Examining the Role of CtEG using Drosophila

This project focused on creating viable drosophila models that could be used to evaluate and understand the significance of the N-tarp portion in the effector genes of Chlamydia Trachomatis. During our project we performed multiple DNA clean ups, PCR\u27s, gel electrophoresis, double digestions, and DNA ligations. In this we learned not only the methodological importance within these laboratory techniques but that a great deal of learning occurs in being able to evaluate and analyze ways to troubleshoot when intended results from an experiment are not observed.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hip-2023fall/1045/thumbnail.jp

Simultaneous organ angioembolization in nonoperative treatment strategy of blunt abdominal trauma

Background: nonoperative treatment (TNO) is suggested in blunt abdominal trauma in stable patients without necessarily addressing surgical trauma injuries. Among the tools used, it has highlighted the angioembolization as a method of stopping bleeding or potentially bleeding lesions. The existence of more than one lesion may be possible to treat this way. Objectives: to show the experience of a hospital emergency department in the use of angioembolization in nonoperative management of more than one injured abdominal organ. Demonstrate utility of simultaneous angioembolization of more than one vascular territory or organ in the management of patients with blunt abdominal trauma who start a nonoperative treatmeant. Design: Retrospective observational study Methods: Between 2007 and 2014, patients with blunt abdominal trauma and active hemorrhage or potentially bleeding lesions demonstrated by computed tomography (CT) were evaluated. Those who underwent nonoperative treatment and embolized were included. Of these, those with more than one organ or vascular territory embolized were described. Results: 392 patients were admitted with blunt abdominal trauma. Of these, 281 (72 %) started TNO protocol. 225 with active bleeding on CT were found. 183 patients (80 %) underwent angiography and 166 need embolization. In 7 cases embolization of more than one organ or vascular territory was performed. Conclusion: angioembolization of organ with active bleeding is definitely accepted practice in trauma centers. The opportunity and need for more than one organ embolization or vascular territory is scarce, but it is doable when adjusted to existing protocols, respecting especially hemodynamic stabilit

Análisis del impacto ambiental generado por la producción de alimentos en el Estado de México en los años 2012-2022

En este trabajo de investigación se realizó un análisis del impacto ambiental en la producción de alimentos en el Estado de México. Se analizaron los principales alimentos producidos y el impacto de los principales factores de contaminación ambiental generada por estos. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica con publicaciones científicas entre los años 2012 a 2022. También se utilizó la base de datos del Sistema de Información Agroalimentaria y Pesquera (SIAP). En la investigación se encontró que en general, la cadena productiva de la carne de res es la que mayor contaminación genera al comparar su peso en alimento frente a otros alimentos de origen animal y vegetal. Sin embargo, debido a la alta producción de maíz en el Estado de México, su impacto alcanza a ser mayor que la carne de res en algunos factores de contaminación. Este trabajo abre la oportunidad para que se generen proyectos o emprendimientos que mejoren las condiciones de impacto ambiental en la producción de alimentos, y está en congruencia con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), lo cual lo hace apropiado para las necesidades de la época.In this research work, an analysis of the environmental impact on food production in the State of Mexico was carried out. The main foods produced and the impact of the main factors of environmental pollution produced by them are analyzed. A bibliographic review was carried out with scientific publications between the years 2012 and 2022. The database of the Agrifood and Fisheries Information System (SIAP) was also obtained. In the investigation it was found that in general, the productive chain of beef is the one that generates the greatest contamination when comparing its weight in food compared to other foods of animal and vegetable origin. However, due to the high production of corn in the State of Mexico, its impact is greater than beef in some contamination factors. This work opens the opportunity for projects or enterprises to be generated that improve the conditions of environmental impact in food production, and is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which makes it appropriate for the needs of the time

DatApp: plataforma de análisis de datos para no desarrolladores (App For Non-Coders)

Dentro de la visión y alcance que se observa acerca de las nuevas tendencias de análisis de datos y el poder de las herramientas tecnológicas y su utilidad para conseguir el ordenamiento y procesamiento de grandes volúmenes de información se ha encontrado que existe una necesidad de desarrollar herramientas y plataformas de análisis de datos para personas que no cuenten con conocimientos específicos de desarrollo, en la cual puedan acceder a varias herramientas donde puedan encontrar su necesidad y mostrar gráficas o tablas, de forma que el usuario pueda adaptarlas a su necesidad. Lo anterior, permitirá que cada día más personas, sin necesidad de un amplio conocimiento especializado, puedan aprovechar los beneficios que trae consigo el creciente ecosistema de datos abiertos. Actualmente en Colombia se cuenta con bases de datos con los cuales se busca promover la apertura, el uso y el aprovechamiento de los datos abiertos en sectores estratégicos para la innovación en la generación de soluciones a problemas públicos y sociales, lo que sirve para que muchas personas pongan en práctica sus conocimientos o adquieran estos usando nuestra plataforma. Se espera que el proyecto que se describe en este documento permita de manera ágil y eficaz que el usuario interactúe y comprenda de manera amigable sus datos y la obtención de noticias y equipos para el conocimiento de nuevas tecnologías del internet de las cosas.Within the vision and scope that is observed about the new data analysis trends and the power of technological tools and their usefulness to achieve the ordering and processing of large volumes of information, it has been found that there is a need to develop tools and data analysis platforms for people who do not have specific knowledge of development, in which they can access various tools where they can find their needs and show graphs or tables, so that the user can adapt them to their needs. The foregoing will allow more and more people, without the need for extensive specialized knowledge, to take advantage of the benefits that the growing open data ecosystem brings. Currently in Colombia there are databases with which it seeks to promote the opening, use and exploitation of open data in strategic sectors for innovation in the generation of solutions to public and social problems, which serves so that many people put their knowledge into practice or acquire it using our platform. It is expected that the project described in this document will allow the user to interact and understand their data in a friendly way in an agile and effective way and to obtain news and equipment for the knowledge of new technologies of the internet of things

A political ecology of green territorialization: frontier expansion and conservation in the Colombian Amazon

After decades of civil war, the Colombian government has recently declared the Amazon as a model region for green growth and low carbon development. The Amazon Vision programme, launched by the Colombian government in 2016, seeks to contribute to forest conservation, climate mitigation, poverty reduction and peace building. The Amazon Vision fundamentally reframes the Colombian Amazon from a ‘narco frontier’ that needs to be liberated from guerrilla influence, organized crime and peasants destroying forests for coca cultivation, to a net CO2 sink with enormous potential for green growth and poverty reduction. Drawing on historical and empirical qualitative research in Guaviare and complemented by a quantitative land cover classification, this article builds on the concept of ‘green territoriality’ to investigate the extent to which the shift towards conservation affects property rights and the ability of indigenous groups and peasants to access land and natural resources. We illustrate how the reframing of peasants from protagonists of development and frontier expansion to villains, and of indigenous communities from underdeveloped forest dwellers to environmental guardians, has created land conflicts and affected the legitimacy of their respective property rights. In both cases, the Amazon Vision strengthens conservation policies and challenges existing land rights but also creates new windows of opportunity for the land claims of indigenous communities while reinforcing conceptualizations of social differentiation among dwellers of the Amazon

Mejoramiento del proceso de manufactura de poleas para hornos rotatorios: un enfoque desde el diseño experimental

En el presente estudio, se utilizaron las técnicas del diseño experimental para mejorar el proceso de manufactura de poleas usadas en la fabricación de hornos rotatorios. Esto, con el objetivo de identificar los factores y las posibles interacciones que pudieran afectar significativamente el buen desempeño de las tareas de producción. Para minimizar los costos de experimentación y maximizar el uso de la información obtenida en la toma de datos, se hizo uso de un diseño factorial 2k no replicado, inicialmente con cinco factores, el cual fue proyectado a un diseño factorial 2k con tres factores y cuatro réplicas. La variable respuesta es el porcentaje de piezas defectuosas resultante en cada una de las corridas experimentales. Después del análisis de los datos, se obtuvo como resultado que solamente dos de los factores principales son significativos para este proceso; estos son el operario y tipo de herramienta utilizada (buril). Al hacer el análisis de los residuales para verificar el cumplimiento de los supuestos, resultó que el modelo es válido. Con los resultados obtenidos se hicieron recomendaciones prácticas a la empresa INDUSTRIAS GHERSON’S Ltda. para que mejoraran su proceso y disminuyeran el porcentaje de piezas defectuosas y los costos de fabricación (alrededor de $1’500.000/mes)

Aula invertida o flipped classroom mediada digitalmente como una metodología de aprendizaje-enseñanza en el mejoramiento de la calidad formativa en Ingeniería Industrial en la Universidad Santo Tomás

Este trabajo de investigación consiste en diseñar una propuesta de aula invertida como metodología de aprendizaje-enseñanza en el mejoramiento de la calidad formativa en el curso de Dibujo en Ingeniería en la facultad de Ingeniería Industrial de la Universidad Santo Tomás. El presente trabajo hace una recopilación de los conceptos involucrados en el desarrollo de esta investigación, tales como: Didácticas, Tecnología de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC), aula invertida y dibujo. Para el desarrollo del presente trabajo se caracteriza el modelo educativo tradicional y el modelo educativo de aula invertida; también, se utiliza en la indagación: encuesta y análisis estadísticos de las calificaciones obtenidas bajo ambas modalidades, con el objetivo de evidenciar el impacto de un diseño de Aula invertida para la asignatura de Dibujo. Igualmente, se hacen análisis estadístico para analizar tendencias, preferencias y percepción de los estudiantes frente al aula invertida, para el posterior diseño de la propuesta. La metodología está basada en un enfoque mixto, donde se aplica investigación cualitativa y cuantitativa. Se aplica metodología cuasi experimental, en donde los sujetos asignados al estudio no fueron tomados de manera fortuita. Como instrumentos de recolección se utilizan 2 encuestas y el análisis estadistico en la data de las calificaciones de un grupo control y un grupo experimental. La muestra consiste en 65 estudiantes que representan un total de 108 estudiantes en la facultad de Ingeniería Industrial. Se encuentra que, el aula invertida como metodología de aprendizaje – enseñanza en el Dibujo en Ingeniería para estudiantes de Ingeniería Industrial de la Universidad Santo Tomás, genera mayor motivación, interacción y aprehensión del conocimiento en los estudiantes frente al uso de la metodología tradicional. Por lo tanto se demuestra la efectividad de esta herramienta y se recomienda su uso en diferentes espacios académicos.This research work consists of designing an inverted classroom proposal as a learning-teaching methodology in the improvement of training quality in the Engineering Drawing course at the Industrial Engineering faculty of the Santo Tomás University. This work compiles the concepts involved in the development of this research, such as: Didactics, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), inverted classroom and drawing. For the development of this work, the traditional educational model and the inverted classroom educational model are characterized; Also, it is used in the investigation: survey and statistical analysis of the grades obtained under both modalities, with the aim of evidencing the impact of an inverted classroom design for the subject of Drawing. Likewise, statistical analysis is carried out to analyze trends, preferences and perception of the students in front of the inverted classroom, for the subsequent design of the proposal. The methodology is based on a mixed approach, where qualitative and quantitative research is applied. Quasi-experimental methodology is applied, in which the subjects assigned to the study were not taken by chance. As collection instruments 2 surveys are used and the statistical analysis in the data of the qualifications of a control group and an experimental group. The sample consists of 65 students representing a total of 108 students in the Faculty of Industrial Engineering. It is found that the inverted classroom as a learning-teaching methodology in Engineering Drawing for Industrial Engineering students at the Santo Tomás University, generates greater motivation, interaction and apprehension of knowledge in students compared to the use of traditional methodology. Therefore, the effectiveness of this tool is demonstrated and its use in different academic spaces is recommended.

Multimodal Communication in a Noisy Environment: A Case Study of the Bornean Rock Frog Staurois parvus

High background noise is an impediment to signal detection and perception. We report the use of multiple solutions to improve signal perception in the acoustic and visual modality by the Bornean rock frog, Staurois parvus. We discovered that vocal communication was not impaired by continuous abiotic background noise characterised by fast-flowing water. Males modified amplitude, pitch, repetition rate and duration of notes within their advertisement call. The difference in sound pressure between advertisement calls and background noise at the call dominant frequency of 5578 Hz was 8 dB, a difference sufficient for receiver detection. In addition, males used several visual signals to communicate with conspecifics with foot flagging and foot flashing being the most common and conspicuous visual displays, followed by arm waving, upright posture, crouching, and an open-mouth display. We used acoustic playback experiments to test the efficacy-based alerting signal hypothesis of multimodal communication. In support of the alerting hypothesis, we found that acoustic signals and foot flagging are functionally linked with advertisement calling preceding foot flagging. We conclude that S. parvus has solved the problem of continuous broadband low-frequency noise by both modifying its advertisement call in multiple ways and by using numerous visual signals. This is the first example of a frog using multiple acoustic and visual solutions to communicate in an environment characterised by continuous noise