Role of empowerment and identification with work teams in innovation climate

Several studies argue that an organizational climate oriented to promote innovation generates greater competitiveness in companies. However, very few researchers have explored the factors that lead to the formation of innovation climate and their effects on workers' performance. Based on a sample of 201 workers from manufacturing and service companies, an analysis was carried out to examine the influence of variables like empowerment and Identification with work teams in innovation climate. Furthermore, the influence of innovation climate on job performance and work commitment was analyzed. The results indicate that there is a positive relationship among the variables of the hypotheses, empowerment and Identification with work teams influence in innovation climate, and the latter influences work performance and work commitment

Diseño de un modelo de gestión de la producción en la empresa INDUPLAS S.A.

Durante la historia moderna, las industrias en busca de la simplifcación de sus procesos productivos han venido en busca de ciertos parámetros mínimos que ha permitido desarrollar diferentes tipos de estrategias y técnicas para en control de su organización y con todo esto, han logrado involucrarse en la complejidad de los mercados actuales, la continua innovación y las exigencias, cada vez mayores y específicas, de los consumidores

Validación del modelo de gestión de la producción en la empresa INDUPLAS S.A

Durante la historia moderna, las industrias en busca de la simplificación de sus procesos productivos han venido en busca de ciertos parámetros mínimos que han permitido desarrollar diferentes tipos de estrategias y técnicas para el control de su organización y con esto, han logrado involucrarse en la complejidad de los mercados actuales, la continua innovación y las exigencias, cada vez mayores y especificas, de los consumidores. El aspecto descrito justifica el interés de formalizar un modelo de gestión de la producción que beneficie a la empresa INDUPLAS S.A. con el cual se fortalecerá o reinventará el sistema de producción actual

Biomass recalcitrance in barley, wheat and triticale straw : Correlation of biomass quality with classic agronomical traits

The global production of cereal straw as an agricultural by-product presents a significant source of biomass, which could be used as feedstock for the production of second generation biofuels by fermentation. The production of sugars for fermentation is an important measure of straw quality and in its suitability for biofuel production. In this paper, we present a characterization of straw digestibility from a wide range of cereal. Our main objective is to evaluate the variability of fermentable sugars released from different species including wheat (Triticum durum L., Triticum aestivum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack). To this end, we adapted a saccharification method (IAS Method) capable of detecting significant differences of released sugars between cultivars and species, while using separately another method that would serve as a control and with which we could contrast our results (CNAP method). ANOVA analyses revealed that barley has a higher saccharification potential than wheat and triticale and shows more variation between genotypes. Thus, populations derived from crosses among them such as Steptoe × Morex and OWB Dominant × OWB Recessive hold potential for the identification of genetic basis for saccharification-related traits. The correlation of glucose released between the two methods was moderate (R2 = 0.57). An evaluation of the inter- and intra- specific correlation between a number of chemical and agronomical parameters and saccharification suggests that the cell wall thickness and lignin content in straw could be used in breeding programs for the improvement of the saccharification potential. Finally, the lack of correlation between grain yield and saccharification suggests that it would be possible to make a selection of genotypes for dual purpose, low recalcitrance and grain yield

The standardisation of vernacular architecture: Wine buildings in Andalusia

Production buildings constitute a specific section of vernacular architecture, with distinct characteristics. In Andalusia, within this group, the architecture of wine, acquires an important relevancne, the wine cellars. They are a large number of buildings, which were built in the 18th, and 19th centuries. This happened when traditional Andalusian wine production was transformed into a modern wine industry. An industrial development generated a vast architectural ensemble of unique characteristics. This has been studied especially in the Sherry wine region, but it is also present in other regions such as MontillaMoriles or El Condado de Huelva. The architectural, and industrial wine development in the 19th century was fundamentally based on the repetition of a specific model: the basilica cellar. A simplified formal, and constructive system that comes from the standardisation of the vernacular cellar, and that establishes early points of convergence with the industrial building. A model that continues the tradition in terms of construction, and structure, but conceptually modern in its modular, and repeatable condition. Its reiteration, and extreme simplification made possible the construction of large industrial complexes, and the city transformation. The industrial importance achieved by the wine agro-industry, and the vernacular quality of its architecture introduce different references in Spanish industrial historiograph

Biocompatible and Thermoresistant Hydrogels Based on Collagen and Chitosan

Hydrogels are considered good biomaterials for soft tissue regeneration. In this sense, collagen is the most used raw material to develop hydrogels, due to its high biocompatibility. However, its low mechanical resistance, thermal stability and pH instability have generated the need to look for alternatives to its use. In this sense, the combination of collagen with another raw material (i.e., polysaccharides) can improve the final properties of hydrogels. For this reason, the main objective of this work was the development of hydrogels based on collagen and chitosan. The mechanical, thermal and microstructural properties of the hydrogels formed with different ratios of collagen/chitosan (100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75 and 0/100) were evaluated after being processed by two variants of a protocol consisting in two stages: a pH change towards pH 7 and a temperature drop towards 4 °C. The main results showed that depending on the protocol, the physicochemical and microstructural properties of the hybrid hydrogels were similar to the unitary system depending on the stage carried out in first place, obtaining FTIR peaks with similar intensity or a more porous structure when chitosan was first gelled, instead of collagen. As a conclusion, the synergy between collagen and chitosan improved the properties of the hydrogels, showing good thermomechanical properties and cell viability to be used as potential biomaterials for Tissue Engineering.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RTI2018-097100-B-C2

Estrategias de textualización para mejorar la producción de textos expositivos en estudiantes de secundaria

El estudio tuvo como objetivo demostrar la mejora significativa en la producción de textos explicativos tras la aplicación de la estrategia de textualización en alumnos de una escuela secundaria ubicada en Lima. Tiene un enfoque cuantitativo de tipo aplicada con diseño cuasi experimental. La población estuvo conformada por 309 estudiantes, la muestra fue no probabilística y estuvo formada por 52 estudiantes. La técnica utilizada fue la observación y los instrumentos utilizados fueron una rúbrica de medición de la producción de textos expositivos y el instrumento de prueba de redacción. La validez fue dada por juicio de expertos y la confiabilidad se comprobó mediante el estadístico alfa de CronBach aplicado a una muestra piloto de 30 estudiantes. Según los resultados obtenidos se concluye que la producción de textos expositivos mejora significativamente al aplicar la estrategia de textualización en estudiantes de secundaria de una escuela pública de Lima, ya que los resultados del estadístico U-Mann-Whitney: 5,546 y p= 0,000.Campus At

Virtual education and professional development in teachers of UGEL 15, Huarochiri - Lima

The objective of this article is to determine the relationship between digital skills and professional development in teachers at UGEL 12, Canta. The study was of type, of correlational-causal design, it is non-experimental and crosssectional since the phenomena were observed in their natural state and the data collection was carried out in a single moment. The survey technique was used to measure the variables, likewise a questionnaire was used as an instrument for each variable, for the quantitative variable digital skills a 32-item questionnaire was used considering three dimensions; In relation to the professional development variable, a 33-item questionnaire was used, which includes three dimensions: time organization (12 items), planning (9 items) and the virtual resources dimension (15 items). The population was 450 teachers, the inclusion criteria were the teachers who worked throughout the year 2021 in the institutions of UGEL 12, the study sample consisted of 205 teachers; According to the results obtained, a correlation coefficient of rho =.695** was obtained, demonstrating that the relationship between digital skills and professional development of teachers is positive, so it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between digital skills and professional development in teachers at UGEL 12, Canta – Lima.Campus Lima Nort

Multivalent Calixarene-Based Liposomes as Platforms for Gene and Drug Delivery

The formation of calixarene-based liposomes was investigated, and the characterization of these nanostructures was carried out using several techniques. Four amphiphilic calixarenes were used. The length of the hydrophobic chains attached to the lower rim as well as the nature of the polar group present in the upper rim of the calixarenes were varied. The lipid bilayer was formed with one calixarene and with the phospholipid 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine, DOPE. The cytotoxicity of the liposomes for various cell lines was also studied. From the results obtained, the liposomes formed with the least cytotoxic calixarene, (TEAC12)4 , were used as nanocarriers of both nucleic acids and the antineoplastic drug doxorubicin, DOX. Results showed that (TEAC12)4/DOPE/p-EGFP-C1 lipoplexes, of a given composition, can transfect the genetic material, although the transfection efficiency substantially increases in the presence of an additional amount of DOPE as coadjuvant. On the other hand, the (TEAC12)4/DOPE liposomes present a high doxorubicin encapsulation efficiency, and a slow controlled release, which could diminish the side effects of the drugThis work was financed by the Consejería de Conocimiento, Innovación y Universidades de la Junta de Andalucía (FQM-206, FQM-274, and PY20-01234), the VI Plan Propio Universidad de Sevilla (PP2019/00000748), RTI2018-100692-B-100; P18-RT-1271; PI18-0005-2018; VI-PP AY.SUPLEM2019; RYC-2015-18670, The R+D+I grant PID2019-104195G from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation-Agencia Estatal de Investigación/10.13039/501100011033 (P.H.) and the European Union (Feder Funds). The authors thank the University of Seville for the grant VPPI-US. J.A.L. also thanks the Fundación ONCE funded by the Fondo Social Europe

Programmed 'disarming' of the neutrophil proteome reduces the magnitude of inflammation

The antimicrobial functions of neutrophils are facilitated by a defensive armamentarium of proteins stored in granules, and by the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). However, the toxic nature of these structures poses a threat to highly vascularized tissues, such as the lungs. Here, we identified a cell-intrinsic program that modified the neutrophil proteome in the circulation and caused the progressive loss of granule content and reduction of the NET-forming capacity. This program was driven by the receptor CXCR2 and by regulators of circadian cycles. As a consequence, lungs were protected from inflammatory injury at times of day or in mouse mutants in which granule content was low. Changes in the proteome, granule content and NET formation also occurred in human neutrophils, and correlated with the incidence and severity of respiratory distress in pneumonia patients. Our findings unveil a 'disarming' strategy of neutrophils that depletes protein stores to reduce the magnitude of inflammation.We thank members of the Comparative Medicine Unit and Advanced Microscopy Unit at CNIC. This study was supported by Intramural grants from the Severo Ochoa program (IGP-SO), a grant from Fundació La Marató de TV3 (120/C/2015-20153032), grant SAF2015-65607-R from Ministerio de Ciencia, Investigacion y Universidades (MCIU) with cofunding from Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, grant RTI2018-095497-B-I00 from MCIU and HR17_00527 from Fundación La Caixa (to A.H.), and fellowship BES-2013-065550 from MCIU (to J.M.A.), fellowship from La Caixa Foundation (ID 100010434, code LCF/BQ/DR19/11740022, to A.A.-C.) and fellowship Health-PERIS 2016–2020 (to C.C.) Funds were also obtained from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FIS PI17/01601, to I.L.) and SAF2015-68632-R from MCIU (to M.A.M.); Wellcome Trust Seed Award in Science (206103/Z/17/Z, to D.R.), SFB1123-A1/A10 from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and ERC-AdG 692511 (to C.W.); SAF2017-84494-C2-R and Programa Red Guipuzcoana de Ciencia, Tecnología e Información 2018-CIEN-000058-01 (to J.R.-C.). Work at CIC biomaGUNE was performed under the Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence Program from the Spanish State Research Agency (MDM-2017-0720). C.W. is a van de Laar professor of atherosclerosis. The CNIC is supported by the MCIU and the Pro-CNIC Foundation, and is a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence (MEIC award SEV-2015-0505).S