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Active jamming of a global navigation system GNSS receiver (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou) is of growing significance for the missions of security, control and monitoring. GNSS facilitates organization of various tasks: transportation, protecting mobile facilities or persons, traffic control, and a lot of others. Organizing generation of effective jamming denying normal navigation represents an important applied problem. Jamming GNSS, even though formally subject to international restrictions, is nevertheless a mandatory military technical component of ensuring the defensive capability of any developed state.The experience of recent years testifies to fast development of the equipment generating jamming against GNSS, and the technologies of counteracting jamming. Effective employment of jamming against GNSS users made the arms manufacturers seriously tackle the problem of improving jamming immunity of GNSS through modern techniques. Given the certain narrow limits for this characteristic of a system (long distances to satellites, limitations imposed on the power of information signals emitted by them, feeble directivity of their transmitting antennas), the countries possessing GNSS have published a plethora of information related to having achieved a dramatic improvement of their antijamming capacity giving rise to certain doubt in objectivity of the data.The article presents the results of scientific analysis and modeling of effectiveness of jamming against users of GNSS information with the receivers outfitted with correlative automatic jamming cancellers (AJC). Proof is provided of corrupting effectiveness of jamming cancellation, based on use of essentially parametric properties of the AJCs. ; Активные помехи приемникам систем глобальной навигации – СГН (GPS, Галилео, ГЛОНАСС, Бейдоу) приобретают все большее значение в задачах обеспечения безопасности, управления и контроля. С использованием СГН несложно организуются разнообразные задачи: транспортные, организации охраны мобильных объектов или лиц, контроля трафика и др. Организация постановки эффективных помех, блокирующих нормальную навигацию, является важной научной и прикладной задачей. Постановка помех СГН, хотя и подпадает под формальные международные ограничения, тем не менее является обязательной военно-технической составляющей обеспечения обороноспособности любого развитого государства.Опыты последних лет свидетельствуют о быстром развитии техники постановки активных помех СГН и борьбы с ними. Эффективное применение активных помех пользователям СГН заставило производителей вооружений всерьез заняться усилением помехоустойчивости СГН современными методами. Несмотря на определенные ограничительные условия по этому свойству систем (большие дальности до спутников, ограничения на мощность излучаемых ими информационных сигналов, слабая направленность их передающих антенн) в странах-владельцах СГН опубликовано много информации о достижении резкого усиления их помехоустойчивости, что вызывает определенные сомнения в объективности данных.В статье представлены результаты научного анализа и моделирования эффективности постановки помех потребителям информации СГН с приемниками, оснащенными корреляционными автокомпенсаторами активных помех (АК). Приведены доказательства снижения эффективности подавления помех, основанные на использовании принципиально параметрических свойств АК.

Amid intensified European integration processes in the national economy's agricultural sector, in particular the harmonization of technical regulation of agricultural products in terms of compliance with regulatory requirements and time bands for the implementation of methodological foundations of the worldrenowned hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) by agro-industrial entities, the reform of agricultural sector and its individual production chains to extend agrifood value-added chains and shape a "Made and Grown in Ukraine" brand image among European consumers is high on the agenda. A delay against the ongoing reform of agrarian sector and its raw materials integration into the European food markets with Ukrainian food producers gradually entering its narrow segments and mono-product niches will result in crisis inertia at agrarian economy regulatory levels, further contributing to the contouring of agrarian crisis. In this context, the author has classified challenges, threats and risks of emergence, exacerbation and inertia of agrarian crisis, as well as signs of institutional uncertainty and regulatory inability to ensure the sector's sustainable development using representative array of statistical and regulatory data (mindful of product specialization and capacity of food market operators, in particular food industry and primary production enterprises). It should be noted that active phase of implementation of the basic statutory requirements to ensure the European-level food safety has recently been given fresh impetus in Ukraine. However, tangible results will be available only in early 2018. Given the extremely pressing nature of this issue and the need to level down the existing information asymmetry in monitoring environment of technical regulation's harmonization, it would be expedient to conduct pilot nationwide and, where necessary, local or fieldspecific surveys of Ukraine's agrarian sector at least semi-annually. This in turn will provide the regulatory system's institutional environment with the relevant information necessary to timely take crisis prevention measures to ensure targeted correction of the system and get it back on the path of sustainable and inclusive development. ; Стаття присвячена аналізу викликів, що постали перед вітчизняним аграрним сектором еко- номіки у зв'язку із підписанням Угоди про асоціацію між Україною та ЄС. Розкрито проблеми, пов'язані з реалізацією ключових положень закону України з харчової безпеки в частині імплемента- ції європейських інструментів безпечності, що базуються на підходах і принципах НАССР, з урахуванням продуктової спеціалізації та розмірів потужностей операторів продовольчого ринку, зокрема підприємств харчової промисловості та господарств первинного виробництва. Проаналізовано загрози і ризики виникнення та загострення аграрної кризи, а також гальмування сільського розвитку, зокрема в умовах зволікання зі строками реалізації нормативних вимог. Розроблено конкретні пропозиції, практична реалізація яких дозволить унеможливити вплив окремих чинників, що спонукають до інерціювання аграрної кризи в умовах інтеграції національної економіки до внутрішнього ринку ЄС, та протистояти глобальним кризовим викликам.

The subject. The article deals with topical issues of ensuring the realization of the employee's right to healthy and safe working conditions.The purpose of the study is to identify the main directions of improvement of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation in the field of labor protection.The methodology includes formal-legal method, the analysis of the components of the right to healthy and safe working conditions, as well as the right to information and related rights.The main results. The author formulates proposals for amending a number of articles of the Labor Code, including those containing the most important branch principles, as well as those on termination of the employment contract and ensuring the right of an employee to a workplace that meets the requirements of labor protection.Examples from judicial practice show a low level of legal awareness of Russian employers and their disdainful attitude to labor legislation. This is expressed not only in violation of labor protection rules, but also in the absence of proper registration of an employee, when a written labor contract is not concluded with him. Thus, the relationship between the norms of different labor law institutions is expressed, expressed in their protective potential. The existing approach to understanding labor protection in a broad sense to a certain extent may be in demand even now. For example, by improving the norms on the conclu-sion, modification and termination of an employment contract, it is possible to achieve in parallel a certain improvement in working conditions for workers. This is due to the fact that legal registration of employment in most cases is associated with a higher level of security, since an employee without clearance does not actually exist for the state control and supervisory bodies.Conclusions. Understanding of labor protection as all-round protection of labor capacity of the person, being so widespread in Soviet time, looks quite justified nowadays too. The Labor Code of the Russian Federation, as the central regulatory legal act, should be considered as an instrument not only of legal regulation, but also of a powerful ideological impact on domestic employers, and changes and additions to labor legislation concerning labor protection should be made according to above-mentioned conclusion. ; Рассматриваются актуальные вопросы обеспечения реализации права работника на здоровые и безопасные условия труда. На основе анализа составляющих указанного права, а также смежных с ним права на информацию и права на легальное оформление трудовых отношений автором формулируются предложения по внесению изменений в ряд статей Трудового кодекса РФ, в том числе содержащих важнейшие отрас-левые принципы, а также посвященных расторжению трудового договора и обеспечению права работника на рабочее место, соответствующее требованиям охраны труда.

The subject. The article is devoted to analysis of court practice concerning crimes in public procurement.The purpose of the paper is to solve the problem of delimitation of theft committed by the perpetrator with the use of his official position, from abuse of official powers and official forgery is topical.The methodology. General scientific methods as analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison were used. The system method allowed to consider misdemeanors and a set of rules providing for responsibility for their commission, in conjunction with public relations, which need criminal law protection. The functional approach made it possible to address the issues of qualification for official crimes against the contract system and the state de-fense order, taking into account the forms and methods of activity of the subjects of con-tractual relations.Results and scope of application. An important role in improving the effectiveness of public procurement is played by officials who, in dealing with suppliers of goods and executors, are called upon to defend public interests. The public danger of crimes committed by offi-cials in this sphere is manifested in the destruction of the material basis of the functioning of the state, undermining its defensive capacity and reducing the level of security. Judicial practice testifies to the lack of uniform approaches to the qualification of crimes committed in the sphere of execution of the state and municipal contract.The article proposes criteria for delimiting the encroachments of officials on the expendi-ture of budgetary relations, taking into account the addition of the criminal law to norms that provide for responsibility for abuse in the performance of the state defense order (art. 201.1 and 285.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the qualification of crimes committed in the sphere of contractual relations, and the application of art. 201.1 and 285.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are proposed to be guided by the recommendations of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the delimitation of abuse of official powers from embezzlement.Conclusions. It is necessary to proceed from the existence of two lines of activity of the customer. The first is the acceptance of the delivered goods, the work performed, the ser-vices rendered. The second is payment for goods, work and services. ; Проблема отграничения хищения, совершенного виновным с использованием своего служебного положения, от злоупотребления должностными полномочиями и служеб-ного подлога, представляется актуальной, поскольку судебная практика свидетель-ствует об отсутствии единых подходов к квалификации преступлений, совершаемых в сфере исполнения государственного и муниципального контракта. Предлагаются кри-терии отграничения посягательств должностных лиц на расходование бюджетных средств с учетом дополнения уголовного закона нормами, предусматривающими от-ветственность за злоупотребления при выполнении государственного оборонного за-каза (ст. 201.1 и 285.4 УК РФ).

Стаття присвячена аналізу викликів, що постали перед вітчизняним аграрним сектором еко- номіки у зв'язку із підписанням Угоди про асоціацію між Україною та ЄС. Розкрито проблеми, пов'язані з реалізацією ключових положень закону України з харчової безпеки в частині імплемента- ції європейських інструментів безпечності, що базуються на підходах і принципах НАССР, з урахуванням продуктової спеціалізації та розмірів потужностей операторів продовольчого ринку, зокрема підприємств харчової промисловості та господарств первинного виробництва. Проаналізовано загрози і ризики виникнення та загострення аграрної кризи, а також гальмування сільського розвитку, зокрема в умовах зволікання зі строками реалізації нормативних вимог. Розроблено конкретні пропозиції, практична реалізація яких дозволить унеможливити вплив окремих чинників, що спонукають до інерціювання аграрної кризи в умовах інтеграції національної економіки до внутрішнього ринку ЄС, та протистояти глобальним кризовим викликам. ; Amid intensified European integration processes in the national economy's agricultural sector, in particular the harmonization of technical regulation of agricultural products in terms of compliance with regulatory requirements and time bands for the implementation of methodological foundations of the worldrenowned hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) by agro-industrial entities, the reform of agricultural sector and its individual production chains to extend agrifood value-added chains and shape a "Made and Grown in Ukraine" brand image among European consumers is high on the agenda. A delay against the ongoing reform of agrarian sector and its raw materials integration into the European food markets with Ukrainian food producers gradually entering its narrow segments and mono-product niches will result in crisis inertia at agrarian economy regulatory levels, further contributing to the contouring of agrarian crisis. In this context, the author has classified challenges, threats and risks of emergence, exacerbation and inertia of agrarian crisis, as well as signs of institutional uncertainty and regulatory inability to ensure the sector's sustainable development using representative array of statistical and regulatory data (mindful of product specialization and capacity of food market operators, in particular food industry and primary production enterprises). It should be noted that active phase of implementation of the basic statutory requirements to ensure the European-level food safety has recently been given fresh impetus in Ukraine. However, tangible results will be available only in early 2018. Given the extremely pressing nature of this issue and the need to level down the existing information asymmetry in monitoring environment of technical regulation's harmonization, it would be expedient to conduct pilot nationwide and, where necessary, local or fieldspecific surveys of Ukraine's agrarian sector at least semi-annually. This in turn will provide the regulatory system's institutional environment with the relevant information necessary to timely take crisis prevention measures to ensure targeted correction of the system and get it back on the path of sustainable and inclusive development.

Abstrak Dalam upaya untuk memahami tingkah laku menabung dan meminjam rumah tangga pedesaan di Lombok, Paper ini menganalisa faktor-faktor yang berasosiasi dengan akses rumah tangga pada jasa keuangan mikro dengan menggunakan data survai 180 rumah tangga yang diambil secara acak dari 6 desa dan 3 kabupaten di Lombok, Indonesia. Keberartian dari asosiasi antar faktor-faktor dalam penelitian ini diuji dengan uji Chi-square, Korelasi atau T-test tergantung pada jenis datanya. Ditemukan bahwa akses rumah tangga pada jasa tabungan berasosiasi secara berarti dengan karakteristik sosial ekonomi dan menabung-meminjam rumah tangga itu sendiri. Karakteristik sosial ekonomi rumah tangga dimaksud adalah jenis pekerjaan, adanya pegawai negeri dalam keluarga, pendapatan, kecukupan pendapatan, agama, pendidikan, dan kepemilikan ketrampilan khusus. Sementara, karakteritik menabung-meminjam rumah tangga dimaksud meliputi: rasa percaya diri berurusan dengan lembaga keuangan, kepemilikan kredit formal, tabungan informal dan kredit infomal. Faktor-faktor tersebut menggambarkan kapasitas dan preferensi menabung rumah tangga pada lembaga keuangan formal. Akses rumah tangga pada layanan jasa kredit formal juga berasosiasi secara berarti karakteristik sosial ekonomi dan karakteritik menabung-meminjam rumah tangga itu sendiri. Karakteristik sosial ekonomi dimaksud adalah jenis pekerjaan kepala rumah tangga, keberadaan pegawai negeri dalam keluarga, dan pendidikan kepala rumah tangga. Karakteristik menabung-meminjam rumah tangga dimaksud meliputi: rasa percaya diri berurusan dengan lembaga keuangan, kepemilikan tabungan formal, kepemilikan kredit informal, dan jumlah kredit. Faktor-faktor ini pada intinya adalah menggambarkan kebutuhan kredit dari rumah tangga dan preferensi lembaga keuangan pada rumah tangga peminjam. Abstract In an attempt to understand saving and credit behaviours of rural households in Lombok, this paper analyzed factors associated with the households' access to financial services, using a survey data of 180 households randomly selected from 6 villages and 3 districts in Lombok, Indonesia. The data collection was carried out from January-June 2007. Factor associations were tested using Chi-square, Correlation and/or t-test, whichever is appropriate, depending on data measurement. It was found that the households' access to formal savings is associated with their socio-economic and banking characteristics. The former includes occupation, government employee, income, income sufficiency, religion, education, specific skill, and banking confidence while the latter includes formal credit possession, informal saving possession, and informal credit possession. These factors essencially reflect their saving capacity and preference toward formal savings. The households' access to formal credits is associated with the socio-economic characteristics and banking characteristics of the households. The former include occupation, government employee possession, and education while the latter include banking confidence, formal saving possession, informal credit possession and total credit amounts. These factors reflect the households' credit need and preference along with the financial institutions' preference toward borrowers.

This article is part of the FORHOT project ; Increasing temperatures can accelerate soil organic matter decomposition and release large amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere, potentially inducing positive warming feedbacks. Alterations to the temperature sensitivity and physiological functioning of soil microorganisms may play a key role in these carbon (C) losses. Geothermally active areas in Iceland provide stable and continuous soil temperature gradients to test this hypothesis, encompassing the full range of warming scenarios projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the northern region. We took soils from these geothermal sites 7 years after the onset of warming and incubated them at varying temperatures and substrate availability conditions to detect persistent alterations of microbial physiology to long-term warming. Seven years of continuous warming ranging from 1.8 to 15.9 °C triggered a 8.6–58.0% decrease on the C concentrations in the topsoil (0–10 cm) of these sub-arctic silt-loam Andosols. The sensitivity of microbial respiration to temperature (Q10) was not altered. However, soil microbes showed a persistent increase in their microbial metabolic quotients (microbial respiration per unit of microbial biomass) and a subsequent diminished C retention in biomass. After an initial depletion of labile soil C upon soil warming, increasing energy costs of metabolic maintenance and resource acquisition led to a weaker capacity of C stabilization in the microbial biomass of warmer soils. This mechanism contributes to our understanding of the acclimated response of soil respiration to in situ soil warming at the ecosystem level, despite a lack of acclimation at the physiological level. Persistent increases in the respiratory costs of soil microbes in response to warming constitute a fundamental process that should be incorporated into climate change-C cycling models. ; This research was supported by the European Union's Seventh Framework Program, the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment of the Junta de Andalucía (postdoctoral fellowship of the Andalucía Talent Hub Program, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, COFUND—Grant Agreement No 291780, to SMJ), the European Research Council Synergy grant 610028 (IMBALANCE-P), the research project "GEISpain" (CGL2014-52838-C2-1-R) of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the Research Council of the University of Antwerp (FORHOT TOP-BOF project). This work contributes to the FSC-Sink, CAR-ES and ClimMani COST Action (ES1308). The Agricultural University of Iceland and Mogilsá—the Icelandic Forest Research, provided logistical support for the present study. We thank Matthias Meys, Sara Diels, Johan De Gruyter, Giovanni Dalmasso, Fabiana Quirós and Nadine Calluy for their invaluable help in the laboratory and Sara Vicca and James Weedon for their constructive suggestions. We further thank Anne Cools and Tom Van Der Spiet for their assistance with the lab chemical analyses. ; Peer Reviewed

El presente artículo describe la metodología de diseño, la manufactura y el ensamble y pruebas de una caja de engranes para un aerogenerador de 30 kW. El diseño se realiza de acuerdo con las Normas IEC61400-4 e ISO 81400-4. A pesar de que la normativa ISO 81400-4 es aplicada para cajas de engranes de aerogeneradores de 40 kW a 2 MW, se aplica en el presente desarrollo dado que la topología de la caja de engranes y la configuración del tren de potencia con 4 puntos es similar a un aerogenerador >750 kW. Dos de los objetivos principales del desarrollo de este aerogenerador de 30 kW con caja de engranes es el incremento de capacidades nacionales y la asimilación de esta tecnología para atender el mercado emergente de la energía eólica distribuida en México y para el mantenimiento y análisis de falla de estas cajas de engranes de grandes aerogeneradores en el mercado mexicano. ; Este desarrollo se lleva a cabo dentro del marco del Fondo Sectorial CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología) - Secretaría de Energía - Sustentabilidad Energética – Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Eólica (CEMIE Eólico). ; Este trabajo es parte de las actividades del proyecto "Proyecto P07: Integración y consolidación de capacidades nacionales para el desarrollo de pequeños aerogeneradores, mediante el diseño, construcción y pruebas exhaustivas de un aerogenerador con capacidad de 30 kW" que se desarrolla en el contexto del Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Eólica (CEMIE-Eólico) bajo los auspicios del Fondo CONACYT-SENER-Sustentabilidad Energética. ; This work describes the design methodology, manufacturing and assembly and testing of a gearbox for a 30 kW wind turbine. The design is carried out in accordance with standards IEC61400-4 and ISO 81400-4. Although ISO 81400-4 standard is applied to gearboxes of wind turbines from 40 kW to 2 MW, it is applied in this development because the topology of the gearbox and the configuration of the power train with 4 points in this 30 kW wind turbine is similar to a wind turbine> 750 kW. Two of the main objectives of the development of this 30 kW wind turbine with gearbox is the increase of national capacities and the assimilation of this technology to serve the emerging market of wind energy distributed in Mexico and for maintenance and failure analysis of these gear boxes of wind turbines of large capacity in the Mexican market. This development is carried out within of the National Council of Science and Technology of the Mexican Government (CONACYT)- of the Secretary of Energy and the Energy Sustainability Found - Mexican Center for Innovation in Wind Energy (CEMIE-Eólico).

This article questions whether the innovation deficit observed in the tourism sector on a global scale also characterises the world's leading power in terms of tourism competitiveness and whether Spain is taking the right steps so as to guarantee the future leadership of its destinations. Spain's innovative framework will be analysed in its European context, placing emphasis on the innovative intensity of the most important tourist regions. Spanish tourism companies and their capacity for innovation will also be studied in relation to those operating in other sectors. Formulas for generating tourism industries capable of assimilating and creating innovation will be proposed as a way of tackling the transformations that the sector is currently experiencing with the emergence of smart tourism destinations, the sharing economy and other disruptive changes, such as artificial intelligence. It is important to take a long-term perspective of competitiveness in which innovation and digital transformation have become the centre of political, social and corporate action in the sector. Meeting these challenges will mean the implementation of a series of more specific policies and strategies that will foster Smart Tourist Destinations and the development of a more digitalised and responsible economy in which the collaboration between citizens and tourists within the destination is the frame of reference. ; Este artículo cuestiona si el déficit de innovación observado en el sector turístico a escala global también caracteriza la capacidad de liderazgo en lo que respecta a competitividad turística, y también si España está dando los pasos adecuados para garantizar el liderazgo futuro de sus destinos. El marco de referencia de la innovación española será analizado en su contexto europeo, haciendo énfasis en la intensidad de innovación de las regiones turísticas más importantes. Las empresas turísticas españolas y su capacidad innovadora también serán analizadas, en relación a otras que operan en sectores distintos. Se harán propuestas para estimular la generación de industrias turísticas capaces de asimilar y crear innovación, como una manera de abordar las transformaciones que el sector está experimentando en la actualidad con la emergencia de los destinos turísticos inteligentes, la economía colaborativa y otros cambios disruptivos, como la inteligencia artificial. Es importante adoptar una perspectiva de largo plazo de la competitividad en la cual la innovación y la transformación digital se conviertan en el eje de las acciones tanto políticas como sociales y corporativas del sector. Enfrentar este desafío supondrá la implementación de una serie de políticas y estrategias más específicas que, a su vez, fomentarán los Destinos Turísticos Inteligentes y el desarrollo de una economía más digitalizada pero también más responsable en la que la colaboración entre ciudadanos y turistas dentro del destino sea el marco de referencia.

Buleleng Regency is one of the centers of Virginia tobacco production in Bali, which is a partnership with Gudang Garam and Beringin Bali. The purpose of this study was to (1) analyze the input and output of Virginia tobacco enterprises in Buleleng District and, (2) to analyze the financing and income of the phases of the production process of virginia tobacco business, (3) to analyze the partnership process between Gudang Garam and Beringin Bali as a partner company with Virginia tobacco farmers in Buleleng District. This research was a quantitative and qualitative research, data obtained based on interviews and obtained from government institutions. All Virginia tobacco business in Buleleng Regency was taken 4 informants (purposive sampling). From the results of this study can be drawn conclusion as follows. Productivity of Virginia tobacco agro-industry in Buleleng Regency with a land area of 1 hectare per season. Productivity in Desa Sawan is 3,789 kg / ha of wet tobacco to 2,880 kg / ha of dry tobacco, while productivity in Baktiseraga village is 3,825 kg / ha of wet tobacco to 2,713 kg / ha of dry tobacco; Virginia tobacco farming income in Sawan Village amounted to Rp.633.000 with RC ratio 1.02 whereas in Baktiseraga Village Rp.859.000 with RC ratio 1.03. In the income of tobacco farming in Buleleng regency can be considered profitable but the income can not be able to return the cost of farming; The income of tobacco oven in Sawan Village is Rp.46,988,500 with RC ratio 1.97 (advantageous), whereas in Baktiseraga Village, the business income of the oven is Rp.46.185.500 with RC ratio 2.00 (favorable); The pattern of partnership that exists is the core pattern of plasma and subcontract, where farmers only sell tobacco harvest to the factory. The selling price of tobacco leaves has been determined by the factory. Meanwhile, all the needs during the production process are prepared independently by the farmers in accordance with the terms desired partners. The 13,000 seeds are given free to tobacco farmers in Sawan Village and Baktiseraga Village by Gudang Garam and Beringin Bali. Based on some findings in this study can be suggested as follows. Virginia tobacco farmers to increase their tobacco production capacity per hectare. For resting tobacco farmers to start re-planting tobacco; The partnership pattern that exists between the farmers and the Gudang Garam and Beringin Bali companies can be established better and equally beneficial without harming one another. There should be a written agreement between farmers and companies to provide assurance of price assurance for farmers and product certainty for the company.

This framework seeks to develop a solution to fully automate unmanned vehicles through autonomous charging, presenting a kind of pad where autonomous vehicles start charging just by landing on them. It is a project that is aimed to big fleets of drones where the need to have them operating is an imperative, such like military, commercial or humanitarian crisis. Once the mat is designed and working, a research on new sources of power, such as solar and wind will be analyzed, authorizing the deployment of such framework even in remote areas, where the access to power is limited. ; Este trabajo tiene como objetivo desarrollar un dispositivo capaz de cargar las baterías de los vehículos aéreos no tripulados (UAV por sus siglas en inglés, Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles), de manera autónoma al aterrizar en la plataforma diseñada, reduciendo la necesidad de interacción. Los avances tecnológicos continuamente cambian la forma en que entendemos los procesos industriales, desde la cadena de suministro hasta la fabricación. Entre estos avances, uno de los más interesantes por su posibilidad de modificar todas las etapas, es el desarrollo de los UAV, también conocidos como drones. A pesar de su potencial, estos sistemas presentan un grave problema, la dependencia del sistema de alimentación. Los motores que mantienen el sistema necesitan mucha potencia, lo que supone buscar un equilibrio entre el tamaño y peso de la batería, que aumenta el consumo, con la duración que esta confiere. Es un problema bastante complejo, que ha sido atacado desde diferentes ángulos: desarrollar motores con mayor eficiencia energética, aumentar la capacidad de las baterías o buscar sistemas de carga más eficientes, entre otros. Este proyecto enfoca el desarrollo de un nuevo sistema de carga para las baterías. ; The present work aims to develop a device capable of charging Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAV) batteries autonomously when landing on the designed platform, reducing the need for interaction. Technological advances continually change the way we understand industrial processes, from supply chain to manufacturing. Among these advances, one of the most interesting, for its ability to modify all stages, is the development of UAVs, also known as drones. Despite their potential, these systems present a serious problem, the dependence on the power system. The motors that maintain the system need a lot of power, which means looking for a balance between the size and weight of the battery, which increases consumption, with the duration it gives. It is a rather complex problem, which has been tackled from different angles: developing motors with greater energy efficiency, increasing battery capacity or looking for more efficient charging systems, among others. This project focuses on the development of a new battery charging system.

El objetivo de este trabajo ha sido detectar y analizar los aprendizajes ubicuos adquiridos en entornos educativos expandidos destinados a la «formación permanente de formadores» y cómo estos influyen en la construcción de una ciudadanía consciente, crítica y comprometida. Se han analizado las «soft skills» adquiridas para el desenvolvimiento efectivo en el trabajo o la vida diaria, mediante la exploración activa del proceso formativo. Se ha tratado así de detectar el aprendizaje ubicuo que suele resultar invisible para la educación formal. Con este propósito, el estudio de caso aquí presentado recurre a una triangulación de análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo de información multifuente (cuestionarios, entrevistas, observación participante, grupos de discusión, diarios individuales y colectivos), que incluye análisis de red semántica de las expresiones de los participantes. Los resultados obtenidos nos indican que las «soft skills» relacionadas con la capacidad de desarrollo autónomo, el uso de medios y recursos transformadores, la potenciación de la cooperación social, la resolución de desafíos cognitivos y sociales, la potenciación del compromiso cívico y del aprendizaje funcional, que genera el aprendizaje expandido, se pueden convertir en un instrumento para el empoderamiento de personas, colectivos y movimientos sociales. Pero este aprendizaje expandido, como aprendizaje abierto y colaborativo, democrático y comprometido, requiere un apoyo consciente si se desea que las futuras generaciones no solo sean consumidoras, sino productoras colaborativas en un mundo socialmente compartido ; The aim of this research is to identify and analyse the ubiquitous learning acquired though blending education settings devoted to the "lifelong training of trainers" and how these contribute to the development of a conscious, critic and engaged citizenship. Through active exploration of the learning process, the study analyses the "soft skills" acquired which enhance performance in work and daily life, with the purpose of detecting the process of ubiquitous learning often overlooked in formal education. To this end, the study case presented here draws upon a data triangulation of qualitative and quantitative multisource information (questionnaires, interviews, participant observation, discussion groups, individual and collective diaries) which includes the study of the semantic networks consisting of learners' own utterances. The results obtained indicate that the soft skills related to the capacity of self-development, the use of innovative resources, the enhancement of social cooperation, the ability to meet cognitive and social challenges, and the functional learning as produced though expanded learning, have the potential to pave the way for the empowerment of peoples, communities and social movements. But this form of expanded learning, as open, collaborative, democratic and committed learning, must be actively supported if future generations are not only to be consumers but also cooperative producers in a socially shared world

La presente investigación analiza los factores que incidieron en la obstrucción en Chile de las reformas al Sistema de Pensiones, a pesar de los múltiples diagnósticos que dieron cuenta de sus fallas y una fuerte movilización social en las calles que abogó por cambios estructurales. Para ello se analizó el juego político de los involucrados en el sistema, cuya cooperación fue influida por los intereses de los actores que participaron en él y la distribución de poder entre ellos. El marco conceptual desde el cual se analizaron los resultados fue el análisis de actores involucrados y la información utilizada provino de entrevistas a representantes o personas vinculadas a representantes de gobierno, a personas de la sociedad civil, documentos y fuentes hemerográficas. Los hallazgos de la investigación ofrecen evidencia para afirmar lo descrito en la hipótesis, es decir, el fracaso de la reforma al sistema previsional se debió a los factores vinculados con el juego político no cooperativo en que se tramitó, caracterizado por la desigualdad de poder entre los actores, la debilidad del Poder Ejecutivo frente a los que defendieron el status quo y la escasa capacidad de la movilización social para generar cambios en las políticas públicas previsionales. A su vez, la asimetría permitió que las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones influyan en los cambios de política pública debido al enorme poder instrumental del que disfrutaron. ; The current investigation analyzes the factors that influence the obstruction in Chile of the reforms to the Pension System despite the multiple diagnoses that account for their failures and a growing social mobilization in the streets that advocates structural changes. To this end, the political game of the actors involved in the system was analyzed, whose cooperation is influenced by the interests of the "actors" participating in it and the distribution of power among them. The conceptual framework from which the results are analyzed is the "stakeholder analysis" and the information used comes from interviews with representatives or persons linked to government representatives, interviews with civil society members, documents and newspaper sources. The research findings offer evidence to affirm what is described in the hypothesis. The failure to reform the pension system was due to factors linked to the non-cooperative political game in which it was processed, characterized by the inequality of power among them, the weakness of the Executive Power vis-à-vis those who defended the status quo and the scarce capacity of social mobilization to generate changes in public social security policies. In turn, the asymmetry allowed the Pension Fund Administrators to influence changes in public policy due to the enormous instrumental power they enjoy.

The 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) took place from 9–18 July at the UN Headquarters in New York under the theme: "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies".The 2018 HLPF focused on the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for allGoal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for allGoal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainableGoal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patternsGoal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity lossGoal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, that will be considered each yearStatement made at the Forum by Suzanne Ingram in relation to Sustainable Development Goal 11IPMG: SDG 11 – Make cities and human settlements inclusive,safe, resilient and sustainableMy name is Suzanne Ingram, I am Wiradjuri from Australia. I acknowledge the traditional custodians on whose lands I address this esteemed forum today.The Indigenous Peoples Major Group is concerned that, while the words of SDG 11 may seem to present a neutral impact, neoliberal political economies rely on concepts that reconstitute who we are as Indigenous Peoples without our input or consent.In wealthy settler nations such as Australia, Canada and the United States, the majority of Indigenous Peoples – as much as 71% - live in metropolitan areas.Homogenised cities impede capacity to co-create nurturing communities: urban and regional planning initiatives and notions of 'progress', demand a certain type of subjectivity.Indigenous Peoples are thus reframed and steered by patriarchal and capitalistic values. In this process, states too often abscond from their responsibilities to us as equal citizens, especially those most affected: Indigenous women and children, particularly in regard to affordable housing and homelessness from domestic violence, people with disabilities, young people and elderly.(RECOMMENDATION)A rights framework makes it known that Indigenous Peoples must be recognised for who we are, with all the inherent citizenship and treaty-underscored rights intact, in whatever location we live within our respective countries.Moderator, such rights may be understood by the state as tied to specific lands and territories, however, we remind the High Level Political Forum that our identities as Indigenous Peoples do not pause at the edge of a colonially contrived frontier.The Indigenous Peoples Major Group implores this esteemed forum to affirm that better urban planning and management is: localised and regenerative in fiscal, ecological and social accord.Thank you for your time.

This thesis bridges architecture and seismic engineering. These two disciplines, despite being closely interrelated especially in earthquake-prone countries like New Zealand, often operate separately. This observation is particularly relevant when examining the integration of seismic retrofit and architecture. While technical solutions along with design methodologies and legislation have been continuously improved over the last decades, the relationship between architecture and seismic retrofit remains overlooked. An acknowledgment that architecture is a legitimate component of seismic retrofit design introduces the potential for retrofitted buildings to reach both adequate earthquake resistance and even have enhanced architecture quality. Some retrofit guidance documents draw attention to architecture, yet their approaches, commonly taking the form of guidelines or recommendations, focus on maintaining buildings' existing features. Little reflection on the integration of seismic retrofit and the architectural qualities of existing buildings is given. This leaves an unexplored area regarding the architectural impact seismic structure may have on existing buildings, whether negative, neutral, or positive. In this context, the thesis investigates the following question: How can the integration of seismic retrofit and architecture be improved? Such an inquiry requires an understanding of the practice of seismic retrofit through both structural engineering and architectural perspectives. To respond to the research question, the study utilises a qualitative research methodology using a multiple case study strategy. This includes the collection of building documentation, visits to selected seismically retrofitted unreinforced masonry buildings, and interviews with their architects and structural engineers. The thesis starts by reviewing the literature on the relationship between structure and architecture. Several authors emphasise how a structure's capacity to exceed its technical tasks by engaging with architecture can result in enriched projects. Following the transposition of generic relationships between structure and architecture into the context of seismic retrofit, the study explores the issue of integration in a 'real-life context' through five case studies. Each is investigated through the perspectives of architecture, seismic structure and design practice. The conditions and factors influencing integration are identified so awareness and recommendations can be made to introduce designers to new ways of approaching seismic retrofit design. The main conclusion of this research is that while integration between seismic retrofit and architecture can be improved, no standard solution applicable to all retrofit projects exists. Indeed, the thesis highlights the complexity of integration which is a combination of many variables. These variables include among others, time of involvement of the architect, type of seismic structure, and extent of interior refurbishment. Designers need to be aware of certain conditions and positive factors they can draw upon for successful integration as well as negative ones they should avoid.