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Exhibition “Leonardo Torres Quevedo: The Universal Engineer” [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 2020
Reports on the Spanish exhibition, Leonardo Torres Quevedo: The Universal Engineer” at the King’s Castle of San Vicente de la Barquera, Spain. The exhibition was organized by the Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Humanities of Lanzarote and the association of Friends of Scientific Culture, in the context of the commemoration of the centenary of the ...
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Routing Topologies of Wireless Sensor Networks for Health Monitoring of a Cultural Heritage Site [PDF]

open access: yesSensors, 2016
This paper provides a performance evaluation of tree and mesh routing topologies of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in a cultural heritage site. The historical site selected was San Juan Bautista church in Talamanca de Jarama (Madrid, Spain).
Sofía Aparicio   +4 more
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Genetic patterns related to von Willebrand factor: implications on the need for mechanical ventilation, severity, and death in COVID-19 [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine
BackgroundElevated levels of Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) have been associated to an increased need of mechanical ventilation and higher mortality risk in COVID-19 patients, but the hypothesis of a shared genetic background has not been explored ...
José López Castro   +459 more
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo: el patrimonio histórico, científico, tecnológico y educativo … y las funciones de la universidad. // Leonardo Torres Quevedo: historical, scientific, technological and educational heritage … and the functions of university

open access: yesCabás, 2017
(ES) Con ocasión de la conmemoración del centenario del Transbordador del Niágara, a lo largo de 2016 se ha llevado a cabo un denso programa de actividades, promovido desde la asociación cultural Amigos de la Cultura Científica, que han dado contenido ...
Francisco A. González Redondo
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30-day postoperative mortality and the effects of hospital preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pooled analysis of prospective international cohort studiesResearch in context [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet Regional Health. Europe
Summary: Background: Surgical services were poorly prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to widescale disruption to elective activity. This study aimed to identify actionable priorities to strengthen pandemic preparedness of surgical and hospital ...
Dmitri Nepogodiev   +23259 more
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Model for regional collaboration: Successful strategy to implement a pediatric early warning system in 36 pediatric oncology centers in Latin America. [PDF]

open access: yesCancer, 2022
Background Pediatric early warning systems (PEWS) aid in the early identification of deterioration in hospitalized children with cancer; however, they are under‐used in resource‐limited settings. The authors use the knowledge‐to‐action framework to describe the implementation strategy for Proyecto Escala de Valoracion de Alerta Temprana (EVAT), a ...
Agulnik A   +53 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Engineered Plasmonic and Fluorescent Nanomaterials for Biosensing, Motion, Imaging, and Therapeutic Applications. [PDF]

open access: yesAdv Mater
A schematic illustration of how noble metals can be used to create nanoparticles (NPs) or nanoclusters (NCs). Noble metal NPs, due to their plasmonic properties, enable photothermal therapy and surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). In contrast, NCs, which lack a plasmonic resonance band, exhibit fluorescence, making them ideal for bioimaging ...
Esporrín-Ubieto D   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Radon Transport, Accumulation Patterns, and Mitigation Techniques Applied to Closed Spaces

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2022
In this study, different techniques for the mitigation of radon gas in indoor spaces were investigated. For this purpose, two different scenarios of a public building were analyzed: two symmetrical facility galleries and a reverberation chamber. Although
Isabel Sicilia   +4 more
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Rician Beamforming: Despeckle Method via Coarray Projection Stochastic Analysis

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
Current computation capabilities normal, Delay and Sum (DAS) and Total Focusing Method (TFM) allow new definitions for beamformers. In this paper, a new beamforming method is proposed. It exploits diversity across pixel data after focusing process.
Virginia Yagüe-Jiménez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Numerical Simulation of the Tension–Compression Behavior of Tie Connections in Brick Masonry Walls

open access: yesCivilEng, 2022
Brick masonry veneer walls connected to infill walls inserted in a reinforced concrete (RC) frame are a common constructive system in Portugal. The stability of the veneer wall is ensured by ties that make the connection with the masonry infill walls ...
Javier Ortega   +2 more
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