against conservation issues. Here, a 20-year survey describes the effects of large variations in grassland vole populations on the densities and the daily theoretical food intakes (TFI) of vole predators based on roadside counts. Our results show how the predator community responds to prey variations of large amplitude and how it reorganized with the increase in a domina…

Context-dependent foraging habitat selection in a farmland raptor along an agricultural intensification gradient

2021

Abstract Gradients of agricultural intensification in agroecosystems may determine uneven resource availability for predators relying on these man-made habitats. In turn, these variations in resource availability may affect predators’ habitat selection patterns, resulting in context-dependent habitat selection. We assessed the effects of gradients of landscape composition and configuration on habitat selection of a colonial farmland bird of prey, the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), relying on 76 GPS-tracked nestling-rearing individuals from 10 populations scattered along an agricultural intensification gradient. Analyses were conducted considering two ecological levels of aggregation (the …

Population dynamics of fossorial water vole (Arvicola terrestris scherman): a land use and landscape perspective

1997

Abstract This study investigates the effect of land use, and landscape composition and structure on the population dynamics of fossorial water vole (Arvicola terrestris scherman Shaw). Water vole populations were monitored from 1989 to 1994 in the Doubs department, France, by using index methods. Land use patterns were studied based on agriculture and forestry data from the French Ministry of Agriculture collected in 1956, 1970, 1979 and 1988. Grassland quality and landscape structure were studied based on field transects, combined with the assessment of landscape structure from maps at 1:25,000 scale. Outbreaks of water vole populations occurred as a wave, spreading from epicentres over mo…