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This paper presents the design, development and analysis of a game for computer literacy. Specifically, the game addresses educational objectives included in the curriculum of non-technological careers, such as the identification and analysis of concepts related to basic hardware components of a computer. These objectives are joined with those of a video game, i.e., live an attractive, motivating...
This paper describes the laboratory experiments carried out to analyze the water penetrability in hardened concrete by means of GPR. For this purpose, concrete specimens were fabricated (W/C = 0,8) and after 28 days in a wet chamber, they were dried in a kiln (105 °C). Afterwards, they were put into water and in all faces sealing paint was applied, except for the one in contact with water. GPR measurements...
During the winter of 2009, technicians of the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) inform about how during a visual inspection they detect failures in the surface of different solar panels. The inspection was not casual, but due to problems with the level of charge of the batteries. Because of the aspect of the failure, we will name it “spiders” (arañitas). Other anomalies, related to the expected ageing,...
Shape grammars play an important role in a new generation of tools for the analysis and design of products. In this work we present a general tool named shape grammar interpreter (SGI) for the automatic generation of designs. The developed shape grammar framework allows designers to obtain automatically generated designs and to participate in the design process. In that way the generated design complies...
Our research combines electronic institutions and 3D virtual worlds for the construction of virtual institutions which are virtual worlds with normative regulation of interactions. That is, a virtual world where participants actions have to comply with predefined institutional rules. In this context, the actions a participant may perform depend on the institutional rules and the current execution...
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