30 research outputs found
La adopción de las redes sociales en las pequeñas y medianas empresas del sector manufacturero en Baja California
Currently, information and communication technologies (IT) are a fundamental part of organizational activity. IT solutions aim to support organizational processes, both administrative and productive trying to reduce costs and improve positioning in international markets. Each company determines which technology is more appropriate to handle its diverse activities. Social networks can have a huge impact becoming a tool of communication between customers, suppliers, and employees enabling the opening of new markets and the increase of businesses competitiveness. Therefore, measuring its rate adoption can be decisive for the growth of organizations. In this research we measured the adoption and perception of social networks in small and medium sized enterprisesin the manufacturing sector in Baja California. This, in orderto identify if organizations are prepared to take advantage of the benefits that social networks can bring.Las empresas cada vez tienen mayor uso de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación para sus procesos y como apoyo a sus ventas, asimismo hay empresas que utilizan distintas tecnologías y herramientas para aumentar su producción, ventas, controles, minería de datos, entre otras. Cada empresa determina cuál de las tecnologías es la más apropiada, pero hay un sector que por su giro no ve reflejado el apoyo que puede tener en sus procesos, y es el sector manufacturero. Es por ello que medir su adopción de la tecnología puede ser decisivo para el despegue de una empresa o su estancamiento. En especial las redes sociales pueden ser de gran impacto en la empresa, aun cuando se consideran que solo son utilizadas para el ocio, pueden convertirse en una herramienta para la comunicación entre clientes, proveedores y empleados, además de abrir nuevos horizontes, es decir, ser más competitiva. Esta investigación midió la adopción y la percepción del sector manufacturero hacia las redes sociales en Baja California
A system dynamics model to predict the human monocyte response to endotoxins
System dynamics is a powerful tool that allows modeling of complex and highly networked systems such as those found in the human immune system. We have developed a model that reproduces how the exposure of human monocytes to lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) induces an inflammatory state characterized by high production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), which is rapidly modulated to enter into a tolerant state, known as endotoxin tolerance (ET). The model contains two subsystems with a total of six states, seven flows, two auxiliary variables, and 14 parameters that interact through six differential and nine algebraic equations. The parameters were estimated and optimized to obtain a model that fits the experimental data obtained from human monocytes treated with various LPS doses. In contrast to publications on other animal models, stimulation of human monocytes with super-low-dose LPSs did not alter the response to a second LPSs challenge, neither inducing ET, nor enhancing the inflammatory response. Moreover, the model confirms the low production of TNFα and increased levels of C-C motif ligand 2 when monocytes exhibit a tolerant state similar to that of patients with sepsis. At present, the model can help us better understand the ET response and might offer new insights on sepsis diagnostics and prognosis by examining the monocyte response to endotoxins in patients with sepsisThis work was supported by grants from the “Instituto de Salud Carlos III” (ISCiii), “Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria” (FIS), and Fondos FEDER (PI14/01234, PIE15/00065) to EL-C. EA work contract is supported by the Torres Quevedo program from “Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad” (SPTQ1300X006175XV0). VT work contract is supported by the “Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad” (PTA2013-8265-I
Comprehensive description of clinical characteristics of a large systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cohort from the Spanish Rheumatology Society Lupus Registry (RELESSER) with emphasis on complete versus incomplete lupus differences
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by multiple organ involvement and pronounced racial and ethnic heterogeneity. The aims of the present work were (1) to describe the cumulative clinical characteristics of those patients included in the Spanish Rheumatology Society SLE Registry (RELESSER), focusing on the differences between patients who fulfilled the 1997 ACR-SLE criteria versus those with less than 4 criteria (hereafter designated as incomplete SLE (iSLE)) and (2) to compare SLE patient characteristics with those documented in other multicentric SLE registries. RELESSER is a multicenter hospital-based registry, with a collection of data from a large, representative sample of adult patients with SLE (1997 ACR criteria) seen at Spanish rheumatology departments. The registry includes demographic data, comprehensive descriptions of clinical manifestations, as well as information about disease activity and severity, cumulative damage, comorbidities, treatments and mortality, using variables with highly standardized definitions. A total of 4.024 SLE patients (91% with ≥4 ACR criteria) were included. Ninety percent were women with a mean age at diagnosis of 35.4 years and a median duration of disease of 11.0 years. As expected, most SLE manifestations were more frequent in SLE patients than in iSLE ones and every one of the ACR criteria was also associated with SLE condition; this was particularly true of malar rash, oral ulcers and renal disorder. The analysis-adjusted by gender, age at diagnosis, and disease duration-revealed that higher disease activity, damage and SLE severity index are associated with SLE [OR: 1.14; 95% CI: 1.08-1.20 (P < 0.001); 1.29; 95% CI: 1.15-1.44 (P < 0.001); and 2.10; 95% CI: 1.83-2.42 (P < 0.001), respectively]. These results support the hypothesis that iSLE behaves as a relative stable and mild disease. SLE patients from the RELESSER register do not appear to differ substantially from other Caucasian populations and although activity [median SELENA-SLEDA: 2 (IQ: 0-4)], damage [median SLICC/ACR/DI: 1 (IQ: 0-2)], and severity [median KATZ index: 2 (IQ: 1-3)] scores were low, 1 of every 4 deaths was due to SLE activity. RELESSER represents the largest European SLE registry established to date, providing comprehensive, reliable and updated information on SLE in the southern European population
Role of age and comorbidities in mortality of patients with infective endocarditis
[Purpose]: The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality.
[Methods]: Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.The area under the receiver-operating characteristic (AUROC) curve was calculated to quantify the diagnostic accuracy of the CCI to predict mortality risk.
[Results]: A total of 3120 patients with IE (1327 < 65 years;1291 65-80 years;502 ≥ 80 years) were enrolled.Fever and heart failure were the most common presentations of IE, with no differences among age groups.Patients ≥80 years who underwent surgery were significantly lower compared with other age groups (14.3%,65 years; 20.5%,65-79 years; 31.3%,≥80 years). In-hospital mortality was lower in the <65-year group (20.3%,<65 years;30.1%,65-79 years;34.7%,≥80 years;p < 0.001) as well as 1-year mortality (3.2%, <65 years; 5.5%, 65-80 years;7.6%,≥80 years; p = 0.003).Independent predictors of mortality were age ≥ 80 years (hazard ratio [HR]:2.78;95% confidence interval [CI]:2.32–3.34), CCI ≥ 3 (HR:1.62; 95% CI:1.39–1.88),and non-performed surgery (HR:1.64;95% CI:11.16–1.58).When the three age groups were compared,the AUROC curve for CCI was significantly larger for patients aged <65 years(p < 0.001) for both in-hospital and 1-year mortality.
[Conclusion]: There were no differences in the clinical presentation of IE between the groups. Age ≥ 80 years, high comorbidity (measured by CCI),and non-performance of surgery were independent predictors of mortality in patients with IE.CCI could help to identify those patients with IE and surgical indication who present a lower risk of in-hospital and 1-year mortality after surgery, especially in the <65-year group
Innovación en las enseñanzas universitarias: experiencias presentadas en las III Jornadas de Innovación Educativa de la ULL
En este libro se recoge un conjunto de experiencias de innovación educativa desarrolladas en la ULL en el curso 2011-12. Se abordan distintos ámbitos y ramas del conocimiento, y ocupan temáticas variadas que han sido desarrolladas con rigor, y con un claro potencial para su extrapolación a efectos de la mejora educativa en el ámbito universitario. Esta publicación constituye una primera
edición de una serie que irá recogiendo las experiencias de innovación educativa de la ULL. Este es un paso relevante para su impulso en nuestra institución, como lo es el de su vinculación con la investigación educativa, para potenciar
su publicación en las revistas científicas en este ámbito cada vez más pujante y relevante para las universidades. Sobre todo representan el deseo y el compromiso del profesorado de la ULL para la mejora del proceso educativo mediante
la investigación, la evaluación y la reflexión compartida de nuestras prácticas y planteamientos docentes
The Research Journey as a Challenge Towards New Trends
The academic community of the department of Risaralda, in its permanent interest in evidencing the results of the research processes that are carried out from the Higher Education Institutions and as a product of the VI meeting of researchers of the department of Risaralda held in November 2021 presents its work: “The journey of research as a challenge towards new trends”, which reflects the result of the latest research and advances in different lines of knowledge in Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology and Information Sciences, which seek to solve and meet the demands of the different sectors.
This work would not have been possible without the help of each of the teachers, researchers and authors who presented their articles that make up each of the chapters of the book, to them our gratitude for their commitment, dedication and commitment, since their sole purpose is to contribute from the academy and science to scientific and technological development in the search for the solution of problems and thus contribute to transform the reality of our society and communities. We also wish to extend our
gratitude to the institutions of the Network that made this publication possible: UTP, UCP, UNAD, UNIREMINGTON; UNISARC, CIAF, Universidad Libre, Uniclaretiana, Fundación Universitaria Comfamiliar and UNIMINUTO, institutions that in one way or another allowed this work to become a reality, which we hope will be of interest to you.Preface............................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1. Technologies and Engineering
Towards a humanization in Engineering using soft skills in training
in Engineers.............................................................................................................11
Omar Iván Trejos Buriticá1, Luis Eduardo Muñoz Guerrero
Innovative materials in construction: review from a bibliometric
analysis....................................................................................................................27
Cristian Osorio Gómez, Daniel Aristizábal Torres, Alejandro Alzate Buitrago,
Cristhian Camilo Amariles López
Bibliometric review of disaster risk management: progress, trends,
and challenges.........................................................................................................51
Alejandro Alzate Buitrago, Gloria Milena Molina Vinasco.
Incidence of land coverage and geology, in the unstability of lands
of the micro-basin of the Combia creek, Pereira, Risaralda....................................73
Alejandro Alzate Buitrago, Daniel Aristizábal Torres.
Chapter 2. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Training experience with teachers teaching mathematics using the
inquiry methodology ...............................................................................................95
Vivian Libeth Uzuriaga López, Héctor Gerardo Sánchez Bedoya.
Interpretation of the multiple representations of the fears associated
to the boarding of limited visual patients in the elective I students’ written
productions and low vision ...................................................................................113
Eliana Bermúdez Cardona, Ana María Agudelo Guevara, Caterine Villamarín Acosta.
The relevance of local knowledge in social sciences............................................131
Alberto Antonio Berón Ospina, Isabel Cristina Castillo Quintero.
Basic education students’ conceptions of conflict a view from the peace
for the education....................................................................................................143
Astrid Milena Calderón Cárdenas,Carolina Aguirre Arias, Carolina Franco Ossa,
Martha Cecilia Gutiérrez Giraldo, Orfa Buitrago.
Comprehensive risk prevention in educational settings: an interdisciplinary
and socio-educational approach ............................................................................163
Olga María Henao Trujillo, Claudia María López Ortiz.
Chapter 3. Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Physicochemical characterization of three substrates used in the deep
bedding system in swine .......................................................................................175
Juan Manuel Sánchez Rubio, Andrés Felipe Arias Roldan, Jesús Arturo Rincón Sanz,
Jaime Andrés Betancourt Vásquez.
Periodic solutions in AFM models........................................................................187
Daniel Cortés Zapata, Alexander Gutiérrez Gutiérrez.
Phenology in flower and fruit of Rubus glaucus benth. Cv. Thornless
in Risaralda: elements for phytosanitary management .........................................199
Shirley Palacios Castro, Andrés Alfonso Patiño Martínez, James Montoya Lerma,
Ricardo Flórez, Harry Josué Pérez.
Socio-economic and technical characterization of the cultivation of
avocado (Persea americana) in Risaralda..............................................................217
Andrés Alfonso Patiño Martínez, Kelly Saudith Castañez Poveda, Eliana Gómez Correa.
Biosecurity management in backyard systems in Santa Rosa de Cabal,
Risaralda................................................................................................................227
Julia Victoria Arredondo Botero, Jaiver Estiben Ocampo Jaramillo, Juan Sebastián Mera Vallejo,
Álvaro de Jesús Aranzazu Hernández.
CONTENTS
Physical-chemical diagnosis of soils in hillside areas with predominance
of Lulo CV. La Selva production system in the department of Risaralda.............241
Adriana Patricia Restrepo Gallón, María Paula Landinez Montes, Jimena Tobón López.
Digestibility of three concentrates used in canine feeding....................................271
María Fernanda Mejía Silva, Valentina Noreña Sánchez, Gastón Adolfo Castaño Jiménez.
Chapter 4. Economic, Administrative, and Accounting Sciences
Financial inclusion in households from socioeconomic strata 1 and 2 in
the city of Pereira ..................................................................................................285
Lindy Neth Perea Mosquera, Marlen Isabel Redondo Ramírez, Angélica Viviana Morales.
Internal marketing strategies as a competitive advantage for the company
Mobilautos SAS de Dosquebradas........................................................................303
Inés Montoya Sánchez, Sandra Patricia Viana Bolaños, Ana María Barrera Rodríguez.
Uses of tourist marketing in the tourist sector of the municipality of Belén
de Umbría, Risaralda.............................................................................................319
Ana María Barrera Rodríguez, Paola Andrea Echeverri Gutiérrez, María Camila Parra Buitrago,
Paola Andrea Martín Muñoz, Angy Paola Ángel Vélez, Luisa Natalia Trejos Ospina.
Territorial prospective of Risaralda department (Colombia), based on
the SDGS...............................................................................................................333
Juan Guillermo Gil García, Samanta Londoño Velásquez.
Chapter 5. Health and Sports Sciences
Performance evaluation in times of pandemic. What do medical
students think?.......................................................................................................353
Samuel Eduardo Trujillo Henao, Rodolfo A. Cabrales Vega, Germán Alberto Moreno Gómez.
The relevance of the therapist’s self and self-reference in the training
of psychologists.....................................................................................................371
Maria Paula Marmolejo Lozano, Mireya Ospina Botero.
Habits related to oral health which influence lifestyle of elder people
in a wellness center for the elderly in Pereira 2020. .............................................387
Isadora Blanco Pérez, Olga Patricia Ramírez Rodríguez, Ángela María Rincón Hurtado.
Analysis of the suicide trend in the Coffee Region in Colombia during
the years 2012-2018 ..............................................................................................405
Germán Alberto Moreno Gómez, Jennifer Nessim Salazar, Jairo Franco Londoño,
Juan Carlos Medina Osorio.
Hind limb long bone fractures in canines and felines...........................................419
María Camila Cruz Vélez, Valentina Herrera Morales, Alba Nydia Restrepo Jiménez, Lina
Marcela Palomino, Gabriel Rodolfo Izquierdo Bravo.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children in the rural and urban
area of Risaralda....................................................................................................439
Angela María Álvarez López, Angela Liceth Pérez Rendón, Alejandro Gómez Rodas,
Luis Enrique Isaza Velásquez.
Chapter 6. Architecture, Design and Advertising
The artisan crafts of Risaralda, characteristics, importance, and risks
within the Colombian Coffee Cultural Landscape, CCCL....................................457
Yaffa Nahir Ivette Gómez Barrera, Javier Alfonso López Morales
Integrative epigenomics in Sjögren´s syndrome reveals novel pathways and a strong interaction between the HLA, autoantibodies and the interferon signature
Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration and damage of exocrine salivary and lacrimal glands. The etiology of SS is complex with environmental triggers and genetic factors involved. By conducting an integrated multi-omics study, we confirmed a vast coordinated hypomethylation and overexpression effects in IFN-related genes, what is known as the IFN signature. Stratified and conditional analyses suggest a strong interaction between SS-associated HLA genetic variation and the presence of Anti-Ro/SSA autoantibodies in driving the IFN epigenetic signature and determining SS. We report a novel epigenetic signature characterized by increased DNA methylation levels in a large number of genes enriched in pathways such as collagen metabolism and extracellular matrix organization. We identified potential new genetic variants associated with SS that might mediate their risk by altering DNA methylation or gene expression patterns, as well as disease-interacting genetic variants that exhibit regulatory function only in the SS population. Our study sheds new light on the interaction between genetics, autoantibody profiles, DNA methylation and gene expression in SS, and contributes to elucidate the genetic architecture of gene regulation in an autoimmune population
Treatment with tocilizumab or corticosteroids for COVID-19 patients with hyperinflammatory state: a multicentre cohort study (SAM-COVID-19)
Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the association between tocilizumab or corticosteroids and the risk of intubation or death in patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) with a hyperinflammatory state according to clinical and laboratory parameters.
Methods: A cohort study was performed in 60 Spanish hospitals including 778 patients with COVID-19 and clinical and laboratory data indicative of a hyperinflammatory state. Treatment was mainly with tocilizumab, an intermediate-high dose of corticosteroids (IHDC), a pulse dose of corticosteroids (PDC), combination therapy, or no treatment. Primary outcome was intubation or death; follow-up was 21 days. Propensity score-adjusted estimations using Cox regression (logistic regression if needed) were calculated. Propensity scores were used as confounders, matching variables and for the inverse probability of treatment weights (IPTWs).
Results: In all, 88, 117, 78 and 151 patients treated with tocilizumab, IHDC, PDC, and combination therapy, respectively, were compared with 344 untreated patients. The primary endpoint occurred in 10 (11.4%), 27 (23.1%), 12 (15.4%), 40 (25.6%) and 69 (21.1%), respectively. The IPTW-based hazard ratios (odds ratio for combination therapy) for the primary endpoint were 0.32 (95%CI 0.22-0.47; p < 0.001) for tocilizumab, 0.82 (0.71-1.30; p 0.82) for IHDC, 0.61 (0.43-0.86; p 0.006) for PDC, and 1.17 (0.86-1.58; p 0.30) for combination therapy. Other applications of the propensity score provided similar results, but were not significant for PDC. Tocilizumab was also associated with lower hazard of death alone in IPTW analysis (0.07; 0.02-0.17; p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Tocilizumab might be useful in COVID-19 patients with a hyperinflammatory state and should be prioritized for randomized trials in this situatio
Libro: Las Ciencias Políticas y Sociales ante Contingencias de Amplio Impacto. Incógnitas y Propuestas
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obras derivadas - No se puede alterar, transformar o generar una obra derivada a partir de esta obra.Se analizan desde una perspectiva internacional a interdisciplinaria las vertientes, problemas, incógnitas y propuestas ante una nueva realidad o normalidad, resultado y consecuencia de la pandemia que se vive de manera contemporánea, de tal manera que la problematización abordada realimente propuestas, acciones y rutas adecuadas y satisfactorias que permitan la construcción de futuros promisorios.Academia Internacional de Ciencias Político-Administrativas y Estudios de Futuro, A.C. (IAPAS por sus siglas en inglés)