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Towards personal privacy control
(Springer, 2007) Alcalde Bagüés, Susana; Zeidler, Andreas; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
In this paper we address the realization of personal privacy control in the era of pervasive computing. How could an individual meet his/her expected level of privacy? how could the system guaranty that a user privacy criteria is fulfilled?. For that an elaborate set of requirements for personal privacy is given followed with the implementation of our SenTry policy language.
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Design rules for lossy mode resonance based sensors
(Optical Society of America, 2012) Del Villar, Ignacio; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos; Sánchez Zábal, Pedro; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua
Lossy mode resonances can be obtained in the transmission spectrum of cladding removed multimode optical fiber coated with a thin-film. The sensitivity of these devices to changes in the properties of the coating or the surrounding medium can be optimized by means of the adequate parameterization of the coating refractive index, the coating thickness and the surrounding medium refractive index (SMRI). Some basic rules of design, which enable the selection of the best parameters for each specific sensing application, are indicated in this work.
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Efectividad de la atención primaria de salud en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la hipertensión arterial
(Gobierno de Navarra, 2008) Brugos Larumbe, Antonio; Guillén Grima, Francisco; Díez, J.; Buil, P.; Ciaurriz, M.; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Cenoz, J. C.; Ciencias de la Salud; Osasun Zientziak
La hipertensión arterial (HTA) es un importante problema de salud pública, por su elevada morbimortalidad cardiovascular y sus costes económicos y sociales. Fundamento. Identificar la prevalencia de HTA detectada en atención primaria y su grado de control; conocer los tipos de tratamientos utilizados y factores asociados a su control. Pacientes y métodos. Estudio transversal comparativo de dos años en el Centro de Salud de Villava. Se analizan los datos de la historia clínica informatizada en los años 2003 y 2006. Se estudian las variables: edad, género, pensión arterial sistólica y diastólica, colesterol total, HDL, LDL, triglicéridos, tabaquismo, índice de masa corporal en ambos años. Tratamiento hipotensor en el año 2006. Mediante regresión logística se identifican las variables del año 2006 asociadas a buen control. Resultados. Prevalencia detectada de HTA en ≥18 años: 2003: 11,6% (IC:10,9-12,3); 2006: 16,6% (IC:15,8-17,4) (p<0,001). En hipertensos con registro de presión arterial estaban controlados (PA:<140/90) en 2003: 45,1% (IC: 41,0- 48,0) y en 2006: 40,4% (IC: 37,7-43,2) (p<0,05). Variables asociadas a buen control: ser varón [OR 1,60 (IC: 1,26-2,03)] tratamiento con ARA II [OR 2,16 (IC: 1,50-3,09)] y ser diabético [OR 1,50 (IC: 1,10-2,03]. Se asocian a mal control: presentar enfermedad vascular cerebral, vasculopatía periférica y el tratamiento con IECA. Conclusiones. La prevalencia de HTA detectada es baja. El nivel de control es superior para la PAD que para la PAS. El tratamiento con ARA II, ser varón o ser diabético se asocia a mejor control. La vasculopatía periférica, la cardiopatía isquémica, la enfermedad vascular cerebral, el tratamiento con IECA y edad se asocian a peor control.
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Performance analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 compliant wireless devices for heterogeneous indoor home automation environments
(Hindawi, 2012) Nazábal Urriza, Juan Antonio; López Iturri, Peio; Azpilicueta Fernández de las Heras, Leyre; Falcone Lanas, Francisco; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua
The influence of topology as well as morphology of complex indoor scenarios in the deployment of wireless sensor networks and wireless systems applied to home and building automation systems is analyzed. The existence of loss mechanisms such as material absorption (walls, furniture, etc.) and strong multipath components as well as the increase in the number of wireless sensors within indoor scenarios increases the relevance in the configuration of the heterogeneous wireless systems. Simulation results by means of empirical-based models are compared with an in-house 3D ray launching code as well as measurement results from wireless sensor networks illustrate the strong influence of the indoor scenario in the overall performance. The use of adequate radioplanning strategies lead to optimal wireless network deployments in terms of capacity, quality of service, and reduced power consumption.
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An antibacterial surface coating composed of PAH/SiO2 nanostructurated films by layer by layer
(Wiley, 2010) Urrutia Azcona, Aitor; Rivero Fuente, Pedro J.; Ruete Ibarrola, Leyre; Goicoechea Fernández, Javier; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniería; Ingeniaritza; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoa eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritza; Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
In this work we propose a novel antibacterial coating composed of SiO2 and the polymer Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH). The coating was fabricated by the technique Layer-by-Layer (LbL). This technique has already been used in previous works, and it has the advantage that it allows to control the construction of nanosized and well organized multilayer films. Here, the new nanotexturized LbL SiO2 surface acts as antibacterial agent. The fabricated coatings have been tested in bacterial cultures of genus Lactobacillus to observe their antibacterial properties. It has been demonstrated these PAH/SiO2 coating films have a very good antimicrobial behaviour against this type of bacteria.
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Generation of lossy mode resonances by deposition of high-refractive-index coatings on uncladded multimode optical fibers
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2010) Del Villar, Ignacio; Ruiz Zamarreño, Carlos; Sánchez Zábal, Pedro; Hernáez Sáenz de Zaitigui, Miguel; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
A comparative study of lossy mode resonances generated by depositing two different materials is presented. The two materials selected are indium tin oxide (ITO) and indium oxide. The two materials present different dielectric dispersion, which leads to the generation of single-peak lossy mode resonances with the ITO coated optical fibers and dual-peak lossy mode resonances with the In2O3 coated optical fibers. The obvious advantage of a dual-peak based measurement in the sensors field is enhanced by a sensitivity increase observed in sensors based on In2O3 if compared with those based on ITO. These characteristics are analyzed both theoretically and experimentally.
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A user-centric privacy framework for pervasive environments
(Springer, 2006) Alcalde Bagüés, Susana; Zeidler, Andreas; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
One inherent feature of pervasive computing environments is the need to gather and process context information about real persons. Unfortunately, this unavoidably affects persons¿ privacy to a large degree. Each time today a citizen uses his cellular phone, his credit card or surf the web, he is leaving a trace that is stored for some reason. In a pervasive sensing environment, however, the amount of information collected is a) much larger than today and b) might be used to reconstruct personal information with great accuracy. The question we address in this paper is to control dissemination and flow of personal data across organizational, as well as personal boundaries, i.e., to potential addressees of privacy relevant information. This paper presents the User-Centric Privacy Framework (UCPF). It aims at protecting a user¿s privacy based on the enforcement of privacy preferences. They are expressed as a set of constraints over some set of context information. To achieve the goal of cross-boundary control, we introduce two novel abstractions, namely Transformations and Foreign Constraints, in order to extend the possibilities of a user to describe his privacy protection criteria beyond the current expressiveness ussually found today. Transformations are understood as any process that the user may define over a specific piece of context. This is a main building block for obfuscating or even plainly lie about the context in question. Foreign Constraints are an important complementing extension because they allow for modeling conditions defined on external users that are not the tracked individual, but may influence disclosure of personal data to third parties. We are confident that these two easy-to-use abstractions together with the general privacy framework presented in this paper constitute a strong contribution to the protection of the personal privacy in pervasive computing environments.
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Optical gateway for intelligent buildings: a new open-up window to the optical fibre sensors market?
(SPIE, 2004-06-09) Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Arregui San Martín, Francisco Javier; Bariáin Aisa, Cándido; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoa eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritza; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua
This paper presents the first optical fibre sensor gateway for integrating these special measurement devices in Home Automation Systems, concretely in those buildings that use the KNX European Intelligent Buildings Standard.
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Red de sensores de fibra óptica para la monitorización de nuevos sistemas de cerramientos aplicados en el sector de la construcción
(Sociedad Española de Optica, 2009) Unzu Ripoll, Ruth; Nazábal Urriza, Juan Antonio; Vargas Silva, Gustavo Adolfo; Hernández, Rufino; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Urriza Ezcurra, Nuria; Galarza Galarza, Marko; Beloqui Eizaguirre, Garbiñe; Yoldi Bengoechea, Alberto; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Branchi, P.; Borquez, Lorena; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
En este trabajo se muestra la monitorización mediante una red de sensores de fibra óptica del cerramiento de una torre de comunicaciones compuesta por nuevos paneles con estructura tipo sándwich alveolar. La monitorización incluye medidas remotas y en tiempo real de 31 sensores de fibra óptica: 20 sensores deformación, 10 sensores de temperatura y un sensor de vibración.
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Enabling personal privacy for pervasive computing environments
(Graz University of Technology, IICM, 2010) Alcalde Bagüés, Susana; Zeidler, Andreas; Klein, Cornel; Fernández Valdivielso, Carlos; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
Protection of personal data in the Internet is already a challenge today. Users have to actively look up privacy policies of websites and decide whether they can live with the terms of use. Once discovered, they are forced to make a ”‘take or leave”’ decision. In future living and working environments, where sensors and context-aware services are pervasive, this becomes an even greater challenge and annoyance. The environment is much more personalized and users cannot just ”‘leave”’. They require measures to prevent, avoid and detect misuse of sensitive data, as well as to be able to negotiate the purpose of use of data. We present a novel model of privacy protection, complementing the notion of enterprise privacy with the incorporation of personal privacy towards a holistic privacy management system. Our approach allows non-expert users not only to negotiate the desired level of privacy in a rather automated and simple way, but also to track and monitor the whole life-cycle of data.