Browsing by Subject "Communication"

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    • A flexible dialogue system for enhancing web usability 

      Gatius Vila, Marta; González Bermúdez, Meritxell (WWW2009, 2009)
      Conference lecture
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      In this paper, we study how the performance and usability of web dialogue systems could be enhanced by using an appropriate representation of the different types of knowledge involved in communication: general dialogue ...

    • A law of word meaning in dolphin whistle types 

      Ferrer Cancho, Ramon; McCowan, Brenda (2009-10-30)
      Article
      Open Access
      We show that dolphin whistle types tend to be used in specific behavioral contexts, which is consistent with the hypothesis that dolphin whistle have some sort of “meaning”. Besides, in some cases, it can be shown that the ...

    • Adoption of web databases for document management in SMEs of the construction sector in Spain 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Roca Ramon, Xavier; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta (2007-07)
      Article
      Open Access
      This paper presents a web-based tool designed to improve internal and external document management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector. For each ...

    • An empirical study of effective capacity throughputs in 802.11 wireless networks 

      Davy, Alan; Meskill, Brian; Domingo Pascual, Jordi (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Current literature defines the effective capacity of a wireless link as the maximum throughput that can be supported while meeting specific Quality of Service targets on packet delay. This metric can be harnessed for a ...

    • Analysis of the relationship between implementers participation in strategy formulation and resistance in strategy implementation 

      Rico Flor, Jesús (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-02-03)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      Practitioners participation in strategy formulation has a significant influence in strategy implementation. Formulation and implementation are interdependent processes. Although historically formulation has received more ...

    • Análisis de los servicios y sistemas de comunicaciones de voz y datos para la implantación de un sistema de telefonía IP, en un entorno editorial 

      Giné Figueras, Francesc (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-04-27)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Català: L'objectiu principal del present document és el d'analitzar el sistema de comunicacions de veu actual i, en especial, la qualitat del servei ofertat, estudiar els requeriments dels serveis de comunicacions de veu ...

    • Análisis de tweets oficiales emitidos el año 2020, durante la COVID-19, en Sudamérica en el marco de la salud pública 

      Marcillo Delgado, Juan Carlos; Álvarez García, Alicia; García Carrillo, Àgueda (Asociación Española de Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO), 2021)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Communication as an essential component for risk management receives renewed interest with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The research aim was to analyze the ...

    • Aprendiendo negociando: la realidad es mi campo de juego 

      Capdevila Castellanos, Ivan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Iniciativa Digital Politècnica / Grup per a la Innovació i la Logística Docent en l'Arquitectura (GILDA), 2017-11)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Este artículo desarrolla la experiencia W.A.T.C.H., un curso de proyectos arquitectónicos realizado entre universidad, ayuntamiento, instituciones públicas, entidades privadas, asociaciones culturales, sociedad civil... ...

    • Aprendizaje arquitectónico en tiempos de emergencia: ideas para una movilidad post-Covid 

      Manuel Jerez, Esteban de; Andrades Borrás, Mercedes; Rueda Barroso, Sergio; Villanueva Molina, Isabel María (Grup per a la Innovació i la Logística Docent en l'Arquitectura (GILDA) / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Iniciativa Digital Politècnica, 2022-11-04)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The 2019/2020 academic year began with a climate emergency declaration in many universities and ended in a health emergency declaration. We dedicated the first term of our Concept Drawing Course to work on ideas for a ...

    • Are patients sufficiently informed about contact lens wear and care? 

      Alonso Matarín, Silvia; Yela Paradas, Sandra; Cardona Torradeflot, Genís (Wolters Kluwer, 2022-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      Significance: Frequent and effective patient-practitioner communication is essential to ensure instructions regarding contact lens use, care and maintenance are understood and followed. Given the relevance of good patient ...

    • Avaluació de dispositius wearables i disseny d'una aplicació per a la comunicació amb un smartphone 

      Azuara Dominguez, Oscar (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-05-28)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      The objective of this Treball Final de Grau is studying wearable devices and developing applications for them. This document contains a few concepts about Android applications and basic guidelines to program an application ...

    • Avaluació del sistema de comunicació augmentatiu i alternatiu 'Easy Communicator' en un entorn assistencial amb gent gran 

      Tomasa Pons, Ferran (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   L'Onada Serveis
      [CATALÀ] L'Easy Communicator, o ECO, és una aplicació per a tauleta que s'emmarca dins el conjunt dels SAAC, o Sistemes Augmentatius i Alternatius de Comunicació. L'ECO ha estat dissenyat al llarg dels anys per diferents ...

    • BLE connection 

      Martinez Gordi, Joan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-02)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   E.G.O Appliance Controls
      The purpose of this project is to supply to new induction cooking commercial generators a smart tool, which provide them of connectivity. Smart connectivity is implemented by the Bluetooth Communication module. First project ...

    • Can Menzerath’s law be a criterion of complexity in communication? 

      González Torre, Ivan; Debowski, Lukasz; Hernández Fernández, Antonio (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2021-08-20)
      Article
      Open Access
      Menzerath’s law is a quantitative linguistic law which states that, on average, the longer is a linguistic construct, the shorter are its constituents. In contrast, Menzerath-Altmann’s law (MAL) is a precise mathematical ...

    • Capacity of coherent laser downlinks 

      Belmonte Molina, Aniceto (2014-06-01)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Accurate knowledge of information data capacity between a spacecraft and optical ground stations is of utmost importance for assessing the feasibility of laser downlinks in future high bandwidth communication systems from ...

    • Claves excéntricas: fundamentos conceptuales para la enseñanza de proyectos arquitectónicos 

      Marina Barba, Jesús; Morón Serna, Elena (Universitat Politècnica de València / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Iniciativa Digital Politècnica / Grup per a la Innovació i la Logística Docent en l'Arquitectura (GILDA), 2016-10)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Thinking processes hold a spatial dimension that define the course they take. They follow a path that has different levels of complexity and linearity, their goal is to reach the horizon starting from a vertex the position ...

    • Climateurope Festival: An innovative way of linking science and society 

      Kotova, Lola; Máñez Costa, Maria; Jacob, Daniela; Hewitt, Chris; Newton, Paula; Terrado, Marta (Elsevier, 2022-04)
      Article
      Open Access
      The Climateurope Festivals were designed to create synergies between different European, national and international initiatives in the fields of Earth-system modelling & Climate Services and enhance the transfer of information ...

    • Co-production pathway of an end-to-end climate service for improved decision-making in the wine sector 

      Terrado, Marta; Marcos, Raül; González Reviriego, Nube; Vigo, Ilaria; Nicodemou, Andria (Elsevier, 2023)
      Article
      Open Access
      Climate services are one of the tools that can support the agriculture sector to address the impacts of climate change on agricultural production systems, not only considering climatic aspects but also social needs. This ...

    • Collective Response to Media Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Reddit and Wikipedia: Mixed-Methods Analysis 

      Gozzi, Nicolò; Starnini, Michele; Panisson, André; Paolotti, Daniela; Perra, Nicola (JMIR, 2020-10-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      Background: The exposure and consumption of information during epidemic outbreaks may alter people’s risk perception and trigger behavioral changes, which can ultimately affect the evolution of the disease. It is thus of ...

    • Combining one-sided communications with task-based programming models 

      Sala Penadés, Kevin; Macià Sorrosal, Sandra; Beltran Querol, Vicenç (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Hybrid programming combining task-based and message-passing models is an increasingly popular technique to exploit multi-core clusters. The Task-Aware MPI (TAMPI) library integrates both models enabling the safe overlap ...