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A Comparative Survey of Feature Extraction and Machine Learning Methods in Diverse Acoustic Environments
(Sensors, 2021, Vol. 21, No. 4, 2021-02)Acoustic event detection and analysis has been widely developed in the last few years for its valuable application in monitoring elderly or dependant people, for surveillance issues, for multimedia ... -
A comprehensive sounding of the ionospheric HF radio link from Antarctica to Spain
(Radio Science, 2013. Vol.48, 1, Gener - Febrer, 2013-01)Since 2003, our group has been investigating the performance of different transmission techniques for low-power low-interference High Frequency (HF) ionospheric communication systems. Specifically, we ... -
A custom approach for a flexible, real-time and reliable software defined utility
(Sensors. 2018, Vol. 18. 3, 2018-02)Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have enabled the evolution of traditional electric power distribution networks towards a new paradigm referred to as the smart grid. However, the different ... -
A Genetic QoS-Aware Routing Protocol for the Smart Electricity Networks
(International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 2013., 2013-09)This paper presents a QoS-aware routing protocol suitable for distribution of smart electricity grids based on heterogeneous machine to machine communications. The distribution Smart Grid needs high ... -
A Heterogeneous Layer-Based Trustworthiness Model for Long Backhaul NVIS Challenging Networks and an IoT Telemetry Service for Antarctica
(Sensors, 2021, 21 (10), 2021-05)Antarctica is a key location for many research fields. The lack of telecommunication systemsthat interconnect remote base camps hardens the possibility of building synergies among differentpolar research ... -
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 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 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 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 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 ... -
A qualitative approach to help adjust the design of management subjects in ICT engineering undergraduate programs through user experience in a smart classroom context
(Sensors, 2021-07-12)Qualitative research activities, including first-day of class surveys and user experience interviews on completion of a subject were carried out to obtain students’ feedback in order to improve the ... -
A Review of physical and perceptual feature extraction techniques for speech, music and environmental sounds
(Applied Sciences. 2016, Vol. 6, No.5 (Maig), 2016-05)Endowing machines with sensing capabilities similar to those of humans is a prevalent quest in engineering and computer science. In the pursuit of making computers sense their surroundings, a huge effort ... -
A Smart Campus’ Digital Twin for Sustainable Comfort Monitoring
(Sustainability, 2020, Vol. 12, No. 21, 2020-11)Interdisciplinary cross-cultural and cross-organizational research offers great opportunities for innovative breakthroughs in the field of smart cities, yet it also presents organizational and knowledge ... -
A study of CP violation in B±→DK± and B±→Dπ± decays with D→K0SK±π∓ final states
(Physics Letters B , 2014, Vol. 733 (Juny), 2014-06-02)A first study of CP violation in the decay modes B±→[K0SK±π∓]Dh± and B±→[K0SK∓π±]Dh±, where h labels a K or π meson and D labels a D0 or D⎯⎯⎯0 meson, is performed. The analysis uses the LHCb data set ... -
A study of the Z production cross-section in pp collisions at s√=7TeV using tau final states
(Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013, Vol. 2013, No.1 (Gener), 2013-01-16)A measurement of the inclusive Z → ττ cross-section in pp collisions at s√=7TeV is presented based on a dataset of 1.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb detector. Candidates for Z → τ τ decays are identified ... -
A Systematic Review of Current Strategies and Methods for BIM Implementation in the Academic Field
(Applied Sciences, 2021, 11 (12), 2021-06)Since the international governmental institutions required and/or recommended (accord-ing to the regulations of each country and continent) all public works to be certified in the BIM(Building Information ... -
A Three Methods Proactive Improvement Model for Buildings Construction Processes
(Sustainability, 2020, Vol. 12, No 10, 2020-05)This paper proposes a proactive model to improve the overall performance of constructionprocesses. The main advantage is that potential waste and associate impacts could be identified in theearly stages ... -
A unit selection text-to-speech-and-singing synthesis framework from neutral speech: proof of concept
(EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing. 2019:22, 2019-12)Text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis systems have been widely used in general-purpose applications based on the generation of speech. Nonetheless, there are some domains, such as storytelling or voice output ... -
A WASN-Based Suburban Dataset for Anomalous Noise Event Detection on Dynamic Road-Traffic Noise Mapping
(Sensors. 2019, Vol. 19, No. 11, 2019-05)Traffic noise is presently considered one of the main pollutants in urban and suburban areas. Several recent technological advances have allowed a step forward in the dynamic computation of road-traffic ... -
Absorptive capacity and innovation in low-tech companies in emerging economies
(Journal of Technology Management & Innovation. 2018, Vol.13, 2, 2018-07)Innovation capacity is on the focus of policy makers in emerging economies. Although some studies show the antecedents of innovation capacity for developed economies and high technological industries, ...