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A Heuristic to Create Prosumer Community Groups in the Social Internet of Energy
(Sensors, 2020, Vol. 20 No 13, 2020-07)Contrary to the rapid evolution experienced in the last decade of Information andCommunication Technologies and particularly the Internet of Things, electric power distributionsystems have ... -
A Hybrid Method Oriented to Concatenative Text-to-Speech Synthesis
(2003-09-01)In this paper we present a speech synthesis method for diphonebased text-to-speech systems. Its main goal is to achieve prosodic modifications that result in more natural-sounding synthetic speech. This ... -
A la recerca d’una metodologia per a l’experiència mediàtica de la diàspora
(Trípodos, núm. 28, 2011, 2011)The immigrant’s media consumption has generally been studied from the perspective of social integration with superficial descriptions of media choices. This article introduces Habermas’s analytical ... -
A literature review on bipolar disorder and how it affects a second language acquisition for EFL
(2020)Bipolar disorder is part of an experience of the destruction of autonomy and loss of identity that penetrates deeply into the heart of the bipolar student. Thus, bipolar students are emotionally unstable, ... -
A low-cost contact system to assess load displacement velocity in a resistance training machine
(Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2011, Núm. 10, 2017-05-22)This study sought to determine the validity of a new system for assessing the displacement and average velocity within machine-based resistance training exercise using the Chronojump System. The new ... -
A methodology for damping measurement of engineering materials: application to a structure under bending and torsion loading
(Journal of Vibration and Control, 2014-09-11)A new method to calculate damping properties of rigid materials to be used in Finite Elements calculations is presented. Its relevance relies in its simplicity regarding the amount of materials data, ... -
A Methodology to Study the University’s Online Teaching Activity from Virtual Platform Indicators: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(Sustainability, 2021, 13 (9), 2021-05)The Covid-19 pandemic led Catalan universities to do all teaching and evaluation onlinefrom 11 March 2020 until the end of term on 30 July. Conventional universities made the transition toonline teaching ... -
A Mixed Methods Framework for Psychoanalytic Group Therapy: From Qualitative Records to a Quantitative Approach Using T-Pattern, Lag Sequential, and Polar Coordinate Analyses
(Frontiers in Psychology, 2020, Vol. 11, Article 1922, 2020)Conducted within a mixed methods framework, this study focuses on the conversationfacilitation role of a lead therapist during group psychotherapy with adolescents. Conversation is an essential component ... -
A model-independent Dalitz plot analysis of B±→DK± with D→K0Sh+h− (h=π,K) decays and constraints on the CKM angle γ
(Physics Letters B , 2015, Vol. 718, No. 1 (Novembre), 2012-11-15)A binned Dalitz plot analysis of B± → DK± decays, with D → K0 Sπ+π− and D → K0 S K+K−, is performed to measure the CP-violating observables x± and y± which are sensitive to the CKM angle γ . The analysis ... -
A new approach to the hourly mean computation problem when dealing with missing data
(Earth Planet Sp (2009) 61: 945, 2009-10-19)Geomagnetic observatory records are unavoidably affected by primary data interruptions which, in turn, may have possible effects on the accuracy of the definitive data derived from them. One of the ... -
A new four-point probe design to measure conductivity in polymeric thin films
(Afinidad LXX, 563, Julio - Septiembre 2013, 2013-07)En el desarrollo de nuevas aplicaciones de polímeros conductores, la medida de forma precisa de la conductividad es todavía un reto, especialmente para muestras muy delgadas como los obtenidos por CVD. ... -
A new method to assess how curricula prepare students for the workplace in higher education
(© Educational review, 2020-02-03)Curricula are an essential ingredient of academic activity in higher education institutions and so it is necessary to develop tools that help improve these curricula. The need to increase student ... -
A new model of exercise referral scheme in primary care: is the effect on adherence to physical activity sustainable in the long term? A 15-month randomised controlled trial
(BMJ Open 2018;8:e017211, 2017-12)Introduction Studies had not yet overcome the most relevant barriers to physical activity (PA) adherence. An exercise referral scheme (ERS) with mechanisms to promote social support might enhance ... -
A new model of exercise referral scheme in primary care: is the effect on adherence to physical activity sustainable in the long term? A 15-month randomised controlled trial
(BMJ Open 2018;8:e017211, 2017-12)Introduction Studies had not yet overcome the most relevant barriers to physical activity (PA) adherence. An exercise referral scheme (ERS) with mechanisms to promote social support might enhance ... -
A Novel Approach to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Care Home Residents: The GET READY Study Utilising Service-Learning and Co-Creation
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(3), 418, 2019-02-01)The GET READY study aimed to integrate service-learning methodology into University degrees by offering students individual service opportunities with residential care homes, to co-create the best suited ... -
A novel fluoro-chromogenic click reaction for the labelling of proteins and nanoparticles with near-IR theranostic agents
(Chemical Communications. Vol.51, n.26 (2015), p.5586-5589, 2014-12)Reaction of porphycene isothiocyanates with primary and secondary amines leads to the formation of thiazolo[4,5-c]porphycenes, with a substantial shift in the absorption and fluorescence spectra. The ... -
A phone of my own. Gender, religion and technology
(Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics, núm. 9, 2018, 2018)The invisibility of immigrant women has a negative impact on their integration into the host society. This article examines how access to technology, particularly mobile devices, is an element that can ... -
A Pitch Marks Filtering Algorithm Based on Restricted Dynamic Programming
(2006-09-17)In this paper, a generic pitch marks filtering algorithm (PMFA) is introduced in order to achieve reliable and smooth pitch marks from any input pitch tracking or marking algorithm. The proposed PMFA ... -
A Poset-Generalizability Method for Human Development Indicators
(Social Indicators Research, 2021-06-17)The paper introduces a poset-generalizability perspective for analysing human development indicators. It suggests a new method for identifying admissibility of diferent informational spaces and criteria ... -
A Privacy-Oriented Local Web Learning Analytics JavaScript Library with a Configurable Schema to Analyze Any Edtech Log: Moodle’s Case Study
(Sustainability, 2021, 13 (9), 2021-05)Educational institutions are transferring analytics computing to the cloud to reduce costs.Any data transfer and storage outside institutions involve serious privacy concerns, such as studentidentity ...