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Propuesta de implementación de un sistema MRP II para aumentar la productividad de la línea de calzado Weinbrenner en la empresa manufacturas de calzado Carubi S.A.C
El presente estudio de investigación se realizó en la empresa MANUFACTURAS DE CALZADO CARUBI S.A.C. dedicada a la fabricación y comercialización de calzado, el cual tuvo como propósito la propuesta de implementación de un sistema MRP II en la línea de calzado Weinbrenner para aumentar la productividad de MANUFACTURAS DE CALZADO CARUBI S.A.C.
Se inicia la investigación con un diagnóstico de la situación actual de los procesos de la empresa a través de indicadores, determinándose que se incurre en costos innecesarios por una inadecuada Planificación de los Recursos de Manufactura.
Habiendo identificado las oportunidades de mejora, se emplearon distintas herramientas y metodologías pertenecientes a la ingeniería industrial como Estudio de Tiempos, Plan de Capacitación, Perfiles de Puesto, Evaluación del Desempeño, 5S’s: Organización y Limpieza en el Puesto de Trabajo, Distribución de Planta, Planificación de Requerimientos de Materiales (MRP I), Planificación de Necesidades de Capacidad (CRP), entre otros elementos.
Luego de la aplicación de estas herramientas y metodologías se evalúa la propuesta, recalculando los indicadores inicialmente, para tener una medición objetiva sobre el beneficio esperado.
Al aplicar el MRP II, estudio de tiempos, plan de capacitación, 5S’s propuestos se logra reducir los costos operativos. Finalmente, la propuesta es evaluada a través de la ingeniería económica obteniendo un VAN de S/ 133,863 y una TIR de 283%.The present research study was carried out in the company MANUFACTURAS DE CALZADO CARUBI S.A.C. Dedicated to the manufacture and marketing of footwear, which had as its purpose the proposal to implement an MRP II system in the Weinbrenner footwear line to increase the productivity of footwear MANUFACTURAS CARUBI S.A.C.
The investigation begins with a diagnosis of the current situation of the company's processes through indicators, determined that unnecessary costs are incurred by an inadequate Planning of Manufacturing Resources.
Having identified the opportunities for improvement, different tools and methodologies pertaining to industrial engineering were used, such as Time Study, Training Plan, Job Profiles, Performance Evaluation, 5S's: Organization and Cleaning in the Workstation, Plant Distribution, Material Requirements Planning (MRP I), Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP), among other elements.
After the application of these tools and methodologies the proposal is evaluated, recalculating the indicators initially, to have an objective measurement on the expected benefit.
When applying the MRP II, time study, training plan, proposed 5S is managed to reduce operational costs. Finally, the proposal is evaluated through the economic engineering obtaining a NPV of S / 133,863 and a IRR of 283%
Provenance analysis of the Late Ediacaran basins from SW Iberia (Serie Negra Succession and Beiras Group): Evidence for a common Neoproterozoic evolution
This study makes a comparison of the populations of detrital zircon from Late Ediacaran greywackes of the Ossa-Morena Zone (OMZ) and the southern domains of the Central Iberian Zone (S-CIZ). The results obtained reveal that the main difference between the age spectra of both populations of detrital zircon is the Neoproterozoic, in particularly the Cryogenian grains. Our new data suggest that deposition in both CIZ and OMZ Ediacaran basins was coeval and shows a long lived magmatic event typical of the northern Gondwana margin (Avalonian–Cadomian belt and Pan-African belt). Overall, SW Iberia shows the following sequence of Cryogenian and Ediacaran zircon-forming events: i) ca. 850–700 Ma, Pan-African suture (well represented in the Beiras Group and in the Mares Formation of the Serie Negra Succession); ii) ca. 700-635 Ma, Early Cadomian arc (dominant in the Beiras Group and in the Mares Formation of the Serie Negra Succession); and iii) ca. 635-545 Ma, Late Cadomian arc (the most important in the Mosteiros and Escoural formations of the Serie Negra Succession). The obtained results reinforce that the Late Ediacaran basins of SW Iberia were evolved together in the active margin of North-Gondwana in the same paleogeographic scenario but sufficiently separated to justify the differences mainly identified in their Neoproterozoic detrital zircon contents. This finding shows that there is no apparent reason to believe that the boundary between the OMZ and the S-CIZ marks a Cadomian suture
An outdoor test facility for the Cherenkov Telescope Array mirrors
The Cherenkov Telescopes Array (CTA) is planned to be an Observatory for very high energy γ-ray astronomy and will consist of several tens of telescopes which account for a reflective surface of more than 10000 m2 . The mirrors of these telescopes will be formed by a set of facets. Different technological solutions are under test inside the CTA Consortium. Most of them involve composite structures whose behavior under real observing conditions is not yet fully tested. An outdoor test facility has been built in one of the candidate sites for CTA, in Argentina (San Antonio de los Cobres [SAC], 3600m a.s.l) in order to monitor the optical and mechanical properties of these facets exposed to the local atmospheric conditions for a given period of time. In this work we present the preliminary results of the first Middle Size Telescope (MST) mirror-monitoring campaign, started in 2013.Fil: Medina, Maria Clementina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; ArgentinaFil: Garcia, Beatriz Elena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Maya, J.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Mancilla, A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Larrarte, Juan Jose. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; ArgentinaFil: Rasztocky, Emiliano. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; ArgentinaFil: Benitez, Martin Ezequiel. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; ArgentinaFil: Dipold, J.. Instituto de Física de Sao Carlos; BrasilFil: Platino, Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: CTA Consortium. No especifíca;33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2013): The Astroparticle Physics ConferenceRío de JaneiroBrasilCherenkov Telescope Array Consortiu
Metodologías activas y gamificación en las asignaturas de iniciación a la programación
Aprender a programar es una tarea compleja que requiere del desarrollo de diversas habilidades. Los estudiantes que se inician en la programación se encuentran con serias dificultadas en el aprendizaje de esta materia. Actualmente en los nuevos Grados se han introducido asignaturas relacionadas con las tecnologías de la información, en donde se realiza un primer contacto con la programación. En esta comunicación presentamos el trabajo realizado para el desarrollo de una metodología docente para la enseñanza de programación, basada en el uso de metodologías activas y el empleo de gamificación para incentivar la participación del alumnado y aumentar su motivación. Comentamos la implantación de esta metodología en un curso de iniciación a la programación del Grado en Ingeniería Informática y exponemos los resultados obtenidos.Learning programming is a complex task that requires the development of various skills. Students who are new to programming encounter serious difficulties in learning the subject. Nowadays degrees in the new study system have introduced subjects related to information technology, where students make their first contact with programming. In this paper we present the work done to develop a methodology for teaching programming based on the use of active methodologies and gamification, to encourage student participation and increase motivation. We discuss the implementation of this methodology in an introductory course to programming in the Degree in Computer Science and present some results
Occupational radiation exposure assessment during the management of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC
Background: Since it was first approved in Europe in 2016, the gallium-68 (68Ga) radiopharmaceutical [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC has been widely used for imaging of somatostatin receptor (SSTR) positive tumours using positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT). Significant patient benefits have been reported, so its use is rapidly increasing. However, few studies have been published regarding occupational doses to nuclear medicine personnel handling this radiopharmaceutical, despite its manual usage at low distances from the skin and the beta-emission decay scheme, which may result in an increased absorbed dose to their hands. In this context, this study aims to analyse the occupational exposure during the administration of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC for PET/CT imaging. For this purpose, extremity, eye lens and whole-body dosimetry in terms of Hp(0.07), Hp(3) and Hp(10), respectively, was conducted on six workers with both thermoluminescent dosimeters, and personal electronic dosimeters.
Results: The non-dominant hand is more exposed to radiation than the dominant hand, with the thumb and the index fingertip being the most exposed sites on this hand. Qualitative analysis showed that when no shielding is used during injection, doses increase significantly more in the dominant than in the non-dominant hand, so the use of shielding is strongly recommended. While wrist dosimeters may significantly underestimate doses to the hands, placing a ring dosimeter at the base of the ring or middle finger of the non-dominant hand may give a valuable estimation of maximum doses to the hands if at least a correction factor of 5 is applied. Personal equivalent doses for the eyes did not result in measurable values (i.e., above the lowest detection limit) for almost all workers. The extrapolated annual dose estimations showed that there is compliance with the annual dose limits during management of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC for diagnostics with PET in the hospital included in this study.
Conclusions: Imaging with [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC is a safe process for the workers performing the administration of the radiopharmaceutical, including intravenous injection to the patient and the pre- and post-activity control, as it is highly unlikely that annual dose limits will be exceeded if good working practices and shielding are used.Euratom research and training programme 2019?2020 under Grant Agree? ment N? 945196 (SINFONIA Projec
Respiratory Physiotherapy Intervention Strategies in the Sequelae of Breast Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review
Breast cancer treatments can trigger respiratory sequelae. Respiratory physiotherapy helps to eliminate or mitigate the sequelae by optimizing respiratory function. This systematic review aims to synthesize the scientific evidence and assess its quality regarding the use of respiratory physiotherapy in the sequelae of breast cancer. The Cochrane Library, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, PubMed, Web of Science, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Literature Complete, and Scopus were searched. Study quality was determined using the PEDro scale, STROBE Statement, and Single-Case Experimental Design Scale. Ten studies, six clinical trials, one case study, and three observational studies were selected. The mean methodological quality of the clinical trials was 5.6, that of the case study was 7, and that of the observational studies was 56%. Respiratory physiotherapy has been observed to improve respiratory capacity, lung function, respiratory muscle strength, effort tolerance, dyspnea, fatigue, thoracic mobility, upper limb volume, sleep quality and quality of life, as well as sensitivity to adverse physiological reactions, nausea, vomiting, and anxiety. However, it is not effective for vasomotor symptoms. More clinical trials are needed. These studies should homogenize the techniques used, as well as improve their methodological qualityThis research was funded by the Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy (University of Cadiz). Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
Copper-containing mesoporous bioactive glass promotes angiogenesis in an in vivo zebrafish model
The osteogenic and angiogenic responses of organisms to the ionic products of degradation of bioactive glasses (BGs) are being intensively investigated. The promotion of angiogenesis by copper (Cu) has been known for more than three decades. This element can be incorporated to delivery carriers, such as BGs, and the materials used in biological assays. In this work, Cu-containing mesoporous bioactive glass (MBG) in the SiO2-CaO-P2O5 compositional system was prepared incorporating 5% mol Cu (MBG-5Cu) by replacement of the corresponding amount of Ca. The biological effects of the ionic products of MBG
biodegradation were evaluated on a well-known endothelial cell line, the bovine aorta endothelial cells (BAEC), as well as in an in vivo zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo assay. The results suggest that ionic products of both MBG (Cu free) and MBG-5Cu materials promote angiogenesis. In vitro cell cultures show that the ionic dissolution products of these materials are not toxic and promote BAEC viability and migration.
In addition, the in vivo assay indicates that both exposition and microinjection of zebrafish embryos with Cu free MBG material increase vessel number and thickness of the subintestinal venous plexus (SIVP), whereas assays using MBG-5Cu enhance this effect.The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Andalusian Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation
(Proyectos Excelencia Grants no. P10-CTS-6681 and no. P12-CTS-1507) and Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity
(BIO2014-56092-R). LBRS acknowledges the CONACYT-Mexico Fellowship PhD Program
A truncating variant of RAD51B associated with primary ovarian insufficiency provides insights into its meiotic and somatic functions
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) causes female infertility by abolishing normal ovarian function. Although its genetic etiology has been extensively investigated, most POI cases remain unexplained. Using whole-exome sequencing, we identified a homozygous variant in RAD51B –(c.92delT) in two sisters with POI. In vitro studies revealed that this variant leads to translation reinitiation at methionine 64. Here, we show that this is a pathogenic hypomorphic variant in a mouse model. Rad51bc.92delT/c.92delT mice exhibited meiotic DNA repair defects due to RAD51 and HSF2BP/BMRE1 accumulation in the chromosome axes leading to a reduction in the number of crossovers. Interestingly, the interaction of RAD51B-c.92delT with RAD51C and with its newly identified interactors RAD51 and HELQ was abrogated or diminished. Repair of mitomycin-C-induced chromosomal aberrations was impaired in RAD51B/Rad51b-c.92delT human and mouse somatic cells in vitro and in explanted mouse bone marrow cells. Accordingly, Rad51b-c.92delT variant reduced replication fork progression of patient-derived lymphoblastoid cell lines and pluripotent reprogramming efficiency of primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Finally, Rad51bc.92delT/c.92delT mice displayed increased incidence of pituitary gland hyperplasia. These results provide new mechanistic insights into the role of RAD51B not only in meiosis but in the maintenance of somatic genome stability.This work was supported by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Grant 2014/14231-0 (to MMF); FAPESP Grant 2013/02162-8, Nucleo de Estudos e Terapia Celular e Molecular (NETCEM), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico Grant 303002/2016- 6 (to BBM); and FAPESP Grant 2014/50137-5 (to SELA). This work was supported by MINECO (PID2020-120326RB-I00) and by Junta de Castilla y León (CSI239P18 and CSI148P20). NFM, FSS, and MRMH are supported by European Social Fund/JCyLe grants (EDU/310/2015, EDU/556/2019 and EDU/1992/2020). YBC and RSU are funded by a grant from MINECO (BS-2015–073993 and BFU2017-89408-R). Experiments performed at CNIO were supported by grant PID2019-106707-RB to JM, co-sponsored by EU ERDF funds. SM was supported by an international postdoctoral contract “CNIO Friends”. The proteomic analysis was performed in the Proteomics Facility of Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Salamanca, Grant PRB3(IPT17/0019 -ISCIII-SGEFI/ERDF). CIC-IBMCC is supported by the Programa de Apoyo a Planes Estratégicos de Investigación de Estructuras de Investigación de Excelencia cofunded by the Castilla–León autonomous government and the European Regional Development Fund (CLC–2017–01). Veitia’s Lab is supported by the University of Paris and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Insights of Active Extension Within a Collisional Orogen From GNSS (Central Betic Cordillera, S Spain)
The coexistence of shortening and extensional tectonic regimes is a common feature in orogenic belts. The westernmost end of the Western Mediterranean is an area undergoing shortening related to the 5 mm/yr NNW‒SSE convergence of the Nubia and Eurasia Plates. In this region, the Central Betic Cordillera shows a regional ENE‒WSW extension. Here, we present GNSS-derived geodetic data along a 170 km-long transect orthogonal to the main active normal faults of the Central Betic Cordillera. Our data indicate that the total extension rate along the Central Betic Cordillera is 2.0 ± 0.3 mm/yr. Extension is accommodated in the eastern (0.8 ± 0.3 mm/yr in the Guadix-Baza Basin) and western (1.3 ± 0.3 mm/yr in the Granada Basin) parts of the Central Betic Cordillera, while no extension is recorded in the central part of the study area. Moreover, our data permit us to quantify, for the first time, short-term fault slip rates of the Granada Fault System, which is one of the main seismogenic sources of the Iberian Peninsula. We deduce a fault slip rate of ∼1.3 ± 0.3 mm/yr for the whole Granada Basin, with 0.9 ± 0.3 mm/yr being accommodated in the Granada Fault System and 0.4 ± 0.3 mm/yr being accommodated in the southwestern sector of the Granada Basin, where no active faults have been previously described at the surface. The heterogeneous extension in the Central Betic Cordillera could be accommodated by shallow high-angle normal faults that merge with a detachment at depth. Part of the active extension could be derived from gravitational instability because of underlying over-thickened crust.This research was funded by the Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Regional Government, Research project AICO/2021/196), Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and University (Research Projects RTI2018-100737-B-I00 and PID2021-127967NB-I00), the University of Alicante (Research Project VIGROB053), the University of Jaén (POAIUJA 2021–2022, CEACTEMA and Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía, 2014–2020—call made by UJA, 2018, Ref. 1263446), P18-RT-3275 (Junta de Andalucía/FEDER), and the Junta de Andalucía regional government (RNM282 and RNM 148 research groups). The Institut Cartogràfic Valencià, Agencia Valenciana de Seguridad y Respuesta a las Emergencias (Generalitat Valenciana), Consorcio Provincial para el Servicio de Prevención y Extinción de Incendios y Salvamento de Alicante, Excelentísimas Diputaciones Provinciales de Alicante y Castellón, and the Ayuntamiento de Almoradí also provided partial funding
Crustal velocity field in Baza and Galera faults: A new estimation from GPS position time series in 2009 - 2018 time span
The Baza and Galera faults are two active geologic structures located in the central area of the Betic Cordillera (Southern Spain). The goal of our research is to constrain the activity of this faults from high quality GPS measurements to obtain precise deformation rates. In 2008 a GPS survey – mode network was installed to monitor this area. In previous works, we presented a velocity field based on the analysis of some GPS campaigns. Here we show the new results computed from nine GPS campaigns in the timespan 2009-2018. The measurements were done in September 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. The data process and analysis were performed in Precise Point Positioning by using GIPSYX 1.6 software. GIPSY is a GNSS-inferred positioning software developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Then, the new estimation of the crustal velocity field is computed from the IGb14 time series by SARI software. The model applied to the original time series, using weighted least squares, consists of an intercept, a site rate and an offset to account for an antenna change. The error term is composed of white noise and temporally correlated random error. The colored noise is described by a random-walk process. We have assumed a typical magnitude for this process of 1.0 mm/√yr. Finally, we discuss the implications of the new results for the tectonic setting and seismic hazard assessment of this key tectonic area of the Betic Cordillera.This work has been funded by Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020 - call made by University of Jaen in 2018, Ref. 1263446, POAIUJA 2021/2022, CEACTEMA, and RNM148 and RNM282 research groups of Junta de Andalucía
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