<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear Colleague,<br></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">I am pleased to inform you of the launch of Scipedia (</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.scipedia.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.scipedia.com"><span lang="EN">https://www.scipedia.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">), a new initiative promoted by CIMNE for fostering the publication and dissemination of documents in Open Access and which has several innovative features. You can see a brief presentation of the capabilities of Scipedia at </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><a href="https://goo.gl/XNfjQb" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://goo.gl/XNfjQb"><span lang="EN">https://goo.gl/XNfjQb</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> and on the web itself.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">The unique feature of Scipedia is that it allows the creation and management of journals and collections of publications of individuals and groups (e.g. a single author, a group of academics, a university department or a research center). The documents are generated from the "original" text of the publication in Word or Latex and can be modified with the online editor of Scipedia to embed in the document videos, spreadsheets, raw and processed data files, models, etc. The collections may include articles, monographs, books, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, etc. From the documents published, one can automatically generate copies in PDF or EPUB format.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">All documents published in Scipedia are indexed by the main search engines of scientific and technical documents, such as Google Scholar, Open Aire, etc. In addition, all content is traceable by Google robots (and others) so that each part of it is traceable and referenceable.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">On the other hand, the published documents have a discussion forum where they can be commented by registered users. These comments will contribute to the "popularity" of the document and increase the "prestige" of the author and of those who participate in the discussion.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">In summary, Scipedia combines elements of Wikipedia, ReseachGate and OJS, incorporating new electronic publishing and Web 2.0 utilities.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">I invite you to know more about the potential benefits of Scipedia and to register as a user. For any doubt, comment or suggestion, please contact <a href="mailto:info@scipedia.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:info@scipedia.com">info@scipedia.com</a>.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">I hope this new Open Access publishing platform will be useful for your scientific and technical activity.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Thank you very much for your time and interest.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Sincerely</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #44546a; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #44546a; mso-fareast-language: ES;">,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;" data-mce-style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; 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color: #44546a;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #44546a;">………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Eugenio Oñate </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Professor of Structural and Continuum Mechanics </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt;" data-mce-style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: ES;" data-mce-style="font-size: 9.0pt; 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