The floor demands of Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) systems designed or retrofitted with metallic structural fuses are studied in this article. Floor velocity and acceleration are obtained and comparisons are made between ...

En este trabajo se presenta el estado del arte de los sistemas olfativos artificiales o narices electrónicas, su funcionamiento y algunas de sus aplicaciones. Además, se revisa el concepto de olfato electrónico, pasando ...

La responsabilidad civil por daño ambiental toma en consideración los daños sociales, la individualización del sujeto responsable y las dificultades de determinar el monto de la indemnización. La responsabilidad objetiva ...

Seismic design relies on inelastic deformations through hysteretic behavior. However, this translates into damage on structural elements, permanent system deformations following an earthquake, and possibly high cost for ...

Compressive sensing is a new field in signal processing and applied mathematics. It allows one to simultaneously sample and compress signals which are known to have a sparse representation in a known basis or dictionary ...

One of the main challenges facing the electricity sector worldwide is the design of efficient markets. In particular, the mechanisms used to solve regulatory conflicts are a crucial element of a regulatory regime and a ...

En el estudio se analiza la situación de la industria de productos vegetales frescos cortados en Panamá, específicamente en los aspectos de inocuidad de los productos elaborados y se constata que en el caso específico de ...

Los soportes de hormigón armado que forman parte de una estructura sismorresistentes en lugares donde existen mayores riesgos de sismo, deben diseñarse con el objetivo de asegurar un adecuado comportamiento en cuanto a ...

The level of quality management has recently been said to be deteriorating among top-rated, Japanese manufacturers. The manufacturers seem to have shifted their priorities from achieving high quality to responding to rapid ...

In the paper vertical movements of resonance hopping robot with one leg and electric drive are considered. Special construction of hopping robot with compensation of losses during flight of the robot allows to employ a ...