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A distributed visualization system for crowd simulations1
2011
The visualization system of large-scale crowd simulations should scale up with both the number of visuals views of the virtual world and the number of agents displayed in each visual. Otherwise, we could have large scale crowd simulations where only a small percentage of the population is displayed. Several approaches have been proposed in order to efficiently render crowds of animated characters. However, these approaches either render crowds animated with simple behaviors or they can only support a few hundreds of user-driven entities. In this paper, we propose a distributed visualization system for large crowds of autonomous agents that allows the visualization of crowds animated with co…
Role of quercetin on sterigmatocystin-induced oxidative stress-mediated toxicity.
2021
Oxidative stress appears to be a common trigger for many of the effects associated with the exposure to various mycotoxins, including sterigmatocystin (STE). However, studies to alleviate STE toxicity through the use of natural antioxidants are sparsely reported in literature. In the present study, the cytoprotective effect of quercetin (QUE) was tested in SH-SY5Y cells against STE-induced oxidative stress and cytotoxicity. The MTT assay revealed that STE decreased cell viability, whereas pre-treatment of cells with QUE restored it. The QUE was also found to counteract STE-induced ROS generation and decrease STE-induced up-regulation of the expression of the stress-inducible enzymes HO-1 an…
Evaluation of a new nomogram for Ferrara ring segment implantation in keratoconus
2021
AIM: To evaluate the short-term clinical outcomes of Ferrara rings in keratoconus using an optimized nomogram developed after several years of research and retrospective analysis of clinical data. METHODS: This prospective longitudinal non-comparative clinical trial evaluated 88 eyes of 88 patients (age 18-62y) with keratoconus diagnosis from two Spanish centers. Ferrara ring segment (AJL Ophthalmic) implantation was performed in all cases, using the mechanical procedure in 25 eyes (28.4%) and a femtosecond laser-assisted procedure in 63 eyes (71.6%). The ring segments implanted in each case were selected using a new optimized nomogram that considered variables such as anterior corneal asph…
UAV-Aided Secure Short-Packet Data Collection and Transmission
2023
Benefiting from the deployment flexibility and the line-of-sight (LoS) channel conditions, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has gained tremendous attention in data collection for wireless sensor networks. However, the high-quality air-ground channels also pose significant threats to the security of UAV aided wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a short-packet secure UAV-aided data collection and transmission scheme to guarantee the freshness and security of the transmission from the sensors to the remote ground base station (BS). First, during the data collection phase, the trajectory, the flight duration, and the user scheduling are jointly optimized with the objective of maximizing t…
Impact of the flame retardant 2,2'4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE-47) in THP-1 macrophage-like cell function via small extracellular vesicles
2023
2,2’4,4’-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (PBDE-47) is one of the most widespread environmental brominated flame-retardant congeners which has also been detected in animal and human tissues. Several studies have reported the effects of PBDEs on different health issues, including neurobehavioral and developmental disorders, reproductive health, and alterations of thyroid function. Much less is known about its immunotoxicity. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects that treatment of THP-1 macrophage-like cells with PBDE-47 could have on the content of small extracellular vesicles’ (sEVs) microRNA (miRNA) cargo and their downstream effects on bystander macrophages. To achieve this, we puri…
La tècnica de l’itinerari didàctic en la formació inicial del professorat: reconstrucció d’una experiència
2015
El presente artículo tiene como objetivo reconstruir una experiencia de innovación docente realizada por los autores en el curso 2013-2014 en tres asignaturas de las áreas de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y las Ciencias Sociales, en el cuarto curso del Grado de Maestro/a en Educación Infantil, mediante la cual se han proporcionado herramientas teóricas y prácticas a los futuros docentes de infantil para utilizar la técnica del itinerario didáctico en esta etapa educativa. Para ello se ha hecho uso de pedagogías que apuestan por un análisis crítico del entorno a partir de metodologías globalizadoras y activas. La reconstrucción se realiza a partir de datos procedentes de la obse…
Toward learning autonomous pallets by using fuzzy rules, applied in a Conwip system
2012
Published version of an article in the journal: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-012-4057-8 Nowadays, material planning and control strategies are becoming continuously complex tasks spanning from individual plants to logistic networks. In fact, this is the consequence of increasing intricacy in product variants and their respective convolution in networks’ structures. Customers ask for specific products with individual characteristics that force companies for more clever performances by more flexibility. For doing so, the existing planning and control systems, which work based on central m…
"LAWS... of Humanity?". Un resoconto (critico) del primo Gruppo di esperti sulle armi autonome
2018
The paper focuses on the works of the first session of the GGE on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS).
Long-term follow-up of hepatitis B e antigen-negative patients treated with peginterferon α-2a: progressive decrease in hepatitis B surface antigen i…
2012
Elektronisen ja perinteisen urheilun vertailua
2017
Elektroninen urheilu, eli videopelien pelaaminen kilpailullisesti, on kasvattanut suosiota ja on merkittävä osa joidenkin elämää. Elektroninen urheilu on myös luonut monille ihmisille mahdollisuuden nousta suosioon e-urheilijana. Kyseessä on kuitenkin suhteellisen tuore ilmiö, joka muuttaa muotoaan edelleen ja sen tämänhetkinen tila on epävakaa. Tässä tutkielmassa pyritään selvittämään elektronisen urheilun ”urheilullistamiseen” liittyviä haasteita. Pääpainona pyritään saamaan jonkinlainen käsitys, voiko elektronista urheilua luokitella urheiluksi. Playing video games competitively, also known as electronic sports, is a phenomenon which has lately grown in popularity and has become a great …