(English) A nano-network is a communication network at the nano-scale between nano-devices. Nanodevices face certain challenges in functionalities, because of limitations in their processing capabilities and power management ...

The calculations that allow the operating license of the nuclear reactors are usually made using conservative methods. This conservatism, often excessive, limits the actual capabilities of the industry to increase energy ...

Sleep monitoring is of major importance for various medical areas such as the detection and treatment of sleep disorders, assessment of different medical conditions or medications' effects over sleep quality, and mortality ...

Since the first studies on bowhead whale singing behaviour, song variations have been consistently reported. However, there has been little discussion regarding variability in bowhead whale singing display and its ecological ...

We propose three interoperability levels to introduce in present and future Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) deployments with smart sensors.

The Electrical Engineering department of the University FNB/UPC -Barcelona Tech. conducted a large set of real tests on a hybrid propulsion platform with compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel at the facilities of Marina Barcelona ...

The stepwise replacement of conventional power plants by renewable-based ones such as wind power plants could a ect the system behaviour and planning. First, the network stability may be compromised as it becomes less ...

In longitudinal studies it is often of interest to measure the association between a longitudinal marker repeatedly measured in time and the risk for an event. By postulating a model for the joint distribution, we acknowledge ...

Since the first models developed in the late 19th century, the applications of piezoelectric materials have been progressively growing in number. The capacity of these materials to couple electric and mechanic fields makes ...

During decades, estimation and detection tasks in many Signal Processing and Communications applications have been significantly improved by using subspace and component-based techniques. More recently, subspace methods ...