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    PRODUCCION DE PELICULAS DELGADAS DE TiO2 OBTENIDAS POR LA TECNICA DE ARCO CATODICO

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    Películas delgadas de Dióxido de Titanio (TiO2) fueron crecidas usando deposición física de vapor asistida por plasma (DFVAP) en un sistema de arco catódico a partir de un blanco de Ti. Para la producción de las películas, dentro de la cámara de reacción se ubicaron dos electrodos enfrentados (blanco y sustrato) a una distancia inter-electródica de 4 mm, la cámara de reacción se llenó con una mezcla de gases de argón y oxigeno hasta alcanzar la presión óptima de trabajo (2 mbar). Las descargas se realizaron a partir de un circuito RLC, el cual permite hacer variaciones de voltaje inter electródico de 0 a 300 voltios, con una corriente máxima de 300 amperios. Con GIXRD (Difracción de Rayos X a Incidencia Rasante) se evaluaron las fases cristalinas, el coeficiente de textura, tamaño del cristalito, micro deformación y el parámetro de red de las películas. Usando la ecuación de Scherrer se determino el tamaño del cristalito y la micro deformación teniendo en cuanta el ensanchamiento instrumental del equipo de XRD, además, para el refinamiento Rietveld se empleo una función pseudo voigt. El análisis de GIXRD muestra la formación de las fases rutilo y anatasa del TiO2, con estructura cristalina tetragonal y orientación en los planos (210) y (004), (204) respectivamente. Por medio del análisis de Microscopia Electrónica de Barrido (MEB) y espectroscopia de Energía Dispersiva de Rayos-X (EDX), micrografías y la composición elemental de los recubrimientos fueron obtenidas. Usando μ-RAMAN se corroboro la presencia de las fases correspondientes al TiO2

    PRODUCCION DE PELICULAS DELGADAS DE TiO2 OBTENIDAS POR LA TECNICA DE ARCO CATODICO

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    Películas delgadas de Dióxido de Titanio (TiO2) fueron crecidas usando deposición física de vapor asistida por plasma (DFVAP) en un sistema de arco catódico a partir de un blanco de Ti. Para la producción de las películas, dentro de la cámara de reacción se ubicaron dos electrodos enfrentados (blanco y sustrato) a una distancia inter-electródica de 4 mm, la cámara de reacción se llenó con una mezcla de gases de argón y oxigeno hasta alcanzar la presión óptima de trabajo (2 mbar). Las descargas se realizaron a partir de un circuito RLC, el cual permite hacer variaciones de voltaje inter electródico de 0 a 300 voltios, con una corriente máxima de 300 amperios. Con GIXRD (Difracción de Rayos X a Incidencia Rasante) se evaluaron las fases cristalinas, el coeficiente de textura, tamaño del cristalito, micro deformación y el parámetro de red de las películas. Usando la ecuación de Scherrer se determino el tamaño del cristalito y la micro deformación teniendo en cuanta el ensanchamiento instrumental del equipo de XRD, además, para el refinamiento Rietveld se empleo una función pseudo voigt. El análisis de GIXRD muestra la formación de las fases rutilo y anatasa del TiO2, con estructura cristalina tetragonal y orientación en los planos (210) y (004), (204) respectivamente. Por medio del análisis de Microscopia Electrónica de Barrido (MEB) y espectroscopia de Energía Dispersiva de Rayos-X (EDX), micrografías y la composición elemental de los recubrimientos fueron obtenidas. Usando μ-RAMAN se corroboro la presencia de las fases correspondientes al TiO2

    XVI International Congress of Control Electronics and Telecommunications: "Techno-scientific considerations for a post-pandemic world intensive in knowledge, innovation and sustainable local development"

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    Este título, sugestivo por los impactos durante la situación de la Covid 19 en el mundo, y que en Colombia lastimosamente han sido muy críticos, permiten asumir la obligada superación de tensiones sociales, políticas, y económicas; pero sobre todo científicas y tecnológicas. Inicialmente, esto supone la existencia de una capacidad de la sociedad colombiana por recuperar su estado inicial después de que haya cesado la perturbación a la que fue sometida por la catastrófica pandemia, y superar ese anterior estado de cosas ya que se encontraban -y aún se encuentran- muchos problemas locales mal resueltos, medianamente resueltos, y muchos sin resolver: es decir, habrá que rediseñar y fortalecer una probada resiliencia social existente - producto del prolongado conflicto social colombiano superado parcialmente por un proceso de paz exitoso - desde la tecnociencia local; como lo indicaba Markus Brunnermeier - economista alemán y catedrático de economía de la Universidad de Princeton- en su libro The Resilient Society…La cuestión no es preveerlo todo sino poder reaccionar…aprender a recuperarse rápido.This title, suggestive of the impacts during the Covid 19 situation in the world, and which have unfortunately been very critical in Colombia, allows us to assume the obligatory overcoming of social, political, and economic tensions; but above all scientific and technological. Initially, this supposes the existence of a capacity of Colombian society to recover its initial state after the disturbance to which it was subjected by the catastrophic pandemic has ceased, and to overcome that previous state of affairs since it was found -and still is find - many local problems poorly resolved, moderately resolved, and many unresolved: that is, an existing social resilience test will have to be redesigned and strengthened - product of the prolonged Colombian social conflict partially overcome by a successful peace process - from local technoscience; As Markus Brunnermeier - German economist and professor of economics at Princeton University - indicates in his book The Resilient Society...The question is not to foresee everything but to be able to react...learn to recover quickly.Bogot

    Incorporation of P5+ and P3− from phosphate precursor in TiO2:P coatings produced by PEO: XPS and DFT study

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    The study of the incorporation of P ions in TiO2 coatings was carried out in this work using Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) technique, which was analyzed using XPS and compared with simulations using DFT. The synthesis was carried out using the PEO technique making variations of the useful duty cycle between 10 and 50%. The solution used is composed of Na3PO4 and NaOH, with a process duration of 7 min. The TiO2/P coatings were characterized by XPS with high resolution spectra and analyzed by deconvolution of the spectra. The XPS results showed the incorporation into the crystal lattice of P ions in the form of phosphate ions [(PO4)3−] and phosphide ions (P3−). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to demonstrate the formation of various structural defects in titanium dioxide systems. The results show the coexistence of TiO2, TiO2/PO4 and TiO2/P. In this case, the reduction of phosphorus from P5+ to P3− favors the generation of titanium phosphide (TiP) that occurs as a consequence of the high temperature generated in discharge channels (ton). Single and multiple P substitutions formation energies are presented showing that all the substitutions studied are energetically favorable. The single replacement of the P atom in TiO2 sites were calculated showing that the replacement of P at the Ti site is energetically preferred over the replacement of P at the O site with replacement energies of 0.47 eV and 1.42 eV respectively. Along the same lines, a narrowing of the band gap and a shift to the left of the states were observed in all the calculations presented due to the presence of P in the general structure. Finally, the calculation of various substitutions of P in TiO2 with the amount of P replaced in the experimental observations showed an accumulation of electron density in the energy gap attributed mainly to the orbitals of the substituted P.Fil: Torres-Ceron, Darwin August. Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira; Colombia. Universidad de Caldas; ColombiaFil: Amaya Roncancio, Sebastian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Física Aplicada "Dr. Jorge Andrés Zgrablich". Grupo Vinculado Bionanotecnología y Sistemas Complejos | Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Física Aplicada "Dr. Jorge Andrés Zgrablich". Grupo Vinculado Bionanotecnología y Sistemas Complejos. - Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional San Rafael. Grupo Vinculado Bionanotecnología y Sistemas Complejos; ArgentinaFil: Riva, Julieta Soledad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Vargas-Eudor, Aldemir. Universidad Nacional de Colombia; ColombiaFil: Escobar-Rincon, Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Colombia; ColombiaFil: Restrepo-Parra, Elisabeth. Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Colombi

    Empowering Latina scientists

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    Scientific Statement on the Diagnostic Criteria, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Genetics of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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    Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous and complex disorder that has both adverse reproductive and metabolic implications for affected women. However, there is generally poor understanding of its etiology. Varying expert-based diagnostic criteria utilize some combination of oligo-ovulation, hyperandrogenism, and the presence of polycystic ovaries. Criteria that require hyperandrogenism tend to identify a more severe reproductive and metabolic phenotype. The phenotype can vary by race and ethnicity, is difficult to define in the perimenarchal and perimenopausal period, and is exacerbated by obesity. The pathophysiology involves abnormal gonadotropin secretion from a reduced hypothalamic feedback response to circulating sex steroids, altered ovarian morphology and functional changes, and disordered insulin action in a variety of target tissues. PCOS clusters in families and both female and male relatives can show stigmata of the syndrome, including metabolic abnormalities. Genome-wide association studies have identified a number of candidate regions, although their role in contributing to PCOS is still largely unknown

    Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation and History of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights from GARFIELD-AF

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    BACKGROUND: Many patients with atrial fibrillation have concomitant coronary artery disease with or without acute coronary syndromes and are in need of additional antithrombotic therapy. There are few data on the long-term clinical outcome of atrial fibrillation patients with a history of acute coronary syndrome. This is a 2-year study of atrial fibrillation patients with or without a history of acute coronary syndromes

    Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

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    In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy. Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered the field. Our knowledge base and relevant new technologies have also been expanding. Thus, it is important to formulate on a regular basis updated guidelines for monitoring autophagy in different organisms. Despite numerous reviews, there continues to be confusion regarding acceptable methods to evaluate autophagy, especially in multicellular eukaryotes. Here, we present a set of guidelines for investigators to select and interpret methods to examine autophagy and related processes, and for reviewers to provide realistic and reasonable critiques of reports that are focused on these processes. These guidelines are not meant to be a dogmatic set of rules, because the appropriateness of any assay largely depends on the question being asked and the system being used. Moreover, no individual assay is perfect for every situation, calling for the use of multiple techniques to properly monitor autophagy in each experimental setting. Finally, several core components of the autophagy machinery have been implicated in distinct autophagic processes (canonical and noncanonical autophagy), implying that genetic approaches to block autophagy should rely on targeting two or more autophagy-related genes that ideally participate in distinct steps of the pathway. Along similar lines, because multiple proteins involved in autophagy also regulate other cellular pathways including apoptosis, not all of them can be used as a specific marker for bona fide autophagic responses. Here, we critically discuss current methods of assessing autophagy and the information they can, or cannot, provide. Our ultimate goal is to encourage intellectual and technical innovation in the field
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