311 research outputs found
Use and acceptance of long lasting insecticidal net screens for dengue prevention in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Background
Dengue, recognized by the WHO as the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world, is a growing problem. Currently, the only effective way of preventing dengue is vector control. Standard methods have shown limited effect, and there have been calls to develop new integrated vector management approaches. One novel tool, protecting houses with long lasting insecticidal screens on doors and windows, is being trialled in a cluster randomised controlled trial by a joint UADY/WHO TDR/IDRC study in various districts of Acapulco, Mexico, with exceptionally high levels of crime and insecurity.
This study investigated the community’s perspectives of long lasting insecticidal screens on doors and windows in homes and in schools, in order to ascertain their acceptability, to identify challenges to further implementation and opportunities for future improvements.
Methods
This was a sequential mixed-methods study. The quantitative arm contained a satisfaction survey administered to 288 houses that had received the intervention examining their perspectives of both the intervention and dengue prevention in general. The qualitative arm consisted of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with those who had accepted the intervention and key informant interviews with: schoolteachers to discuss the use of the screens in schools, program staff, and community members who had refused the intervention.
Results
Overall satisfaction and acceptance of the screens was very high, with only some operational and technical complaints relating to screen fragility and the installation process. However, the wider social context of urban violence and insecurity was a major barrier to screen acceptance. Lack of information dissemination and community collaboration were identified as project weaknesses.
Conclusions
The screens are widely accepted by the population, but the project implementation could be improved by reassuring the community of its legitimacy in the context of insecurity. More community engagement and better information sharing structures are needed.
The screens could be a major new dengue prevention tool suitable for widespread use, if further research supports their entomological and epidemiological effectiveness and their acceptability in different social and environmental contexts. Further research is needed looking at the impact of insecurity of dengue prevention programmes
Guía docente común de las titulaciones de Ingeniero en Electrónica en las universidades andaluzas
El presente documento constituye el resultado del trabajo elaborado de acuerdo con la Convocatoria de Elaboración de Guías Docentes de Titulaciones Andaluzas conforme al Sistema de Créditos Europeos (años 2005/2006) de la Dirección General de Universidades, dependiente de la Secretaría General de Universidades, Investigación y Tecnología de la Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa de la Junta de Andalucía
La orgía: un acercamiento conceptual desde la teoría psicoanalítica
En una reunión que congrega a la clase prestante de una sociedad, y tras la intervención de un mago, se produce una orgía de la cual sólo una persona mantendrá intacto el recuerdo. Todo lo sucedido en el evento y después de él, es lo que narra el cuento “La Orgía” de Germán Espinosa, que fue el pretexto para analizar algunos conceptos del psicoanálisis freudiano relativos al inconsciente, la pulsión, la represión, la censura y la psicología de las masas. Este escrito, producto de la lectura y escritura colaborativa a lo largo de un semestre académico, da cuenta de lo elaborado en el marco de un grupo de estudio en psicoanálisis en el que participan egresados y estudiantes de psicología de todos los niveles de formación
BIM en la construcción
244 páginas.En la actualidad, con la metodología BIM (Building Information Modeling), todos los sistemas de información de los procesos productivos en la obra se han integrado, la información se puede compartir a distancia y en tiempo real con todos los actores involucrados en el proyecto. En estas condiciones, las instituciones generadoras de obras y las empresas prestadoras de servicios se están rediseñando con nuevos modelos de negocios enfocados en satisfacer las actuales demandas y experiencias de los clientes. El libro que aquí se presenta reúne el trabajo de investigación referente a BIM de la Red Académica de Diseño Construcción integrada por académicos de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México (UADY), el Worcester Polytechnical Institute (WPI) de Massachusetts, Estados Unidos y del Área de Administración y Tecnología para el Diseño de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco (UAM). También han colaborado con la Red investigadores de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), España y, dentro de la UAM, académicos de la División de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Departamento de Materiales, del Área de Construcción. Cabe mencionar que los artículos ya han sido publicados con anterioridad en los Anuarios de Administración y Tecnología para el Diseño y las Compilaciones de Artículos de Investigación en Administración y Tecnología para la Arquitectura, Diseño e Ingeniería, productos del trabajo de investigación del Área que edita anualmente desde 1999, como se indica en el índice del presente libro
Human Hereditary Cardiomyopathy Shares a Genetic Substrate With Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
The complex genetics underlying human cardiac disease is evidenced by its heterogenous manifestation, multigenic basis, and sporadic occurrence. These features have hampered disease modeling and mechanistic understanding. Here, we show that 2 structural cardiac diseases, left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) and bicuspid aortic valve, can be caused by a set of inherited heterozygous gene mutations affecting the NOTCH ligand regulator MIB1 (MINDBOMB1) and cosegregating genes.
We used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to generate mice harboring a nonsense or a missense MIB1 mutation that are both found in LVNC families. We also generated mice separately carrying these MIB1 mutations plus 5 additional cosegregating variants in the ASXL3, APCDD1, TMX3, CEP192, and BCL7A genes identified in these LVNC families by whole exome sequencing. Histological, developmental, and functional analyses of these mouse models were carried out by echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, together with gene expression profiling by RNA sequencing of both selected engineered mouse models and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Potential biochemical interactions were assayed in vitro by coimmunoprecipitation and Western blot.
Mice homozygous for the MIB1 nonsense mutation did not survive, and the mutation caused LVNC only in heteroallelic combination with a conditional allele inactivated in the myocardium. The heterozygous MIB1 missense allele leads to bicuspid aortic valve in a NOTCH-sensitized genetic background. These data suggest that development of LVNC is influenced by genetic modifiers present in affected families, whereas valve defects are highly sensitive to NOTCH haploinsufficiency. Whole exome sequencing of LVNC families revealed single-nucleotide gene variants of ASXL3, APCDD1, TMX3, CEP192, and BCL7A cosegregating with the MIB1 mutations and LVNC. In experiments with mice harboring the orthologous variants on the corresponding Mib1 backgrounds, triple heterozygous Mib1 Apcdd1 Asxl3 mice showed LVNC, whereas quadruple heterozygous Mib1 Cep192 Tmx3;Bcl7a mice developed bicuspid aortic valve and other valve-associated defects. Biochemical analysis suggested interactions between CEP192, BCL7A, and NOTCH. Gene expression profiling of mutant mouse hearts and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes revealed increased cardiomyocyte proliferation and defective morphological and metabolic maturation.
These findings reveal a shared genetic substrate underlying LVNC and bicuspid aortic valve in which MIB1-NOTCH variants plays a crucial role in heterozygous combination with cosegregating genetic modifiers.This study was supported by grants PID2019-104776RB-I00 and PID2020-120326RB-I00, CB16/11/00399 (CIBER CV) financed by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, a grant from the Fundación BBVA (Ref. BIO14_298), and a grant from Fundació La Marató de TV3 (Ref. 20153431) to J.L.d.l.P. M.S.-A. was supported by a PhD contract from the Severo Ochoa Predoctor-al Program (SVP-2014-068723) of the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. J.R.G.-B. was supported by SEC/FEC-INV-BAS 21/021. A.R. was funded by grants from MCIN (PID2021123925OB-I00), TerCel (RD16/0011/0024), AGAUR (2017-SGR-899), and Fundació La Marató de TV3 (201534-30). J.M.P.-P. was supported by RTI2018-095410-B-I00 (MCIN) and PY2000443 (Junta de Andalucía). B.I. was supported by the European Commission (H2020-HEALTH grant No. 945118) and by MCIN (PID2019-107332RB-I00). DO’R was sup-ported by the Medical Research Council (MC-A658-5QEB0) and KAMcG by the British Heart Foundation (RG/19/6/34387, RE/18/4/34215). The cost of this publication was supported in part with funds from the European Regional Devel-opment Fund. The Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares is sup-ported by the ISCIII, the MCIN, and the Pro Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Foundation and is a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence (grant CEX2020001041-S) financed by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a CC BY public copyright license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising.S
Metal-Induced Production of a Novel Bioadsorbent Exopolysaccharide in a Native Rhodotorula mucilaginosa from the Mexican Northeastern Region
There is a current need to develop low-cost strategies to degrade and eliminate industrially
used colorants discharged into the environment. Colorants discharged into natural water
streams pose various threats, including: toxicity, degradation of aesthetics and inhibiting
sunlight penetration into aquatic ecosystems. Dyes and colorants usually have complex aromatic
molecular structures, which make them very stable and difficult to degrade and eliminate
by conventional water treatment systems. The results in this work demonstrated that
heavy metal-resistant Rhodotorula mucilaginosa strain UANL-001L isolated from the northeast
region of Mexico produce an exopolysaccharide (EPS), during growth, which has colorant
adsorption potential. The EPS produced was purified by precipitation and dialysis and
was then physically and chemically characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy, Fourier
Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, and chemical elemental analysis. Here, the ability of the
purified EPS produced to adsorb methylene blue (MB), which served as a model colorant, is
studied. MB adsorption by the EPS is found to follow Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm kinetics
at 25°C. Further, by calculating the Langmuir constant the adsorption capabilities of the EPS
produced by the Rhodotorula mucilaginosa strain UANL-001L is compared to that of other
adsorbents, both, microbially produced and from agroindustrial waste. The total adsorption
capacity of the EPS, from the Rhodotorula mucilaginosa strain UANL-001L, was found to be
two-fold greater than the best bioadsorbents reported in the literature. Finally, apart from
determining which heavy metals stimulated EPS production in the strain, the optimal conditions
of pH, heavy metal concentration, and rate of agitation of the growing culture for EPS production, was determined. The EPS reported here has the potential of aiding in the efficient
removal of colorants both in water treatment plants and in situ in natural water streams
The Caldera. No. 26
“La PALABRA tiene PODER”, más allá del lema que nos convocó en la décima versión del Concurso Inter colegiado de Oratoria, que en el marco de ULIBRO 2023, se llevó a cabo en NEOMUNDO, el 1 de septiembre pasado, esta frase es una profunda convicción que ha movido al Área de Lengua Castellana del Instituto Caldas, a propiciar y mantener este espacio en el que nuestros estudiantes son los protagonistas. Este año, al tratarse de una celebración especial, quisimos que el tema fundamental fuera el inmenso PODER que tiene la PALABRA; la palabra que construye, que transforma, que edifica,
que fortalece, que acompaña, que “abriga”, a diario, al ser humano; en un mundo en el que se debe volver a entender y vivenciar, en el hogar, en la escuela, en la sociedad, el poder transformador de vocablos tan importantes como lo son: “Familia, Educación, Vida, Diversidad, Respeto, Literatura, Escritura, Creatividad, Lectura, Inclusión, Paz, Igualdad Social, Democracia, Ciudadanía y Diálogo”, la palabra cobró fuerza en las voces de nuestros educandos; de esta manera, analizar estos temas tiene que ver necesariamente con los “Futuros posibles”, que planteó la Gran Feria del Libro, ULIBRO, en su vigésima primera versión, para que sigamos trabajando por una sociedad mejor, razón de ser de todas las instituciones educativas del mundo entero.“The WORD has POWER”, beyond the motto that summoned us in the tenth version of the Intercollegiate Oratory Contest, which within the framework of ULIBRO 2023, was held in NEOMUNDO, last September 1, this phrase is a deep conviction that has moved the Spanish Language Area of the Caldas Institute to promote and maintain this space in which our students are the protagonists. This year, as it is a special celebration, we wanted the fundamental theme to be the immense POWER that the WORD has; the word that builds, that transforms, that edifies,
that strengthens, that accompanies, that “shelters”, daily, the human being; in a world in which we must understand and experience again, at home, at school, in society, the transformative power of words as important as: “Family, Education, Life, Diversity, Respect, Literature, Writing, Creativity, Reading, Inclusion, Peace, Social Equality, Democracy, Citizenship and Dialogue”, the word gained strength in the voices of our students; In this way, analyzing these issues necessarily has to do with the “Possible Futures”, which the Great Book Fair, ULIBRO, proposed in its twenty-first version, so that we continue working for a better society, the reason for being of all institutions. . educational institutions around the world.Modalidad Presencia
The Research Journey as a Challenge Towards New Trends
The academic community of the department of Risaralda, in its permanent interest in evidencing the results of the research processes that are carried out from the Higher Education Institutions and as a product of the VI meeting of researchers of the department of Risaralda held in November 2021 presents its work: “The journey of research as a challenge towards new trends”, which reflects the result of the latest research and advances in different lines of knowledge in Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology and Information Sciences, which seek to solve and meet the demands of the different sectors.
This work would not have been possible without the help of each of the teachers, researchers and authors who presented their articles that make up each of the chapters of the book, to them our gratitude for their commitment, dedication and commitment, since their sole purpose is to contribute from the academy and science to scientific and technological development in the search for the solution of problems and thus contribute to transform the reality of our society and communities. We also wish to extend our
gratitude to the institutions of the Network that made this publication possible: UTP, UCP, UNAD, UNIREMINGTON; UNISARC, CIAF, Universidad Libre, Uniclaretiana, Fundación Universitaria Comfamiliar and UNIMINUTO, institutions that in one way or another allowed this work to become a reality, which we hope will be of interest to you.Preface............................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1. Technologies and Engineering
Towards a humanization in Engineering using soft skills in training
in Engineers.............................................................................................................11
Omar Iván Trejos Buriticá1, Luis Eduardo Muñoz Guerrero
Innovative materials in construction: review from a bibliometric
analysis....................................................................................................................27
Cristian Osorio Gómez, Daniel Aristizábal Torres, Alejandro Alzate Buitrago,
Cristhian Camilo Amariles López
Bibliometric review of disaster risk management: progress, trends,
and challenges.........................................................................................................51
Alejandro Alzate Buitrago, Gloria Milena Molina Vinasco.
Incidence of land coverage and geology, in the unstability of lands
of the micro-basin of the Combia creek, Pereira, Risaralda....................................73
Alejandro Alzate Buitrago, Daniel Aristizábal Torres.
Chapter 2. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Training experience with teachers teaching mathematics using the
inquiry methodology ...............................................................................................95
Vivian Libeth Uzuriaga López, Héctor Gerardo Sánchez Bedoya.
Interpretation of the multiple representations of the fears associated
to the boarding of limited visual patients in the elective I students’ written
productions and low vision ...................................................................................113
Eliana Bermúdez Cardona, Ana María Agudelo Guevara, Caterine Villamarín Acosta.
The relevance of local knowledge in social sciences............................................131
Alberto Antonio Berón Ospina, Isabel Cristina Castillo Quintero.
Basic education students’ conceptions of conflict a view from the peace
for the education....................................................................................................143
Astrid Milena Calderón Cárdenas,Carolina Aguirre Arias, Carolina Franco Ossa,
Martha Cecilia Gutiérrez Giraldo, Orfa Buitrago.
Comprehensive risk prevention in educational settings: an interdisciplinary
and socio-educational approach ............................................................................163
Olga María Henao Trujillo, Claudia María López Ortiz.
Chapter 3. Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Physicochemical characterization of three substrates used in the deep
bedding system in swine .......................................................................................175
Juan Manuel Sánchez Rubio, Andrés Felipe Arias Roldan, Jesús Arturo Rincón Sanz,
Jaime Andrés Betancourt Vásquez.
Periodic solutions in AFM models........................................................................187
Daniel Cortés Zapata, Alexander Gutiérrez Gutiérrez.
Phenology in flower and fruit of Rubus glaucus benth. Cv. Thornless
in Risaralda: elements for phytosanitary management .........................................199
Shirley Palacios Castro, Andrés Alfonso Patiño Martínez, James Montoya Lerma,
Ricardo Flórez, Harry Josué Pérez.
Socio-economic and technical characterization of the cultivation of
avocado (Persea americana) in Risaralda..............................................................217
Andrés Alfonso Patiño Martínez, Kelly Saudith Castañez Poveda, Eliana Gómez Correa.
Biosecurity management in backyard systems in Santa Rosa de Cabal,
Risaralda................................................................................................................227
Julia Victoria Arredondo Botero, Jaiver Estiben Ocampo Jaramillo, Juan Sebastián Mera Vallejo,
Álvaro de Jesús Aranzazu Hernández.
CONTENTS
Physical-chemical diagnosis of soils in hillside areas with predominance
of Lulo CV. La Selva production system in the department of Risaralda.............241
Adriana Patricia Restrepo Gallón, María Paula Landinez Montes, Jimena Tobón López.
Digestibility of three concentrates used in canine feeding....................................271
María Fernanda Mejía Silva, Valentina Noreña Sánchez, Gastón Adolfo Castaño Jiménez.
Chapter 4. Economic, Administrative, and Accounting Sciences
Financial inclusion in households from socioeconomic strata 1 and 2 in
the city of Pereira ..................................................................................................285
Lindy Neth Perea Mosquera, Marlen Isabel Redondo Ramírez, Angélica Viviana Morales.
Internal marketing strategies as a competitive advantage for the company
Mobilautos SAS de Dosquebradas........................................................................303
Inés Montoya Sánchez, Sandra Patricia Viana Bolaños, Ana María Barrera Rodríguez.
Uses of tourist marketing in the tourist sector of the municipality of Belén
de Umbría, Risaralda.............................................................................................319
Ana María Barrera Rodríguez, Paola Andrea Echeverri Gutiérrez, María Camila Parra Buitrago,
Paola Andrea Martín Muñoz, Angy Paola Ángel Vélez, Luisa Natalia Trejos Ospina.
Territorial prospective of Risaralda department (Colombia), based on
the SDGS...............................................................................................................333
Juan Guillermo Gil García, Samanta Londoño Velásquez.
Chapter 5. Health and Sports Sciences
Performance evaluation in times of pandemic. What do medical
students think?.......................................................................................................353
Samuel Eduardo Trujillo Henao, Rodolfo A. Cabrales Vega, Germán Alberto Moreno Gómez.
The relevance of the therapist’s self and self-reference in the training
of psychologists.....................................................................................................371
Maria Paula Marmolejo Lozano, Mireya Ospina Botero.
Habits related to oral health which influence lifestyle of elder people
in a wellness center for the elderly in Pereira 2020. .............................................387
Isadora Blanco Pérez, Olga Patricia Ramírez Rodríguez, Ángela María Rincón Hurtado.
Analysis of the suicide trend in the Coffee Region in Colombia during
the years 2012-2018 ..............................................................................................405
Germán Alberto Moreno Gómez, Jennifer Nessim Salazar, Jairo Franco Londoño,
Juan Carlos Medina Osorio.
Hind limb long bone fractures in canines and felines...........................................419
María Camila Cruz Vélez, Valentina Herrera Morales, Alba Nydia Restrepo Jiménez, Lina
Marcela Palomino, Gabriel Rodolfo Izquierdo Bravo.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children in the rural and urban
area of Risaralda....................................................................................................439
Angela María Álvarez López, Angela Liceth Pérez Rendón, Alejandro Gómez Rodas,
Luis Enrique Isaza Velásquez.
Chapter 6. Architecture, Design and Advertising
The artisan crafts of Risaralda, characteristics, importance, and risks
within the Colombian Coffee Cultural Landscape, CCCL....................................457
Yaffa Nahir Ivette Gómez Barrera, Javier Alfonso López Morales
Use and acceptance of long lasting insecticidal net screens for dengue prevention in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
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