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    Raz贸n de cambio e identificaci贸n del movimiento

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    Se describe una experiencia de aprendizaje en la que se promueve la interacci贸n entre estudiantes orientada a la identificaci贸n del movimiento. Participan estudiantes de distinto grado con la finalidad de que los m谩s avanzados introduzcan en la discusi贸n la noci贸n de raz贸n de cambio para avanzar en dicha identificaci贸n. La experiencia muestra la pertinencia de realizar actividades de aprendizaje apoyadas en la experimentaci贸n cient铆fica, con la inserci贸n planeada de estudiantes que, por encontrarse en un nivel superior del curr铆culo, est谩n en condici贸n de aportar a la discusi贸n nociones matem谩ticas fundamentales que son convenientes para el an谩lisis de los resultados de la experimentaci贸n

    Patterns in Dried Droplets to Detect Unfolded BSA

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    The morphological analysis of patterns in dried droplets has allowed the generation of efficient techniques for the detection of molecules of medical interest. However, the effectiveness of this method to reveal the coexistence of macromolecules of the same species, but different conformational states, is still unknown. To address this problem, we present an experimental study on pattern formation in dried droplets of bovine serum albumin (BSA), in folded and unfolded conformational states, in saline solution (NaCl). Folded proteins produce a well-defined coffee ring and crystal patterns all over the dry droplet. Depending on the NaCl concentration, the crystals can be small, large, elongated, entangled, or dense. Optical microscopy reveals that the relative concentration of unfolded proteins determines the morphological characteristics of deposits. At a low relative concentration of unfolded proteins (above 2%), small amorphous aggregates emerge in the deposits, while at high concentrations (above 16%), the “eye-like pattern”, a large aggregate surrounded by a uniform coating, is produced. The radial intensity profile, the mean pixel intensity, and the entropy make it possible to characterize the patterns in dried droplets. We prove that it is possible to achieve 100% accuracy in identifying 4% of unfolded BSA contained in a protein solution
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