The custom-made foot orthosis using the Central Stabilizer Element: nex concept of element

Foot orthoses have been applied for the management of lower limb disorders, mainly for those who develop foot pain. The Central Stabilizer Element (CSE) is a new element that contains the midfoot laterally when a plantar insole is manufactured. OBJECTIVES: - To determine the effect on foot pain of adding the Central Stabilizer Element during the manufacturing process of foot orthosis, -- - To describe the proportions of Central Stabilizer Element in terms of width and length of this element. METHODS: A sample comprising 130 patients (57 males and 73 females) with foot pain was recruited for this study, with the patients having supinated, neutral, pronated and overpronated feet. All the patients received a custom-made foot orthosis with the Central Stabilizer Element. The Central Stabilizer Element was made of resins of polyvinyl chloride, and is a device insert in foot orthosis that contains the midfoot laterally to control pronation and supination movements. Conclusion •The students know how to design the insole. •They know how to match different foot posture with the different types of insoles •We make our decisions based on the scientific evidence foundUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Description of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli based on phylogenetic grouping, virulence factors, and antimicrobial susceptibility

Background and Objectives: Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is a recently recognized and highly diverse pathotype of E. coli. Its significance as a pathogen has increased due to the emergence of hypervirulent and multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains. The aim of this study was to characterize ExPEC isolates from humans based on their phylogenetic group, virulence factor profile, and antimicrobial susceptibility. Materials and Methods: The isolates were collected from patients with extraintestinal infections caused by E. coli, including urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and surgical site infections. The E. coli phylogenetic groups were determined using multiplex PCR. Additionally, the isolates were evaluated for their biofilm-forming abilities, susceptibility to antimicrobial agents, and presence of virulence genes. Results: In this study, the isolates were classified into four phylogenetic groups: A (48.3%), B2 (25.8%), D (19.35%), and B1 (6.45%). All isolates exhibited at least one of the ten analyzed virulence factors. However, there was no direct evidence linking a specific phylogenetic group to a particular virulence factor. Nevertheless, the presence of the fimH, fyuA, ompT, traT, and kpsMTII virulence genes was correlated with the production of strong biofilms, multidrug resistance (MDR), and the production of alpha hemolysin. Conclusion: This study provides a description of the phylogenetic groups in ExPEC and their potential association with virulence factor profiles and antimicrobial susceptibility

El conocimiento especializado del profesor de matemáticas detectado en la resolución del problema de las cuerdas

En este documento mostramos un análisis sobre el conocimiento que evidencia un profesor de matemáticas de secundaria al resolver el problema de las cuerdas (se colocan n puntos sobre una circunferencia, ¿es posible determinar el número de todas las cuerdas que pueden trazarse?), usando el modelo analítico de conocimiento profesional mathematics teacher’s specialised knowledge (MTSK). Los resultados muestran la potencialidad del modelo como herramienta de análisis para profundizar en la comprensión y caracterización del conocimiento del profesor de matemáticas, en particular del conocimiento de los temas

Talleres de habilidades profesionales para jóvenes en ciencia de América Latina

una de las iniciativas promovidas en los Congresos Internacionales de Mujeres en la Física, organizados por la unión Internacional de Física Pura y Aplicada, fue brindar apoyo a las mujeres que se desenvuelven en esta disciplina a través de talleres de habilidades profesionales. Estos talleres se implementaron en algunos países a nivel nacional y también durante la realización de los icwip. Gracias al trabajo conjunto de un grupo de científicas latinoamericanas, también ha sido posible organizarlos en la región. En este trabajo se describen las características que han tenido los talleres organizados hasta el momento en tres países latinoamericanos, la realimentación dada por los y las jóvenes que participaron de los mismos y las lecciones aprendidas de cada experiencia.Fil: Avila, Alba. Universidad de Los Andes; ColombiaFil: Lilia Meza Montes. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; MéxicoFil: Ponce Dawson, Silvina Martha. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentin

Coalescent-based species delimitation in the sand lizards of the Liolaemus wiegmannii complex (Squamata: Liolaemidae)

Coalescent-based algorithms coupled with the access to genome-wide data have become powerful tools forassessing questions on recent or rapid diversification, as well as delineating species boundaries in the absence of reciprocal monophyly. In southern South America, the diversification of Liolaemus lizards during the Pleistocene is well documented and has been attributed to the climatic changes that characterized this recent period of time. Past climatic changes had harsh effects at extreme latitudes, including Patagonia, but habitat changes at intermediate latitudes of South America have also been recorded, including expansion of sand fields over northern Patagonia and Pampas). In this work, we apply a coalescent-based approach to study the diversification of the Liolaemus wiegmannii species complex, a morphologically conservative clade that inhabits sandy soils across northwest and south-central Argentina, and the south shores of Uruguay. Using four standard sequence markers (mitochondrial DNA and three nuclear loci) along with ddRADseq data we inferred species limits and a time calibrated species tree for the L. wiegmannii complex in order to evaluate the influence of Quaternary sand expansion/retraction cycles on diversification. We also evaluated the evolutionary independence of the recently described L. gardeli and inferred its phylogenetic position relative to L. wiegmannii. We find strong evidence for six allopatric candidate species within L. wiegmannii, which diversified during the Pleistocene. The Great Patagonian Glaciation (∼1 million years before present) likely split the species complex into two main groups: one composed of lineages associated with sub-Andean sedimentary formations, and the other mostly related to sand fields in the Pampas and northern Patagonia. We hypothesize that early speciation within L. wiegmannii was influenced by the expansion of sand dunes throughout central Argentina and Pampas. Finally, L. gardeli is supported as a distinct lineage nested within the L. wiegmannii complex.Fil: Villamil, Joaquín. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias; UruguayFil: Avila, Luciano Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales; ArgentinaFil: Morando, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales; ArgentinaFil: Sites, Jack W.. University Brigham Young; Estados UnidosFil: Leaché, Adam D.. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: Maneyro, Raúl. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias; UruguayFil: Camargo Bentaberry, Arley. Universidad de la República; Urugua

Biochar material evaluation through shock electrodialysis phenomenon for sustainable separation devices

The availability of biomass associated with agroindustry residues provides enormous opportunities for new bioproducts applications for sustainable processes. Biochar is a cost-effective carbonaceous material which can serve as raw material to create new separation agents and microdevices for gas purification, water treatment, biomolecule separation, controlled drug delivery, electrochemical reactors, microseparators and many other advanced applications. In this work, we used biochar disks derived from biomass harvest residues as a porous media to study the shock electrodialysis phenomenon. A home-made cell for continuous electrolyte flow including two stainless steel electrodes was used to study this phenomenon. Comparative cyclic voltammetry measurements were performed using the cell in batch mode with 1x10-4 M KCl solution either including or not including the biochar porous media. The difference between both voltammetry profiles showed how the presence of the porous material modified the extension of the plateau zone related to the diffusion-limited current density, which allows to perform shock electrodialysis tests. A set of continuous flow runs considering both distilled water (2.0 ? 6.0 µS/cm) and 1x10-4 M KCl solution (~17 µS/cm) were performed under an applied electric potential previously selected from the voltammetry measurements. The continuous monitoring of the solution ion conductivity in the cell outlet throughout each run provided important insights. The decrease of the outlet ion conductivity when the electric potential was applied to the cell indicated the presence of ion concentration polarization through the biochar porous material. The polarization effect increased when flow velocities and electrolyte concentrations were lower. With a proper engineering design (geometry, thickness and morphology) and considering optimized operating conditions (flow rate, applied voltage and ion concentration), this cost-effective carbonaceous material may play an important role in the development of new separation technologies for water treatment.Fil: Montes, Paula. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; ArgentinaFil: Antunez, Camila. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; ArgentinaFil: Trujillo, Matías. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; ArgentinaFil: Iglesias, Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas; ArgentinaFil: Trejo González, José Adolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Química del Noroeste. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia. Instituto de Química del Noroeste; ArgentinaFil: Madrid, Rossana Elena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas; ArgentinaFil: Avila, Adolfo María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Química del Noroeste. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia. Instituto de Química del Noroeste; ArgentinaXXIX Interamerican Congress of Chemical EngineeringTorontoCanadáCanadian Society for Chemical Engineerin

Evaluación de la inversión para determinar la rentabilidad de un nuevo producto llamado Clorofila del Pasto de Trigo en la empresa "Maqura S.A.C." en el año 2017 en Lima-Perú

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo general el evaluar la inversión que permitirá determinar la rentabilidad de un nuevo producto llamado clorofila del pasto de trigo en la empresa MAMAQURA SAC para el año 2017. Para poder desarrollar el tema de investigación, hemos realizado una investigación no experimental - descriptiva donde especificamos las características y rasgos importantes que ayudaron a evaluar la inversión para determinar la rentabilidad de un producto, ello se logró observando y recolectando datos sin manipular deliberadamente las variables; para la recolección de datos hemos realizado una investigación documental, por otro lado también hemos elaborado una encuesta la cual se aplicó a personas interesadas en invertir en nuevos proyectos, permitiendo de esta manera conocer su opinión. Adicionalmente para poder sustentar el proyecto de investigación se presentó un caso práctico real aplicado a la empresa MAMAQURA SAC, donde uno de los copropietarios deseo incorporar un nuevo producto a la actividad económica de la empresa. Finalmente las conclusiones que reflejamos en este proyecto están en función a los a los objetivos planteados en la tesina.Trabajo de suficiencia profesionalCampus Lima Centr

GRB 221009A: A light dark matter burst or an extremely bright Inverse Compton component?

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been considered as potential very high-energy photon emitters due to the large amount of energy released as well as the strong magnetic fields involved in their jets. However, the detection of TeV photons is not expected from bursts beyond a redshift of $z\gtrsim 0.1$ due to their attenuation with the extragalactic background light (EBL). For these reasons, the recent observation of photons with energies of 18 and 251 TeV from GRB 221009A (z=0.151) last October 9th, 2022 has challenged what we know about the TeV-emission mechanisms and the extragalactic background. In order to explain the TeV observations, recent works exploring candidates of dark matter have started to appear. In this paper, we discuss the required conditions and limitations within the most plausible scenario, synchrotron-self Compton (SSC) radiation in the GRB afterglow, to interpret the one 18-TeV photon observation besides the EBL. To avoid the Klein-Nishina effect, we find an improbable value of the microphysical magnetic parameter below $10^{-6}$ for a circumburst medium value $> 1{\rm cm^{-3}}$ (expected in the collapsar scenario). Therefore, we explore possible scenarios in terms of ALPs and dark photon mechanisms to interpret this highly-energetic photon and we discuss the implications in the GRB energetics. We find that the ALPs and dark photon scenarios can explain the 18 TeV photon but not the 251 TeV photon.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, 4 table

A novel compensation scheme based on a virtual air gap variable reactor for AC voltage control

Voltage control based on reactive power compensation is a fundamental aspect of the operation of ac electric power systems. This paper presents a novel shunt compensation scheme based on a virtual air gap variable reactor. The scheme is fully developed, from the adaptation of the virtual air gap principle to high-voltage applications and the determination of its expected performance, to the proposal of a digital cascade control using internal model and proportional-integral controllers. The suitability and flexibility of the device, and the voltage control and reactive power compensation scheme are verified by means of laboratory tests performed in a small-scale prototype. Measured results show that the proposed device and its control provide a robust load compensation scheme for ac systems