An Empirical Analysis of the Mexican Term Structure of Interest Rates.

We study the dynamics of the term-structure of interest rates in Mexico. Specifically, we investigate time variation in bond risk premia and the common factors that have influenced the behavior of the yield curve. We find that term-premia in government bonds appear to be time-varying. We then estimate a principal components model. We find that over 95% of the total variation in the yield curve can be explained by two factors. The first factor captures movements in the level of the yield curve, while the second one captures movements in the slope. Moreover, we find that the level factor is positively correlated with measures of long-term inflation expectations and that the slope factor is negatively correlated with the overnight interest rate.Term-Structure, Time-Varying Risk Premia, Principal Components

Digital Management of Competencies in Web 3.0: The C-Box® Approach

Management of competencies is a crucial concern for both learners and workers as well as for training institutions and companies. For the former, it allows users to track and certify the acquired skills to apply for positions; for the latter, it enables better organisation of business processes. However, currently, most software systems for competency management adopted by the industry are either organisation-centric or centralised: that is, they either lock-in students and employees wishing to export their competencies elsewhere, or they require users’ trust and for users to give up privacy (to store their personal data) while being prone to faults. In this paper, we propose a user-centric, fully decentralised competency management system enabling verifiable, secure, and robust management of competencies digitalised as Open Badges via notarization on a public blockchain. This way, whoever acquires the competence or achievement retains full control over it and can disclose his/her own digital certifications only when needed and to the extent required, migrate them across storage platforms, and let anyone verify the integrity and validity of such certifications independently of any centralised organisation. The proposed solution is based on C-Box®, an existing application for the management of digital competencies that has been improved to fully support models, standards, and technologies of the so-called Web 3.0 vision—a global effort by major web organisations to “give the web back to the people”, pushing for maximum decentralisation of control and user-centric data ownership

El hacinamiento penitenciario y su vulneración al artículo 3° del Código de Ejecución Penal de los internos del Penal de Lurigancho, Ate - Vitarte, 2020

El presente trabajo de investigación, tuvo como objetivo determinar de qué manera el hacinamiento penitenciario vulnera al artículo 3° del Código de Ejecución Penal de los internos del Penal de Lurigancho, Ate - Vitarte, 2020. La metodología desarrollada en la investigación fue el enfoque cualitativo y de tipo básico en concordancia con el diseño de teoría fundamentada. En dicho sentido, se aplicó la guía de entrevista como instrumento de recolección de datos que son las entrevistas hacia los abogados especializados en la materia penal, análisis doctrina y normativo, guía de pregunta del cuestionario, para obtener los resultados de la actual investigación. Así como damos en conclusión, a lo que se llego fue lo siguiente que el hacinamiento penitenciario prevenga la sobrepoblación e infraestructura deficiente generan condiciones de vida inhumanas y degradantes hacia los reclusos, afectando los derechos humanos y constitucionales de los privados de libertad, dando la salubridad e higiene, también prevenir el mal trato a los internos, es necesario realizar acciones de capacitación y sensibilización al personal del establecimiento penitenciario sobre tema de agresión y rehabilitación hacia los internos, dando terapias, psicólogos y trabajos sociales de manera que los internos estén capacitados y tengan una mentalidad positiva desde su ingreso hasta su liberación

Massless fermions in a bag at finite density and temperature

We introduce the chemical potential in a system of massless fermions in a bag by impossing boundary conditions in the Euclidean time direction. We express the fermionic mean number in terms of a functional trace involving the Green’s function of the boundary value problem, which we study analytically. Numerical evaluations are made, and an application to a simple hadron model is discussed.Facultad de Ciencias Exacta

Finite density and temperature in hybrid bag models

We introduce the chemical potential in a system of two-flavored massless fermions in a chiral bag, with an external Skyrmion, by imposing boundary conditions in the Euclidean time direction. We express the fermionic mean number in terms of a functional trace involving the Green function of the boundary value problem, which is studied analytically. Numerical evaluations for the fermionic number are presented.Facultad de Ciencias Exacta

Cheshire Cat Scenario in a 3+1 dimensional Hybrid Chiral Bag

The total energy in the two-phase chiral bag model is studied, including the contribution due to the bag (Casimir energy plus energy of the valence quarks), as well as the one coming from the Skyrmion in the external sector. A consistent determination of the parameters of the model and the renormalization constants in the energy is performed. The total energy shows an approximate independence with the bag radius (separation limit between the phases), in agreement with the Cheshire Cat Principle.Facultad de Ciencias Exacta

Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in cancer patients. An italian multicenter survey

INTRODUCTION: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) include a wide range of products (herbs, vitamins, minerals, and probiotics) and medical practices, developed outside of the mainstream Western medicine. Patients with cancer are more likely to resort to CAM first or then in their disease history; the potential side effects as well as the costs of such practices are largely underestimated. PATIENTS AND METHOD: We conducted a descriptive survey in five Italian hospitals involving 468 patients with different malignancies. The survey consisted of a forty-two question questionnaire, patients were eligible if they were Italian-speaking and receiving an anticancer treatment at the time of the survey or had received an anticancer treatment no more than three years before participating in the survey. RESULTS: Of our patients, 48.9% said they use or have recently used CAM. The univariate analysis showed that female gender, high education, receiving treatment in a highly specialized institute and receiving chemotherapy are associated with CAM use; at the multivariate analysis high education (Odds Ratio, (OR): 1.96 95% Confidence Interval, CI, 1.27-3.05) and receiving treatment in a specialized cancer center (OR: 2.75 95% CI, 1.53-4.94) were confirmed as risk factors for CAM use. CONCLUSION: Roughly half of our patients receiving treatment for cancer use CAM. It is necessary that health professional explore the use of CAM with their cancer patients, educate them about potentially beneficial therapies in light of the limited available evidence of effectiveness, and work towards an integrated model of health-care provision

Solucionando necesidades específicas con GNU/Linux NethServer

La administración de servidores es una de las principales ventajas de Linux. De esta forma la distribución Nethserver se convierte en una alternativa eficiente para medianas y pequeñas empresas, gracias a su entorno amigable, manejo de tiempos y simplicidad en sus procesos. En el desarrollo de esta actividad, trabajaremos una de las cinco temáticas propuestas ofreciendo soluciones a partir de la aplicación e implementación de los conocimientos adquiridos usando como herramienta principal GNU/Linux, enfocándonos en la instalación y configuración de varios servicios que aseguren y brinden el respaldo de una infraestructura tecnológica robusta para una empresa.Server administration is one of the main advantages of Linux. In this way, the Nethserver distribution becomes an efficient alternative for medium and small companies, thanks to its friendly environment, time management and simplicity in its processes. In the development of this activity, we will work on one of the five proposed themes, offering solutions based on the application and implementation of the knowledge acquired using GNU/Linux as the main tool, focusing on the installation and configuration of various services that ensure and provide support. of a robust technological infrastructure for a company