Densidad Poblacional Del Venado Temazate Rojo (Mazama Temama) En Dos Sierras Del Estado De Puebla, México

 It was estimated the population density (PD) of red brocket deer (Mazama temama) in the Sierra Norte-Northeast (SNNE) and Sierra Negra (SN) of the state of Puebla, Mexico. The methodology used was an indirect, by counting tracks in transects one kilometer long, six transects in three locations in SNNE and five in Rev. Colombiana cienc. Anim. 5(1):24-35,2013 ORIGINAL25 two locations in the SN. Results varied between 8.3 and 3.7 deer/Km2, corresponding to 12,1 and 27 ha/deer respectively. The statistical Chi Square test indicated than between two sierras no statistically significant differences in PD. Comparing the reed brocket deer PD in the state of Puebla, with the results obtained in different areas of México, ranging from 0.1 to 6.6 deer/Km2, it was inferred that the PD brocket deer in Puebla is similar to other areas of the country. However, the minimum viable population MVP, 500 individuals considered not fulfilled, so it is recommended to manage the cervid in microrregional level or group of farms, to increase the area of management. Meanwhile, it is advisable to continue studies in other locations PD in both sierras, to determine their possible future rational and sustained use by spot hunting. It was conclude that being currently subjected to illegal hunting so that, its population is vulnerable.Se estimó la densidad poblacional (DP) del venado temazate rojo (Mazama temama) en la Sierra Norte-Nororiental (SNNO) y Sierra Negra (SN) de estado de Puebla, México. La metodología utilizada fue de tipo indirecto, mediante el conteo de huellas en transectos de un kilómetro de largo; seis transectos en tres localidades de la SNNO, y cinco en dos localidades de la SN. Los resultados obtenidos varían entre 8,3 y 3,7 venados/Km2, correspondientes a 12,1 y 27 ha/individuo respectivamente. La prueba estadística de Ji-cuadrada indicó que entre ambas sierras, no hay diferencias estadísticas significativas en la DP. Si se compara la DP del venado temazate rojo en el estado de Puebla, con los resultados obtenidos en diferentes sitios de México, que varían desde 0,1 hasta 6,6 venados/Km2, se deduce que la DP del venado temazate en Puebla es similar a otras zonas del país. Sin embargo, el tamaño poblacional mínimo viable (TPMV), considerado en 500 individuos, no se cumple, por lo que se recomienda manejar el cérvido a nivel de microrregión o en conjuntos prediales, para incrementar la superficie de manejo. Mientras tanto, es recomendable continuar los estudios de DP en otras localidades de ambas sierras, para determinar a futuro su posible uso racional mediante la caza deportiva. Se concluye que al estar sujeto actualmente a la caza ilegal, su población se encuentra en estado de vulnerabilidad

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown in telecommunications engineering competency-based alumni ranking

[EN] Higher education, as other social and economic sectors in Spain, was disrupted on 15th March 2020 following health emergency Laws enacted related to COVID-19. Non-presential lecturing was stablished country-wide until the end of the academic year 2019-20, as society was set in lockdown. In this context, it is necessary to evaluate the impact of the mandatory changes implemented in the education paradigm in order to assess the degree of acquisition of general and specific competencies altogether the acquisition of transversal competencies, as an important factor for the alumni career. This paper reports a comprehensive study on the competencies degree of acquisition considering the lockdown scenario in Spain. The results from the last four academic years have been comparatively evaluated in the core subject `Teoría de la Comunicación¿, lectured in the fourth semester of the Telecommunications Engineering Integrated Program (Bachelor and Master) in the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, comprising data from 745 alumni. The results indicate that the degree of acquisition of technical competencies in this scenario has been adequate, being marginally better compared to previous academic year, probably due to new lecturing materials prepared. Nevertheless, the acquisition of the transversal competency `analysis and problem solving¿ exhibits degraded results, indicating inhomogeneous acquisition probably due to limitations in the group-based problem-solving practice. The results suggest that specific materials and remote lecturing strategies should be developed and implemented to guarantee adequate acquisition levels.The support by the 2020 Science Parks program from the Consellería de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain, is acknowledged.Llorente, R.; Rodríguez-Hernández, MA.; Hernandez Franco, CA.; Sastre, J.; Carrión García, A.; Madrigal-Madrigal, J. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 lockdown in telecommunications engineering competency-based alumni ranking. IATED Academy. 9599-9607. https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2020.2139S9599960

Study of the Interference Affecting the Performance of the Theremin

The theremin is one of the earliest electronic musical instruments. It is named after the Russian physics Professor Lev S. Termen who invented it in 1919. This musical instrument belongs to a very short list of devices which are played without physical contact between the musician and the instrument. theremin players complain about the interference that any object in a radius of approximately 3 meters produces when playing the theremin, modifying the intonation of the instrument. This is a problem when playing in small scenarios, with other musicians which move around it. With the aim of reducing the degree of interference from nearby obstacles, some metallic isolating bars conforming an antenna array can be placed around the theremin pitch antenna. The paper shows different simulations calculated with the commercial software Ansoft HFSS, a tool which allows three-dimensional full wave electromagnetic field simulation, with radio frequencies, millimeter and micro waves, and experimental measures, both showing a reduction in the effect of the interference.Bachiller Martin, MC.; Sastre Martinez, J.; Ricchiuti, AL.; Esteban González, H.; Hernandez Franco, CA. (2012). Study of the Interference Affecting the Performance of the Theremin. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 2012:1-9. doi:10.1155/2012/348151S192012Buller, W., & Wilson, B. (2006). Measurement and Modeling Mutual Capacitance of Electrical Wiring and Humans. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 55(5), 1519-1522. doi:10.1109/tim.2006.88029

Secretion of biologically active interferon-gamma inducible protein-10 (IP-10) by Lactococcus lactis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chemokines are a large group of chemotactic cytokines that regulate and direct migration of leukocytes, activate inflammatory responses, and are involved in many other functions including regulation of tumor development. Interferon-gamma inducible-protein-10 (IP-10) is a member of the C-X-C subfamily of the chemokine family of cytokines. IP-10 specifically chemoattracts activated T lymphocytes, monocytes, and NK cells. IP-10 has been described also as a modulator of other antitumor cytokines. These properties make IP-10 a novel therapeutic molecule for the treatment of chronic and infectious diseases. Currently there are no suitable live biological systems to produce and secrete IP-10. <it>Lactococcus lactis </it>has been well-characterized over the years as a safe microorganism to produce heterologous proteins and to be used as a safe, live vaccine to deliver antigens and cytokines of interest. Here we report a recombinant strain of <it>L. lactis </it>genetically modified to produce and secrete biologically active IP-10.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The IP-10 coding region was isolated from human cDNA and cloned into an <it>L. lactis </it>expression plasmid under the regulation of the pNis promoter. By fusion to the usp45 secretion signal, IP-10 was addressed out of the cell. Western blot analysis demonstrated that recombinant strains of <it>L. lactis </it>secrete IP-10 into the culture medium. Neither degradation nor incomplete forms of IP-10 were detected in the cell or supernatant fractions of <it>L. lactis</it>. In addition, we demonstrated that the NICE (nisin-controlled gene expression) system was able to express IP-10 "de novo" even two hours after nisin removal. This human IP-10 protein secreted by <it>L. lactis </it>was biological active as demonstrated by Chemotaxis assay over human CD3+T lymphocytes.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Expression and secretion of mature IP-10 was efficiently achieved by <it>L. lactis </it>forming an effective system to produce IP-10. This recombinant IP-10 is biologically active as demonstrated by its ability to chemoattract human CD3+ T lymphocytes. This strain of recombinant <it>L. lactis </it>represents a potentially useful tool to be used as a live vaccine <it>in vivo</it>.</p

Technical note: Productive variables of Pelibuey lambs and ewes induced to estrus with exogenous hormones and with different types of suckling

With the objective of analyzing the productive and reproductive response of lambs and ewes subjected to induced or synchronized estrus and to three different types of suckling, 60 Pelibuey ewes and their lambs were randomly assigned, at seven days postpartum, to one of three groups (n = 20); continuous suckling (AC), restricted suckling (AR) and early weaning (DP). The animals were weighed weekly from birth until the eighth week. At 30 d postpartum, the hormonal treatment applied was intravaginal progestagen (P4) plus 0.05 mg of PGF2á and 300 UI of eCG two days before the removal of P4. The percentage of estrus was higher (95%) in DP and AR groups compared with AC (60%; P &lt; 0.05), as was fertility (DP, 80%; AR 75%) versus 40% in AC (P &lt; 0.05), and prolificacy (lambs/ewe, 1.87 and 1.5; P &lt; 0.05). Weight of lambs at 8 wk of age was higher for AC (16.8) and AR (16.5) than for DP (11.9 kg; P &lt; 0.05). In conclusion, the restriction of suckling and early weaning, improved the reproductive efficiency in Pelibuey ewes. However, DP reduced weight gain of the lambs and increased their mortality rate relative to AC and AR

Concepts for risk-based surveillance in the field of veterinary medicine and veterinary public health: Review of current approaches

BACKGROUND: Emerging animal and zoonotic diseases and increasing international trade have resulted in an increased demand for veterinary surveillance systems. However, human and financial resources available to support government veterinary services are becoming more and more limited in many countries world-wide. Intuitively, issues that present higher risks merit higher priority for surveillance resources as investments will yield higher benefit-cost ratios. The rapid rate of acceptance of this core concept of risk-based surveillance has outpaced the development of its theoretical and practical bases. DISCUSSION: The principal objectives of risk-based veterinary surveillance are to identify surveillance needs to protect the health of livestock and consumers, to set priorities, and to allocate resources effectively and efficiently. An important goal is to achieve a higher benefit-cost ratio with existing or reduced resources. We propose to define risk-based surveillance systems as those that apply risk assessment methods in different steps of traditional surveillance design for early detection and management of diseases or hazards. In risk-based designs, public health, economic and trade consequences of diseases play an important role in selection of diseases or hazards. Furthermore, certain strata of the population of interest have a higher probability to be sampled for detection of diseases or hazards. Evaluation of risk-based surveillance systems shall prove that the efficacy of risk-based systems is equal or higher than traditional systems; however, the efficiency (benefit-cost ratio) shall be higher in risk-based surveillance systems. SUMMARY: Risk-based surveillance considerations are useful to support both strategic and operational decision making. This article highlights applications of risk-based surveillance systems in the veterinary field including food safety. Examples are provided for risk-based hazard selection, risk-based selection of sampling strata as well as sample size calculation based on risk considerations

Tejiendo diálogos. Reflexiones contemporáneas sobre la expresión y el sentido

El presente libro se divide en tres grandes bloques temáticos que contienen a los conceptos guía del título: Complejidad, expresión y sentido y, se organizan de acuerdo con lo que podría considerarse manifestaciones contextuales de las relaciones complejas y manifestaciones de sentido, que emergen como organizadoras a partir de diferentes formas en las que se manifiesta el diseño, las artes y la comunicación, El primer bloque obedece al principio dialógico de la no exclusión en donde que reza: “A no puede ser A y no A” y se titula: Complejidad y expresiones de la cultura contemporánea componiéndose por cinco textos que tocan dimensiones problemáticas en contextos contemporáneos como la intervención urbana y el feminismo como diálogo a través de la imagen y la educación; los discursos de odio como emergencia y la aparición de nuevas necesidades de formación universitaria ante ámbitos de competencia complejos. La primera sección titulada Condiciones emergentes de organización y sentido se presentan los textos en los que la expresión y el sentido aparecen como formas específicas a través de los cuáles es posible no solo asegurar las fronteras de operaciones sociales sino proyectarlas hacia nuevas condiciones de organización y sentido como sería el mundo de la virtualidad. En la segunda sección compuesta por cinco ensayos que de algún modo coinciden en la importancia de los puntos de conexión e interacciones en los fenómenos complejos como inductores de orden-desorden-complejidad, ponen de manifiesto su papel como productores de relaciones que permiten dar cuenta de la incertidumbre, comprender y exponer acontecimientos a nivel educativo, social y artístico. Finalmente en la tercera sección, el bloque que cierra el contenido del libro, se compone por cinco textos que dentro de su argumentación podrían verse alineados con el postulado de Nicolescu del Tercero incluido en donde A no puede ser A y a la vez existe no A, aludiendo a dimensiones problemáticas en contextos contemporáneos como: la intervención urbana y el feminismo como diálogo a través de la imagen y la educación; los discursos de odio como emergencia y la aparición de nuevas necesidades de formación universitaria ante ámbitos de competencia complejos.Olivia Fragoso Susunaga, María Teresa Olalde Ramos y Gustavo Garduño Oropeza, coordinadores

Controlo químico de infestantes

Uma planta é considerada infestante quando nasce espontaneamente num local e momento indesejados, podendo interferir negativamente com a cultura instalada. As infestantes competem com as culturas para o espaço, a luz, água e nutrientes, podendo atrasar e prejudicar as operações de colheita, depreciar o produto final e assegurarem a reinfestação nas culturas seguintes. Dado o modo de propagação diferenciado das diversas espécies de infestantes, com as anuais a propagarem-se por semente e as perenes ou vivazes a assegurarem a sua propagação através de órgãos vegetativos (rizomas, bolbos, tubérculos, etc.), assim, também o seu controlo quer químico, quer mecânico terá que ser diferenciado, ou seja, para controlar infestantes anuais será suficiente destruir a sua parte aérea, enquanto para controlar infestantes perenes teremos que destruir os seus órgãos reprodutivos. O controlo de infestantes poderá ser químico, através da utilização de herbicidas, ou mecânico pela utilização de alfaias agrícolas, tais como a charrua de aivecas, a charrua de discos, a grade de discos, o escarificador e a fresa. Quando a técnica utilizada na instalação das culturas é a sementeira directa, o controlo das infestantes terá que ser obrigatoriamente químico, enquanto se o recurso à mobilização do solo for a técnica mais utilizada (sistema de mobilização tradicional ou sistema de mobilização reduzida), o controlo das infestantes tanto poderá ser químico como mecânico. Neste trabalho iremos abordar apenas, o controlo químico de infestantes

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on TAVR Activity: A Worldwide Registry

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a considerable impact on the provision of structural heart intervention worldwide. Our objectives were: 1) to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) activity globally; and 2) to determine the differences in the impact according to geographic region and the demographic, development, and economic status of diverse international health care systems. Methods: We developed a multinational registry of global TAVR activity and invited individual TAVR sites to submit TAVR implant data before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the number of TAVR procedures performed monthly from January 2019 to December 2021 was collected. The adaptive measures to maintain TAVR activity by each site were recorded, as was a variety of indices relating to type of health care system and national economic indices. The primary subject of interest was the impact on TAVR activity during each of the pandemic waves (2020 and 2021) compared with the same period pre–COVID-19 (2019). Results: Data were received from 130 centers from 61 countries, with 14 subcontinents and 5 continents participating in the study. Overall, TAVR activity increased by 16.7% (2,337 procedures) between 2018 and 2019 (ie, before the pandemic), but between 2019 and 2020 (ie, first year of the pandemic), there was no significant growth (–0.1%; –10 procedures). In contrast, activity again increased by 18.9% (3,085 procedures) between 2020 and 2021 (ie, second year of the pandemic). During the first pandemic wave, there was a reduction of 18.9% (945 procedures) in TAVR activity among participating sites, while during the second and third waves, there was an increase of 6.7% (489 procedures) and 15.9% (1,042 procedures), respectively. Further analysis and results of this study are ongoing and will be available at the time of the congress. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic initially led to a reduction in the number of patients undergoing TAVR worldwide, although health care systems subsequently adapted, and the number of TAVR recipients continued to grow in subsequent COVID-19 pandemic waves. Categories: STRUCTURAL: Valvular Disease: Aorti