Integración de sistemas de gestión en la Universidad de Managua

La universidad contemporánea enfrenta el reto de constituirse en pilar del desarrollo socioeconómico del país, dando respuestas pertinentes a los problemas actuales en el campo social, económico y del conocimiento. En dicho contexto, la gestión se reconoce como factor clave de éxito para cumplir este cometido, por lo que su mejora sistemática y desde una perspectiva integradora se convierte en un desafío para los directivos universitarios.   En el presente artículo se expone la experiencia de la Universidad de Managua, con respecto al aumento de la coherencia de su sistema de gestión, a partir de su orientación a la calidad desde los supuestos de la Dirección Estratégica. Para el estudio se siguió una concepción metodológica basada en tomar como referencia el enfoque estratégico y realizar la integración de las concepciones gerenciales a partir de factores base y componentes. Se utilizaron técnicas que permitieron obtener los resultados previstos y facilitaron su implementación de forma progresiva.  

Calidad del Servicio Bibliotecario: Universidad de Managua

The research proposes a set of actions to improve the quality of services in the Library of the University of Managua (UdeM). The study assumes the mixed approach with the use of quali-quanti cutting methods. To identify opportunities for improvement in the UdeM library service, at the beginning of the research the key variables are defined: Management, Communication, Human Resources, Physical and technological infrastructure. Later, the diagnosis was made, the main opportunities are declared, which served to shape actions by variables to improve the quality of services in the UdeM Library, which have been developing since 2010. In addition, the assessment of indicators to evaluate the execution of the actions, for the continuous improvement of the quality of the institution and the implementation of a quality management system

Aquamati

En este proyecto se desarrolla un nuevo producto que se lanzará al mercado de aguas Premium. En este abstracto se podrá observar el procedimiento que se desarrolló para poder analizar correctamente si el proyecto es rentable o no. Nuestro proyecto tiene como finalidad introducir al mercado un producto innovador, el cual es Aquamati; un agua ozonizada, la cual tiene diferentes beneficios con respecto a las aguas que comúnmente encontramos en el mercado. Este es un producto eco amigable, debido a que su presentación es en botella de vidrio reutilizable, y beneficioso para la salud, ya que el ozono es un purificador natural. En este trabajo podrán observar todas las etapas en las que desarrollamos ideas, entrevistamos a posibles consumidores, establecimos hipótesis de mercado, hicimos focus group en el que se evaluó el sabor y la imagen del producto y finalmente establecimos estrategias para poder insertar nuestro producto y hacerlo competitivo. Nuestra agua va dirigida a personas de nivel socioeconómico A y B entre 18 a 50 años que viven en Lima, con tendencia de compra de productos que incentiven la vida saludable y un perfil sofisticado. Finalmente, en el trabajo se visualiza toda de planeamiento de actividades como las de Recursos Humanos, Marketing, Responsabilidad Social, la parte del financiamiento y la parte contable de nuestro proyecto en el cual se ve la viabilidad del negocio.This project entails the development of a new product that will be launched to the bottled water market. In this abstract, We'll show the process developed to correctly analyze if the project was profitable or not. Our project's goal is to introduce to the market a novel product, Aquamati is ozonized water, which has several benefits that regular bottled water in the market do not, It's an eco-friendly product, being possible to reuse its glass bottle, and ozone being a natural purifier, it offers several health benefits. In this document, you will see all the phases in which we developed the core ideas, interviewed potential consumers, established market hypothesis, ran focus groups in which the product's flavor and image were evaluated, and finally designed strategies to insert our product in a way that makes it competitive. Our water is targeted towards consumers from socioeconomic status A and B, and between ages of 18 and 50 years old, that reside in Lima and have a tendency to buy products that incentivize a healthy life and a sophisticated life style. Finally, in the document you'll be able to see the planning of activities such as: human resources, marketing, social responsibility, finances, and accounting, which show the viability of the business.Trabajo de investigació

Reseñas iberoamericanas

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The global abundance of tree palms

Aim Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Being monocots, tree palms are evolutionarily, morphologically and physiologically distinct from other trees, and these differences have important consequences for ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration and storage) and in terms of responses to climate change. We quantified global patterns of tree palm relative abundance to help improve understanding of tropical forests and reduce uncertainty about these ecosystems under climate change. Location Tropical and subtropical moist forests. Time period Current. Major taxa studied Palms (Arecaceae). Methods We assembled a pantropical dataset of 2,548 forest plots (covering 1,191 ha) and quantified tree palm (i.e., ≥10 cm diameter at breast height) abundance relative to co‐occurring non‐palm trees. We compared the relative abundance of tree palms across biogeographical realms and tested for associations with palaeoclimate stability, current climate, edaphic conditions and metrics of forest structure. Results On average, the relative abundance of tree palms was more than five times larger between Neotropical locations and other biogeographical realms. Tree palms were absent in most locations outside the Neotropics but present in >80% of Neotropical locations. The relative abundance of tree palms was more strongly associated with local conditions (e.g., higher mean annual precipitation, lower soil fertility, shallower water table and lower plot mean wood density) than metrics of long‐term climate stability. Life‐form diversity also influenced the patterns; palm assemblages outside the Neotropics comprise many non‐tree (e.g., climbing) palms. Finally, we show that tree palms can influence estimates of above‐ground biomass, but the magnitude and direction of the effect require additional work. Conclusions Tree palms are not only quintessentially tropical, but they are also overwhelmingly Neotropical. Future work to understand the contributions of tree palms to biomass estimates and carbon cycling will be particularly crucial in Neotropical forests

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