The Workshop of Physical Agents intends to be a forum for information and experience exchange in different areas regarding the concept of agent in physical environments, especially applied to the control and coordination of autonomous systems: robots, mobile robots, industrial…

This paper summarizes the experience gained in dealing with resistance to change appeared in the companies when they develop innovative processes related to the adoption of new technologies, tools, equipment, infrastructure and methodologies. Technological innovation is rapidly absorbed by society…

The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences in diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT) between two liquid meal-replacement shakes of different macronutrient compositions: high protein (HP) and high carbohydrate (HC) meal. Five male subjects (26 ± 3.7 y, body mass…

Dynamical systems theory describes how behaviours can deviate through a series of states (stable or unstable) before returning to an original stable state. It has been suggested that squash performance exhibits properties akin to a dynamical system and demonstrated that…

Background: in both Spain and Italy the number of immigrants has strongly increased in the last 20 years, currently representing more than the 10% of workforce in each country. The segregation of immigrants into unskilled or risky jobs brings negative…

Uno de los aspectos menos estudiado de la obra de Arguedas es la parte dedicada a la poesía, castellana y quechua, que el escritor peruano compuso de manera circunstancial y apelando a contextos y sentimientos relacionados con su propia realidad.…

Introducción. A lo largo de este trabajo se pretenden analizar las peculiaridades del ajuste escolar en los menores adoptados. Estos menores llegan a una adopción tras haber sufrido experiencias más o menos traumáticas, que pueden estar condicionando su desarrollo y…

To analyze the present status of rheumatological research in Spain, three indicators have been evaluated: use of the difference study designs, use of statistical techniques and relevance of the studies. This last point was determined by the comparison of the…

The aim of this study is to develop a color visualization system for multispectral images in the near-infrared region (NIR, 800–1000 nm). Samples with the same color or appearance in the visible region, which are therefore indistinguishable to the human

The purpose of this paper is to present a specific testing protocol for monitoring upper-body strength using medicine ball throws. The protocol is composed of three tests: throw without countermovement, throw with countermovement, and throw with countermovement of a medicine…