[EN] The Santa Agueda apartments ensemble is an ambitious touristic project developed in Benicàssim, Castellón, by the MBM studio (Josep Maria Martorell, Oriol Bohigas y David Mackay). Attending to its characteristics, the building can be considered an example of Catalan architecture development before the stylistic spread generated in the seventies with the "neo-avant-gardes" emergence. Features of English brutalism, Roman neorealism or Milanese neoliberty, can also be recognized in the building, artistic movements which Oriol Bohigas included in his writings under the category realism, so he could establish a relation with other artistic and literary movements of the early seventies. The project comes up with an order related with the well-regarded art critic Tomàs Llorens. The aim was to search a new urban aggregation form suitable for touristic housing, which made a difference from common touristic architecture developed in the sixties. For that reason, the architects took popular architecture as a reference, trying to recover its "psychological habitability", emphasizing common spaces and people traffic areas as places for cohabitation. The attachment of the different individual units attempts to form an image which remains the random and spontaneous aggregation form of popular architecture. Other traditional elements are also used, so inhabitants can recognize them, although the result is far from being the folkloric and superficial reproduction which would become generalized in touristic architecture throughout seventies. The whole ensemble was not built entirely, so many of the aims related to common space were not achieved, and the realized parts tend to be little picturesque. However, the complex keeps on being a critical model in front of the uninspiring touristic construction in the Mediterranean coast. / [ES] El conjunto de apartamentos Santa Águeda es un ambicioso proyecto turístico desarrollado en Benicàssim, Castellón, por el estudio MBM (Josep Maria Martorell, Oriol Bohigas y David Mackay). Por sus características, puede considerarse como ejemplo de la evolución de la arquitectura catalana antes de la dispersión estilística que se produjo en los años setenta con la irrupción de las "neovanguardias". También pueden reconocerse en él rasgos del brutalismo inglés, del neorealismo romano o del neoliberty milanés, movimientos que Oriol Bohigas englobó en sus escritos de la época bajo el título de realismo, de manera que se estableciera un paralelismo con los movimientos artísticos y literarios de principios de los sesenta. El proyecto parte de un encargo relacionado con el prestigioso crítico de arte Tomàs Llorens. Se busca una nueva forma de agregación urbana destinada a la vivienda turística, distinta de la arquitectura turística habitual en los años sesenta. Para ello se tomó como referencia la arquitectura popular en un intento de recuperar su "habitabilidad psicológica", poniendo el énfasis en los espacios comunes y en las zonas de circulación como lugar de convivencia entre los habitantes. El mecanismo de agregación de las distintas células individuales intenta que la imagen del conjunto remita a la forma de agregación aleatoria y espontanea de los conjuntos populares. También se recurre a algunos elementos tradicionales claramente identificables por los usuarios, pero aun así el resultado se aleja de la reproducción folklórica y superficial que acabaría generalizándose en la arquitectura turística de los setenta. El conjunto no fue realizado en su totalidad, por lo que gran parte de sus intenciones programáticas respecto al uso del espacio comunitario no se cumplieron, y la parte realizada peca de un cierto pintoresquismo, pero mantiene plenamente su validez como modelo crítico frente a la mayoría de la anodina construcción turística realizada en la costa mediterránea. / [CAT] El conjunt d'apartaments Santa Àgueda és un ambiciós projecte turístic desenvolupat a Benicàssim, Castelló, per l'estudi MBM (Josep Maria Martorell, Oriol Bohigas i David Mackay). Per les seves característiques, es pot considerar com a exemple de l'evolució de l'arquitectura catalana abans de la dispersió estilística que es va produir als anys setanta amb la irrupció de les "neoavanguardes". També es pot rastrejar en ell recognoscibles trets del brutalisme anglès, del neorealisme romà o del neoliberty milanès, moviments que Oriol Bohigas va englobar en els seus escrits de l'època sota el títol de realisme. D'aquesta forma s'establia un paral·lelisme amb els moviments artístics i literaris de principis dels seixanta. El projecte parteix d'un encàrrec relacionat amb el prestigiós crític d'art Tomàs Llorens. Es busca una nova forma d'agregació urbana destinada a la vivenda turística, diferent de l'arquitectura turística habitual dels anys seixanta. Per a això, es prenia com a referència l'arquitectura popular en un intent de recuperar la seua "habitabilitat psicològica", posant èmfasi en els espais comuns i en les zones de circulació com a lloc de convivència entre els habitants. El mecanisme d'agregació de les diferents cèl·lules individuals intenta que la imatge del conjunt faça referència a la forma d'agregació espontània dels conjunts populars. També es recorre a alguns elements tradicionals clarament identificables pels usuaris, però encara així, el resultat s'allunya de la reproducció folklòrica i superficial que acabaria generalitzant- se en l'arquitectura turística dels seixanta. El conjunt no va ser realitzat en la seua totalitat, pel que gran part de les seues intencions programàtiques respecte a l'ús de l'espai comunitari no es van complir, i la part realitzada peca d'un cert pintoresquisme, però manté plenament la seua validesa com a model crític front a la majoria de l'anodina construcció turística realitzada en la costa mediterrània. / Sanahuja Rochera, J. (2016). El conjunto residencial: Santa Águeda. Benicàssim, Castellón. 1964-1975. MBM arquitectos [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/60152 / TESIS

This thesis deals with the methodology of use of whole-body impedance cardiography for evaluation of pulse wave velocity. The first three chapters explain selected hemodynamic properties of the arterial system related to the issue of pulse wave propagation. At the same time the ordinary methods for estimation, its disadvantages and merits has been summarized. Points at issue of whole-body impedance evaluation methodology for pulse wave velocity are researched in second part of this thesis. In order that analysis the procedure for correct methodology has been determined. Particularly determination of reference proximal point for calculation of transit time towards aortic valve, and design and accuracy of transit distance measurement were discussed. Based on the obtained data, a calculation of representative pulse wave velocity to eight limb locations was performed.

A fuel levy is one of the market-based measures (MBMs) currently under consideration at the International Maritime Organization. MBMs have been proposed to improve the energy efficiency of the shipping sector and reduce its emissions. This paper analyses the economic and environmental implications of two types of levy on shipping bunker fuels by means of an analytical model built on the cobweb theorem. A unit-tax per ton of fuel and an ad-valorem tax, enforced as a percentage of fuel prices, are examined. In both cases, a speed and fuel-consumption reduction equivalent to an improvement in the energy efficiency of the sector would be expected as a result of the regulation enforcement. The speed reduction in the unit-tax case depends on fuel prices and the tax amount, whereas in the ad-valorem case it relies upon the enforced tax percentage. Both schemes lead to industry profit decline, the extent of which depend on the structure of the levy and market conditions. Since there is concern that the costs resulting from the policy will be passed from shipping companies to their customers along the supply chain, the paper dwells on how the costs arising from the enforcement of the levy will be actually allocated between ship-owners and operators, and cargo-owners. In a market characterised by high freight rates and with no or limited excess capacity, a higher percentage of the total tax amount is transferred from ship-owners to shippers. In case of a recession the opposite happens.

A major challenge faced by project managers is balancing the variables of scope, cost, and schedule. Changes in scope usually result in cost/schedule overruns. Variance in either or both of them creates disorder (typically increases) in the estimated or projected time and cost. Therefore, controlling cost and schedule are two of the most critical aspects of a construction project. This research uses two already existing management theories, specifically Management by Means (MBM) and Management by Results (MBR), and analyzes a case where these two theories are combined with the goal of improving construction practices. This research compares an eight month schedule in a construction project and relates Percentage of Planned activities Completed (PPC) with projected and actual draw (cash) calls. The research analyzes the question of how lean construction PPC captures variance in cost. The research method is based on a literature review, data collection, case study and data interpretation to answer the hypothesis that improvement in PPC over a particular month has a positive correlation with difference between cash calls. Because this research is limited to a time frame of 8 months in a single project, it is not statistically significant. However, this research serves to create a model template or pilot study for a larger study.

L’énergie éolienne, l’une des énergies renouvelables les plus compétitives, est considérée comme une solution qui remédie aux inconvénients de l’énergie fossile. Pour une meilleure gestion et exploitation de cette énergie, des prévisions de sa production s’avèrent nécessaires. Les méthodes de prévisions utilisées dans la littérature permettent uniquement une prévision de la moyenne annuelle de cette production. Certains travaux récents proposent l’utilisation du Théorème Central Limite (TCL), sous des hypothèses non classiques, pour l’estimation de la production annuelle moyenne de l’énergie éolienne ainsi que sa variance pour une seule turbine. Nous proposons dans cette thèse une extension de ces travaux à un parc éolien par relaxation de l’hypothèse de stationnarité la vitesse du vent et la production d’énergie, en supposant que ces dernières sont saisonnières. Sous cette hypothèse la qualité de la prévision annuelle s’améliore considérablement. Nous proposons aussi de prévoir la production d’énergie éolienne au cours des quatre saisons de l’année. L’utilisation du modèle fractal, nous permet de trouver une division ”naturelle” de la série de la vitesse du vent afin d’affiner l’estimation de la production éolienne en détectant les points de ruptures. Dans les deux derniers chapitres, nous donnons des outils statistiques de la détection des points de ruptures et d’estimation des modèles fractals. / The wind energy, one of the most competitive renewable energies, is considered as a solution which remedies the inconveniences of the fossil energy. For a better management and an exploitation of this energy, forecasts of its production turn out to be necessary. The methods of forecasts used in the literature allow only a forecast of the annual mean of this production. Certain recent works propose the use of the Central Limit Theorem (CLT), under not classic hypotheses, for the estimation of the mean annual production of the wind energy as well as its variance for a single turbine. We propose in this thesis, an extension of these works in a wind farm by relaxation of the hypothesis of stationarity the wind speed and the power production, supposing that the latter are seasonal. Under this hypothesis the quality of the annual forecast improves considerably. We also suggest planning the wind power production during four seasons of the year. The use of the fractal model, allows us to find a "natural" division of the series of the wind speed to refine the estimation of the wind production by detecting abrupt change points. Statistical tools of the change points detection and the estimation of fractal models are presented in the last two chapters.