Yolanda González Arechavala participates in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future about the opportunities of engineering to drive the progress of our society. Listen to it here.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio participate in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk with Emanuel Gastón Mompó Pavesi about him joining the Department of Applied Mathematics of ICAI. Listen to it here.
Álvaro Sánchez Miralles and Francisco Martín Martínez, coordinators of the European project ReDREAM, presented its main conclusions and challenges, in which Rubén Rodríguez Vilches, Miguel Ángel Sanz Bobi, Carmen Valor Martínez, Pablo Calvo Báscones, Juan Carlos del Real Romero, Roberto Barrella, Efraim Centeno Hernáez and Olga Rico Díe have also participated. More information here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill in March. Watch it here.
Last Friday we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the IIT at a special event that brought together all IIT members. Thank you to the organizers and for your attendance!
David Alfaya Sánchez is interviewed at COPE radio about the AI in the education sector. Listen to it here.
Rafael Cossent Arín has participated in the 23rd National Transport Forum, a reference meeting point at a national level for the decision-makers in the transport chain. More information here.
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Analysis and modelling of energy systems: electricity, natural gas and hydrogen (Reference 24007)
Elisa María Aracil Fernández publishes in The Conversation a guide on artificial intelligence in teaching. Read it here.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio and Sara López de Armentia Hernández participate in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk about her incorporation as professor in ICAI. Listen to it here.
This year the IIT celebrates March 8 with the first director in its history, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, and having achieved gender parity on its board of directors, with Sara Lumbreras Sancho as deputy director. Congratulations to our colleagues and, to all, Happy Women's Day!
Last March 6 marked exactly 40 years since the founding of the IIT and we celebrated as it deserves.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Oibar Martínez Vílchez and Ana Baringo Morales participate in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk about their incorporation as professors in the Electrical Engineering department of ICAI. Listen to it here.
Juan Carlos del Real Romero participates in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk about digital banking. Listen to it here.
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Robust allocation of loads to underfrequency load-shedding schemes (ASIGNA) (Reference 24005)
José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga reviews his tireless professional career in an interview for El Pais Planeta Futuro. Read it here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill in February. Watch it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho has participated in the new episode of the podcast Comillas Cast to talk about Neuralink. Listen here.
Yolanda González Arechavala publishes an article in The Conversation about why there are still few women in technical and scientific professions. Read it here.
In commemoration of Women and Girls in Science Day, the Women's STEM Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala, organized various activities to promote STEM vocations and equality between men and women. More information here.
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José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new article on the possible increase in VAT in the price of electricity. Read it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho has participated in the 2nd Conference Theology and Current World organized by the San Pablo Higher Center for Theological Studies of the Diocese of Malaga. More information here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho speaks for Diócesis Málaga about the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". Read it here.
Pedro Linares Llamas participates in the new episode of the podcast 1, 2, 3 Comillas. Listen to it here
Sara Lumbreras Sancho speaks on the TV show La Gran Pregunta about the impact of social networks on politics. Watch it here (from min. 32.40).
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the changes on the PVPC. Watch it here.
The new podcast about inspiring stories from Comillas, Who's there?, premieres with an interview with José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. Listen here.
The STEM Woman Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala, held the 1st STEM Training Day for Teachers. More info here.
Pedro Linares Llamas and Timo Gerres write a report for Naturgy on the Perspectives for the industrial transformation towards a green economy. Download it here or watch a summary video.
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Pablo Dueñas Martínez, Javier García González and Andrés Ramos Galán are currently teaching the 15th edition of the course on Computational Modeling for Clean, Reliable, and Affordable Electricity at MIT. This engaging program is proudly sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative. Participants delve into cutting-edge analysis techniques aimed at modeling and comprehending the pivotal role of electric power systems in a carbon-constrained economy.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho taught a course on AI Ethics in Brussels within the European Leadership Program.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a series of 6 articles reviewing electricity and gas bills during 2023. Read them here.
Ana María Megía Macías speaks in La Razón about medical treatments with plasma. Read it here.
Luis Francisco Sánchez Merchante, Enrique Lobato Miguélez, María Ana Sáenz Nuño, David Alfaya Sánchez, Carlos Morales Polo and Rafael Palacios Hielscher presented their projects at the 4th Presentation Day of Teaching Innovation Projects. More information here.
EMT Madrid and Fundación Iberdrola renew its commitment to the Women STEM Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala. More information here.
Our predoctoral researcher Miguel Angel Barruso Recuero has won the “TFM Challenge in 3 minutes” organized by the IEEE Power and Energy Society. Congratulations! More information here.
The founder of the IIT, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, is interviewed by Comillas Magazine in its latest issue. Read it here.
Comillas and Kapsch TrafficCom AG have launched the Kaspch Chair for Sustainable and Intelligent Mobility, managed by the IIT. More information here.
In its latest issue, Comillas Magazine dedicates an article to research as a root of the University, which describes the work carried out in this regard by the IIT. Read it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho talks about artificial intelligence in the magazine Vida Nueva Digital. Read it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho book, Respuestas al transhumanismo, has been selected by La Vanguardia as one of the best books on AI. More information here.
Álvaro Jesús López López y Mario Castro Ponce talk about AI in the newspaper El Debate. Read it here.
Roberto Barrella talks about energy poverty on radio show Las tardes de RNE. Listen to it here (from min. 18.05)
Fernando de Cuadra García y Eduardo Sánchez Jacob held an interim presentation of the results of the project Rwanda Sustainable Energy for All, a collaboration between Comillas and MIT, whose objective is to develop an integrated clean cooking plan for Rwanda with geospatial information. More info here.
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Macro & Micro cybersecurity: from cybersecurity culture to tailored cybersecurity (Reference 23029)
Efraim Centeno Hernáez and José Carlos Romero Mora presented the Report on Energy Poverty Indicators in Spain for 2022 of the Chair of Energy and Poverty. More information here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho participates as a speaker in the meeting of the Master in Christianity and Contemporary Culture of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Navarra, God. Science. The evidences. What is changing?. Watch it here.
The paper Assessing the Impact of Shallow Renovation on Energy Poverty: A Primary Data Study by Roberto Barrella, José Carlos Romero Mora et al., has been selected as a "Feature Paper", a recognition that the publisher MDPI grants to papers that involve several techniques or approaches, provide an outlook for future research directions and describe possible research applications. Congratulations! Read the paper here.
Paolo Mastropietro will participate in the MAI group seminar "Capacity Market Mechanism for Energy Transition: International Experience". Sign up here.
Carmen Valor Martínez publishes an article in the magazine Telos about forest bathing and climate action. Read it here.
Pedro Linares Llamas has been selected as editor-in-chief of The Energy Journal, a highly ranked international journal in Energy Economics. Congratulations! More info here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new article about the zero price in the electricity market. Watch it here.
Álvaro Jesús López López and Bernardo Villazán Gil participated as a jury in the VII Hackathon for Smart Industry, organized by the Chair of Connected Industry together with Repsol. More information here.
Yolanda González Arechavala participated in the Technology Day organized by the team owned by the Daughters of Charity at the San Alfonso School in Madrid. More information here.
Yolanda González Arechavala participated in the presentation STEM Careers Participation and Gender: The Impossible Gap? of the I PartyGen Conference Looking at participation and gender in university classrooms: experiences from STEM-H, organized by the Complutense University of Madrid. More information here.
Jose Luis Sancha publishes a series of videos with a guide to check your electricity and gas bills. If you are an electricity consumer you should go to the video Part I. The video Part II is dedicated to the self-consumer bill. And if you are a gas consumer, we recommend you the video with the guide in Part III.
The Chair of Studies on Hydrogen Studies, co-directed by Rafael Cossent and Isabel Catalina Figuerola-Ferreti Garrigues presents its annual report on Hydrogen Studies 2022-2023. Read it here.
Every year, the IIT hosts dozens of international scholars. We spoke with a few of them about the value of working with us and living in Madrid. Look at the video here.
The Chair for Low Carbon Hydrogen Studies presents the second edition of its Annual Hydrogen Report 2023, which examines the success factors for the development of renewable hydrogen in Spain. More information here.
Eva Paz Jiménez and Ana María Megía Macías participate in an episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk about health, engineering and biomedicine. Listen to it here.
José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga is interviewed by the newspaper La Razón to talk about his various energy projects. Read it here.
The director of the IIT, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, participated with Antonio Muñoz San Roque and Adrián Fernández Rodríguez, in the Technical Conference on Automatic Driving in Railways. ATO on ERTMS N2, which brought together the main players in the railway sector in Comillas to analyze the prospects for automation in the sector. More information here.
Alexis Cantizano González and Juan Luis Gómez González participate in a new episode of the Casting the Future podcast to talk about the role of science and technology in knowledge, prevention and management of disasters. Listen to it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho, Yolanda González Arechavala, Eva María Arenas Pinilla, Carlos Morales Polo and Mª del Mar Cledera Castro will participate in the Madrid Science and Innovation Week 2023. Sign up now here!
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Carlos Batlle López, Javier García González, Tomás Gómez San Román, Pedro Linares Llamas and Luis Rouco Rodríguez have been included in the 2% of the most influential researchers worldwide according to Satndford University. More info here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho has participated as panelist in the healthcare sector event, EvidencIA Summit, to talk about the impact of health data in real life. More information here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video analyzing the evolution of electricity and gas bills. Watch it here.
Álvaro Jesús López López participates today in the Forum University - Bussiness to talk about innovation in AI techniques with a focus on the application to real projects in the industry. More information here.
The legal and tax services firm Andersen has joined the Chair for Low Carbon Hydrogen Studies, directed by Isabel Catalina Figuerola-Ferreti Garrigues and Rafael Cossent Arín. More information here.
The STEM Women Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala, publishes the report STEM Studies in the European Union and women's participation. Good practices in neighboring countries. Read it here.
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The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Rafael Cossent Arín spoke on strategic partnerships on hydrogen with African countriesat the workshop Developing Countries of the Committee on Development (DEVE) of the European Parliament, where he also presented the report "Is the European Union's green hydrogen strategy in Africa coherent with sustainable development?", written together with Timo Gerres. Watch here (from 11:00:47).
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Analysis and modelling of energy systems: electricity, natural gas and hydrogen (Reference 23023)
Within the Comillas Mobility Week, there will be a free training session to drive electric scooters, with which the Master's Degree in Motorsport, Mobility and Safety, led by Alberto Carnicero López, will carry out a research study on injuries due to impacts with scooters, by implementing cameras and sensors to one of the Dott Scooters vehicles. More information here.
The IIT has received funding from the Horizon Europe program for two new European projects: Twin for Europe (TwinEU), led by Javier Matanza Domingo, and Strategies for the Evaluation and Assessment Of Ocean based Carbon Dioxide Removal (SEAO2-CDR ), led by Pedro Linares Llamas. More information here.
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Macro & Micro cybersecurity: from cybersecurity culture to tailored cybersecurity (Reference 23022)
The African Union Commission welcomes the African School of Regulation, directed by José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, as a pan-African centre of excellence to enhance the capacity of member States on energy regulation.
Waya Energy, an initiative created by MIT and IIT researchers, is helping advance global access to electricity thanks to our innovative planning and analysis software, REM, which helps governments determine cost-effective and sustainable ways to provide electricity to isolated communities. More info here.
Naturgy Foundation publishes the document Energy policies, cost and impact on electricity prices in Spain, written by Nicolás Mariano Morell Dameto, Roberto Barrella, José Pablo Chaves Ávila, Pedro Linares Llamas and Tomás Gómez San Román, which reviews the main energy policies for the decarbonization of the sector and how they can affect electricity costs. More information here.
During the African Climate Summit 2023, held in Nairobi from September 4 to 6, the launch of the African School of Regulation was presented, whose headquarters will be in Accra (Ghana), and of which Professor José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga is currently Director. More information here.
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Efficient operation of virtually coupled trains (Reference 23021)
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Transparent optimization models for better energy policy (Reference 2019)
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The Master in the Electric Power Industry offers the opportunity to become a qualified professional by delivering to the students an interdisciplinary curriculum that combines engineering, regulatory and economics courses. MEPI students have access, through direct contact with the most prominent industry professionals, to first-hand information on practical applications as well as to the latest advances and trends that set the pace of progress in this industry. More info here.
The new digital number of Comillas Magazine includes activities by various IIT members: David Alfaya Sánchez talks about teaching innovation practices; the MOBIOS Lab is inaugurated, directed by Francisco José López Valdés; María José Manjón Rodríguez receives the mention of International Doctorate cum laude; and the Nobel Prize winner in Economics Robert F. Engle participates in a seminar of the Chair for Low Carbon Hydrogen Studies, co-directed by Isabel Catalina Figuerola-Ferreti Garrigues and Rafael Cossent Arín.
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Transparent optimization models for better energy policy (Reference 23017)
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
REliabatility and REsilience of Island Power Systems (RE2IPS) (Reference 23015)
Elisa María Aracil Fernández wins the Best Paper award in the Business for Society SIG at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Awards 2023. More information here.
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Roberto Barrella writes a reaction to the article “Emissions savings from equitable energy demand reduction” published in Nature Energy. Read it here.
Francisco Rodríguez Cuenca has participated in the International Conference on Time Series and Forecasting (ITISE 2023), held in Gran Canaria (Spain) from 12-14 July, 2023. Francisco presented the paper “Probability Density-Based Energy-Saving Recommendations for Household Refrigerating Appliances”, which describes some of the results obtained in the RC4ALL Project (Responsible consumption for all); and Alejandro presented the paper “Analyzing Mobility Patterns of Complex Chronic Patients Using Wearable Activity Trackers: A Machine Learning Approach”, which describes some of the results obtained in the Chronic-IoT Project. Both projects are funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the State Research Agency (AEI).
La Cátedra STEM Mujer, dirigida por Yolanda González Arechavala, llevó a cabo la II Jornada de Orientación en Educación STEM en las instalaciones del Campus de Innovación y Formación de Iberdrola. Más información aquí.
The IIT is a key partner of IIOpenMod4Africa, an ambitious EU project aimed at developing sustainable and reliable energy systems in Africa. More info here.
Gregorio López López speaks on Onda Cero about the RAYUELA project and the dangers of cyberbullying in childhood. Listen to it here.
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Rafael Cossent Arín has participated in a summer course at the Complutense University of Madrid on bus innovation in public transport. More information here.
Shilpa Bindu and José Pablo Chaves Ávila have participated in the report Definition of integrated and fully coordinated markets for the procurement of grid services by DSOs and TSOs. Read it hear.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho is interviewed on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Hana and Francisco J. Ayala Chair of Science, Technology and Religion, which she co-directs with Jaime Tatay. Read it here.
Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, José Portela González y Francisco Rodríguez Cuenca collaborate with Endesa in the artificial intelligence project RC4ALL about responsible consumption, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCI) and the State Research Agency. More information here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity and gas bills in June. Watch it here.
An IIT report for Gasnam-Neutral Transport confirms the reduction in emissions from the use of biomethane, hydrogen and natural gas. More info here.
Roberto Barrella y José Carlos Romero Mora speak in Europa Press about the express rehabilitation of homes and energy poverty. More info here.
The openTEPES model, developed by the IIT, has been used to determine the planning of the expansion and operation of the electrical system in the update of the PNIEC 2023-2030 draft that has just been published.
Francisco José López Valdés, director of MOBIOS Lab (Mobility, Biomechanics and Health), participated in the GBO Electric Mobility Day, dedicated to the present and future of electric mobility. More information here.
The European project RAYUELA, in which María Reneses Botija and Gregorio López López participate, and the Women STEM Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala, organized a workshop with 2nd ESO students. More info here.
Carmen Valor Martínez was a finalist in the VI edition of the Comillas ICADE and Bankinter Business Ethics Research Awards for the work "Unreveling the relationship between well-being, sustainable consumption and nature relatedness: a study of university students", of which she is coauthor. More info here.
On June 21 and 22, the Conference on Industrial Systems and Energy Technologies (JOSITE) was held in the Aula Pérez del Pulgar, in which we were able to learn more about the research we do at the IIT. Congratulations to the participants!
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The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Development of models and tools for geospatial energy planning (clean-cooking) (Reference 23012)
Yolanda González Arechavala habla en la revista Capital sobre I+D y los perfiles STEM. Léelo aquí.
El proyecto Medical Plasmas, cofundado por Ana María Megía Macías, ha obtenido el premio EmprendeXXI de CaixaBank dentro de la categoría SilverXXI. Más información aquí.
Anne Maren Coll Franck won the contest Just Cook? within the Day Together we build Comillas. Edition II: Take care and take care of yourself. More information here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho coordinated the presentation of the book The Smooth Revolution of the Ecological Transition. How to Build a Possible World by French economist and Jesuit Gaël Giraud, founder of Georgetown University's Program for Environmental Justice. More information here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo chaired the 2nd panel discussion on Reforms in the energy system from the consumer's perspective, organized by Comillas ICAI. More information here.
Roberto Barrella and José Carlos Romero Mora participate in the presentation and round table of the seminar Do the measures against energy poverty have an impact on families in vulnerable situations?, organized by Naturgy. More information here.
David Contreras Bárcena talks on Onda Cero about why studying mathematics. Listen to it here (from min. 1:18:05).
Yolanda González Arechavala gave the workshop Nutrition with Scratch, after the awards ceremony of the 3rd edition of the EXPERIciencia contest, organized by the STEM Talent School group. More information here.
Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez chaired the inauguration of the 21st Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality (ICREPQ), organized in collaboration with the European Association for the Development of Renewable Energy, Environment and Power Quality (EA4EPQ), and with the presence by Antonio Muñoz San Roque. More information here.
Roberto Barrella has participated in the XVIII ATECYR Annual Meeting as a speaker at one of the round tables. More information here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video reviewing the reforms of the electricity and gas bills of the last two years. Watch it here.
Luis Olmos Camacho y Dilayne Santos Oliveira participated in the European Climate and Energy Modeling Forum (ECEMF), held in Athens from May 23 to 24. ECEMF is a Horizon 2020 funded project and European forum in which our researchers Andrés Ramos Galán and Sara Lumbreras Sancho also work, and whose aim is to bring energy and climate researchers together with policy makers to tackle climate neutrality. More information here.
Yolanda González Arechavala, Roberto Barrella, Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, María Ana Sáenz Nuño, David Alfaya Sánchez y Carmen Valor Martínez participated in the Conference on Good Teaching Practices Comillas 22-23. More information here.
Andrés Ramos Galán gave the conference Helping in electrical studies to make the energy transition at the scientific event OptiMad 2023, organized by the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences and the Institute of Interdisciplinary Mathematics of the Complutense University of Madrid. More info here.
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Timo Gerres will participate in the debate The Industrial Plan of the Green Pact of the EU Presidency Challenges cycle, organized by Europa in Suma with the presence of former minister Miguel Sebastián. More information here.
The university hosts 21st International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality (ICREPQ'23) from 24 through 26 May. The president of the local organizing committee is professor Luis Rouco Rodríguez. Professors and researchers of the Modeling, Analysis, and Control Group collaborate actively. Lukas Sigrist will give the plenary session “Frequency stability constrained unit commitment in isolated power system with high penetration of renewables energy sources”. More info here.
Yolanda González Arechavala participated in the table Education and Talent at the Iberdrola Innovation and Training Campus TaleMto Conference, about the need to attract talent to STEM vocations and how these influence people's living conditions.
Yolanda González Arechavala participates in the new episode of the Casting the Future podcast to talk about women in Senior Management. Listen to it here.
Javier Matanza Domingo y Gregorio López López participate in an episode of the podcast Casting the Future to discuss telecommunications engineering. Listen to it here.
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Modeling and control of hybrid AC/DC power systems (Reference 23009)
Sara Lumbreras Sancho talks about transhumanism in the show La buena tarde of Radiotelevisión del Principáu d'Asturies. Listen to it here (from min. -43.27).
The Chair for Low Carbon Hydrogen Studies, directed by Isabel Catalina Figuerola-Ferreti Garrigues and Rafael Cossent Arín, organized the Climate Finance and the Hydrogen Economy 2023 conference with the presence of Nobel Laureate Robert F. Engle. More information here.
Carlos Batlle López, Paolo Mastropietro and Pablo Rodilla Rodríguez publish at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) a commentary on the EU proposal for improving the electricity market. Read it here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video on the price of gas during the month of April. Watch it here.
María José Manjón Rodríguez received the PhD International Mention mention with a Cum Laude distincition for her thesis Bridging Disconnections from Social Entrepreneurship to Tackle Energy Poverty. More info here.
The IIT Scientific Committee made up of professors Göran Andersson from ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Vladimiro Miranda from INESC-TEC (Portugal), Louis Wehenkel from Liege University (Belgium), Karsten Neuhoff from DIW (Germany) and Masafumi Miyatake from Sophia University (Japan) has recently visited us for its triennial report. Fellow Committee member Ben Hobbs from JHU (USA) attended the sessions virtually. The IIT Board of Directors and the Area Coordinators held meetings with them to present the evolution of the IIT in recent years and collect their suggestions and recommendations.
