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The teaching proposal offers an experience that introduces intuitively research through relationships, using new digital tools that encourage collaborative work both inside and outside the classroom. This approach is analyzed and understood by the adaptation of the dispositive concept to the research method. An experimental pedagogy that turns the seminar format into a project laboratory in which students acquire transversal skills dynamically and collaboratively. The selection of the syllabus, as a common tool in different schools of architecture, is used in this proposal as a device. Through the characteristics of this term defined by Michel Foucault and the associative thinking that is created between teaching methods, both academic and professional results, a debate is encouraged on the mediation between the different mechanisms and techniques of architectural research.La propuesta docente ofrece una experiencia para introducirse en la investigación de forma intuitiva a través de la relación, utilizando nuevas herramientas digitales que fomentan el trabajo colaborativo y en red tanto dentro como fuera del aula. Esta forma de aproximación se analiza y comprende por medio de la adecuación del concepto dispositivo al método de investigación. Una pedagogía experimental que convierte el formato seminario en un laboratorio de proyectos en el que los estudiantes adquieren capacidades transversales de manera dinámica y colectiva. La selección del sílabo como herramienta común en diferentes escuelas de arquitectura es utilizado en esta propuesta como un dispositivo. A través de las características de este término acuñado por Michel Foucault y del pensamiento asociativo que se crea entre los métodos docentes y los resultados tanto académicos como profesionales, se fomenta un debate sobre la mediación entre los diferentes mecanismos y técnicas de investigación arquitectónica.

The transversal experimental concrete workshop offers students in advanced architecture courses the opportunity to carry out a complete project from start to finish through the design and construction of a concrete prototype at a 1:1 scale. Concrete, understood as an integrating material of architecture, is the center of the workshop. Its different characteristics and manipulation possibilities allow students to experiment with alternatives in each exercise, as well as finding project reasons according to their interests. Concrete is the fundamental element since it becomes a vehicle for learning, experimentation, and design. El taller experimental transversal en hormigón ofrece a los estudiantes de cursos avanzados de arquitectura la oportunidad de realizar un proyecto completo de principio a fin a través del diseño y construcción de un prototipo en hormigón a escala 1:1. El hormigón como material integrador de la arquitectura es el centro del taller. Sus distintas características y posibilidades de manipulación permiten experimentar con alternativas en cada ejercicio y encontrar motivos de proyecto según los intereses de cada estudiante. El hormigón es el elemento fundamental, pues se convierte en vehículo de aprendizaje, de experimentación y de proyecto.

The oil palm grown around the world to meet the demand for food and bio-fuels, is threatened by a fatal disease known as basal stem rot (BSR). Application of machine learning (ML) in agriculture keeps increasing with the advancement of technology, especially in disease detection. This manuscript presents a mini-review of the different methods relevant to BSR disease classification and detection using ML. The steps were discussed, including pre-processing and approaches used. Various algorithms, feature extractions and classification methods were discussed in the review. The review results revealed that the adoption of disease detection and classification methods for BSR disease in oil palm using ML approaches is still in its early stages of research. Hence, new tools are needed to fully automate the detection and classification processes for practical, operational, fast and accurate systems to be used in vast oil palm plantations.

La iglesia románica de la Vera Cruz de Segovia, construida según el modelo del Santo Sepulcro de Jerusalén, presenta en sus fábricas una serie de fases constructivas, con añadidos posteriores y diversas restauraciones y reparaciones de las que se tiene muy poca información. Con motivo de su próxima restauración, un equipo multidisciplinar va a llevar a cabo un exhaustivo estudio con el que se pretende hacer un levantamiento geométrico preciso, datar las fases constructivas del edificio, estudiar los sistemas constructivos y materiales, y realizar el estudio patológico, para establecer un diagnóstico fidedigno de su estado de conservación. El articulo recoge por un lado toda la documentación previa recabada; las técnicas y ensayos a emplear; los estudios previos previstos, entre los que se proponen el uso de plataformas aéreas no-tripuladas, termografía, escaneado terrestre estático, auscultación de humedades o análisis computacional de estructuras de mampostería; y los resultados que se esperan obtener para el mejor conocimiento del bien, antes de acometer el proyecto de restauración.

Although the degradation of Iraqi water sources has been a persistent problem for decades, it has become a full-blown crisis since a few years ago. The water levels in both rivers, Euphrates and Tigris, have declined by 60%. This paper aims to detect and monitor the hydrological systems of Mesopotamia marsh in Dhi-Qar province, located in the south of Iraq, for the period 1989 to the year 2021. The supervised maximum likelihood classification algorithm coupled with the integration of remote sensing (RS) data and GIS tools were used to analyse satellite images for that period. The results showed a significant hydrological change, represented by an increasingly decline of water bodies across the study area. The surface water area decreased by 75% through the study period. Therefore, there is an urgent need to understand wetland hydrology's attitude in Mesopotamia marsh and monitor and document water levels across the zone.

Extreme climate events (ECEs) of drought are becoming common in Mediterranean areas and farmers need adapt agricultural practices to achieve sustainability. This field study took place in to gain insight into the effects of seasonal rainfall, tillage and crop systems on wheat yield and weed parameters. Conventional (CT), minimum (MT) and no-tillage (NT) systems in wheat monoculture and rotation cropping systems were tested during 3 years of study (2014–2015, 2015–2016 and 2016–2017). Growing Season Rainfall (GSR) was the most influential factor on yield parameters and weed population. In 2016–2017, categorized as an extreme climate event by drought, the GSR accounted for 43.4% of the historical average. This year, the wheat yield (373 kg ha−1) and harvest index (0.18) were the lowest. In 2015–2016, scarcer autumn rainfall (44 mm) affected the weed germination period, reducing the density (17 plants m−2) and diversity of weed species (3 species m−2) while yield was favoured by high winter and spring rainfall (247 mm). Our study revealed that tillage effects was not significant on wheat yield, but NT systems consistently showed higher weed density and diversity than CT and MT despite the irregular GSR during this study. The rotation system presented higher values of wheat grain yield (781 kg/ha) and dry straw biomass (1803 kg/ha) but also weed biomass (48.54 g m−2) compared to monoculture (27.50 g m−2). NT and rotation combined increased the weed community although did not reduce the wheat yield compare to conventional systems even with an ECE of drought.

The mastery of using affix words among SJKT or Tamil vernacular schools should be taken seriously. This study aims to identify the need for the prefix/suffix word innovation kit in Malay Language for Tamil vernacular school students. This innovation kit plays the role as an alternative material for teaching and learning (PdPc) activities using prefix and suffix words, also academic support materials to diversify the teaching technique also prepare a variation of questions that concern the mastery of words with prefixes and suffixes. This study applies the Design and development Research Approach introduced by Richey and Klien (2007). This study involves the need analysis that is divided into three parts. The first part is the survey study involving 163 students. The data obtained was analysed through the descriptive statistics using the software called Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0. The interpretation of the needs analysis depends on the mean value and the standard deviation. The second part of this study involves the evaluation test on the prefix/suffix word skills to measure the level of mastery of this area among the students. The third part covers the semi-structured interview on the Malay Language Head Teacher to get some feedback on the need to construct the prefix/suffix word innovation kit. Its development will be able to improve the mastery of prefix/suffix words among Tamil vernacular school students.

Experimental systems that faithfully replicate human physiology at cellular, tissue and organ level are crucial to the development of efficacious and safe therapies with high success rates and low cost. The development of such systems is challenging and requires skills, expertise and inputs from a diverse range of experts, such as biologists, physicists, engineers, clinicians and regulatory bodies. Kirkstall Limited, a biotechnology company based in York, UK, organised the annual conference, Advances in Cell and Tissue Culture (ACTC), which brought together people having a variety of expertise and interests, to present and discuss the latest developments in the field of cell and tissue culture and in vitro modelling. The conference has also been influential in engaging animal welfare organisations in the promotion of research, collaborative projects and funding opportunities. This report describes the proceedings of the latest ACTC conference, which was held virtually on 30th September and 1st October 2020, and included sessions on in vitro models in the following areas: advanced skin and respiratory models, neurological disease, cancer research, advanced models including 3-D, fluid flow and co-cultures, diabetes and other age-related disorders, and animal-free research. The roundtable session on the second day was very interactive and drew huge interest, with intriguing discussion taking place among all participants on the theme of replacement of animal models of disease.

La innovación que requiere el sector de la construcción es más que simplemente implementar tecnología, es necesario digitalizar el sector y promover el trabajo colaborativo entre las partes interesadas. Muchos países de todo el mundo han incorporado herramientas para facilitar el trabajo colaborativo en sus procesos. En US en particular, son muchas las empresas que están implementando la metodología LPS y están aplicándolas en la construcción junto con las herramientas BIM. En España, sin embargo, la implementación de estas herramientas es relativamente reciente. A través de una encuesta, este artículo busca determinar el nivel de conocimiento que los interesados involucrados en el sector de la construcción español tienen sobre el modelo de trabajo colaborativo, especialmente de las herramientas BIM y LPS. Además, un grupo de expertos propone una selección de Mejores Prácticas (BP) para la aplicación de estas herramientas a un caso de estudio en Madrid (España).

Abstract NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract mPSS: a system for mobile and vocational education and training Abstract Mobile devices are always available, are very popular and can be used for different learning functionalities, ranging from communication and collaboration purposes to providing access to contents, both informational and instructional. Performance-centered approach has been proven to be more effective than the traditional lecture-practice-test (expository inductive) in training higher order skills, for preparing learners for self-learning, improving, adapting for changing jobs. The mPSS project applies performance-centered approach in mobile learning management system for educational and training purposes. Students receive a set of learning resources, consisting in description of adaptive scenarios performance centered assessment methods and criteria for evaluation and experts’ advices. Evaluation plan/strategy and the measurement instruments are aimed at measuring the effect of the project on knowledge, skills and attitudes of students and trainees. We present the design and implementation of this project for several courses that will be used by different students of various matters in several European countries. Introduction There is an old adage in distance education research which states ‘It is not technologies with inherent pedagogical advantages which are successful in distance education, but technologies which are generally available to citizens’. This is nowadays closely related with mobile telephony technologies. It is not an outrageous statement to say that every student in every program in every institution possesses one and use them constantly for every aspect of life except their education. Mobile learning may be defined as the provision of education and training on mobile devices: PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) smartphones, and mobile phones, including handhelds and palmtops, MP3 players and iPods. Dye1 gives a much more conceptual definition saying that device should be ‘able to be used wirelessly’, ‘able to be used standing with minimal effort’, ‘small enough to be held in one hand’ and ‘a device that a gentleman can hold in a pocket or a lady in a handbag’. We think that if several different industries (news, sports, and pornography) are able to provide without problem text and graphics to their customers, we can design our system being sure that it is clearly possible for mobile learning providers to provide mobile learning courseware to their students. What is mPSS? Our group has been involved in the design, development, evaluation and implementation of PSS (Performance Support Systems) in higher engineering and vocational education2, leading to the development of Internet-based Performance Support System with Educational Elements (IPSS_EE) 3, which exhibits all features of a Learning Content Management System.