Probiotics and Prebiotics in Infant Formulae

Human breast milk provides all necessary nutrients for the development of term infants. In addition to its universally recognized nutrients, human breast milk contains a number of non-nutritive components that play a potential role in supporting infant growth. Human breast milk also contains bioactive compounds exerting a wide range of beneficial effects, such as promoting immune system maturation and exerting protection against infections. Supplementation of infant formulae with oligosaccharides and bacteria with proven beneficial health effects seems to be well-founded. The purpose of supplementation is to mimic the functional effects of oligosaccharides and bacteria found in human breast milk. Oligosaccharides with prebiotic functions and bacteria strains with probiotic functions have recently been added to infant formulae in the European Union and other countries. However, a systematic review conducted by the Committee on Nutrition of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition revealed that there is no conclusive evidence supporting the routine use of probiotic- and/or prebiotic-fortified infant formulae. The aim of this review is to analyze the scientific basis for supplementation of infant formula with these compounds

Closed form solutions to a generalization of the Solow growth model.

The Solow growth model assumes that labor force grows exponentially. This is not a realistic assumption because, exponential growth implies that population increases to infinity as time tends to infinity. In this paper we propose replacing the exponential population growth with a simple and more realistic equation - the Von Bertalanffy model. This model utilizes three hypotheses about human population growth: (1) when population size is small, growth is exponential; (2) population is bounded; and (3) the rate of population growth decreases to zero as time tends toward infinity. After making this substitution, the generalized Solow model is then solved in closed form, demonstrating that the intrinsic rate of population growth does not influence the long-run equilibrium level of capital per worker. We also study the revised model's stability, comparing it with that of the classical model.Solow growth model, population growth

Smart-Cities urban mobility management architecture for electric vehicles

Improving efficiency is one of the most important objectives of the Smart Cities standards, and Electric Vehicles (EVs). TICS can help to soften one of their main limitations –autonomy– planning efficient driving strategies. This paper evaluates the physical variables that have an impact on the EV consumption and presents an electronic architecture to monitor them in an Experimental Ultralight Electric Vehicle. This system includes a set of very low cost sensors integrated with a data logger and a GPRS transmission system that can connect, in real time, with a control center where a route-finding reinforcement-learning algorithm that helps to find the most-effective route and reduce the time spent on urban environment tips.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Temperamento, incentivo y reminiscencia en deficientes mentales

En este estudio se analizan las características psicométricas de una escala de excitabilidad para deficientes mentales, traducida y adaptada al castellano del original inglés (Claridge y O'Connor, 1957), mediante su aplicación a una muestra de 133 deficientes mentales. Asimismo, se analizan las relaciones entre excitabilidad y reminiscencia en una tarea simple y repetitiva bajo condiciones de incentivo y en su ausencia, con una muestra de 10 deficientes mentales comprobando que aparece una relación negativa entre excitabilidad y reminiscencia en el grupo que trabaja sin incenti- vos y una ausencia de relación entre esas variables en el grupo que realiza la tarea con incentivos. Palabras clave: Deficiencia mental, excitabilidad, reminiscencia, incentivo

Sistema solar : Conferencia leida en la Sociedad de Ciencias el dia 5 de Diciembre 1901.

Copia digital : Diputación de Málaga. Biblioteca Canovas del Castillo, 201