Los Valores en Los Consumidores Millennials de la Ciudad de Saltillo, Coahuila

This study makes a descriptive analysis of the clients profiles that belong to the Y or Millenial generation in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila. The study was performed using the Values List Scale (LOV) attributed to Khale (Khale, Beatty, & Homer, 1986) quoted by Irene Ramos Soler (2008). This scale was used for the investigation of market segmentation and in identifying target markets. It is a work that has to do with the field of marketing. This study however is considered as an exploratory, descriptive, quantitative, and transversal investigation. Using Pearson’s chi square analysis and an answer percentage comparison with the IBM SPSS software, they show us that the more important values are self-completion and selfesteem. A stratification sample was used. It also uses age variable and it applies a questionnaire instrument to 261 people that belong to Y generation in Saltillo, Coahuila

Relación entre sexismo ambivalente y violencia en la etapa de enamoramiento en estudiantes del CETPRO María Auxiliadora Arequipa, 2022

Este estudio analizó la correlación entre el sexismo ambivalente y el comportamiento violento durante las etapas primeras de la atracción romántica en estudiantes del CETPRO María Auxiliadora Arequipa en el año 2022. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 120 estudiantes. Se utilizaron dos cuestionarios: uno para medir el sexismo ambivalente y otro para medir las tendencias violentas durante la fase de cortejo; La metodología de este estudio hace referencia a que esta investigación es descriptiva y correlacional. Como instrumentos se han utilizado el Cuestionario de Violencia en el Noviazgo y el Inventario de Sexismo Ambivalente. Según los hallazgos, el sexismo ambivalente se correlaciona significativamente con el comportamiento violento durante la fase de cortejo con un rho=.324 (p<.05), es decir, los estudiantes que tenían actitudes de sexo mixto también exhibieron acciones agresivas dentro del contexto de las relaciones románticas. Además, se demostró que los hombres eran más propensos a participar en violencia romántica (32,1 %) y sexismo ambivalente (37,2 %) que las mujeres. Estos hallazgos resaltan la necesidad de tener una perspectiva de género en los esfuerzos para reducir el abuso de pareja, intentando corregir los estereotipos sexistas y fomentando el respeto mutuo entre los sexos

Age and season effects on quality of diets selected by Criollo crossbred goats on rangeland

The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of age of goats (4-week old, 6.2 0.7 kg vs mature, 46.9 5.6 kg) and season (rainy vs dry) on nutrient content of diets selected by Criollo crossbred female goats on an overgrazed Chihuahuan desert rangeland. Two groups of goats, 10 goat kids and 10 non-lactating pluriparous goats from a commercial goat herd were used. Diet quality and dry matter (DM) intake was assessed via repeated collections (3-h periods) of forage from the mouth of goats, which were momentarily restrained using a light short permanent rope tightened to their neck while grazing. Feed intake was assessed by 24-h fecal collection with canvas fecal-collection bags. Mature animals ate more (P < 0.01, 23 g DM/kg bodyweight 7 s.d.) than goat kids (19.5 g DM/kg bodyweight 6 s.d.) across grazing seasons, but DM digestibility of selected diet was greater (P < 0.01) in goat kids than in mature goats (58.5 4.0% vs 55.3 3.5%, respectively) across seasons. Ash (100 16 vs 79 13 g/kg DM), phosphorus (1.36 0.41 vs 1.13 0.36% DM) and crude protein (94.5 4 vs 88.5 5 g/kg DM) contents were greater (P < 0.01) in diets selected by goat kids compared with mature goats. Dietary protein was greater in rainy than in the dry season. Across grazing seasons, herbage selected by goat kids had a lower (P < 0.01) concentration of neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre than did that selected by mature goats. There was an age by grazing season interaction (P < 0.05) for most chemical components of forages selected by goats. In conclusion, both age and season affected diet quality of goats on rangeland, as goat kids ingested a diet richer in nutrients than that of mature goats. This supports the theory that herbage selection is shaped by physiological effort and, consequently, nutrient consumption is driven by higher nutrient requirements for growth, although incomplete development of rumen function and small body mass limited feed intake in preweaning goat kids

Application of hand-held near-infrared and Raman spectrometers in surface treatment authentication of cork stoppers

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the potential of using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and multivariate analysis as a rapid tool to non-destructively determine the presence of surface treatments applied to cork stoppers. Density and dimensions of 6 closure varieties were characterized and the extraction force was measured on those produced for still wines. Cork stoppers were also analyzed using hand-held NIR and Raman spectrometers. Soft independent modelling of class analogy (SIMCA) models showed significant differences among treated and untreated samples, linked to components of the coating agents applied (silicone and paraffin). SIMCA model''s classification performance was tested and high sensitivity (93.33 %) and specificity (100 %) values were obtained. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) model accurately predicted the extraction forces measured with low standard error of prediction (SEP = 4.0 daN). Our results are promising for the future application of this technology in cork industry, reducing time and economic losses. © 2021 The Author(s

Intestinal obstruction for biliary lithiasis: case report

The biliary ileum is an infrequent complication of cholelithiasis, that is manifested as an intestinal obstruction, is more prevalent in aged people. The clinical square of the biliary ileum is diffuse and the Triad of Rigler is observed in less than 30% of the patient one. The surgical treatment goes from enterotomía and litotricia to the colecistectomía with treatment of the water-pipe. The case of a female, 86-year-old patient is presented that after a week of symptoms and of medical treatment it was detected the presence of a mechanical intestinal obstruction for which the patient underwent emergency surgery. As the cause of occlusion it was found a thick gallstone in a jejunal loop

Characterization of a possible nosocomial aspergillosis outbreak

ObjectiveTo study the epidemiologic aspects of a suspected outbreak of nosocomial invasive aspergillosis.MethodsSixteen Aspergillus fumigatus strains were isolated from bronchoalveolar washings or sputa of 10 patients during a 9-month period. Furthermore, two environmental samples, isolated in a microbiological screening of the hospital, were also available for analysis. Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD) was carried out.ResultsThe analysis performed by RAPD clearly demonstrated substantial genetic variation among the isolates. Both of the two different primers selected for RAPD analysis (R-108 and AP12h) were able to demonstrate that the strains isolated from all patients infected with the same fungal species and the environmental samples were genotypically distinct. The results by RAPD typing demonstrated that this technique could detect variability among isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus from different patients and even from the same patient.ConclusionsRAPD genotyping proved that the outbreak of invasive aspergillosis consisted of a series of events, non-related, and probably not coming from the same source within the hospital. This type of analysis is an easy, quick and highly discriminatory technique that may help in planning epidemiologic studies of aspergillosis

Evolution of Pt and Ag nanoparticles composites with polyphenazines onto ITO electrodes during the oxidation of H2O2 with ascorbic acid

Six polyphenazine electrodes modified with platinum and silver nanoparticles deposited over conducting polymers have been prepared using electrochemical techniques. Phenazine monomers were electropolymerized on Indium tin oxide (ITO) and their morphology was explored by SEM-EDX and Raman spectroscopy. The main findings indicated that the polymers are not homogenously electrodeposited, having pores where metal nanoparticles can be nested, which can play an important role in the ionic exchange with the electrolyte. At longer deposition times, formation of clusters is observed with a loss of electrocatalytic activity and at shorter deposition times the growth step is not yet started and catalysis does not occur. Platinum nanoparticles with sizes of 10-60 nm are formed on the polymer agglomerates. Electrochemical measurements of H2O2 and H2O2-ascorbic acid were carried out as a model system and the electrodes have been characterized by SEM-EDX. The size of the nanoparticles and their aggregates decreased with respect to those of the original size. After an electrochemical cleaning, the sizes of aggregates were recovered which justify the reproducibility of the sensor. For Ag/Polymer/ITO, in all of cases, formation of dendrites plus silver nanoparticles was observed by SEM-EDX

Susceptibility patterns and molecular identification of Trichosporon species

The physiological patterns, the sequence polymorphisms of the internal transcriber spacer (ITS), and intergenic spacer regions (IGS) of the rRNA genes and the antifungal susceptibility profile were evaluated for their ability to identify Trichosporon spp. and their specificity for the identification of 49 clinical isolates of Trichosporon spp. Morphological and biochemical methodologies were unable to differentiate among the Trichosporon species. ITS sequencing was also unable to differentiate several species. However, IGS1 sequencing unambiguously identified all Trichosporon isolates. Following the results of DNA-based identification, Trichosporon asahii was the species most frequently isolated from deep sites (15 of 25 strains; 60%). In the main, other Trichosporon species were recovered from cutaneous samples. The majority of T. asahii, T. faecale, and T. coremiiforme clinical isolates exhibited resistance in vitro to amphotericin B, with geometric mean (GM) MICs >4 mug/ml. The other species of Trichosporon did not show high MICs of amphotericin B, and GM MICs were <1 mug/ml. Azole agents were active in vitro against the majority of clinical strains. The most potent compound in vitro was voriconazole, with a GM MIC </=0.14 mug/ml. The sequencing of IGS correctly identified Trichosporon isolates; however, this technique is not available in many clinical laboratories, and strains should be dispatched to reference centers where these complex methods are available. Therefore, it seems to be more practical to perform antifungal susceptibility testing of all isolates belonging to Trichosporon spp., since correct identification could take several weeks, delaying the indication of an antifungal agent which exhibits activity against the infectious strain.S