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Chapter and Conference Paper
Enhancing the Realism of Wildfire Simulation Using Composite Bézier Curves
One of the consequences of climate change is the increase in forest fires around the world. In order to act quickly when this type of natural disaster occurs, it is important to have simulation tools that allo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
MOTIVA-PRO: Innovation Based on Users’ Motivations
For many years, design activity has adopted the problem-solving perspective. In this approach, solutions are based on users’ problem identification. However, to what extent do users truly seek the satisfaction...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Extraction of Copper from Sulfate-Chloride Solutions by Using Hydroxyoxime Extractants
The mining companies in Chile are increasingly using chloride salts and/or sea water in the sulfuric acid leaching of copper minerals. For this reason, the effect of chloride ions on the equilibria was inves...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cloud Robotics in FIWARE: A Proof of Concept
Novel Cloud infrastructures and their extensive set of resources have potential to help robotics to overcome its limitations. Traditionally, those limitations have been related with the number of sensors that ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Identification of Electrical Devices Applying Big Data and Machine Learning Techniques to Power Consumption Data
The efficient use of resources is a matter of great concern in today’s society. Specifically, power consumption has led to small networks that incorporate management systems, which are also being integrated in...
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Collaborative Architecture Design for Automated Deployment and Positioning of Beaconing Robots
The rising number of applications involving service robots demands more specific and custom control strategies. Under those special working conditions on-road signaling and beaconing robots are framed. Control...
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Analysis of the Performance of a Seven-Stage Axial Compressor Carried Out with a Numerical Simulation
This chapter presents the numerical analysis of a seven-stage axial compressor which was carried out with commercial computational fluid dynamic software. The results showed that the considerations made in the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Validación de la Serie Cero del Termociclador TEMPER para su Aplicación en Laboratorios de Diagnóstico Molecular
An analysis of the performance characteristics and the technical requirements compliance of a new designed thermal cycler is presented in order to demonstrate that it can be successfully implemented for the in...
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Characterization of the Vulnerability to the Contamination in Defined Areas of the Vento Aquifer, Validated with Geophysical Methods
In this paper an assessment of the specific vulnerability of the Vento aquifer by using geologic, geomorphologic and hydrologic considerations validated by geophysical methods (seismic and the electrical resis...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation of a Locomotion Algorithm for Worm-Like Robots on FPGA-Embedded Processors
In this paper, a locomotion algorithm designed for an eight modules worm-like robot has been successfully tested on three different FPGA-embedded processors: MicroBlaze, PowerPC and LEON2. The locomotion of wo...