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Influencia de la presión en roturas de tubería de redes de distribución
(09/01/2016)
Uno de los síntomas del deterioro de las redes de distribución de agua son las frecuentes roturas de tubería. Las gestoras del agua tratan de evitarlas en la medida de lo posible debido a los elevados costos económicos, ...
Estimates of Biomass and Fixed Carbon at a Rainforest in Panama
(10/03/2012)
This paper presents an estimation of the quantity of carbon fixed in trees in a one hectare (ha) plot at the Cerro Pelado-Gamboa
Hydrology Tropical Observatory, which is located in the province of Colon, Panama. The ...
Seismic Response of Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) Structural Fuse Systems
(2004)
Passive energy dissipation (PED) devices have been implemented to enhance structural performance by reducing seismically induced structural damage. In this paper metallic dampers are defined to be structural fuses (SF) ...
Seismic Response of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Structural Fuses
(2003)
Passive energy dissipation (PED) devices have been implemented to enhance structural performance by reducing seismically induced structural damage. In this article, metallic dampers are defined to be structural fuses (SF) ...
Design of a Two-Level Boost Converter
(2013)
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the design of a two-level boost converter and its controller. First, the context of the importance of such a converter is stablished. Then, the operation of an ideal converter ...
Experimental research on the effects of water application on greenhouse gas emissions from beef cattle feedlots
(04/30/2014)
The effect of water application (e.g., through rainfall or sprinkler system) on emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2), from pen surfaces of open-lot beef ...
Multisensory System for Fruit Harvesting Robots. Experimental Testing in Natural Scenarios and with Different Kinds of Crops
(12/04/2010)
The motivation of this research was to explore the feasibility of detecting and locating fruits from different kinds of crops in natural scenarios. To this end, a unique, modular and easily adaptable multisensory system ...
Análisis e Implementación de la Arquitectura de Información de un sitio web Universitario, caso Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
(Proceedings of the 13th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: Engineering Education Facing the Grand Challenges, What Are We Doing?, 07/01/2015)
In this work the actions taken by an investigation involving the redesign of the website of the Technological University of Panama using as a basis the user-centric and emphasizing the use of information architecture design ...
The Balance Score Card for the Design and Validation Instrumens to Measure the Academic Teachers´s Achievement and Performance
(2012)
The evaluation of faculty work is critical for the university accreditation. Moreover, particularly sensitive to this related tendency of faculty work evaluation; it is necessary to go beyond the knowledge factor and ...
Virtualización de la educación y formación docente: El caso de la Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá Luego de 10 Años de Ejecución
(02/01/2012)
El presente artículo plantea la experiencia concreta en enseñanza virtual desarrollada por el Centro de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (CIDITIC), de la ...