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Succession agreements in Galicia. The Pacto de Mejora as a legal transaction mortis causa
No full textFugas e interferencias: V International Performance Art Conference: 2020
No full textRecoge los contenidos presentados a: International Performance Art Conference (5. 2020. Pontevedra
RFID readability around wine bottle boxes
Full text linkThis contribution focuses on RFID performance in wineries. Specifically, it deals with the problem of readability of the RFID tags attached to wine bottles when packed in boxes. The results of a measurement campaign around cardboard boxes of six glass bottles, individually labelled with an RFID tag, are analyzed to stablish the conditions under which RFID is a valid technology to track wine bottles. The consequence is a guide of good practices to implement RFID tracking systems in wineries and warehouses, when we want to track individual bottles packed in boxes.European Union (CIP-Pilot Actions) | Ref. 25044
El bestiario de la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela: espacio, función y audiencia
No full textEntre as moitas sorpresas que depara ao visitante a catedral románica de Santiago atópase a numerosa serie de capiteis con temas animalísticos que decora o seu interior. Estes, que suman case setenta exemplos, repártense ao longo de todos os espazos do edificio: na cabeceira, os brazos do cruceiro, as naves, os pórticos interiores, as galerías e a cripta. A simple observación da súa localización indícanos que estas representacións teriomórficas tenden a concentrarse en certos lugares normalmente relacionados coa topografía sacra do edificio, o seu uso litúrxico ou simplemente en importantes lugares de paso.Agencia Estatal de Investigación | Ref. PID2019-108910GB-C2
Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity
No full textNature conservation literature and policy instruments mainly focus on the impacts of human development and the benefits of nature conservation for oceans and aboveground terrestrial organisms (e.g., birds and plants) and processes (e.g., food production), but these efforts almost completely ignore the majority of terrestrial biodiversity that is unseen and living in the soil (
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). Little is known about the conservation status of most soil organisms and the effects of nature conservation policies on soil systems. Yet like “canaries in the coal mine,” when soil organisms begin to disappear, ecosystems will soon start to underperform, potentially hindering their vital functions for humankind. Soil biodiversity and its ecosystem functions thus require explicit consideration when establishing nature protection priorities and policies and when designing new conservation areas. To inform such efforts, we lay out a global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function monitoring framework to be considered in the context of the post-2020 discussions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). To support this framework, we suggest a suite of soil ecological indicators based on essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) (
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) (see the figure and table S3) that directly link to current global targets such as the ones established under the CBD, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Paris Agreement (table S1)
Sign language anonymization: face swapping versus avatars
Full text linkThe visual nature of Sign Language datasets raises privacy concerns that hinder data sharing, which is essential for advancing deep learning (DL) models in Sign Language recognition and translation. This study evaluated two anonymization techniques, realistic avatar synthesis and face swapping (FS), designed to anonymize the identities of signers, while preserving the semantic integrity of signed content. A novel metric, Identity Anonymization with Expressivity Preservation (IAEP), is introduced to assess the balance between effective anonymization and the preservation of facial expressivity crucial for Sign Language communication. In addition, the quality evaluation included the LPIPS and FID metrics, which measure perceptual similarity and visual quality. A survey with deaf participants further complemented the analysis, providing valuable insight into the practical usability and comprehension of anonymized videos. The results show that while face swapping achieved acceptable anonymization and preserved semantic clarity, avatar-based anonymization struggled with comprehension. These findings highlight the need for further research efforts on securing privacy while preserving Sign Language understandability, both for dataset accessibility and the anonymous participation of deaf people in digital content.Agencia Estatal de Investigación | Ref. PID2021-123988OB-C32Agencia Estatal de Investigación | Ref. PID2021-126359OB-I00Agencia Estatal de Investigación | Ref. PRE2019-088146atlanTTic - research center for Telecommunication TechnologiesECSEL framework program | Ref. 101007254European Union NextGeneration EU/PRT
Multimodal translanguaging
Full text linkEsta nota revisa las metodologías relacionadas con el aprendizaje de lenguas como experiencia lingüística multimodal, en concreto, el uso paralelo de la lengua de signos y la lengua oral para aumentar la competencia comunicativa tanto de personas sordas como de oyentes. Actualmente, se produce una revisión del papel que ejerce la lengua materna en el aprendizaje de otras lenguas mediante conceptos de reciente aparición, como el de translenguaje, que propone que en los hablantes solo existe un sistema lingüístico cuyas características están totalmente integradas en lugar de estar asociadas a una sola lengua. Esta revisión, sumada al contexto actual de fomento del plurilingüismo y el respeto a la diversidad que las administraciones educativas difunden en las escuelas de toda Europa, resulta un marco excepcional para contribuir a la normalización de las lenguas de signos en la sociedad y a incorporar una visión multimodal de la comunicación en el estudio del desarrollo del lenguaje.This note reviews the methodologies related to language learning as a multimodal linguistic experience — specifically, the simultaneous use of sign and oral languages to improve the communicative competence of deaf and hearing-impaired people. The role of the mother tongue in the learning of other languages is currently under revision with the emergence of concepts such as ‘translanguaging’, which assumes that speakers possess a single linguistic system whose characteristics are fully integrated rather than being associated with a single language. This review, additional to the current context promoting multilingualism and respect for diversity that educational administrations disseminate in schools across Europe, provides an exceptional framework for contributing to the normalization of sign languages in society and incorporating a multimodal perspective on communication in the study of language development
Ingreso de menores con problemas de conducta en centros de protección especial
Full text linkAnte el aumento de situaciones en que los progenitores o tutores solicitan a la
Administración la asunción de la guarda de los menores a su cargo a l a v i s t a d e s u
comportamiento antisocial y violento, la LO de 8/2015, de 22 de julio, de modificación del
sistema de protección a la infancia y a la adolescencia, prevé un nuevo proceso especial para el
ingreso de menores con problemas de conducta en centros especiales de protección (arts. 25 a
35 LO 1/1996, de 15 de enero, de Protección Jurídica del Menor y art. 778 bis LEC). El objetivo
perseguido por la norma es la regulación de esta medida de protección de forma garantista y
unificada para todo el territorio nacional en cuanto anteriormente eran las Comunidades
Autónomas la que regulaban esta materia, manteniendo una disparidad de criterios no sólo en
relación al perfil del menor que podía ser ingresado y la modalidad del centro de protección, sino
que además, su contenido generaba serias dudas de constitucionalidad en cuanto incluían
limitaciones de derechos fundamentales del menor. La LO 8/2015 tratar de dar respuesta a las
voces que exigían esa normativa única y revestida de todas las garantías, no obstante, la
dispersión normativa que genera el hecho de que las disposiciones procesales se contengan
tanto en el art. 778 bis LEC como en los arts. 26 y ss. LO, de Protección Jurídica del Menor, trae
consigo toda una serie de dificultades de aplicación y dudas de interpretación, generando
inseguridad jurídica.In the face of increased situations in which parents or guardians apply to the Administration the assumption of the guardianship of the minors in their care in view of their antisocial and violent behaviour, Organic Law 8/2015, of 22 july, of modification of the system for the protection of children and adolescents, provides for a new special process for the admission of children and adolescents with behavior problems in special protection centres (articles 25 to 35 Organic Law 1/1996, de 15 january, Legal Protection of the Child and article 778 bis LEC). The objective pursued by the rule is the regulation of this measure of protection in a guaranteed and unified manner for the whole national territory as previously, it was the Autonomous Communities that regulated this matter, maintaining a disparity of criteria not only in relation to the profile of the child who could be entered and the mode of the protection centre, but also its content generated serious doubts of constitutionality insofar as they included limitations on the fundamental rights of the minor. Organic Law 8/2015 try to respond to the voices that required that unique regulation and covered with all the guarantees however, the normative dispersion of the procedural provisions is contained in both Articles 778 bis LEC as in articles 26 and ss Organic Law 1/1996, brings with it a whole series of difficulties of application and doubts of interpretation, creating legal uncertaint
Inferring fast ecotypic divergence in a protected marine area: comparing QST and FST patterns in Littorina saxatilis subpopulations from Cíes Islands in Spain
Full text linkThe intertidal snail Littorina saxatilis is well known for its remarkable variety of locally adapted populations. A unique L. saxatilis habitat is represented by the sheltered rocky environment found in the natural coastal lagoon of the Cíes Islands (NW Spain). The present-day characteristics of this habitat are relatively recent (~ 70–150 years), some of these have been human induced. In this study, we indirectly tested local adaptation resulting in ecotypic variation in this habitat by estimating the additive genetic differentiation between populations (QST) for morphological shell traits in families of embryos. We compared the Qst and Fst (AFLP loci) between populations of the previously described Crab ecotype (outside the lagoon) and the new Cíes lagoon ecotype (inside) as a proxy for adaptation. For several traits (RW1 and RW2; associated with a change in size of shell aperture) the QST was higher than corresponding FST, which indeed suggest that natural selection could be the force behind the apparent phenotypic divergence observed between the Crab and the Cíes lagoon ecotype. The putative process of local adaptation occurring in the Cíes lagoon ecotype (favoring a reduction of shell aperture) might be considered a case of fast phenotypic evolution driven by anthropogenic effects and with important conservation implications. Further genetic and ecological studies must be carried out to advance our knowledge in such an interesting system.Xunta de Galicia | Ref. ED431C 2016-037Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad | Ref. CGL2016-75482-
Record for the quantification of archaeological pottery: state of art and a new proposal. Seville Protocol (prcs/14)
Full text linkPresentamos una propuesta de cuantificación en ceramología protohistórica y clásica así como de representación de los resultados de dichas analíticas. Nuestro principal objetivo consiste en homogeneizar modelos de diagnóstico, análisis y publicación de los datos obtenidos de estudios de materiales cerámicos independientemente de su naturaleza, puesto que puede ser útil tanto de conjuntos estratigráficos como de series específicas. Consideramos que, de esta forma, se mejorará la interconexión no sólo de datos de unas zonas con otras, sino también de unos yacimientos con otros; además, resultará posible obtener resultados territorialmente más sólidos y contrastables que los que podemos obtener hasta este momento. Finalmente, a través del uso de ciertas convenciones en el análisis de la cerámica, podremos construir un aparato interpretativo de alto rango,que incorpore aspectos de carácter comercial, social, cultural e incluso simbólico.We introduce here a new quantification proposal in protohistoric and classical pottery studies. T he proposal also includes the way of representation of such analytics with the aim of making homogeneous diagnostic, analysis and publication models of any kind of ceramic material disregarding their nature. Therefore, it can be useful for either stratigraphy assemblages or particular series. This standard attempts to improve data interconnection between different areas, between different sites, so more solid and comparable values will be obtained at territorial level. At least, much better than the ones employed nowadays. Finally, using certain conventions in the pottery analysis will help us to build a high rank interpretative system, which may include aspects of commercial, social, cultural and, even, symbolic character