Acoustic Engineering Laboratory

The INiBICA IN-AS20 "Acoustics Laboratory" research team is associated with the "Perinatal Brain Injury" group, and is also recognized by PAIDI with the reference TEP 195, "Acoustics and Vibrations Laboratory", whose principal investigator is Dr. Ricardo Hernández Molina, head of the University Department of Thermal Machines and Engines. To his credit he has a large number of research projects that can be seen in the curriculum attached as annexes to this Report, in electronic format (PDF).

The team set up to carry out this Project is a multidisciplinary team in which research professors from the University of Cádiz and the Pediatric Intercentre Clinical Management Unit of the Puerta del Mar University Hospital in Cádiz (Andalusian Health Service) participate. This collaboration between both teams has been carried out for several years, in which 4 impact articles have been published in journals indexed in JCR and 6 communications to national and international congresses.

• Bioacoustics, Noise effects and control, Psychological acoustics. The objective of this line of work is to determine the relationship between sound pressure levels and the main physiological variables of the neonate recorded simultaneously (blood pressure, oxygen saturation, heart rate and encephalogram) in order to be able to assess the existence or not of , of stress levels that may affect the development of newborns.

Biomedical problems Neonates Sound pressure Incubator Noise sources Psychoacoustics

• Principal Investigators:
  • Ricardo Hernández Molina (PI).
  • Francisco Fernández Zacarías (Co-PI).
• Investigators:
  • Virginia Puyana Romero.
  • Juan Luis Beira Jiménez (Engineer (Researchers in training)).
• Predoctoral Researchers:
  • Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Montaño (Predoctoral fellows).

• Secretaría General de Universidades, Investigación y Tecnología, por la que se convocan ayudas a infraestructuras y equipamientos de I+D+i, en régimen de concurrencia competitiva, en el ámbito del Plan Andaluz de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (PAIDI 2020). PI: Ricardo Hernández Molina.: Diseño y mejora del confort acústico de las incubadoras neonatales Neonatal Incubators Comfort Acoustic Class (NICA+).
• Secretaría General de Universidades, Investigación y Tecnología, por la que se convocan ayudas a infraestructuras y equipamientos de I+D+i, en régimen de concurrencia competitiva, en el ámbito del Plan Andaluz de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (PAIDI 2020). ID: 2016/21 Collaboration. Actuaciones y herramientas para la creación de la Unidad de Lingüística Experimental del Instituto de Lingüística Aplicada/ Laboratorio de Ingeniería Acústica. Cámaras Acústicas.
• Secretaría General de Universidades, Investigación y Tecnología, por la que se convocan ayudas a infraestructuras y equipamientos de I+D+i, en régimen de concurrencia competitiva, en el ámbito del Plan Andaluz de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (PAIDI 2020). Collaboration.: Instrumentación de acústica submarina para el Instituto Universitario de Investigaciones Marinas (INMAR) Laboratorio de Ingeniería Acústica.

1. F.FERNÁNDEZ ZACARÍAS; J.L.BEIRA JIMÉNEZ; P.J.BUSTILLO VELÁZQUEZ-GAZTELU; R.HERNÁNDEZ MOLINA; SIMÓNLUBIÁN LÓPEZ. Noise level in neonatal incubators: A comparative study of three models. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology; Volume 107, April 2018, Pages 150-154; Universidad de Cádiz, 2018. ISSN: 0165-5876; Available online at: http://bit.ly/2GLsPdt; DOI:; Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2016): 3,495. WOS: URL: http://bit.ly/2owFF8J; Production Type: Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.02.013. Impact index JCR 2017: 1.305 Q3; Ranking: (otorhinolaryngology) -) Impact Agency: ISI; Impact index SJR 2017:0,783 Q2; Ranking: 101/271, Impact Agency: SCImago Journal & Country Ran; Hindex: 66; SNIP: (2017): 0,931; , CiteScore (2017): 1,39. Categories of Web of Science: Otorhinolaryngology - SCIE; Pediatrics – SCIE; http://bit.ly/2F8j0sW; http://bit.ly/2HSwlnJ; ID de PubMed: ; Scopus: http://bit.ly/2GT5N4h.

1. RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ MOLINA; FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ ZACARÍAS; ISABEL BENAVENTE FERNÁNDEZ; GEMA JIMÉNEZ GÓMEZ; SIMÓN PEDRO LUBIAN LÓPEZ. Effect of Filters on the Noise Generated by Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Delivered via a Helmet. Noise & Health. 19 - 86, pp. 20 - 24. Universidad de Cádiz, 2017. ISSN: 1463-1741; eISSN: 1998-4030. http://bit.ly/2E1W77f; WOS:000395787400003. Production Type: Article DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.199237. Impact index JCR 2017: 1.842 Q2; Ranking: 8/25(Audiology) Impact Agency: ISI; Impact index SJR 2017: 0,88 Q1; Ranking: 11/99, Impact Agency: SCImago Journal & Country Ran; Hindex: 39. Categories of Web of Science: Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health: http://bit.ly/2DKYON2; http://bit.ly/2DAPKa7; ID de PubMed: 2816.
2. FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ ZACARÍAS; JOSÉ LUIS CUETO ANCELA; RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ MOLINA. Analysis of the Impact of Bus Signal Priority on Urban Noise. Acta Acustica united with Acustica. 103 - 4, pp. 561 -573. Universidad de Cádiz, 2017. ISSN: 1610-1928; eISSN: 1861-9959; http://bit.ly/2rCjWAh. WOS:000405644400004 European Acoustics Association (EAA), Production Type: Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919085. Impact index JCR 2016: 1,129 Q3; Ranking: 20/31(Acoustics) Impact Agency: ISI; Impact index SJR 2016: 0,451 Q1; Ranking: 17/40, Impact Agency: SCImago Journal & Country Ran; Hindex: 45. Categories of Web of Science: Acoustics: http://bit.ly/2FcLjTd; http://bit.ly/2DLElaS.
3. RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ MOLINA; Virginia Puyana Romero; Solange -lopez-segura, Lilian; Maffei, Luigi; Masullo, Massimiliano. Interactive Soundscapes: 360-Video Based Immersive Virtual Reality in a Tool for the Participatory Acoustic Environment Evaluation of Urban Areas. Acta Acustica united with Acustica. 103 - 4, pp. 574- 588. Universidad de Cádiz, 2017. ISSN: 1610-1928, eISSN: 1861-9959; http://bit.ly/2GgQWkI; WOS: 000405644400005. Production Type: Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919086. Impact index JCR 2017: 1,129 Q3; Ranking: 20/31(Acoustics) Impact Agency: ISI; Impact index SJR 2016: 0,451 Q1; Ranking: 17/40, Impact Agency: SCImago Journal & Country Ran; Hindex: 45. Categories of Web of Science: Acoustics: http://bit.ly/2Gh48Wy; http://bit.ly/2Brf14L.
4. RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ MOLINA; Licitra, Gaetano; Maffey, Luigi. Smart Mobility and Urban Noise;. Acta Acustica united with Acustica. 103 - 4, pp. V - VI. Universidad de Cádiz, 2017. ISSN: 1610-1928, eISSN: 1861-9959; http://bit.ly/2Bsbh2P; WOS: 000405644400001. Production type: Editorial DOI: https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919082. Impact index JCR 2016: 1,119 Q3; Ranking: 19/31(Acoustics) Impact Agency: ISI; Impact index SJR 2016: 0,451 Q1; Ranking: 17/40, Impact Agency: SCImago Journal & Country Ran; Hindex: 45. Categories of Web of Science: Acoustics: http://bit.ly/2FfA8tc; http://bit.ly/2GgFKVg.
5. Petrovici1, Alina Mihaela; JOSÉ LUIS CUETO ANCELA; Ricardo Gey Flores; Nedeff, Florin; RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ MOLINA; Tomozei, Claudia; Mosnegutu, Emilian. Optimization of some alternatives to noise barriers as noise mitigation measures on major roads in Europe. Case study of a highway in spain. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. 15 - 7, pp. 1617 – 1628. Universidad de Cádiz, 2016. ISSN: 1582-9596 eISSN: 1843-3707; http://bit.ly/2FeTH4J: WOS: 000384472000021 http://bit.ly/2tFvXEb. Production Type: Article DOI: Impact index JCR 2017: 1.096 Q3; Ranking: 175/229(Acoustics) Impact Agency: ISI; Impact index SJR 2017: 0,353 Q3; Ranking: 67/99, Impact Agency: SCImago Journal & Country Ran; Hindex: 45. Categories of Web of Science: Acoustics: http://bit.ly/2Dydw6E; http://bit.ly/2GgdMsA.

1. RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ MOLINA; FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ ZACARÍAS; FRANCISCO JAVIER BERMUDEZ RODRIGUEZ; AURELIO FRANCISCO MUÑOZ RUBIO; JUAN CARLOS RASERO BALÓN. Review of legislation on noise and vibration regulation in merchant ships. Transactions RINA, Vol 157, Part A3, International Journal Maritime Engineering, Jul-Sep 2015; pp.135-144; Universidad de Cádiz, 2015; ISSN: 17400716 http://bit.ly/2rGGBv2 WOS:000370998400001. Production Type: Article DOI: 10.3940/rina.ijme.2015.a3.315. Impact index JCR 2015: 0,361 Q3; Ranking: 11/14(Marine) Impact Agency: ISI; Impact index SJR 2015: 0, 323 Q2; Ranking: 43/158, Impact Agency: SCImago Journal & Country Ran; Ocean Engineering; Hindex: 9. Categories of Web of Science: Engineering, marine; http://bit.ly/2FaExgP; http://bit.ly/2DBG2Zb; http://bit.ly/2DJNmAZ.

1. FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ ZACARÍAS; RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ MOLINA; JOSÉ LUIS CUETO ANCELA. Application of equal loudness contour in assessing the impact of random noise: case study in continuous positive airway pressure systems with helmet. Applied Acoustics. 76, pp. 100 - 106. Universidad de Cádiz, 2014; ISSN: 0003-682X, eISSN: 1872-910X; http://bit.ly/2rGIPus; WOS:000328588900010. Production Type: Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2013.07.013. Impact index JCR 2014: 1,024.Q2; Ranking: 10/31(Acoustics) Impact Agency: ISI; Impact index SJR 2014: 0,686. Q1; Ranking: 10/85, Impact Agency: SCImago Journal & Country Ran; Acoustics and Ultrasonics; Hindex: 58. Categories of Web of Science: Acoustics; http://bit.ly/2ncBgpQ; http://bit.ly/2FiLKf1; http://bit.ly/2EauusX.