Planificación, documentación e implementación de la línea del estudio de crédito personal con el fin de incrementar las ventas de Odontocucuta con base en la norma NTC ISO 9001: 2000

En la actualidad los esfuerzos de las organizaciones están dirigidos a identificar los requerimientos o necesidades específicas de los clientes sin pasar por alto la producción y comercialización de sus productos y/o servicios en el mercado. Por lo anterior, ODONTOCUCUTA S.A.; decidió planificar, documentar e implementar un Sistema de Gestión de la calidad, basado en la Norma ISO 9001:2000, la cual logre proveer los mecanismos para desarrollar de una manera consecuente un proceso de mejora continua, que pueda afrontar sus debilidades con la conclusión de fortalecerlas y formarse mejor dentro de un mercado cada vez más competitivo

Aptitud anaerobia en deportistas de combate del sexo femenino

Se estudia en nivel de preparación anaerobia en tres selecciones femeninas de deportes de combate de alta calificación: 15 judocas, 7 esgrimistas de la modalidad sable y 16 taekwondoistas. Fueron medidos indicadores neuromusculares, al final de la preparación especial, utilizando los tests de ergosalto y de saltabilidad de Bosco, Se determinan las estadísticas descriptivas, significación de las diferencias entre deportes y la correlación entre indicadores. Se obtienen los resultados: Pala (15,7 ± 2,1-19,2 ± 1,5 W/Kg), Pana (14,5 ± 1,9-17,7 ± 1,2 W/Kg), Los SCAB, SSAB, SCPD, SCPCD y SDPC mas altos fueron los de las esgrimistas y la mejor coordinación se encontró en las competidoras de esgrima, mientras que los mayores valores de CELAS fueron los de las judocas. Los resultados obtenidos se corresponden con las características del gesto deportivo que prevalece en cada uno de los deportes estudiados

Perdurabilidad empresarial : caso de operadores logísticos de distribución de productos farmacéuticos

La permanencia de las empresas en el tiempo, de manera exitosa, se constituye en un tema de preocupación para el Gobierno, las empresas y la academia de la Administración. Se han realizado varias investigaciones, materializadas en libros, artículos y ponencias, tratando de explicar por qué unas organizaciones perduran y otras desaparecen. Con el objetivo de hacer un aporte a la academia de la Administración en la identificación de elementos que permitan a las empresas pasar de la longevidad a la perdurabilidad, la Facultad de Administración de la Universidad del Rosario viene desarrollando desde el año 2004 estudios encaminados a tal fin

WhpR, an orphan transcriptional regulator of virulence in the pathogen of woody hosts Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi

The genome of the olive tree pathogen Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (Psv) NCPPB 3335 encodes a region of about 15 kb named WHOP (from Woody Host and Pseudomonas) which is involved in the catabolism of aromatic compounds and is essential for the virulence of Psv in woody olive plants. This region is shared with other strains of Pseudomonas syringae pathovars infecting woody hosts, but it is absent in strains infecting herbaceous plants. The WHOP region is organized into four operons, antABC (metabolism of anthranilate), catBCA (catabolism of catechol) ipoBCA (oxigenase activity) and dhoAB (degradation of fenolic compounds) and three independently transcribed genes, antR (positive regulator of the antABC operon), PSA3335_3206 (aerotaxis receptor) and whpR (putative AraC family regulator). In this study we identified two domains in WhpR, a DBD (DNA bingding domain), characterised by a classical HTH (Helix-Turn-Helix) motif and an AraC-like bingding domain. BlastP searches showed that no homologs (≥ 60%) of this protein are found outside the P. syringae complex. We also addressed the role of WhpR in virulence by the construction of ΔwhpR mutants in several P. savastanoi strains isolated from olive and oleander (P. savastanoi pv. nerii). Moreover, quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis of Psv NCPPB 3335 and its ΔwhpR mutant revealed that WhpR is a negative regulator of most of the operons encoded in the WHOP region. Our future aims are to elucidate the mechanism of WhpR-dependent regulation and to determine whether other genes codified outside the WHOP region are also regulated by WhpR.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Inverse Modeling of Human Knee Joint Based on Geometry and Vision Systems for Exoskeleton Applications

Current trends in Robotics aim to close the gap that separates technology and humans, bringing novel robotic devices in order to improve human performance. Although robotic exoskeletons represent a breakthrough in mobility enhancement, there are design challenges related to the forces exerted to the users’ joints that result in severe injuries. This occurs due to the fact that most of the current developments consider the joints as noninvariant rotational axes. This paper proposes the use of commercial vision systems in order to perform biomimetic joint design for robotic exoskeletons. This work proposes a kinematic model based on irregular shaped cams as the joint mechanism that emulates the bone-to-bone joints in the human body. The paper follows a geometric approach for determining the location of the instantaneous center of rotation in order to design the cam contours. Furthermore, the use of a commercial vision system is proposed as the main measurement tool due to its noninvasive feature and for allowing subjects under measurement to move freely. The application of this method resulted in relevant information about the displacements of the instantaneous center of rotation at the human knee joint

Symbiosis of mycorrhizal fungi with Rubus spp., in four farms of the municipality of Pamplona, Norte de Santander

Introduction− The blackberry crop is part of the prioritized productive chains in Norte of Santander, however, there are no research results on the benefits of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and the level of natural colonization of these with Rubus sp. Objective− To determine the levels of colonization and mycorrhization of AMF in commercial varieties of blackberry and wild species of Rubus sp. in areas of the municipality of Pamplona Norte de Santander Methodology− This work was carried out in the Sabaneta Baja, Sabaneta Alta and San Francisco veredas of the municipality of Pamplona, sampling four farms. Root samples were collected from commercial blackberry crops and neighboring wild species to evaluate the percentage of colonization and mycorrhization by AMF. ANOVAS were carried out using the SPSS statistical package. Results− High levels of AMF symbiosis were found in the three commercial varieties of blackberry (colonization between 92 to 98%) and in the three species of Rubus sp. (colonization between 71 to 84%), as well as the presence of mycorrhizal structures of AMF in blackberry varieties and native species. Conclusions− The biological variables of the AMF did not vary statistically between the commercial varieties, or wild species, but did between the different farms and in the variety x farm interaction for the commercial varieties. The biological variables of the AMF in the commercial varieties differed from the wild species located on the same farm.  Introducción− El cultivo de mora forma parte de una de las cadenas productivas priorizadas en Norte de Santander, sin embargo, no existen resultados de investigación sobre los beneficios de los Hongos Micorrizógenos Arbusculares (HMA) y el nivel de colonización natural de estos con Rubus spp. Objetivo− Determinar los niveles de colonización y micorrización de los HMA en variedades comerciales de mora y en especies silvestres de Rubus en zonas del municipio de Pamplona Norte de Santander. Metodología− Este trabajo se realizó en las veredas Sabaneta Baja, Sabaneta Alta y San Francisco del municipio de Pamplona, muestreando cuatro fincas. Se recolectaron muestras de raíces en los cultivos de mora comercial y especies silvestres aledañas para evaluar el porcentaje de colonización y micorrización por HMA en el laboratorio. Se realizaron ANOVAS, por medio del paquete estadístico SPSS. Resultados− Se constató altos niveles de simbiosis de los HMA en las tres variedades comerciales de mora (colonización entre 92 a 98%) y en las tres especies de Rubus (colonización entre 71 a 84 %), así como la presencia de estructuras de micorrización de los HMA en las variedades de mora y las especies nativas. Conclusiones− Las variables biológicas de los HMA no variaron estadísticamente entre las variedades comerciales ni especies silvestres, pero si entre las diferentes fincas y en la interacción variedad x finca para las variedades comerciales. Las variables biológicas de los HMA en las variedades comerciales se diferenciaron de las especies silvestres ubicadas en la misma finca

L’argomentazione delle decisioni della Cassazione: tra autorevolezza del precedente ed esigenze di semplificazione.

La relazione mira ad approfondire il ruolo dell'argomentazione nel ragionamento dei giudici della Corte di Cassazione italiana e processo decisionale, indicando la funzione del vincolo dello stare decisis (precedente) in un sistema di civil law, quale quello italiano, e tenendo conto del carico di ricorsi che ogni anno la Corte deve gestire

An analysis of the evolving comoving number density of galaxies in hydrodynamical simulations

The cumulative comoving number-density of galaxies as a function of stellar mass or central velocity dispersion is commonly used to link galaxy populations across different epochs. By assuming that galaxies preserve their number-density in time, one can infer the evolution of their properties, such as masses, sizes, and morphologies. However, this assumption does not hold in the presence of galaxy mergers or when rank ordering is broken owing to variable stellar growth rates. We present an analysis of the evolving comoving number density of galaxy populations found in the Illustris cosmological hydrodynamical simulation focused on the redshift range $0\leq z \leq 3$. Our primary results are as follows: 1) The inferred average stellar mass evolution obtained via a constant comoving number density assumption is systematically biased compared to the merger tree results at the factor of $\sim$2(4) level when tracking galaxies from redshift $z=0$ out to redshift $z=2(3)$; 2) The median number density evolution for galaxy populations tracked forward in time is shallower than for galaxy populations tracked backward in time; 3) A similar evolution in the median number density of tracked galaxy populations is found regardless of whether number density is assigned via stellar mass, stellar velocity dispersion, or dark matter halo mass; 4) Explicit tracking reveals a large diversity in galaxies' assembly histories that cannot be captured by constant number-density analyses; 5) The significant scatter in galaxy linking methods is only marginally reduced by considering a number of additional physical and observable galaxy properties as realized in our simulation. We provide fits for the forward and backward median evolution in stellar mass and number density and discuss implications of our analysis for interpreting multi-epoch galaxy property observations.Comment: 18 pages, 11 figures, submitted to MNRAS, comments welcom