Evaluación acústica de espacios educativos en el Ecuador, estudio de caso en un ambiente universitario

El presente trabajo se centra en la evaluación de la calidad acústica de ambientes educativos universitarios en Quito (Ecuador). Se estudia el caso específico de la Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. En dicha institución, se estudiaron 12 salas con diversas características en su forma, tamaño y composición interior. En ellas se realizaron medidas de parámetros acústicos relacionados con la calidad acústica de salas y con la medida de la inteligibilidad. Además, fueron realizadas pruebas de inteligibilidad subjetiva mediante el uso de logatomos, y empleando como fuente a oradores. En esta comunicación se presentan los resultados preliminares encontrados

Factores que influyen en el ingreso de los productores de durazno en la provincia de Tungurahua, Ecuador

[EN] Tungurahua province has conditions suitable for growing deciduous fruit trees such as peach (Prunus persica L). This research aimed to identify the main factors influencing the production of this fruit crop and their effect on farmers income. Surveys were carried out directly to peach farmers in seven counties of Tungurahua such as Ambato, Cevallos, Mocha, Patate, Pelileo, Píllaro and Tisaleo. The results indicated that the most relevant factors were: farmer age, sown area, fruit selection, reason for fruit growing, type of production and production issues.[ES] La provincia de Tungurahua posee condiciones adecuadas para cultivar frutales caducifolios como el durazno (Prunus persica L.). Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo identificar los principales factores que influyen en la producción e inciden en la generación de ingresos económicos al agricultor. En-cuestas fueron realizadas directamente a los productores de durazno en siete cantones de Tungurahua como son Ambato, Cevallos, Mocha, Patate, Pelileo, Píllaro y Tisaleo. Los resultados indicaron que los factores más relevantes fueron: edad del productor, superficie sembrada, selección de la fruta, razón para cultivar frutales, tipo de producción e inconvenientes de producción.Viera, W.; Viera, A.; Martínez, A.; Jácome, R.; Ayala, G.; Sotomayor, A.; Galarza, D.... (2018). Factors influencing peach farmer income in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales - Agricultural and Resource Economics. 17(2):133-141. doi:10.7201/earn.2017.02.06SWORD13314117

Measuring adherence to inhaled control medication in patients with asthma: Comparison among an asthma app, patient self‐report and physician assessment

Background Previous studies have demonstrated the feasibility of using an asthma app to support medication management and adherence but failed to compare with other measures currently used in clinical practice. However, in a clinical setting, any additional adherence measurement must be evaluated in the context of both the patient and physician perspectives so that it can also help improve the process of shared decision making. Thus, we aimed to compare different measures of adherence to asthma control inhalers in clinical practice, namely through an app, patient self-report and physician assessment. Methods This study is a secondary analysis of three prospective multicentre observational studies with patients (≥13 years old) with persistent asthma recruited from 61 primary and secondary care centres in Portugal. Patients were invited to use the InspirerMundi app and register their inhaled medication. Adherence was measured by the app as the number of doses taken divided by the number of doses scheduled each day and two time points were considered for analysis: 1-week and 1-month. At baseline, patients and physicians independently assessed adherence to asthma control inhalers during the previous week using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS 0–100). Results A total of 193 patients (72% female; median [P25–P75] age 28 [19–41] years old) were included in the analysis. Adherence measured by the app was lower (1 week: 31 [0–71]%; 1 month: 18 [0–48]%) than patient self-report (80 [60–95]) and physician assessment (82 [51–94]) (p 0.05). There was a moderate correlation between patient self-report and physician assessment (ρ = 0.596, p < 0.001). Conclusions Adherence measured by the app was lower than that reported by the patient or the physician. This was expected as objective measurements are commonly lower than subjective evaluations, which tend to overestimate adherence. Nevertheless, the low adherence measured by the app may also be influenced by the use of the app itself and this needs to be considered in future studies.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Measuring Adherence to Inhaled Control Medication in Patients with Asthma: Comparison Among an Asthma App, Patient Self‐Report and Physician Assessment

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated the feasibility of using an asthma app to support medication management and adherence but failed to compare with other measures currently used in clinical practice. However, in a clinical setting, any additional adherence measurement must be evaluated in the context of both the patient and physician perspectives so that it can also help improve the process of shared decision making. Thus, we aimed to compare different measures of adherence to asthma control inhalers in clinical practice, namely through an app, patient self-report and physician assessment. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of three prospective multicentre observational studies with patients (≥13 years old) with persistent asthma recruited from 61 primary and secondary care centres in Portugal. Patients were invited to use the InspirerMundi app and register their inhaled medication. Adherence was measured by the app as the number of doses taken divided by the number of doses scheduled each day and two time points were considered for analysis: 1-week and 1-month. At baseline, patients and physicians independently assessed adherence to asthma control inhalers during the previous week using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS 0-100). Results: A total of 193 patients (72% female; median [P25-P75] age 28 [19-41] years old) were included in the analysis. Adherence measured by the app was lower (1 week: 31 [0-71]%; 1 month: 18 [0-48]%) than patient self-report (80 [60-95]) and physician assessment (82 [51-94]) (p 0.05). There was a moderate correlation between patient self-report and physician assessment (ρ = 0.596, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Adherence measured by the app was lower than that reported by the patient or the physician. This was expected as objective measurements are commonly lower than subjective evaluations, which tend to overestimate adherence. Nevertheless, the low adherence measured by the app may also be influenced by the use of the app itself and this needs to be considered in future studies.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A Market and a Port for Antula, Bissau: Drawing the relationship between the city and the Geba River

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e TecnologiaA presente dissertação de mestrado é o resultado do tema proposto na Unidade Cur-ricular de Seminário de Investigação e Atelier de Arquitetura, com o título “Redese-nhar Bissau com Arquitetura e Infraestrutura”.Este tema surge a partir de um projeto político, económico e social, intitulado “Terra Ranca”, o qual pretende acelerar o desenvolvimento da Guiné-Bissau, colocando o país num caminho socioeconómico sustentável.O trabalho aqui apresentado tem como intento a elaboração de uma proposta urbana para a capital Bissau, com o foco no crescimento e valorização local.Sendo Bissau uma cidade com inúmeras diferenças culturais e geográficas relativa-mente ao contexto português, esta proposta inicia-se com a caracterização da cidade de Bissau, a partir dos seus dados históricos e geográficos.Posto isto, a abordagem para esta proposta divide-se em três patamares de estudo: de turma, de grupo e, finalmente, o projeto individual.Numa primeira fase, destaca-se o planeamento e o desenho urbano de um eixo com cerca de 15km, ligando Bôr a Cumeré, o qual atravessa o centro da cidade de Bissau e serve de “espinha dorsal” ao desenvolvimento do trabalho. É analisada, ainda, a in-trodução de um sistema de BRT (Bus Rapid Transport), como novo meio de transpor-te impulsionador da expansão da cidade, permitindo solucionar diversas das proble-máticas associadas à acessibilidade e mobilidade da população.A partir deste sistema surgem diversos outros projetos e espaços que nascem e se in-terligam, numa segunda fase de trabalho, em grupo.Por fim, já em trabalho individual, dá-se especial atenção ao desenho de equipamen-tos coletivos – a um novo Mercado e Porto de Recreio e de Pesca – assim como aos espaços públicos por eles gerados.Pretende-se, portanto, neste trabalho, revitalizar e impulsionar as relações físicas e sociais na frente fluvial da cidade de Bissau.The Master Thesis presented here is the result of the theme proposed at the lecture Investigation Seminar and Architecture Atelier entitled “Redesigning Bissau with Archi-tecture and Infrastructure”.This theme arises from a political, economic and social project entitled “Terra Ranca”, which aims to accelerate the development of Guinea-Bissau, placing the country on a sustainable socio-economic path.The work here presented aims to prepare an urban proposal for the capital Bissau, with a focus on growth and local enhancement.As Bissau is a city with numerous cultural and geographic differences compared to the Portuguese context, this proposal begins with a contextualization of the city, based on its historical and gerographic data.That said, the approach for this proposal is divided into three levels of study: class, group and, finally, the individual project.In the first phase, the urban planning and design of an axis of about 15km, connecting Bôr to Cumeré, crossing the city center of Bissau, and which will serve as a “back-bone” for the development of the work. It is also analyzed the introduction of a BRT (Bus Rapid Transport) system, as a new means of transport boosting the city's expan-sion, allowing the solving of several of the problems associated with the population´s accessibility and mobility. From which arise several other projects and spaces connected to it, in a second phase of group work.Finally, in individual work, special attention is given to the design of collective facilities – a new Market and Port for Recreation and Fishing – as well as the public spaces they generate.It is intended, therefore, in this work, to revitalize and boost physical and social relati-ons on the river front of the city of Bissau

Evaluación de nuevas tecnologías de producción limpia de la mora de castilla (Rubus glaucus Benth), en la zona Andina de Ecuador, para un buen vivir de los fruticultores

The present investigation proposes, the evaluation of the clean and organic technological components, with and withoutTrichoderma for the management of the Moravian culture of Castile (Rubus Glaucus Benth) in the cantons Cevallos andTisaleo belonging to the province of Tungurahua-Ecuador. The experimental design of randomized complete blocks(BCA) was used in factorial arrangement 2*2+1 with three, observing the clean management with 3 cycles of Trichoderma(T3), presented the best results when evaluating numbers of buds per branch, fertilized flowers, fruits per branchand yield reaching the latter 19036.35 kg/ha for Cevallos and 24973.09 kg/ha for Tisaleo, Both the incidence and severityof Oídium, Botrytis and Peronospora were recorded in the organic management (A2), from the economic point of viewin the town of Cevallos the treatment that presented lower costs that vary, the management of the producer withoutTrichoderma spp (T7) with 634.99 USD, while the treatment Organic management with 3 cycles of Trichoderma spp (T6)presented higher costs that vary with 1039.89 USD. According to the net benefit, it was determined that the Clean Managementtreatment plus 3 cycles of Trichoderma spp (T3) presented a higher net benefit with USD 24764.26, while forthe Producer Management without Trichoderma spp. (T7) presented the lowest net profit with 6623.908 USD; evidencingtreatment 3 as a new clean production alternative that reduces the use of agrochemicals and improves the production ofarrears in the Andean zone of Ecuador.La presente investigación propone, la evaluación de los componentes tecnológicos limpio y orgánico, con y sin Trichodermapara el manejo del cultivo mora de castilla (Rubus glaucus Benth) en los cantones Cevallos y Tisaleo pertenecientea la provincia de Tungurahua-Ecuador. Se utilizó el diseño experimental de bloques completos al azar en arreglofactorial 2*2+1 con tres repeticiones, observando el manejo limpio con 3 ciclos de Trichoderma (T3), presentó los mejoresresultados al evaluar números de yemas por rama, flores fecundadas, frutos por rama y rendimiento alcanzando esteúltimo 19036.35 kg/ha para Cevallos y 24973.09 kg/ha para Tisaleo, tanto la incidencia y severidad de Oídium, Botrytisy Peronospora se lo registró en el manejo orgánico (A2), desde el punto de vista económico en la localidad de Cevallos eltratamiento que presentó menores costos que varían, el manejo del productor sin Trichoderma spp (T7) con 634.99 USD,mientras que el tratamiento manejo orgánico con 3 ciclos de Trichoderma spp (T6) presentó mayores costos que varíancon 1039.89 USD. De acuerdo al beneficio neto se determinó que el tratamiento manejo limpio más 3 ciclos de Trichodermaspp (T3) presentó mayor beneficio neto con 24764.26 USD, mientras que para el manejo del productor sin Trichodermaspp. (T7) presentó el menor beneficio neto con 6623.908 USD, evidenciando al tratamiento 3 como nueva alternativade producción limpia, que reduzca la utilización de agroquímicos y mejoren la producción de mora en la zona Andinade Ecuador