Ingeniería inversa, desarrollo tecnológico y construcción del conjunto corona-eje para un reductor de tornillo sin fin

En el siguiente trabajo se muestra la ingeniería inversa la cual es aplicada al eje y la corona de una caja reducto tornillo sin fin corona de baja capacidad; se define un proceso el cual busca extraer la información necesaria para poder generar estas piezas (metrología dimensional, acabados superficiales, tolerancias geométricas, comprobación de tolerancias). El trabajo forma parte de una investigación en la sección de diseño elaborado en las instalaciones de la universidad tecnológica de Pereira. La investigación realiza un estudio de un reductor sin fin corona el cual se encuentra divido en partes (carcasa, tornillo sin fin, corona y ensamble), para este proceso se aplica los conocimientos adquiridos durante la carrera. Los docentes vinculados con este proyecto, desarrollaron un artículo el cual contiene información acerca del seccionado, medición de los componentes del reductor y cálculo del diseño previo. Este artículo es referenciado como etapa previa

An investigation of the effect of electronic business on financial performance of Spanish manufacturing SMEs.

This paper aims to fill research gaps in the existing literature on the effect of electronic business on financial firm performance within the specific context of manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). More specifically, this research analyzes not only the direct effects of e-business on firm performance but also the mediating effect of organizational innovation the relationship. Building on the knowledge and resource-based views, the proposed research model and its associated hypotheses are tested by using partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modeling on a dataset of Spanish manufacturing SMEs. Results suggest that electronic business has a direct effect on financial performance and is positively associated to organizational innovation. In addition, results show that the relationship between electronic business and financial performance is mediated by organizational innovation

A virtual campus for e-learning inclusion : the case of SVC-G9

Academics and professionals agree that, to adapt higher education institutions to the XXI century, it is imperative to extend the use of ICT as well as the virtualization of many human-interaction activities. There is therefore a need to move from the use of ICT as support tools to e-learning instruments based on virtual environments. These environments can be used for e-inclusion. That is, systems can be used to remove communication and interaction barriers that people with disabilities may face in the real world. This paper presents a project which implies the implementation of a virtual interuniversity campus where nine Spanish higher education institutions took part. To enhance Web accessibility as the usability of the system by users with disabilities is one of the main project’s objectives. In addition, the paper analyses the teen-year experience of an e-business course for engineers offered simultaneously by the nine universities through this platform. The main conclusions of this work can be valuable to higher education institutions which have implemented or intend to implement a virtual interuniversity campus

Examining whether highly e-innovative firms are more e-effective.

The resource-based view (RBV) ascribes superior firm performance to firm resources and capabilities. In recent years, much debate about the value of e-business has been raised because of the costly investments required. Although studies have found positive relationships between e-business and firm performance, there is a need to further investigate into these topics. Since innovation has become a key factor for increasing the competitiveness of firms and e-business has been proposed as complement to innovation, this paper analyses, based on the RBV perspective, whether companies with high level of Internet resources and with high e-innovation are more effective electronically. The methodology involved a large sample firms and data collected by the European e-Business Market Watch, an established e-business observatory sponsored by the European Commission. Results indicated that differences of e-sales effectiveness of firms with high and low Internet resources were not statistically significant, while on the contrary firms with a high level of e-innovation outperformed on e-sales effectiveness

A case analysis of a product lifecycle information management framework for SMEs.

Information management during the product lifecycle has received a great deal of attention over the last few years, mainly because firms work in a complex business environment characterized by information overload, high levels of competitiveness and the acceleration of technological change. In this context, Product Lifecycle Management(PLM) software has been evolving rapidly and,today, powerfultools in the market enable high levels of information to be managed. However, commercial PLM software is mostly oriented towards large-sized firms, which poses a big challenge for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs). To address this issue, SMEs can develop their own Product Lifecycle Information Management (PLIM) Frameworks for managing data and information throughout the product lifecycle processes. This article presents a successful example of a PLIM Framework: the case of Pladomin’s PLIM Framework

E-business, organizational innovation and firm performance in manufacturing SMEs: an empirical study in Spain

This paper extends previous studies on the organizational impact of Internet technologies by analyzing factors affecting e-business use and its effect on organizational innovation in manufacturing Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs). In addition, the mediating effect of organizational innovation on the relationship between e-business and firm performance is analyzed. Grounded in the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) theory and the Knowledge-Based View (KBV), this paper develops an integrative research model which analyzes those relations using partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modeling on a dataset of 175 Spanish manufacturing SMEs. Results suggest that e-business use emerges from technological and internal organizational resources rather than from external pressure. In addition, results show that e-business use contributes positively to firm performance through organizational innovation. First published online: 21 Sep 201

Effects of the use of competitive intelligence in industrial SMEs.

RESUMEN. La literatura sobre Inteligencia competitiva, como proceso avanzado de gestión de información orientado a apoyar la toma de decisiones estratégicas, se ha centrado hasta el momento en temas relacionados con la definición del concepto y en analizar mediante estudios de casos su aplicación y los resultados obtenidos en grandes empresas y gobiernos. Reconociendo la literatura que la evolución de este tema requiere avanzar en el estudio ampliándolo a otros tipos de organizaciones y profundizar en los efectos que produce la Inteligencia Competitiva. En este sentido, el presente trabajo tiene por objeto analizar en una muestra de pymes los efectos que la utilización de las IC tiene en distintas variables financieras y no financieras.ABSTRACT. The literature about Competitive Intelligence (CI), as an advanced process of information management orientated towards supporting strategic decision making, has focused on topics related to the definition of the concept and on analyzing its application and the results obtained by large firms and governments through case studies. The literature recognizes that fact that the evolution of this topic creates a need to delve deeper in its study while applying it to other types of organizations and studying the effects that Competitive Intelligence produces in greater depth. Therefore, this study's objective is to analyze the effects that the use of CI has on different financial and not financial variables within a sample of SMEs

Cloud computing in industrial SMEs: Identification of the barriers to its adoption and effects of its application

ABSTRACT: Cloud computing is a new technological paradigm that may revolutionize how organizations use IT by facilitating delivery of all technology as a service. In the literature, the Cloud is treated mainly through a technological approach focused on the concept definition, service models, infrastructures for its evelopment and security problems. However, there is an important lack of works which analyze this paradigm adoption in SMEs and its results, with a gap between the technological development and its adoption by organizations. This paper uses a qualitative technique methodology -group meetings with managers- and a quantitative one-survey- and identifies which factors act as barriers to Cloud adoption and which positive effects its application generates in 94 industrial SMEs. The conclusion is that the main barriers are of a cultural type and that the positive effects go well beyond reducing costs

Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Part 3: Endoparasitic Platyhelminths

Part III: Endoparasitic Platyhelminths, chapters 15-47, pages 231-532, in Concepts in Animal Parasitology. 2024. Scott L. Gardner and Sue Ann Gardner, editors. Zea Books, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States; part III doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.ciap073 Platyhelminthes Chapter 15: Introduction to Endoparasitic Platyhelminths (Phylum Platyhelminthes) by Larry S. Roberts, John J. Janovy, Jr., Steve Nadler, and Scott L. Gardner, pages 231-240 Cestoda Chapter 16: Introduction to Cestodes (Class Cestoda) by Scott L. Gardner, pages 241-246 Eucestoda Chapter 17: Introduction to Cyclophyllidea Beneden in Braun, 1900 (Order) by Scott L. Gardner, pages 247-250 Chapter 18: Taenia (Genus) by Sumiya Ganzorig and Scott. L. Gardner, pages 251-261 Chapter 19: Echinococcus (Genus) by Akira Ito and Scott. L. Gardner, pages 262-275 Chapter 20: Proteocephalidae La Rue, 1911 (Family) by Tomáš Scholz and Roman Kuchta, pages 276-282 Chapter 21: Bothriocephalidea Kuchta et al., 2008 (Order) by Jorge Falcón-Ordaz and Luis García-Prieto, pages 283-288 Chapter 22: Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta et al., 2008 (Order): The Broad Tapeworms by Tomáš Scholz and Roman Kuchta, pages 289-296 Chapter 23: Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863 (Order) by Francisco Zaragoza-Tapia and Scott Monks, pages 297-305 Chapter 24: Cathetocephalidea Schmidt and Beveridge, 1990 (Order) by Luis García-Prieto, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Brenda Atziri García-García, and Berenice Adán-Torres, pages 306-309 Chapter 25: Diphyllidea van Beneden in Carus, 1863 (Order) by Luis García-Prieto, Brenda Atziri García-García, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, and Berenice Adán-Torres, pages 310-315 Chapter 26: Lecanicephalidea Hyman, 1951 (Order) by Luis García-Prieto, Berenice Adán-Torres, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, and Brenda Atziri García- García, pages 316-320 Chapter 27: Litobothriidea Dailey, 1969 (Order) by Luis García-Prieto, Berenice Adán-Torres, Brenda Atziri García-García, and Omar Lagunas-Calvo, pages 321-325 Chapter 28: Phyllobothriidea Caira et al., 2014 (Order) by Brenda Atziri García-García, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Berenice Adán-Torres, and Luis García-Prieto, pages 326-331 Chapter 29: Rhinebothriidea Healy et al., 2009 (Order) by Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Brenda Atziri García-García, Berenice Adán-Torres, and Luis García-Prieto, pages 332-339 Chapter 30: Relics of “Tetraphyllidea” van Beneden, 1850 (Order) by Berenice Adán-Torres, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Brenda Atziri García-García, and Luis García-Prieto, pages 340-346 Amphilinidea Chapter 31: Amphilinidea Poche 1922 (Order) by Klaus Rohde, pages 347-353 Gyrocotylidea Chapter 32: Gyrocotylidea (Order): The Most Primitive Group of Tapeworms by Willi E. R. Xylander and Klaus Rohde, pages 354-360 Trematoda Aspidogastrea Chapter 33: Aspidogastrea (Subclass) by Klaus Rohde, pages 361-377 Digenea: Diplostomida Chapter 34: Introduction to Diplostomida Olson et al., 2003 (Order) by Lucrecia Acosta Soto, Bernard Fried, and Rafael Toledo, pages 378-393 Chapter 35: Aporocotylidae (Family): Fish Blood Flukes by Russell Q.-Y. Yong, pages 394-401 Digenea: Plagiorchiida Chapter 36: Introduction to Plagiorchiida La Rue, 1957 (Order) by Rafael Toledo, Bernard Fried, and Lucrecia Acosta Soto, pages 402-404 Chapter 37: Bivesiculata Olson et al., 2003 (Suborder): Small, Rare, but Important by Thomas H. Cribb and Scott C. Cutmore, pages 405-408 Chapter 38: Echinostomata La Rue, 1926 (Suborder) by Rafael Toledo, Bernard Fried, and Lucrecia Acosta Soto, pages 409-422 Chapter 39: Haplosplanchnata Olson et al., 2003 (Suborder): Two Hosts with Half the Guts by Daniel C. Huston, pages 423-427 Chapter 40: Hemiurata Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954 (Suborder) by Lucrecia Acosta Soto, Bernard Fried, and Rafael Toledo, pages 428-435 Chapter 41: Monorchiata Olson et al., 2003 (Suborder): Two Families Separated by Salinity by Nicholas Q.-X. Wee, pages 436-442 Chapter 42: Opisthorchis (Genus) compiled from material from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria by Sue Ann Gardner, pages 443-445 Xiphidiata Chapter 43: Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902 (Family) by Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León, David Iván Hernández-Mena, and Brenda Solórzano-García, pages 446-459 Chapter 44: Haematoloechidae Odening, 1964 (Family) by Virginia León-Règagnon, pages 460-469 Chapter 45: Lecithodendriidae Lühe, 1901 (Family) by Jeffrey M. Lotz, pages 470-479 Chapter 46: Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 (Family): The Richest Trematode Family by Storm B. Martin, pages 480-489 Digenea Summary Chapter 47: Summary of the Digenea (Subclass): Insights and Lessons from a Prominent Parasitologist by Robin M. Overstreet, pages 490-53

Generations No.9: The UNAB children's orchestra

Hacer parte del grupo de 38 Instituciones de Educación Superior (IES) con Acreditación de Alta Calidad de un total de 288 en el país, es fruto de un trabajo arduo y minucioso a lo largo del tiempo, basado en la premisa fundamental de ofrecer estándares de excelencia en la educación, y formar ciudadanos con capacidades profesionales que contribuyan al desarrollo de la sociedad. Ustedes, graduados UNAB, como parte de ese grupo de profesionales, son además de nuestro orgullo, una de las razones por la cuales este año iniciamos nuevamente el proceso de Autoevaluación con miras a la renovación de la Acreditación Institucional y alcanzarla por segunda vez, será una recompensa a la gratificante misión educativa que ha consolidado la UNAB por más de 60 años en la región.Editorial; Por Alberto Montoya Puyana…3 Lenguaje musical que une la ciudad; Por Redacción Generaciones UNAB…4 La voz del graduado…7 Nuevo convenio con trabajando.com; Por Luz Yaqueline Hernández Castañeda…8 En busca de renovar la Acreditación Institucional; Por Redacción Generaciones UNAB…10 “Contrapunto en la rivera y en la montaña”; Por Carlos Ernesto Acosta Posada…14 Desafíos para el ejercicio de la salud pública; Por Rafael Pérez Rincón…17 Logística: Ventaja competitiva para el éxito; Por Victoria Andrea Sarmiento Gómez…21 La investigación en el campo musical; Por Johanna Calderón Ochoa…24 Emprendimiento hecho en Santander; Por Redacción Generaciones UNAB…27 Graduados destacados; Por Redacción Generaciones UNAB…30 Generaciones en cifras; Por Redacción Generaciones UNAB…37 Mercadeo Institucional; Por Redacción Generaciones UNAB…38 Noticias breves…40 Encuentros…42Being part of the group of 38 Higher Education Institutions (IES) with High Quality Accreditation out of a total of 288 in the country, is the result of arduous and meticulous work over time, based on the fundamental premise of offering standards of excellence in education, and train citizens with professional skills that contribute to the development of society. You, UNAB graduates, as part of this group of professionals, are also our pride, one of the reasons why this year we started the Self-Assessment process again with a view to renewing Institutional Accreditation and achieving it for the second time, will be a reward for the gratifying educational mission that UNAB has consolidated for more than 60 years in the region