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Bibliometrics and Science Mapping of Digital Marketing

2021

This research paper focuses on marketing areas and specifically in the field of digital marketing. Marketing and other commercial endeavors are of the utmost importance for both companies and professionals in this field. The current research aims to determine how influencers persuade internauts in their consumption initiatives. Bibliometrics and science mapping are at the core of this study, and the yielded metrics highlight details that empower strategies and tactics in digital marketing. Thoroughly designed messages delivered by influencers can increase the visualization of companies enhancing their brands and positioning their products above the competence. Researchers can also use the p…

Electricity Consumption Analysis of Tertiary Buildings: An Empirical Approach for Two University Campuses

2020

An empirical approach for the analysis of energy consumption of existing buildings of the tertiary sector is presented in this study. It allowed the organization and management of large amounts of data according to different timeframes and helped to focus on leading issues about energy uses, and dealt with compatibility with tariff structure. The analysis method, which implied a powerful graphical representation of the results, allowed us to detect critical issues in electricity energy management for public buildings and improve their energy performance. Furthermore, the authors proposed a set of electricity consumption indexes (ECIs) that gave useful insight into the main hotspots. The bas…

Antibacterial, physical and mechanical properties of bonding agent containing synthesized Zinc Dimethacrylate

2019

Background The aim of this study includes synthesis of zinc dimethacrylate ionomer (ZDMA) by a new method, incorporate it into resin bonding and evaluate its antibacterial, physical and mechanical properties. Material and methods Resin adhesives containing 0 to 5% wt of ZDMA was produced and the following tests were accomplished: A: Antibacterial test: 1.Direct contact test. 2.Material aging; in both of them the bacterial colony counting were performed. B: Physical test: 1.Degree of conversion (D.C). 2.Evaluating the amount of released Zinc ion release in aqueous medium. C: Mechanical test: 1.Compressive strength test. 2.Shear bond test (enamel and dentine separately). The obtained results …

Delving Into the Body Fears’. Teacher Training in Art Education Attending to the Work of Women Artists

2018

Planteamos el uso del arte contemporáneo en la formación de docentes. Consideramos de gran interés acercar los actuales dispositivos del arte a las futuras generaciones de maestros y maestras, ya que en el mundo del arte se están tratando temáticas sociales y culturales que van a resultar decisivas en la labor que deberán llevar a cabo quienes eduquen. Desde una perspectiva regeneradora y vitalista, proponemos una posibilidad de estrategias en la formación artística del colectivo docente. Integramos temáticas que habitualmente no se tratan en el ámbito escolar, pero que están vinculadas a las emociones, a las necesidades y a la vida cotidiana del alumnado. Conceptos como «el miedo» o «el cu…

Contemporary Art as a Learning Experience

2012

Abstract Art has changed a lot during the last fifty years. In spite of that, the role of art in schools has remained the same. The aim of this paper is to show the many different ways contemporary art offers itself as an environment for learning. An idea of contemporary art as a learning experience presented here is based on teacher's views on the matter. The analysis of the material shows that by concretizing the properties of artworks and the experience produced by them, arguments for seeing contemporary art both as a credible and a necessary environment of learning can be found.

Modular Method of Detection, Localization and Counting of Mutliple-Taxon Pollen Apertures Using Bag of Words

2014

International audience; Accurate recognition of airborne pollen taxa is crucial for understanding and treating allergic diseases, which affect an important proportion of the world population. Modern computer vision techniques enables the detection of discriminant characteristics. Apertures is one of these characteristic that has been little explored up to now. In this paper, a flexible method of detection, localization and counting of apertures of different pollen taxa with varying appearances is proposed. Apertures are described based by primitive images following the Bag-of-Words strat-egy. A confidence map is estimated based on the classification of sampled regions. The method is designe…

Classification based on Iterative Object Symmetry Transform

2004

The paper shows an application of a new operator named the iterated object transform (IOT) for cell classification. The IOT has the ability to grasp the internal structure of a digital object and this feature can be usefully applied to discriminate structured images. This is the case of cells representing chondrocytes in bone tissue, giarda protozoan, and myeloid leukaemia. A tree classifier allows us to discriminate the three classes with a good accuracy.

2019

Abstract This article contains intensity and aversiveness ratings of electrical stimuli and data on electrodermal activity (skin conductance level and skin conductance response) during an implicit conditioning procedure. Further, answers from a questionnaire on contingency awareness are provided. The experiment consisted of three phases. In the acquisition, two types of visual stimuli (CS+ and CS-) were coupled to weakly and moderately painful electrical stimuli presented to the participants’ (N = 48) dominant hand. In the test phase, after both CS+ and CS- only the weakly painful electrical stimuli were presented. In the contingency test phase, no more electrical stimuli were presented and…

Automatic regrouping of strata in the goodness-of-fit chi-square test

2019

Pearson’s chi-square test is widely employed in social and health sciences to analyze categorical data and contingency tables. For the test to be valid, the sample size must be large enough to provide a minimum number of expected elements per category. This paper develops functions for regrouping strata automatically no matter where they are located, thus enabling the goodness-of-fit test to be performed within an iterative procedure. The functions are written in Excel VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and in Mathematica. The usefulness and performance of these functions is illustrated by means of a simulation study and the application to different datasets. Finally, the iterative use of …

El sistema de continuidad como proceso unificador

2007

El sistema de continuidad es un procedimiento de construcción de relatos audiovisuales que tiene como fundamento la causalidad narrativa y un conjunto de normas de elaboración, especialmente en el montaje, cuya finalidad es mostrar al espectador un desarrollo argumental lógico que se desarrolla en un espacio-tiempo diegético coherente. La continuidad, está sometida a un modelo ideológico de representación que condiciona la percepción. La continuidad no es, por lo tanto, un concepto absoluto, sino que evoluciona a lo largo del tiempo. Sin embargo, el sistema de continuidad permanece vigente porque garantiza el predominio de la cadena causal y la inmersión del espectador en el universo diegét…