Emerging Themes and Future Directions of Multi-Sector Nexus Research and Implementation

Water, energy, and food are all essential components of human societies. Collectively, their respective resource systems are interconnected in what is called the “nexus”. There is growing consensus that a holistic understanding of the interdependencies and trade-offs between these sectors and other related systems is critical to solving many of the global challenges they present. While nexus research has grown exponentially since 2011, there is no unified, overarching approach, and the implementation of concepts remains hampered by the lack of clear case studies. Here, we present the results of a collaborative thought exercise involving 75 scientists and summarize them into 10 key recommendations covering: the most critical nexus issues of today, emerging themes, and where future efforts should be directed. We conclude that a nexus community of practice to promote open communication among researchers, to maintain and share standardized datasets, and to develop applied case studies will facilitate transparent comparisons of models and encourage the adoption of nexus approaches in practice

Emerging Themes and Future Directions of Multi-Sector Nexus Research and Implementation

Water, energy, and food are all essential components of human societies. Collectively, their respective resource systems are interconnected in what is called the “nexus”. There is growing consensus that a holistic understanding of the interdependencies and trade-offs between these sectors and other related systems is critical to solving many of the global challenges they present. While nexus research has grown exponentially since 2011, there is no unified, overarching approach, and the implementation of concepts remains hampered by the lack of clear case studies. Here, we present the results of a collaborative thought exercise involving 75 scientists and summarize them into 10 key recommendations covering: the most critical nexus issues of today, emerging themes, and where future efforts should be directed. We conclude that a nexus community of practice to promote open communication among researchers, to maintain and share standardized datasets, and to develop applied case studies will facilitate transparent comparisons of models and encourage the adoption of nexus approaches in practice

Emerging Themes and Future Directions of Multi-Sector Nexus Research and Implementation

Water, energy, and food are all essential components of human societies. Collectively, their respective resource systems are interconnected in what is called the “nexus”. There is growing consensus that a holistic understanding of the interdependencies and trade-offs between these sectors and other related systems is critical to solving many of the global challenges they present. While nexus research has grown exponentially since 2011, there is no unified, overarching approach, and the implementation of concepts remains hampered by the lack of clear case studies. Here, we present the results of a collaborative thought exercise involving 75 scientists and summarize them into 10 key recommendations covering: the most critical nexus issues of today, emerging themes, and where future efforts should be directed. We conclude that a nexus community of practice to promote open communication among researchers, to maintain and share standardized datasets, and to develop applied case studies will facilitate transparent comparisons of models and encourage the adoption of nexus approaches in practice.Water Resource

Considerations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa

Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artificial agreement to classify biological diversity) with nomenclature (an artificial agreement to name biological diversity). Two proposals to amend the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), allowing DNA sequences alone (of any region and extent) to serve as types of taxon names for voucherless fungi (mainly putative taxa from environmental DNA sequences), have been submitted to be voted on at the 11th International Mycological Congress (Puerto Rico, July 2018). We consider various genetic processes affecting the distribution of alleles among taxa and find that alleles may not consistently and uniquely represent the species within which they are contained. Should the proposals be accepted, the meaning of nomenclatural types would change in a fundamental way from physical objects as sources of data to the data themselves. Such changes are conducive to irreproducible science, the potential typification on artefactual data, and massive creation of names with low information content, ultimately causing nomenclatural instability and unnecessary work for future researchers that would stall future explorations of fungal diversity. We conclude that the acceptance of DNA sequences alone as types of names of taxa, under the terms used in the current proposals, is unnecessary and would not solve the problem of naming putative taxa known only from DNA sequences in a scientifically defensible way. As an alternative, we highlight the use of formulas for naming putative taxa (candidate taxa) that do not require any modification of the ICN.Peer reviewe

Emerging themes and future directions of multi-sector nexus research and implementation

Water, energy, and food are all essential components of human societies. Collectively, their respective resource systems are interconnected in what is called the “nexus”. There is growing consensus that a holistic understanding of the interdependencies and trade-offs between these sectors and other related systems is critical to solving many of the global challenges they present. While nexus research has grown exponentially since 2011, there is no unified, overarching approach, and the implementation of concepts remains hampered by the lack of clear case studies. Here, we present the results of a collaborative thought exercise involving 75 scientists and summarize them into 10 key recommendations covering: the most critical nexus issues of today, emerging themes, and where future efforts should be directed. We conclude that a nexus community of practice to promote open communication among researchers, to maintain and share standardized datasets, and to develop applied case studies will facilitate transparent comparisons of models and encourage the adoption of nexus approaches in practice

IV Congreso internacional 2019: memorias II

La Red de Dirección Estratégica en la Educación Superior (RED-DEES) celebró hace poco tiempo su 10mo Aniversario de constitución. Por ello, con mucho orgullo este libro permite crear un puente en el tiempo y la emoción para Ias 54 Instituciones de Educación Superior que hoy tienen el honor de ser parte de sus miembros. Hace unos 10 años pocos podrían soñar con que la Red hubiera recorrido el camino que nos ha traído hasta aquí; era una idea inicial, tan solo una semilla, que abriría las puertas a un futuro prometedor; se convirtió en un camino hacia la ilusión, ya que en los primeros años nos movíamos entre el deseo y la incertidumbre. Hoy no dejamos de reconocer que fue una decisión riesgosa, pero estábamos dispuestos a asumirla con muchos esfuerzos entre todos. (Apartes del texto)Contiene: 1. La Planificación Estratégica en la Educación Superior: Monitoreo y Seguimiento a la planificación operativa: Herramienta de apoyo para la toma de decisiones / Isaías Hernández Sánchez, María Catalina Tapia López -- La Planificación y su vinculación con los modelos para la calidad, caso UNAH / Javier Alexis Martínez Moncada -- Resultados de un trabajo planificado en la facultad de medicina de la UNNE- Argentina / Erika Sánchez, Silvia García, Patricia Demuth -- Rediseño estratégico y prospectivo de la arquitectura organizacional: experiencia en la Universidad de Managua. Nicaragua / Fernando Valle Meza, Mario Valle Dávila, Dora María Meza Cornavaca -- Factores que favorecen y dificultan la aplicación de la dirección estratégica en la educación superior / Jorge Juan Domínguez Menéndez -- La evaluación de la práctica de la planificación estratégica en instituciones de educación superior de Cuba. Metodología aplicada y principales resultados / José Luis Almuiñas Rivero, Judith Galarza López -- Modelo para el control de la estrategia institucional en la Universidad de Cienfuegos / Katia Rivero Alonso, Judith Galarza López -- Reconstrucción de la senda que se recorrió en los procesos de planificación y evaluación institucional de comunitaria intercultural / Adrián Puerta Ch., Julia Arguello M. -- 2. Evaluación Institucional y gestión de la calidad en las IES: Hacia la instauración de una cultura de mejora continua: Modelo de evaluación del desempeño en la UNAN -Managua / Isaías Hernández Sánchez, Saira del Rosario Figueroa Aguirre -- Estrategias para mejorar la gestión del proceso de autoevaluación institucional con fines de acreditación en la Universidad San Gregorio de Portoviejo / Ximena Guillén Vivas, José Luis Almuiñas Rivero, Judith Galarza López -- Visita de condiciones iniciales para la acreditación institucional en tiempos de pandemia y sus impactos. Relato de una experiencia. Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores - Colombia / Patricia Martínez Barrios, Orlando Salinas Gómez, Luz Mercedes Flechas Mendoza -- 3. La formación profesional y la calidad de los procesos universitarios: La formación profesional y la calidad de los procesos universitarios / Observal - Honduras, Celeo Emilio Arias -- Describir la satisfacción estudiantil delos egresados del instituto tecnológico superior de tela, ubicado en la ciudad de tela, Atlantida, Honduras / Gustavo Adolfo Rodríguez, Espinoza Carlos Agurcia, Jairo Núñez -- La cadena valor percibido, satisfacción y lealtad para los egresados de la universidad / Katty Johanna Loor Avila, José Antonio Pedraza Rodríguez, Leonor Pérez Naranjo -- El avance del seguimiento a graduados en la universidad nacional de ingeniería / Melvis Daviel Martínez Cano -- Programa de seguimiento de egresados: estudio preliminar de tres servicios universitarios / Rodrigo Horjales -- La formación de valores éticos en los estudiantes de la carrera de derecho con un enfoque RSU: propuesta de una estrategia / Roger Martínez Isaac, Odette Martínez Pérez, Noemí Delgado Álvarez -- El seguimiento de graduados; oferta y demanda de profesionales veterinarios en el Uruguay / José Passarini, Paola Cabral, Brasiliano Rodríguez, Claudia Borlido -- 4. Vinculación con medio y responsabilidad social universitaria: Responsabilidad social y aprendizaje: ideas preliminares / Odette Martínez Pérez, Roxana Chiquito Chillán, Víctor Gómez Rodríguez -- Transversalización de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en la Planeación Institucional de la UNAN-León / Marcos Vinicio Sandino Montes -- La Universidad de Pinar del Río del conocimiento y la innovación en función del desarrollo local sostenible / Maricela González Pérez, Carlos Cesar Torres Paez, Saray Nuñez González -- Educación superior socialmente responsable: propuesta de una metodología para su evaluación e implementación en la educación superior ecuatoriana / Odette Martínez Pérez, Luis Alberto Alzate Peralta, Rudy García Cobas -- 5. La Gestión de la Internacionalización de la educación superior: La gestión del proceso de internacionalización: experiencias en la movilidad académica, la formación doctoral del docente / Bernal Álava AF, Borroto Leal OE, Campozano Pluas, Vanessa Daniela -- La gestión de la internacionalización desde la perspectiva de la formación tecnológica: la experiencia del Instituto Superior Tecnológico Bolivariano de Tecnología ITB / Luis Alberto Alzate Peralta, Odette Martínez Pérez Elena Tolozano Benites -- 6.Las TIC y las Redes Sociales en la formación de los estudiantes / Las Redes sociales como gestoras de conocimiento formal en los participantes / Esteban de Jesús Gutiérrez Ortiz, Andrés Ernesto Manrique de la Cruz, Sheyla Monsait Valero Estrada, Carlos Jesús Rodríguez Saucedo -- Las NTIC como plataformas de nuevas habilidades digitales y cocreadoras de ecosistemas virtuales educomunicativos / Martín Hernández Oseguera, Oscar Ricardo Castillo BribiescaFundación Universitaria Los Libertadore

Worldwide survey on implantation of and outcomes for conduction system pacing with His bundle and left bundle branch area pacing leads.

BACKGROUND Adoption and outcomes for conduction system pacing (CSP), which includes His bundle pacing (HBP) or left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP), in real-world settings are incompletely understood. We sought to describe real-world adoption of CSP lead implantation and subsequent outcomes. METHODS We performed an online cross-sectional survey on the implantation and outcomes associated with CSP, between November 15, 2020, and February 15, 2021. We described survey responses and reported HBP and LBBAP outcomes for bradycardia pacing and cardiac resynchronization CRT indications, separately. RESULTS The analysis cohort included 140 institutions, located on 5 continents, who contributed data to the worldwide survey on CSP. Of these, 127 institutions (90.7%) reported experience implanting CSP leads. CSP and overall device implantation volumes were reported by 84 institutions. In 2019, the median proportion of device implants with CSP, HBP, and/or LBBAP leads attempted were 4.4% (interquartile range [IQR], 1.9-12.5%; range, 0.4-100%), 3.3% (IQR, 1.3-7.1%; range, 0.2-87.0%), and 2.5% (IQR, 0.5-24.0%; range, 0.1-55.6%), respectively. For bradycardia pacing indications, HBP leads, as compared to LBBAP leads, had higher reported implant threshold (median [IQR]: 1.5 V [1.3-2.0 V] vs 0.8 V [0.6-1.0 V], p = 0.0008) and lower ventricular sensing (median [IQR]: 4.0 mV [3.0-5.0 mV] vs. 10.0 mV [7.0-12.0 mV], p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION In conclusion, CSP lead implantation has been broadly adopted but has yet to become the default approach at most surveyed institutions. As the indications and data for CSP continue to evolve, strategies to educate and promote CSP lead implantation at institutions without CSP lead implantation experience would be necessary