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2023

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Diets enriched in plant-based foods are associated with the maintenance of a good well-being and with the prevention of many non-communicable diseases. The health effects of fruits and vegetables consumption are mainly due to the presence of micronutrients, including vitamins and minerals, and polyphenols, plant secondary metabolites. One of the most important classes of phenolic compounds are anthocyanins, that confer the typical purple-red color to many foods, such as berries, peaches, plums, red onions, purple corn, eggplants, as well as purple carrots, sweet potatoes and red cabbages, among others. This commentary aims to briefly highlight the progress made by science in the last years, focusing on some unexpected aspects related with anthocyanins, such as their bioavailability, their health effects and their relationship with gut microbiota metadata Giampieri, Francesca and Cianciosi, Danila and Alvarez-Suarez, José M. and Quiles, José L. and Forbes-Hernández, Tamara Y. and Navarro-Hortal, María D. and Machì, Michele and Pali-Casanova, Ramón and Martínez Espinosa, Julio César and Chen, Xiumin and Zhang, Di and Bai, Weibin and Lingmin, Tian and Mezzetti, Bruno and Battino, Maurizio and Diaz, Yasmany Armas mail francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, jose.quiles@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, ramon.pali@unini.edu.mx, ulio.martinez@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED (2023) Anthocyanins: what do we know until now? Journal of Berry Research. pp. 1-6. ISSN 18785093

Article Subjects > Psychology Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Currently, high hospital readmission rates have become a problem for mental health services, because it is directly associated with the quality of patient care. The development of predictive models with machine learning algorithms allows the assessment of readmission risk in hospitals. The main objective of this paper is to predict the readmission risk of patients with schizophrenia in a region of Spain, using machine learning algorithms. In this study, we used a dataset with 6089 electronic admission records corresponding to 3065 patients with schizophrenia disorders. Data were collected in the period 2005–2015 from acute units of 11 public hospitals in a Spain region. The Random Forest classifier obtained the best results in predicting the readmission risk, in the metrics accuracy = 0.817, recall = 0.887, F1-score = 0.877, and AUC = 0.879. This paper shows the algorithm with highest accuracy value and determines the factors associated with readmission risk of patients with schizophrenia in this population. It also shows that the development of predictive models with a machine learning approach can help improve patient care quality and develop preventive treatments. metadata Góngora Alonso, Susel and Herrera Montano, Isabel and Martín Ayala, Juan Luis and Rodrigues, Joel J. P. C. and Franco-Martín, Manuel and de la Torre Díez, Isabel mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, juan.martin@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2023) Machine Learning Models to Predict Readmission Risk of Patients with Schizophrenia in a Spanish Region. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. ISSN 1557-1874

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are at substantially higher risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and IBD-associated CRC accounts for roughly 10-15% of the annual mortality in IBD patients. IBD-related CRC also affects younger patients if compared with sporadic CRC, with a 5-year survival rate of 50%. Regardless of medical therapies, the persistent inflammation state characterizing IBD raises the risk for precancerous changes and CRC, with additional input from several elements including genetic and environmental risk factors, IBD-associated comorbidities, intestinal barrier disfunction, and gut microbiota modifications. It is well known that nutritional habits and dietary bioactive compounds can influence IBD-associated inflammation, microbiome abundance and composition, oxidative stress balance, and gut permeability. In addition, in the last years, results from broad epidemiological and experimental studies have associated certain foods or nutritional patterns with the risk of colorectal neoplasia. Here we review the possible role of nutrition in the prevention of IBD-related CRC, focusing specifically on human studies. In conclusion it emerges that nutritional interventions based on healthy, nutrient-dense dietary patterns characterized by a high intake of fiber, vegetables, fruit, Omega-3 PUFAs, and low amount of animal proteins, processed foods and alcohol, combined with probiotic supplementation have the potential of reducing IBD-activity and preventing the risk of IBD-related CRC through different mechanisms, suggesting that targeted nutritional interventions may represent a novel promising approach for the prevention and management of IBD-associated CRC. metadata Cassotta, Manuela and Cianciosi, Danila and De Giuseppe, Rachele and Navarro-Hortal, Maria Dolores and Diaz, Yasmany Armas and Forbes-Hernández, Tamara Yuliett and Tutusaus, Kilian and Pascual Barrera, Alina Eugenia and Grosso, Giuseppe and Xiao, Jianbo and Battino, Maurizio and Giampieri, Francesca mail manucassotta@gmail.com, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, kilian.tutusaus@uneatlantico.es, alina.pascual@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es, francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es (2023) Possible role of nutrition in the prevention of Inflammatory Bowel Disease-related colorectal cancer: a focus on human studies. Nutrition. p. 111980. ISSN 08999007

Article Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Silicon photonics is rapidly evolving as an advanced chip framework for implementing quantum technologies. With the help of silicon photonics, general-purpose programmable networks with hundreds of discrete components have been developed. These networks can compute quantum states generated on-chip as well as more extraordinary functions like quantum transmission and random number generation. In particular, the interfacing of silicon photonics with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) microelectronics enables us to build miniaturized quantum devices for next-generation sensing, communication, and generating randomness for assembling quantum computers. In this review, we assess the significance of silicon photonics and its interfacing with microelectronics for achieving the technology milestones in the next generation of quantum computers and quantum communication. To this end, especially, we have provided an overview of the mechanism of a homodyne detector and the latest state-of-the-art of measuring squeezed light along with its integration on a photonic chip. Finally, we present an outlook on future studies that are considered beneficial for the wide implementation of silicon photonics for distinct data-driven applications with maximum throughput. metadata Gupta, Rajeev and Singh, Rajesh and Gehlot, Anita and Akram, Shaik Vaseem and Yadav, Neha and Brajpuriya, Ranjeet and Yadav, Ashish and Wu, Yongling and Zheng, Hongyu and Biswas, Abhijit and Suhir, Ephraim and Yadav, Vikram Singh and Kumar, Tanuj and Verma, Ajay Singh mail UNSPECIFIED (2023) Silicon photonics interfaced with microelectronics for integrated photonic quantum technologies: a new era in advanced quantum computers and quantum communications? Nanoscale. ISSN 2040-3364

Article Subjects > Biomedicine
Subjects > Engineering
Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Obesity and overweight has increased in the last year and has become a pandemic disease, the result of sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets rich in sugars, refined starches, fats and calories. Machine learning (ML) has proven to be very useful in the scientific community, especially in the health sector. With the aim of providing useful tools to help nutritionists and dieticians, research focused on the development of ML and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms and models is searched in the literature. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol has been used, a very common technique applied to carry out revisions. In our proposal, 17 articles have been filtered in which ML and DL are applied in the prediction of diseases, in the delineation of treatment strategies, in the improvement of personalized nutrition and more. Despite expecting better results with the use of DL, according to the selected investigations, the traditional methods are still the most used and the yields in both cases fluctuate around positive values, conditioned by the databases (transformed in each case) to a greater extent than by the artificial intelligence paradigm used. Conclusions: An important compilation is provided for the literature in this area. ML models are time-consuming to clean data, but (like DL) they allow automatic modeling of large volumes of data which makes them superior to traditional statistics. metadata Ferreras, Antonio and Sumalla Cano, Sandra and Martínez-Licort, Rosmeri and Elío Pascual, Iñaki and Tutusaus, Kilian and Prola, Thomas and Vidal Mazón, Juan Luis and Sahelices, Benjamín and de la Torre Díez, Isabel mail UNSPECIFIED, sandra.sumalla@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, inaki.elio@uneatlantico.es, kilian.tutusaus@uneatlantico.es, thomas.prola@uneatlantico.es, juanluis.vidal@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2023) Systematic Review of Machine Learning applied to the Prediction of Obesity and Overweight. Journal of Medical Systems, 47 (1). ISSN 1573-689X

Article Subjects > Engineering Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of interconnected devices that includes low-end devices (sensors) and high-end devices (servers). The routing protocol used the Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) protocol, which was designed to collect data in Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLN) efficiently and reliably. The RPL rank property specifies how sensor nodes are placed in Destination Oriented Directed Acyclic Graphs (DODAG) based on an Objective Function (OF). The OF includes information such as the Expected Transmission Count (ETX) and packet delivery rate. The rank property aids in routing path optimization, reducing control overhead, and maintaining a loop-free topology by using rank-based data path validation. However, it causes many issues, such as optimal parent selection, next-hop node selection, and network instability. We proposed an Enhanced Opportunistic Rank-based Parent Node Selection for Sustainable and Smart IoT Networks to address these issues. The optimal parent node is determined by forecasting the expected energy of each node using Received Signal Strength (RSS) and an enhanced reinforcement learning algorithm. The proposed method addresses the issue of selecting the next-hop neighbor node and improves routing stability. Furthermore, when a large number of new nodes try to join the sustainable IoT-based smart cities, the proposed technique provides optimal load balance metadata Chithaluru, Premkumar and Singh, Aman and Mahmoud, Mahmoud Shuker and Kumar, Sunil and Vidal Mazón, Juan Luis and Alkhayyat, Ahmed and Anand, Divya mail UNSPECIFIED, aman.singh@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, juanluis.vidal@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, divya.anand@uneatlantico.es (2023) An enhanced opportunistic rank-based parent node selection for sustainable & smart IoT networks. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 56. p. 103079. ISSN 22131388

2022

Article Subjects > Nutrition Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés The shells of cocoa beans are considered as unused agro-industrial waste. In Ecuador there are several cocoa industries, which generate significant amounts of this waste. In this research, the shells were coming from the National Arriba cocoa almonds were used for the production of flour in order to analyze its nutritional characteristics, where the important nutritional value of the same was confirmed, for its use in the bakery industry, as a food supplement or for other uses for human consumption in baked products. metadata El-Salous, Ahmed and Pascual Barrera, Alina Eugenia mail UNSPECIFIED, alina.pascual@unini.edu.mx (2022) Cocoa Shells Flour for Human Consumption. Current Perspectives in Agriculture and Food Science Vol. 1, 1. pp. 39-46.

Article Subjects > Biomedicine
Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease of the brain that causes motor symptoms including slower movement, rigidity, tremor, and imbalance in addition to other problems like Alzheimer’s disease (AD), psychiatric problems, insomnia, anxiety, and sensory abnormalities. Techniques including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) have been established for the classification of PD and normal controls (NC) with similar therapeutic appearances in order to address these problems and improve the diagnostic procedure for PD. In this article, we examine a literature survey of research articles published up to September 2022 in order to present an in-depth analysis of the use of datasets, various modalities, experimental setups, and architectures that have been applied in the diagnosis of subjective disease. This analysis includes a total of 217 research publications with a list of the various datasets, methodologies, and features. These findings suggest that ML/DL methods and novel biomarkers hold promising results for application in medical decision-making, leading to a more methodical and thorough detection of PD. Finally, we highlight the challenges and provide appropriate recommendations on selecting approaches that might be used for subgrouping and connection analysis with structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI), DaTSCAN, and single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) data for future Parkinson’s research. metadata Rana, Arti and Dumka, Ankur and Singh, Rajesh and Panda, Manoj Kumar and Priyadarshi, Neeraj mail UNSPECIFIED (2022) A Computerized Analysis with Machine Learning Techniques for the Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease: Past Studies and Future Perspectives. Diagnostics, 12 (11). p. 2708. ISSN 2075-4418

Article Subjects > Engineering Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés The Internet of Things (IoT) is a revolutionary technique of sharing data for smart devices that generates huge amounts of data from smart healthcare systems. Therefore, healthcare systems utilize the convergence power and traffic analysis of sensors that cannot be satisfactorily handled by the IoT. In this article, a novel mutation operator is devised and incorporated with the differential evolution (DE) algorithm. Two tests have been conducted in the validation process. Firstly, the newly dual adaption-based operators incorporated with the differential evolution algorithm are being proposed. The proposed approach provides sufficient diversity and enhances the search speed of nature’s local and global search environments in the problem. The proposed method incorporates the application of IoT-based smart healthcare. Second, an application-based test has been conducted, in which the proposed approach is applied to the application in the smart healthcare system. Therefore, IoT sensor deployment is an optimization problem to minimize service time, delay, and energy loss by considering the communication constraint between sensors(objects). The proposed algorithm is applied in this article to solve this optimization problem. Further, in the experimentation and comparative study, the proposed method is superior to the standard evolutionary algorithms in IoT applications concerning the minimum number of function evaluations and minimization of traffic services. The proposed approach also achieves efficiency in the minimum loss of energy in each service and reduces load and delay metadata Singh, Shailendra Pratap and Viriyasitavat, Wattana and Juneja, Sapna and Alshahrani, Hani and Shaikh, Asadullah and Dhiman, Gaurav and Singh, Aman and Kaur, Amandeep mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, aman.singh@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED (2022) Dual adaption based evolutionary algorithm for optimized the smart healthcare communication service of the Internet of Things in smart city. Physical Communication, 55. p. 101893. ISSN 18744907

Article Subjects > Engineering Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Recently, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) could offload healthcare services to 5 G edge computing for low latency. However, some existing works assumed altruistic patients will sacrifice Quality of Service (QoS) for the global optimum. For priority-aware and deadline-sensitive healthcare, this sufficient and simplified assumption will undermine the engagement enthusiasm, i.e., unfairness. To address this issue, we propose a long-term proportional fairness-driven 5 G edge healthcare, i.e., FairHealth. First, we establish a long-term Nash bargaining game to model the service offloading, considering the stochastic demand and dynamic environment. We then design a Lyapunov-based proportional-fairness resource scheduling algorithm, which decouples the long-term fairness problem into single-slot sub-problems, realizing a trade-off between service stability and fairness. Moreover, we propose a block-coordinate descent method to iteratively solve non-convex fair sub-problems. Simulation results show that our scheme can improve 74.44% of the fairness index (i.e., Nash product), compared with the classic global time-optimal scheme. metadata Lin, Xi and Wu, Jun and Bashir, Ali Kashif and Yang, Wu and Singh, Aman and AlZubi, Ahmad Ali mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, aman.singh@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED (2022) FairHealth: Long-Term Proportional Fairness-Driven 5G Edge Healthcare in Internet of Medical Things. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1551-3203

Article Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Global climate change has generated several adverse effects, such as loss of sea ice, earlier breakup of ice on rivers and lakes, more intense heat waves and accelerated sea level rise. Of all the aforementioned effects, sea level rise is an unequivocal and forthcoming effect that has generated great interest. metadata Fernández-Díaz, Violeta Zetzangari and Canul Turriza, Roman and Kuc Castilla, Ángel Gabriel and Arreguín-Rodríguez, Gabriela J. and Mejía-Piña, Karla Gabriela mail UNSPECIFIED (2022) Impact of Sea Level Rise and Flooding in Two Key Mexican Coastal Cities. Ocean Yearbook Online, 36 (1). pp. 139-157. ISSN 2211-6001

Article Subjects > Engineering Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés In today’s modern world, information and communication technologies are playing an active role in increasing the standards and quality of life for the betterment of human beings. Due to these technologies, people are now learning and experiencing new things very effectively and efficiently. With the implementation of information technology (IT)-based smart technologies in music education, learners can learn and create quality music. There is a need for the employment of information technology in music classrooms. Governments and institutions need to provide adequate resources to achieve its implementation. The traditional methods of learning are not capable of providing enough quality education to students. The present study focuses on the crucial role of information technology in the enhancement of music education. The advancements in modern technologies are expanding music education very rapidly and productively. To help learners with the use of an accurate technological method for learning purposes, various features have been identified from the existing literature. Based on these identified features, different IT-based procedures are ranked by the employment of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and TOPSIS. The outcomes of the study demonstrated the efficacy of the approachesCorr. metadata Fu, Yi and Zhang, Mengjia and Nawaz, Muhammad and Ali, Muhammad and Singh, Aman mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, aman.singh@uneatlantico.es (2022) Information technology-based revolution in music education using AHP and TOPSIS. Soft Computing. ISSN 1432-7643

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Yersiniosis, caused by the fish pathogen Yersinia ruckeri, is a serious bacterial septicaemia affecting mainly salmonids worldwide. The acute infection may result in high mortality without apparent external disease signs, while the chronic one causes moderate to considerable mortality. Survivors of yersiniosis outbreaks become carriers. Y. ruckeri is able to adhere to, and to invade, phagocytic and non-phagocytic fish cells by using unknown molecular mechanisms. The aim of this study was to describe the kinetics of cell invasion by Y. ruckeri serotype O1 biotype 1 in a fish cell line (RTG-2) originating from rainbow trout gonads. The efficiency of invasion by Y. ruckeri was found to be temperature dependent, having a maximum at 20 °C. The bacterium was able to survive up to 96 h postinfection. The incubation of the cells at 4 °C and the pre-incubation of the bacteria with sugars or heat-inactivated antiserum significantly decreased the efficiency of invasion or even completely prevented the invasion of RTG-2 cells. These findings indicate that Y. ruckeri is capable of adhering to, entering and surviving within non-phagocytic cells, and that the intracellular environment may constitute a suitable niche for this pathogen that can favour the spread of infection and/or the maintenance of a carrier state of fish. metadata Padilla, Daniel and Acosta Hernández, Begoña and Ramos Vivas, Jose and Déniz, Soraya and Rosario, Inmaculada and Martín Barrasa, José Luís and Henao, Andrés sánchez and Silva Sergent, Freddy and Ramos Sosa, María josé and García Álvarez, Natalia and Real, Fernando mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, jose.ramos@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2022) Kinetics of the invasion of a non-phagocytic fish cell line, RTG-2 by Yersinia ruckeri serotype O1 biotype 1. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica. ISSN 0236-6290

Thesis Subjects > Teaching Ibero-american International University > Teaching > Final Master Projects
Ibero-american International University > Teaching > Final Master Projects Cerrado Español El liderazgo y la gestión de talento humano es considerada como la piedra angular de las instituciones educativas, es la responsable de proponer y establecer estrategias, que ayuden a dinamizar los procesos a fin de mejorar el nivel de desempeño, donde se establecen funciones que favorecen el manejo, ejecución y dirección que permitan mejorar la calidad de los procesos dentro del sistema educativo. En este estudio se plantea como objetivo general Elaborar un manual de procedimientos para una gestión de calidad del talento humano en la Unidad Educativa Básica Gonzalo Benítez Gómez de la ciudad de Durán. Para su desarrollo se empleó un estudio de tipo descriptivo, con un enfoque de investigación cualitativo, dentro de este contexto, el presente estudio corresponde a un diseño no experimental de tipo transversal, debido a que se manipularan variables con el uso de encuestas dirigida a las autoridades, personal administrativo y docentes donde se utilizó como instrumento para la recolección de la información un cuestionario ad-hoc de modalidad on line elaborado en Google Form. Donde se pudo establecer que el 50% de los encuestados determinó que una de las características básicas de los lideres educativos es que necesitan actualizarse constantemente y tener dominio de la ciencia y la tecnología, el 65% estableció que la calidad educativa exige que un líder sea dinámico y que favorezca el logro de objetivos institucionales provistos, el 45% indicó que es fundamental que un líder oriente a los docentes a la elaboración de proyectos innovadores que fomenten el desarrollo institucional a fin de fortalecer la enseñanza aprendizaje, lo que permitió desarrollar el manual de procedimiento para poder dinamizar una gestión educativa. Concluyendo que es esencial la presencia de un líder educativo dentro de la institución, siendo fundamental el establecimiento de la gestión de talento humano dentro del centro educativo, que por medio de la aplicación del manual de procedimientos desarrollado en este estudio se pueda direccionar a la Unidad Educativa Básica Gonzalo Benítez Gómez de la ciudad de Durán a mejorar la calidad de la educación de forma eficiente e innovadora. metadata Yepez Sanchez, Natalia Bethsabe mail natasha3274@hotmail.com (2022) Liderazgo y Gestión de Talento Humano para la Organización y Gestión de Centros Educativos. Masters thesis, UNSPECIFIED.

Other Subjects > Engineering Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Projects I+D+I
Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Projects I+D+I Cerrado Español La línea de actividad científico-técnica que se propone se titula “Observatorio 5G“ y está orientada a generar conocimiento en el ámbito de las nuevas redes de telecomunicaciones y servicios asociados al estándar tecnológico de quinta generación para redes móviles de banda ancha (5G). El despliegue de la quinta generación de tecnologías de telefonía móvil, conocida como 5G, está protagonizado por la necesidad de conseguir que las diferentes compañías fabricantes consigan implantar sus estándares a nivel internacional. A diferencia de las tecnologías de 3G y 4G donde era necesario un despliegue masivo para dar servicio a cuanto mayor número posible de población, la tecnología 5G se basa en el concepto de despliegues particulares, con soluciones críticas mediante soluciones ad-hoc. Por ello, es importante tanto la creación de un potente ecosistema 5G así como que el mismo contemple a los emprendedores y pequeñas empresas que será quienes creen los servicios que solucionen los problemas concretos de las industrias sobre esta nueva tecnología. La tecnología 5G será una realidad en breve. Por ello, se requiere realizar acciones que permitan que los países lideren su implantación de una manera sólida, ordenada y consensuada permitiendo una ventaja competitiva tanto a nivel gubernamental como industrial para desarrollar un ecosistema adecuado del despliegue de 5G. Para poder dar soluciones en tres ámbitos de actuación (Coordinación de Proyectos; Regulación y Legislación; e Innovación, Emprendimiento y Estandarización) se propone analizar la creación de un Observatorio 5G. El objetivo general del presente proyecto es elaborar un estudio que permita analizar la factibilidad de la creación de un Observatorio 5G. Para ello, será necesario identificar las grandes líneas maestras que deben ser comunes a un observatorio según las singularidades de cada territorio. En particular, nuestro interés será identificar oportunidades alrededor de lo que denominábamos “innovación y ecosistema 5G”, es decir, oportunidades que se puedan abrir especialmente: - Para la creación de un ecosistema científico-técnico que comparta la capacidad de Innovación mediante la tecnología 5G (Universidades, Centros Tecnológicos, Centros de I+D de las empresas, etc.). - Para la generación de conocimiento con el mundo científico y académico que permita adaptar la formación del talento para tener en cuenta las necesidades futuras en base a la tecnología. - Crear sinergias desde el ecosistema de innovación con el ecosistema de emprendimiento que favorezca la creación de nuevas empresas y productos para liderar el mercado. - Generar capacitaciones y formación continua. metadata UNSPECIFIED mail UNSPECIFIED (2022) Observatorio 5G. Repositorio de la Universidad. (Unpublished)

Article Subjects > Biomedicine
Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Cactus has been used in traditional folk medicine because of its role in treating a number of diseases and conditions. Prickly pear fruit is an excellent source of secondary metabolites (i.e., betalains, flavonoids, and ascorbic acid) with health-promoting properties against many common human diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, rheumatic pain, gastric mucosa diseases and asthma. In addition, prickly pears are potential candidates for the development of low-cost functional foods because they grow with low water requirements in arid regions of the world. This review describes the main bioactive compounds found in this fruit and shows the in vitro and some clinical studies about the fruit of most important cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) and its relationship with some chronic diseases. Even though a lot of effort have been done to study the relationship between this fruit and the human health, more studies on Opuntia ficus-indica could help better understand its pharmacological mechanism of action to provide clear scientific evidence to explain its traditional uses, and to identify its therapeutic potential in other diseases. metadata Armas Diaz, Yasmany and Machì, Michele and Salinari, Alessia and Mazas Pérez-Oleaga, Cristina and Martínez López, Nohora Milena and Briones Urbano, Mercedes and Cianciosi, Danila mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, cristina.mazas@uneatlantico.es, nohora.martinez@uneatlantico.es, mercedes.briones@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED (2022) Prickly pear fruits from "Opuntia ficus-indica" varieties as a source of potential bioactive compounds in the Mediterranean diet. Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 15 (4). pp. 581-592. ISSN 1973798X

Article Subjects > Engineering Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Smart vehicle parking is a collaborative effort of technology and human innovation where the efforts are to be minimized to save time and efforts. In smart cities it is one of the common challenges to introduce smart parking to increase parking efficiency and combat numerous issues like identification of free parking slot and real-time dynamic updation on traffic to save fuel and energy. In this work, a new cloud-based smart parking architecture is proposed that can help in predicting the available free parking slots in smart cities. Initially, the methodology collects the car count at any near by parking using Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud-based approach. Later, the approach uses the Kernel Least Mean Square algorithm to make heuristic predictions about future vacancy using auto-regression. The proposed approach thus utilizes the online learning or model training. To validate the efficacy of the proposed work, the testing is done on the real-time dataset. The extensive numerical investigation is performed on parking lots of four international airports of a smart city in actual deployment scenarios. The experimentation has revealed superior performance of the method in terms of vacancy prediction. metadata Anand, Divya and Singh, Aman and Alsubhi, Khalid and Goyal, Nitin and Abdrabou, Atef and Vidyarthi, Ankit and Rodrigues, Joel J. P. C. mail divya.anand@uneatlantico.es, aman.singh@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2022) A Smart Cloud and IoVT-Based Kernel Adaptive Filtering Framework for Parking Prediction. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. pp. 1-9. ISSN 1524-9050

Article Subjects > Engineering Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés The development of underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) has attracted great interest from many researchers and scientists to detect and monitor unfamiliar underwater domains. To achieve this goal, collecting data with an underwater network of sensors is primordial. Moreover, real-time information transmission needs to be achieved through efficient and enabling technologies for node deployment and data collection in UWSN. The Internet of Things (IoT) helps in real time data transmission, and it has great potential in UWSN, i.e., the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT). The Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) is a modern communication ecosystem for undersea things in marine and underwater environments. Intelligent boats and ships, automatic maritime transportation, location and navigation, undersea discovery, catastrophe forecasting and avoidance, as well as intelligent monitoring and security are all intertwined with IoUT technology. In this paper, the enabling technologies of UWSN along with several fundamental key aspects are scrupulously explained. The study aims to inquire about node deployment and data collection strategies, and then encourages researchers to lay the groundwork for new node deployment and advanced data collection techniques that enable effective underwater communication techniques. Besides different types of communication media, applications of UWSNs are also part of this paper. Various existing data collection protocols based on the deployment models are simulated using Network Simulator (NS 2.30) to analyse and compare the performance of state-of-the-art techniques. metadata Chaudhary, Monika and Goyal, Nitin and Benslimane, Abderrahim and Awasthi, Lalit Kumar and Alwadain, Ayed and Singh, Aman mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, aman.singh@uneatlantico.es (2022) Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks: Enabling Technologies for Node Deployment and Data Collection Challenges. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. p. 1. ISSN 2372-2541

2021

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés BACKGROUND:In Spain, there are several studies published on the relationship between eating habits and lifestyle among university students; but only a few of them are focused on online postgraduate students. OBJECTIVE:Herein we aimed to evaluate the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean diet pyramid (2010 edition), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and lifestyle in online postgraduate students aged 20–65 years belonging to the food area of the Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER). METHODS:We performed a descriptive cross-sectional study including 100 online post-graduate students aged 20–65 years who were recruited by an accidental non-probabilistic sampling method consisting of a questionnaire on their sociodemographic characteristics, NCDs, lifestyle, and a 3-day food intake record (3-d). RESULTS:The profile of the students was 74% women, with a mean age of 36.6 (±10.5) years and body mass index (BMI) of 22.6 kg / m2 (±3.3). 71% of the volunteers presented normal weight, while 20% were overweight. Indeed, only a low percentage of the volunteers presented hypertension (1%), cardiovascular disease (0%), diabetes mellitus 1 (2%), diabetes mellitus 2 (3%), hypercholesterolemia (9%), and hyperuricemia (2%). Concerning lifestyle, (77%) of students were non-smokers, (78%) consumed beverages with caffeine, (51%) did not consume alcoholic beverages, and nearly all of them (84%) frequently (3 times /week) practiced physical activity. 68% of the recruited students exhibited adherence to “Medium diet quality diet (4–7)” followed by (26%) with a “Poor diet quality (<3)” and “Optimal diet quality” (6%). CONCLUSIONS:Spanish postgraduate students of the nutritional area, have good health and a healthy lifestyle but are moving away from the MD model, should be established campaigns for the improvement of eating habits of the postgraduate university population. metadata Elío Pascual, Iñaki and Jarrin, Sandra and Elexpuru Zabaleta, Maria and Crespo-Álvarez, Jorge and Dominguez Azpíroz, Irma and Tutusaus, Kilian and Ruiz Salces, Roberto and Calderón Iglesias, Rubén and Sumalla Cano, Sandra mail inaki.elio@uneatlantico.es, sandra.jarrin@uneatlantico.es, maria.elexpuru@uneatlantico.es, jorge.crespo@uneatlantico.es, irma.dominguez@uneatlantico.es, kilian.tutusaus@uneatlantico.es, roberto.ruiz@uneatlantico.es, ruben.calderon@uneatlantico.es, sandra.sumalla@uneatlantico.es (2021) Adherence to the pyramid of the Mediterranean diet (2010), non-communicable diseases and lifestyle in online postgraduate Spanish students in the food area. Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 14 (2). pp. 191-205. ISSN 1973798X

Thesis Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español Esta investigación fue cuantitativa con un enfoque correlacional y se comparó la relación entre los índices financieros y el ingreso neto. El análisis se hizo desde un enfoque de factores y de panel de datos de los índices financieros entre los resultados de los índices financieros y los resultados del ingreso neto de las compañías catalogadas como S&P 500 durante los años 1990 hasta el 2010. El objetivo del estudio fue descubrir que índices tuvieron mayor relación con el ingreso neto. La hipótesis dirigida a establecer que los 35 índices financieros escogidos para el análisis factorial tenían relación con los cambios en el ingreso neto fue comprobada luego de realizado el análisis factorial. Esta relación se estudió tomando en cuenta los índices financieros y los indicadores económicos, tales como: el ingreso neto real de las empresas y también se hicieron los mismos análisis por categorías de negocios. Dado que no existieron estudios que tomaran en consideración por tantos años se consideraron el ingreso neto real y nominal en promedio de cinco años. Para los fines del estudio, un conjunto de treinta y cinco de los índices financieros y la opinión del auditor fueron seleccionados y clasificados en distintas categorías. Para reducir el número de variantes se hizo una reducción factorial y luego el análisis de regresión se llevó a cabo tomando los resultados de los factores dependiente y las variables constituyentes en el factor respectivo como variables independientes. Con base en el trabajo de investigación realizado se obtuvieron los elementos de juicio que permitieron concluir que los índices financieros tuvieron una relación directa con el ingreso neto de las compañías. Luego de realizado el análisis estadístico correspondiente en la investigación se encontraron grandes diferencias entre los índices financieros que tuvieron impacto cuando se utilizaron todas las empresas versus cuando se tomaron por categoría. Asimismo, el estudio demostró la importancia de utilizar el ingreso neto real en el análisis de los estados financieros de la impresa. Otro hallazgo consistió en que se validó la utilización del panel de datos y análisis de factores. Se encontró una gran importancia de los activos y el estado de situación. También, los hallazgos evidenciaron la importancia de la utilización de la tasa de inflación en estudios contables de tiempo. Asimismo, se demostró la importancia de medir los estados en promedios de cinco años. metadata Cruz Rodríguez, José Orlando mail joseo.cruzrodriguez@gmail.com (2021) Análisis de la relación entre los índices financieros y el ingreso neto: un enfoque de factores y de panel de datos. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Thesis Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español En la última década en México hemos tenido un incremento de las demandas médicas en todos los subsistemas de salud. El proyecto tiene como propósito el diseño de un Sistema de Expediente Clínico Único y de Siniestro (ECUS) aplicado a la aseguradora que representa la póliza de responsabilidad civil del instituto mexicano del seguro social (IMSS), proponiendo disminuir la siniestralidad por demandas médicas, donde desde el primer acceso al expediente podamos evaluar la calidad, aportando la interconexión entre las entidades, con el conocimiento de las principales causas de demandas, y proyectar estrategias preventivas en los servicios con mayor riesgo de eventos adversos. metadata Rodriguez Martinez, Marxlenin mail marxlenin56@gmail.com (2021) Análisis de las Demandas Médicas en el IMSS (2004-2016), con la Implementación de un Expediente Clínico Único y de Siniestros (ECUS). Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Thesis Subjects > Engineering
Subjects > Teaching Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español El presente trabajo de investigación trata de identificar el cumplimiento de las exigencias didácticas que se tienen en cuenta en la institución educativa Litterator, para el diseño, producción, uso y validación de los recursos audiovisuales interactivos didácticos educativos en el trabajo en aula, para demostrar su justificación: práctica, teórica y metodológica que ayudarán a los docentes a mejorar su metodología de enseñanza y a los alumnos a lograr aprendizajes significativos, así como comprender su relevancia social, implicancia práctica y valor teórico para empoderar y aceptar los beneficios que trae. El estudio se enmarca en una investigación de campo de carácter mixto cuantitativo/cualitativo no experimental; que permitió realizar el diagnóstico utilizando las técnicas mixtas con el fin de dar a conocer si se toman en cuenta de forma sistemática las exigencias didácticas. Para conocer y analizar los datos que nos han permitido extraer las conclusiones se utilizó el programa estadístico SPSS versión 24. La información obtenida, nos permiten vaticinar con optimismo lo siguiente: En términos generales el centro educativo Litterator es el que mayor promedio obtuvo (57%), tomando en cuenta las variables independientes señaladas. El mejoramiento del rendimiento académico de los alumnos ha obtenido el mejor resultado promedio (59%), seguido del mejoramiento de la eficiencia de los servicios educativos (45%), la incorporación ordenada y sistemática de los RAI a la escuela (42%) y el mejoramiento del trabajo docente en el aula con (37%). El estudio concluye que un sistema educativo que usa los recursos audiovisuales en forma solicita, eficaz y consciente será un buen sistema adaptado para responder a los retos del conocimiento, la ciencia y el mundo actuales. metadata Aliaga Zegarra, Segundo Emerio mail emerio45@yahoo.es (2021) Análisis de las opiniones de los docentes sobre las exigencias didácticas para el diseño, selección, producción, uso y validación de recursos audiovisuales interactivos educativos en las instituciones educativas Litterator, Maestro Rodrigo, San José de Calasanz y San Pascual. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana.

Book Section Subjects > Teaching Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Portugués Neste artigo propomos uma discussão sobre trajetória considerando a história de vida de uma professora cubana. A noção sobre trajetória aqui analisada considera que sua constituição se dá nas dialogias das vozes que em cada evento-acontecimento narrado transparecem, tensionado as possibilidades de atuação e as próprias relações que se produzem. Os principais diálogos que ecoaram na sua trajetória profissional se escutaram desde as políticas educativas do Sistema Nacional de Educação cubano, as equipes pedagógicas, as/os estudantes, os espaços escolares. Desvendamos, ainda, o caráter aberto das trajetórias, inacabadas, cronotopo das coexistências dos tempos e dos espaços vividos. metadata Cordovés Santiesteban, Alexander Armando and García Rodríguez, Deisy Emilia mail alexander.cordoves@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED (2021) "Empecé así, de la nada”. Vozes que dialogam na constituição da trajetória de uma professora cubana. In: Educação e Linguagem no Círculo de Bakhtin. Mentes Abertas, Sao Paulo, pp. 155-167. ISBN 978-65-87069-74-6

Book Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Teaching > Books Cerrado Español UNSPECIFIED metadata Orozco González, Nelly and Salinero Martín, Juan José mail nelly.orozco@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED (2021) Estadística II. Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana. ISBN 9788411020121

Article Subjects > Psychology Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés In recent decades, perfectionism has generated growing interest from the scientific community in understanding exercise addiction, due to the explicative contributions offered its characteristics that can make individuals more susceptible to unhealthy and compulsive exercise. There have been limited studies of such constructions in sports contexts. With the purpose of identifying the most relevant evidence on the constructs in sports contexts, the main links between perfectionism and exercise addiction in athletes were described. Taking into account the principles established by the PRISMA and AMSTAR statements for the qualitative and quantitative description of findings in systematic reviews, a compendium of original articles in English, French and Spanish published on the Web of Science electronic platforms and databases is presented, Scopus, ProQuest, MEDLINE and EBSCO-HOST, and included major resources such as PSY Articles, PsycINFO, LWW, ERIC, SportDISCUS, PubMed, ERIC, Dialnet, PubMed, ISOC, the Cochrane Library and Google Scholar. Of the 754 articles identified, only 22 met the established inclusion criteria. Finally, the relationship between exercise addiction and perfectionism, and the risk function of certain personality traits, such as narcissism, in this association is confirmed. metadata González-Hernández, J. and Nogueira-López, Abel and Zangeneh, M. and López-Mora, C. mail UNSPECIFIED, abel.nogueira@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2021) Exercise Addiction and Perfectionism, Joint in the Same Path? A Systematic Review. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. ISSN 1557-1874

Thesis Subjects > Nutrition Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español Introducción: En Santander el 25,10% de la población son personas mayores. El Síndrome Metabólico (SM) es un conjunto de factores de riesgo que predisponen para el desarrollo de enfermedades cardiovasculares y diabetes. La edad y la ausencia de una dieta saludable son factores de riesgo en el desarrollo de SM. Objetivo: Evaluar la adherencia a unos hábitos dietéticos saludables, obtener la prevalencia de SM y analizar posibles asociaciones entre ellos, en una población de personas mayores no institucionalizadas de Santander (España). Método: Es un estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal y correlacional. Participaron 317 individuos, y la muestra para el SM fueron 280. Para evaluar los hábitos dietéticos se utilizaron tres cuestionarios. En el diagnóstico del SM se siguió el criterio de la Federación Internacional de Diabetes (IDF). Resultados: La adherencia a las recomendaciones saludables de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Comunitaria (SENC) 2018 fue baja, excepto en las legumbres. Según el cuestionario Índice de Alimentación Saludable Español (IASE), el 97,5% de los individuos necesitaban cambios en su dieta. El cuestionario MEDAS-14 mostró una adherencia a la Dieta Mediterránea (DM): media (54,6%) y baja (38,8%). La prevalencia de SM fue del 41,1% (N=280). El consumo de ≥ 3 raciones de frutos secos/semana se asoció a menor prevalencia de SM. Una mayor prevalencia de SM, se asoció una adherencia a la DM baja-muy baja. Conclusiones: La adherencia a una alimentación saludable es baja y la prevalencia de SM es elevada, por lo que se precisa mejorar los hábitos dietéticos en este grupo de población. Finalmente, el consumo habitual de frutos secos y una adherencia media-alta a la DM deberían ser tenidos en cuenta por su asociación a menor prevalencia de SM. metadata Cubas de Basterrechea, Gloria mail UNSPECIFIED (2021) Hábitos dietéticos y prevalencia de síndrome metabólico en personas mayores no institucionalizadas de Cantabria (España). Doctoral thesis, Universidad Europea del Atlántico.

Other Subjects > Engineering Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Projects I+D+I
Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Projects I+D+I Cerrado Español El proyecto de investigación que se pretende llevar a cabo se refiere a la “Formación práctica mediante la aplicación de tecnologías basadas en entornos virtuales, aumentados e inmersivos“, y está orientado a una investigación que nos permita aplicar tecnologías de la información para simular entornos reales que son útiles en el ámbito de la educación y en concreto pretendemos innovar en los sistemas de evaluación que permitan a los docentes emplear estos entornos digitales. Las plataformas y medios digitales están cada vez más presentes en la sociedad y por ende en las organizaciones empresariales. Los profesionales de la educación no son ajenos a esta situación y se aprovechan de estas tecnologías y a la vez se enfrentan al reto de adaptarse de manera constante al avance tecnológico y a las repercusiones que tiene en su desempeño. En este ámbito, el desarrollo de las plataformas digitales para aprendizaje se ha visto impulsado por la confluencia de múltiples factores entre los cuales se destaca el avance tecnológico, la disponibilidad de dispositivos, las nuevas generaciones de nativos digitales. La formación e-learning es un ejemplo del auge de estas plataformas digitales pero todavía nos encontramos tecnologías más avanzadas como la realidad virtual, tecnologías inmersivas, Internet de las Cosas, etc. que también tienen o tendrán cabida en el entorno educativo. Nuestro proyecto nace con el objetivo de aportar valor a este escenario alrededor de los conocidos como entornos virtuales. Desde el sector educativo universitario, se ha sabido ver la oportunidad de la aplicación de estas técnicas a los procesos formativos del alumnado, inicialmente desde las ramas de la ingeniería que se dedicaban al propio desarrollo de estas tecnologías, y posteriormente desde las disciplinas más afines al aprendizaje cognitivo humano como pueden ser la Psicología o la Pedagogía que buscan evaluar estas técnicas respecto a otras metodologías más clásicas presentes en la Educación. Sin embargo, como se puede extraer de diversos artículos científicos que aplican estas modalidades para la educación, persisten carencias para que los docentes de cualquier área/disciplina dispongan de herramientas lo suficientemente intuitivas para crear los entornos virtuales para simular los entornos profesionales de su especialidad. El diseño de herramientas para docentes (T. Budai, 2019), ayudaría a evitar estas barreras de entrada para extender su uso. Por otro lado, aunque las publicaciones que aplican este tipo de tecnologías a la enseñanza (N. Pellas, 2020), la formación profesional (H. B. Andersson, 2020), o incluso a aprendizajes cognitivos (E. Rho, 2020), consideran que son muy positivas desde el punto de vista pedagógico (H. Ardiny, 2018), se reclama una necesidad en cuanto a establecer unas métricas y metodologías de evaluación apropiadas al proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje (A. Dengel, 2018), (A. Christopoulos, 2019). En algunos casos se habla la gran asignatura pendiente, que es el tema de la evaluación. Cuando los docentes intentan implementar instrumentos de evaluación basados en entornos digitales, encuentran dificultades para hallar el equilibrio entre la evaluación, la metodología y el uso de los nuevos medios. Ante este escenario, el proyecto pretende diseñar y desarrollar un entorno virtual experimental para la educación práctica universitaria con énfasis en el sistema de evaluación del proceso de aprendizaje y el control de calidad. metadata UNSPECIFIED mail UNSPECIFIED (2021) IMMERSIVE TECHF: Formación práctica mediante la aplicación de tecnologías basadas en entornos virtuales, aumentados e inmersivos. Repositorio de la Universidad. (Unpublished)

Thesis Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español La presente investigación tiene como objetivo estudiar los modelos de gestión de riesgos y evaluación de los microcréditos cooperativos del segmento 2, como factores clave en el desarrollo de la microempresa. Como problema de investigación se ha planeado la necesidad de replantear, analizar y evaluar el uso de indicadores que sirvan para la óptima distribución financiera destinada al funcionamiento de las pequeñas empresas en el ámbito ecuatoriano, por cuanto se identifica el uso inadecuado de los recursos consignados a través de microcréditos. En este orden de ideas, el aporte científico de esta investigación está referido al estudio de la teoría fundamentada en la gestión de riesgo así como los indicadores que inciden en su evaluación como lo son los métodos CAMEL y PERLAS, los cuales abarcan elementos esenciales para determinar el comportamiento de capitales, activos, manejo administrativo, liquidez y riesgos inherentes a los microcréditos otorgados a cooperativas. En este sentido, la metodología se desarrolla en un enfoque mixto tanto cuantitativo como cualitativo, que permite el desarrollo de la investigación propuesta para la tesis doctoral. De este modo, esta investigación utilizará la complementariedad de métodos por cuanto precisa de comparación, deducción, análisis, síntesis, sobre el objeto de estudio, también se aplicará un instrumento de investigación a través de la técnica de la encuesta apoyándose en entrevista estructurada que está dirigida a pequeños empresarios y trabajadores adscritos a la superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria en Ecuador. Los resultados obtenidos que se espera aportar con este estudio reflejarán el análisis sobre aquellos modelos evaluativos para microcréditos que pueda servir de referencia a futuras investigaciones afines, igualmente se estudiará el desarrollo de políticas gubernamentales orientadas al ámbito de las pequeñas empresas de acuerdo al Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Económico del país. metadata Pinto Guevara, Leonel Aquiles mail leonel.pinto@doctorado.unini.edu.mx (2021) Los modelos de gestión de riesgos en el marco de los microcréditos otorgados por las cooperativas de ahorro del segmento 2 en el Ecuador: periodo 2012 al 2019. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Article Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Today’s processes are dynamic, in particular how customers purchase products and/or services from financial institutions. Therefore, organizations face the challenge of establishing business strategies focused on the customer and building long-lasting relationships. This implies accelerating the needs of a digital transformation both toward the customer and in internal processes. A framework for risk management, applicable to digital transformation projects, is presented under an agile approach to manage and manage operational risks. Thus, through a methodology based on the application of a set of Scrum best practices, it is integrated into the current risk management tools of a banking institution. The results are scalable and extensible to Financial and Governmental Institutions. metadata Recabarren-Domínguez, Eduardo and López, Felipe A. and Ferriol Sánchez, Fermín and Gatica, Gustavo mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, fermin.ferriol@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED (2021) A Methodological Proposal for Managing Operational Risk by Integrating Agility. Developments and Advances in Defense and Security, 255. pp. 319-325. ISSN 2190-3018

Article Subjects > Nutrition Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés A procedure easy to upscale industrially aimed at obtaining resistant starch (RS) type III (RS-III) was optimized, using a native faba bean from Mexico (Vicia faba L. creole) as RS source for the first time. Pullulanase debranching treatment (6–18 enzyme units (U)/g starch; 0–27 h) and retrogradation process (−30 °C, 2 °C or 20 °C; 1–6 days) was optimized for faba beans. Optimal conditions were determined at 18 U/g for 27 h and a retrogradation process at 20 °C for 6 days. Obtained faba bean RS was also compared with RS obtained from conventional sources, beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L. Jamapa) and maize, under these optimal conditions. Beans (faba beans, 64.88%; beans, 64.84%) yielded greater RS-III than maize (58.44%). The retrogradation process increased the crystallinity structure of the RS samples compared to their respective NS. Typical legume C pattern (faba bean and beans) and cereal A pattern (maize) of samples changed to an irregular polymorphic morphology type B + V, caused by retrogradation, and increasing RS content. As consequence, the digestibility of the retrograded samples was significantly reduced (approximately 50%) and increasing the amount of slow digestible starch fraction (SDS). metadata Suárez-Diéguez, Teodoro and Pérez-Moreno, Fidel and Ariza-Ortega, José Alberto and López-Rodríguez, Guadalupe and Nieto, Juan Antonio mail UNSPECIFIED (2021) Obtention and characterization of resistant starch from creole faba bean (Vicia faba L. creole) as a promising functional ingredient. LWT, 145. p. 111247. ISSN 00236438

Article Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Kinetic rigidity of several polymers such as 2,6-bis(3-aminophenoxy)benzonitrile/4,4′oxydiphthalic anhydride (β-CN)APB/ODPA, poly[(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methyl acrylate)] (PACGA), and diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DEGEBA) was studied. Rigidity parameter D, Vogel’s temperature T0, and the activation energy Uα (Tg) for the glass transition were evaluated through Vogel’s model along with relaxation data using “nonlinear” regression of Arrhenius function. The existence of certain functional groups within the structure, such as the aromatic rings, gives high level of kinetic rigidity to the structure as is the case of (β-CN)APB/ODPA and DEGEBA, while the aliphatic groups confer flexibility, as in PACGA. metadata Pali-Casanova, Ramón and González, Wadi Elim Sosa and Zavala Loría, José del Carmen and García, Asteria Narváez and Yam Cervantes, Marcial Alfredo and Vega, Manuel de Jesús Aguilar and Dzul Lopez, Luis mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, luis.dzul@unini.edu.mx (2021) Structure and kinetic rigidity of polymers as related to chain relaxations. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 34 (5). pp. 596-613. ISSN 0892-7057

Conference or Workshop Item Subjects > Teaching Ibero-american International University > Research > Conferences Cerrado Inglés According to Unicef, in 2019, 33 million children were international migrants. This situation has been intensified due to Covid-19 pandemic. Among the reasons to leave a country, we can find poverty, climate change, economic reasons or the hope of having a better life. Migrant children in school age can face many challenges: language barriers, lack of understanding of social norms, limited resources from the school, and psychosocial issues. These challenges can produce long-lasting psychological and physical effects leading to a halt on the developing of their full potential along their life. So, an early intervention is crucial to boost migrant children’s educational language acquisition and understanding of culture and social norms to their educational achievement. This paper discusses the advantages of mlearning to foster language learning and facilitate a cultural integration by migrant children with the support of translanguaging strategies and intercultural approach. The role of mlearning to foster language learning has been discussed by Azevedo-Gomes & Sartor-Harada (2020) with a mlearning model with four guidelines: the construction of meaning, the interaction between peers, a focus on previous experiences, and formative feedback. Mlearning seeks to integrate learning theories, especially constructivist and behavioral theories to also create collaborative working environments (Crompton, Burke & Gregory, 2017). Despite the fact the design is focused to improve a minority language, the concepts about psycholinguistic factors are similar to migrant children's needs. Furthermore, mlearning allows to involve parents in language instruction and provide flexible education pathways, both considered good policy practices by OECD (2021) to support the lifelong integration of immigrant children. The report examines the role of an intercultural approach with the support of translanguaging strategies. The first one considers the child’s heritage and could help to expand awareness towards both cultures in gamified activities. Plus, translanguaging strategies “leverages the fluid language of learners in ways that deepen their engagement and comprehension of complex content and texts” (García & Vogel, 2017, p.2) and could help children to transfer language competencies to a new language, speeding up their target language learning and fostering their self-esteem by valuing their previous knowledge. The authors base their assumptions on the thesis that the formula translanguaging and intercultural approach can contribute to a positive mixed identity construction. Finally, the authors present their strategy for gamified activities with mlearning support including translanguaging strategies and intercultural approach in order to ease integration and a full educational achievement of migrant children. metadata Azevedo-Gomes, Juliana and Sartor-Harada, Andresa and Cordovés Santiesteban, Alexander Armando and Cordero Gómez, Yoanky mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, alexander.cordoves@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED (2021) Translanguaging and intercultural approach: a mlearning proposal to ease inmigrant children's integration. In: 14th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation.

2020

Article Subjects > Biomedicine
Subjects > Nutrition Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Objective: The aim of this study was to validate a direct taste perception test (TPT) and evaluate its performance in patients on dialysis. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in a tertiary-care hospital. A TPT was validated on 112 healthy subjects and applied on 43 patients on hemodialysis and 32 patients on peritoneal dialysis. All participants were presented a 10-mL sample to identify and rate intensity of primary tastes: sweet (sucrose 2%), sour (citric acid 0.1%), bitter (caffeine 0.06%), salty (sodium chloride 0.5%), and umami (sodium glutamate 0.25%). The internal consistency and repeatability of TPT was assessed by Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient. Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare groups. Results: TPT had Cronbach's alpha of 0.77. Intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.74 for sweet, P < .0001; 0.57 for salty, P = .001; 0.62 for sour, P < .0001; 0.78 for bitter, P < .0001; and 0.76 for umami, P < .0001. Compared with controls, patients on peritoneal dialysis were less able to identify sweet and umami tastes (P < .05) and marginally (P = .06) sour taste, whereas patients on hemodialysis were marginally (P = .06) less able to identify sweet and salty tastes. Bitter was not differently identified between groups. According to the visual analog scale (0-10), all patients on dialysis perceived sour taste less intensely than control subjects (P < .05). Conclusions: This TPT for patients on dialysis had adequate reliability to identify five primary tastes in a clinical setting. Except for bitter taste, perception of all the primary tastes was altered in patients on dialysis compared with control subjects. A broader use of this test would help identify taste alterations and implement strategies for malnutrition. metadata Márquez-Herrera, Roxana M. and Núñez-Murillo, Gabriela K. and Ruíz-Gurrola, Claudia G. and Gómez-García, Erika F. and Orozco-González, Claudia N. and Cortes-Sanabria, Laura and Cueto-Manzano, Alfonso M. and Rojas-Campos, Enrique mail UNSPECIFIED (2020) Clinical Taste Perception Test for Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease on Dialysis. Journal of Renal Nutrition, 30 (1). pp. 79-84. ISSN 10512276

Article Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Ionizing and non-ionizing radiations are part of our daily life, and when organisms are exposed to them for a long time, they may experience their lethal or sublethal effects. For this reason, technologies have been created to quantify them. In this study, Internet of Things (IoT) was used through connecting gamma meters and a low-cost UV radiation device. The validation of this structure was performed with meters calibrated in certified laboratories. The validation results matched those obtained by the other devices, with an error of 2%. metadata Baena Navarro, Ruben Enrique and Torres-Hoyos, F. and Uc-Rios, Carlos and Colmenares-Quintero, R.F. mail ruben.baena@campusucc.edu.co, UNSPECIFIED, carlos.uc@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED (2020) Design and assembly of an IoT-based device to determine the absorbed dose of gamma and UV radiation. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 166. p. 109359. ISSN 09698043

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Fasting, caloric restriction and foods or compounds mimicking the biological effects of caloric restriction, known as caloric restriction mimetics, have been associated with a lower risk of age-related diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer and cognitive decline, and a longer lifespan. Reduced calorie intake has been shown to stimulate cancer immunosurveillance, reducing the migration of immunosuppressive regulatory T cells towards the tumor bulk. Autophagy stimulation via reduction of lysine acetylation, increased sensitivity to chemo- and immunotherapy, along with a reduction of insulin-like growth factor 1 and reactive oxygen species have been described as some of the major effects triggered by caloric restriction. Fasting and caloric restriction have also been shown to beneficially influence gut microbiota composition, modify host metabolism, reduce total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, lower diastolic blood pressure and elevate morning cortisol level, with beneficial modulatory effects on cardiopulmonary fitness, body fat and weight, fatigue and weakness, and general quality of life. Moreover, caloric restriction may reduce the carcinogenic and metastatic potential of cancer stem cells, which are generally considered responsible of tumor formation and relapse. Here, we reviewed in vitro and in vivo studies describing the effects of fasting, caloric restriction and some caloric restriction mimetics on immunosurveillance, gut microbiota, metabolism, and cancer stem cell growth, highlighting the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying these effects. Additionally, studies on caloric restriction interventions in cancer patients or cancer risk subjects are discussed. Considering the promising effects associated with caloric restriction and caloric restriction mimetics, we think that controlled-randomized large clinical trials are warranted to evaluate the inclusion of these non-pharmacological approaches in clinical practice. metadata Pistollato, Francesca and Forbes-Hernández, Tamara Y. and Calderón Iglesias, Rubén and Ruiz Salces, Roberto and Elexpuru Zabaleta, Maria and Dominguez Azpíroz, Irma and Cianciosi, Danila and Quiles, José L. and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio mail francesca.pistollato@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, ruben.calderon@uneatlantico.es, roberto.ruiz@uneatlantico.es, maria.elexpuru@uneatlantico.es, irma.dominguez@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2020) Effects of caloric restriction on immunosurveillance, microbiota and cancer cell phenotype: Possible implications for cancer treatment. Seminars in Cancer Biology. ISSN 1044-579X

Other Subjects > Comunication Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Projects I+D+I
Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Projects I+D+I Cerrado Español Actualmente, las redes sociales se han convertido en una potente herramienta de comunicación y divulgación tanto científica, como informativa. Sin embargo, el potencial de las redes sociales se dirige básicamente hacia el público general y joven y desde los mercados de retail, moda,.. mientras que existe una oportunidad para aprovechar las redes sociales para científicos y así también plantear nuevos formatos digitales para las revistas científicas. El proyecto pretende llevar a cabo una innovación en la empresa, teniendo en cuenta que el campo de las redes sociales dentro del ámbito científico está escasamente desarrollado (Academia, Researchgate, Mendeley..) y todo ello transfiriendo el conocimiento desde un grupo de investigación universitario. metadata UNSPECIFIED mail UNSPECIFIED (2020) El rol de las redes sociales en el ámbito científico. Repositorio de la Universidad. (Unpublished)

Other Subjects > Engineering
Subjects > Teaching Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Projects I+D+I
Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Projects I+D+I Cerrado Español 1- Gestionar online el proceso de revisión de contenidos recibidos y gestionarlo a distancia, contando con usuarios que se conectan al sistema de forma online y aportan sus valoraciones a través de la misma plataforma. En este caso se trata de facilitar un flujo de trabajo entre los diferentes participantes en el proceso (director de revista, editor en jefe, editor y revisor), de forma que puedan optimizar su productividad y trabajar de forma asincrónica sobre unos mismos contenidos editoriales y siguiendo un proceso homogéneo de acuerdo a nuestros procedimientos. 2- Automatizar determinados procesos de revisión de contenidos. En concreto, habíamos considerado de interés mejorar el proceso de revisión del formato de los artículos recibidos gracias a un software basado en inteligencia artificial. Teniendo en cuenta que los artículos científicos tienen una estructura y contenidos normalizados, pensamos que era posible automatizar algunos elementos de la revisión preliminar de contenidos. 3- Disponer de una solución para la fidelización de autores-revisores generando automáticamente certificados de participación como revisores de artículos científicos. Teniendo en cuenta la dificultad de lograr la participación de revisores científicos, y como parte del sistema de fidelización, se propuso una innovación en la plataforma, que permite generar de forma automática un auto-certificado para los revisores. 4- Estudiar la aplicación de los metadatos, las plataformas multilingües y las de e-commerce para distribución de contenidos. En este caso, lo que se hizo fue solicitar unos estudios de vigilancia tecnológica relacionados con: - Estándares internacionales para la creación de metadatos que nos permitan indexar de la mejor manera posible nuestros contenidos. - Estándares para plataformas multilingües que nos fueran de aplicación para crear un sistema de gestión de contenidos multi-idioma enlazado con los procesos de traducción. - Plataformas de e-commerce adaptadas a la distribución de contenidos electrónicos que nos permitiesen monetizar determinados contenidos y venderlos en Internet. metadata UNSPECIFIED mail UNSPECIFIED (2020) Estudios de vigilancia tecnológica y proyecto piloto para revista electrónica. Repositorio de la Universidad. (Unpublished)

Article Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Reliability predictions are routinely performed according to mission profiles, in photovoltaic applications including at least irradiance and temperature. This paper is aimed at assessing the necessity of including humidity meteorological data in the mission profile. A DC/DC soft-switching converter rated at 1 kW, and aimed at PV applications is selected as case study. Its reliability is predicted using FIDES guide, using seasonal mission profiles for eight different sites with climates ranging from tropical-humid to hot and dry. The prediction results are contrasted, assuming that the most failure-prone converters are those at the highest temperature. The results corroborate that the thermal stress factor has a large impact on the increase in the failure rate of semiconductor devices. Nevertheless, humidity also has a noticeable impact on the failure rate, contributing with 30% in the transistors, with 6% in the diodes, and in minor proportion in the passive devices. The impact of humidity is larger when it occurs simultaneously with sustained, high temperatures, and it was found that neglecting humidity might underestimate the failure rate by as much as 35% in hot, humid sites. Therefore, detailed humidity meteorological data should be included in the mission profile. metadata De León Aldaco, Susana Estefany and Calleja, Hugo and Aguayo Alquicira, Jesus mail UNSPECIFIED (2020) Mission profiles and hygrothermal conditions: Its effects on the reliability of a soft switching converter. Microelectronics Reliability, 111. p. 113707. ISSN 00262714

2019

Thesis Subjects > Teaching Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español La presente tesis doctoral toca un tema de interés no solo para la comunidad científica del mundo educativo, sino también para el mundo laboral, ya que este exige de trabajadores que tengan desarrolladas varias competencias laborales debido a la mecánica cada vez más global e interconectada de los mercados a nivel mundial. Se exigen respuestas rápidas e innovadoras ante situaciones complejas y cambiantes. Consideramos este estudio de gran interés social, laboral y científico por incluir al grupo poblacional denominado la generación “Y”, que poco a poco está ingresando al mundo laboral y a la vez está tomando cargos de responsabilidad en sus centros de trabajo. Nuestra pretensión consiste en investigar como un programa basado en la tutoría y orientación se puede implementar en el ámbito laboral, con la finalidad de mejorar la competencia laboral en innovación de dichos trabajadores. Para ello, revisaremos el estado actual de la cuestión en cuánto a la Generación “Y”, la Tutoría y Orientación en el ámbito laboral y la Innovación como competencia laboral. Esta investigación se desarrolla bajo un diseño no experimental, descriptivo y transversal, utilizando métodos o técnicas de recolección de datos como la encuesta o “survey”, obteniendo datos cualitativos y cuantitativos en relación a las necesidades de desarrollo de la innovación como competencia laboral en los trabajadores de la genera-ción “Y”. Con los datos recopilados, se propone el diseño de un programa de orientación y tutoría que mejore la competencia laboral de la Innovación en los trabajadores de la generación “Y” y de esta forma abrir la posibilidad que la tutoría y orientación ingresen al mundo laboral. Se espera también que los resultados que se vayan obteniendo sean publicados en revistas científicas del rubro de educación para así aumentar el conocimiento en la comunidad científica. metadata Cruz Álvarez, Luis Alonso mail hagen78@hotmail.com (2019) Análisis de la competencia laboral en innovación de la generación "Y" peruana: diseño de un programa de orientación y tutoría en la empresa. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Thesis Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español Existe la percepción de que la criminalidad en el país ha aumentado por lo que es necesario saber como se relaciona la reincidencia con los programas de resocialización. El estudio se realizó en los dos centros penitenciarios para varones con mayor cantidad de internos en el país: La Joya y La Joyita. Es imperativo conocer la reincidencia delictiva, las razones por las cuales se presenta y cuál ha sido el efecto de los programas de resocialización sobre este fenómeno. Se aplicó un enfoque basado en la Teoría Crítica y Constructivista que sustenta un paradigma mixto para analizar la transformación de estructuras sociales, políticas y económicas que inciden en el problema estudiado. La metodología cualitativa señala que la Teoría Crítica insiste en conocimiento que está mediado por la experiencia, por las prácticas de la época. La Teoría Crítica transformadora del orden social busca un mayor grado de humanización y es una experiencia compartida. De esta forma el conocimiento generado trató sobre la reincidencia delictiva, los delitos tipificados que señalan este fenómeno y los programas de resocialización con la finalidad de mejorarlos a través del diseño de un innovador programa integral que conjuga la educación formal, la educación vocacional el deporte y la cultura para implantarlo en los centros penitenciarios dirigido a su disminución y sirva como referente teórico metodológico para los programas de los centros penitenciarios, su funcionamiento y el seguimiento a los egresados, lo que introduce un cambio y transformación. Se utilizó el muestreo por conveniencia debido a que el sistema no estaba digitalizado y el mecanismo de archivo utilizado era manual y alfabético. Se tomaron expedientes de los internos reincidentes y no reincidentes como muestra y se analizaron, cuya información obtenida se presentó a través de técnicas de estadística descriptiva e inferencias y se complementó con la aplicación de entrevistas y cuestionarios semiestructurados para obtener más información sobre el problema estudiado. Se concluyó que la reincidencia delictiva existe, pero no se registra en los expedientes, los programas de resocialización son deficientes y no existe ningún tipo de programa para el seguimiento de los egresados de los centros penitenciarios. Aunado a lo anterior, se propuso la creación de un departamento de seguimiento y monitoreo de los egresados de los centros penitenciarios para que se lleve, el control de los programas de resocialización y de la reincidencia delictiva, reforzado por un convenio entre el Ministerio de Educación y la Universidad de Panamá con el fin de mejorarlos. metadata López Sinisterra, Omar Orlando mail tokuterada@yahoo.es (2019) Análisis de la reincidencia delictiva en Panamá: Una propuesta para un Programa de Resocialización y la creación del Departamento de Seguimiento al Egresado del PENAL basado en la Teoría Crítica y Constructivista. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Thesis Subjects > Teaching Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español Frente al problema de falta de interés de los estudiantes en el aprendizaje de las ciencias, se planteó una investigación mixta, longitudinal, de investigación-acción, enmarcada en un enfoque socio-crítico, que buscó conocer la realidad y transformarla. Se complementó con un enfoque cuantitativo al trabajar con grupos control y encuesta. El objetivo correspondió a analizar el impacto del aprendizaje por indagación en el desarrollo de la competencia científica. Se realizó en un liceo de contexto sociocultural desfavorable en la ciudad de Paso de los Toros en Uruguay. Participaron tres docentes, seleccionadas por muestreo casual por pertenecer al centro en el año 2017, quienes escogieron el mejor grupo y el de mayores dificultades al inicio del año lectivo. Intervinieron 115 estudiantes, y 36 de grupos testigos. Las técnicas aplicadas fueron: la observación de 18 clases, 12 grupos focales de docentes y estudiantes y una encuesta final a ambos, el análisis de 243 rúbricas y 30 pósteres. Las rúbricas surgieron de la evaluación escrita practicada al inicio y final, en los grupos de investigación y control. Los datos obtenidos a partir de las evaluaciones se analizaron utilizando el software SPSS. Se triangularon los análisis cualitativos y cuantitativos, sin olvidar que, una mayor validez en la investigación cualitativa, surge de la transformación social que logra. El análisis de χ² para los diferentes grupos y en la comparación con grupos control, así como el estudio de diferencias entre medias antes y después de la intervención indican resultados estadísticamente significativos, que fueron distintos de acuerdo al grado escolar. Se concluye que el impacto del modelo fue auspicioso; se partió de grupos con rendimientos disímiles y, al final del curso, debido al avance en las distintas dimensiones de la competencia científica, se anularon las diferencias entre grupos del mismo grado. Las opiniones de docentes y estudiantes fueron positivas. metadata Imbert Romero, Nelky Daisy mail daisyimbertromero@gmail.com (2019) Análisis del impacto del modelo didáctico de aprendizaje por indagación en biología, sobre el desarrollo de la competencia científica en estudiantes de educación secundaria. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Significance: In eukaryotes, autophagy represents a highly evolutionary conserved process, through which macromolecules and cytoplasmic material are degraded into lysosomes and recycled for biosynthetic or energetic purposes. Dysfunction of the autophagic process has been associated with the onset and development of many human chronic pathologies, such as cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurodegenerative diseases as well as cancer. Recent Advances: Currently, comprehensive research is being carried out to discover new therapeutic agents that are able to modulate the autophagic process in vivo. Recent evidence has shown that a large number of natural bioactive compounds are involved in the regulation of autophagy by modulating several transcriptional factors and signaling pathways. Critical Issues: Critical issues that deserve particular attention are the inadequate understanding of the complex role of autophagy in disease pathogenesis, the limited availability of therapeutic drugs, and the lack of clinical trials. In this context, the effects that natural bioactive compounds exert on autophagic modulation should be clearly highlighted, since they depend on the type and stage of the pathological conditions of diseases. Future Directions: Research efforts should now focus on understanding the survival-supporting and death-promoting roles of autophagy, how natural compounds interact exactly with the autophagic targets so as to induce or inhibit autophagy and on the evaluation of their pharmacological effects in a more in-depth and mechanistic way. In addition, clinical studies on autophagy-inducing natural products are strongly encouraged, also to highlight some fundamental aspects, such as the dose, the duration, and the possible synergistic action of these compounds with conventional therapy. metadata Giampieri, Francesca and Afrin, Sadia and Forbes-Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Cianciosi, Danila and Reboredo-Rodriguez, Patricia and Varela-Lopez, Alfonso and Quiles, Jose L. and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, tamara.forbes@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2019) Autophagy in Human Health and Disease: Novel Therapeutic Opportunities. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 30 (4). pp. 577-634. ISSN 1523-0864

Conference or Workshop Item Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Conferences Cerrado Inglés Conventional IP networks connect places at great distances and meet the connectivity needs of their users. To perform each of these operations, each packet must pass through various network devices, which make individual routing decisions that make centralized network management difficult. These networks have been growing both in size and complexity, each day at a higher rate, which has generated a series of difficulties in personalization, integration, security, and optimization of these. As a solution, the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) architecture [1] was created, which promises to be a dynamic, manageable, profitable and adaptable architecture, thus becoming an ideal tool to handle large bandwidths and the development and implementation of customized applications, for different types of needs on communication networks. This document shows a performance analysis between SDN and a conventional IP network configured with the EIGRP and BGP routing protocols, establishing a configuration scenario with physical network equipment and with an SDN emulator called Mininet. The research methodology is based on the guidelines of the Cisco PPDIOO methodology and is developed in the following phases: 1. Elaboration of physical network topology with Cisco equipment, performing experiments with IPv4 and IPv6, measuring variables such as Jitter, Delay and Throughput. 2. Carrying out the same experiments and tests with SDN, in a network topology with similar characteristics to those already mentioned, but with OpenFlow switches. 3. Analysis of results, for which the behavior of jitter, delay and throughput variations of both scenarios is examined to make a series of comparisons (made with statistical analysis) concerning protocol, addressing, packet size among others. Finally, it was obtained as a result that SDN has a lower delay and jitter than the conventional IP network in some cases, as well as a more favorable throughput. metadata Hernandez, Leonel and Jimenez, Genett and Pranolo, Andri and Uc-Rios, Carlos mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, carlos.uc@unini.edu.mx (2019) Comparative Performance Analysis Between Software-Defined Networks and Conventional IP Networks. In: 2019 5th International Conference on Science in Information Technology (ICSITech), 24-24 otubre de 2019, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Thesis Subjects > Biomedicine
Subjects > Physical Education and Sport
Subjects > Nutrition Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español Actualmente la obesidad infantil es considerada como la pandemia del siglo XXI, con una alta prevalencia mundial, aumentando de 32 millones en 1990 a 41 millones en el año 2016. Es de origen multifactorial con intervención de factores genéticos, ambientales y conductuales. Está asociada a una amplia gama de complicaciones multiorgánicas graves y a un creciente riesgo de desarrollar tempranamente enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles como la diabetes mellitus y enfermedades cardiovasculares que son la principal causa de mortalidad y discapacidad en la adultez. Según la OMS, si continúa esta alta prevalencia, se estima que habrá 70 millones de niños con obesidad infantil para el año 2025. Las estrategias más efectivas de prevención son las que asocian varios componentes y para que sean más eficaces deben incorporar a la familia e iniciarse precozmente. El objetivo de esta investigación fue diseñar un Plan Estratégico de Prevención de Sobrepeso y Obesidad infantil en el Hospital General del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS) Quevedo, el cual, permitió brindar un tratamiento oportuno con la finalidad de prevenir las complicaciones a corto, mediano y largo plazo. Se evaluó la efectividad del Plan Estratégico mediante la validación del cuestionario con el programa informático Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), corroborando el efecto que las intervenciones educativas tuvieron en la modificación o adquisición de hábitos alimentarios y actividad física. Se obtuvieron importantes resultados: las charlas del Club de Nutrición Infantil tuvieron una gran acogida entre los afiliados, los temas impartidos permitieron aclarar conceptos acerca de una nutrición saludable, y conocer cómo mejorar su estilo de vida. Además, se concientizó a los afiliados acerca de la importancia de disminuir el consumo de sal, azúcares refinadas y grasas saturadas, y aumentar el consumo de agua, frutas, verduras y legumbres que se pudo comprobar posterior a la intervención educativa. metadata Díaz Olmedo, Cecilia Maribel mail cm.diaz@hotmail.es (2019) Diseño de un plan estratégico para la prevención de sobrepeso y obesidad infantil en Quevedo-Ecuador. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Thesis Subjects > Teaching Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español Los establecimientos educativos han realizado esfuerzos por implementar la rendición de cuentas y difundir sus resultados. El objetivo del estudio fue diseñar un sistema de indicadores educativos para implementar la rendición de cuentas en establecimientos educativos de Guatemala. Se realizó un estudio de tipo descriptivo explicativo, con un diseño no experimental, se tomó una muestra intencionada de expertos en educación y una muestra aleatoria simple de docentes. Se tomaron como informantes cinco expertos en educación, ochenta y nueve directores, doscientos veinticuatro docentes y diez técnicos educativos. Para recopilar información se realizaron dos grupos focales, se aplicaron entrevistas y una encuesta. Del análisis de los resultados se derivó el planteamiento de una propuesta teórica sobre la integración de una dimensión de indicadores de rendición de cuentas, como herramienta para fomentar la transparencia, en dos ámbitos, tener información en tiempo real para la toma de decisiones y poder integrar a la comunidad educativa a procesos de rendición de cuentas, como forma de hacer auditoría social. Entre las limitaciones de la investigación es preciso mencionar que, si bien, se realiza una propuesta teórica, algunas cuestiones de ampliación de dimensiones o del sistema de indicadores precisarían un tratamiento complementario, al plantearse como una primera aproximación que requiere mayor profundidad. Se concluye que el diseño de un sistema de indicadores que incluya la dimensión de rendición de cuentas influirá positivamente en la gestión administrativa de establecimientos públicos, con esto se tendrán mayores posibilidades de encontrar establecimientos con mejores prácticas de rendición de cuentas, ya que se ha evidenciado de forma empírica que la integración de la comunidad educativa de forma organizada generan mejores resultados de desempeño. metadata Mazariegos Romero, Patricia Luz mail patymazariegos20@gmail.com (2019) Diseño de un sistema de indicadores educativos para promover la rendición de cuentas en establecimientos educativos de Guatemala. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana.

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés About 1 of 10 women, particularly those older than 60 years of age, shows some degree of thyroid hormone deficiency. Thyroid diseases are generally characterized by perturbations of thyroid signaling homeostasis. The most common examples of thyroid diseases include hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and several types of thyroid cancers. Phytochemicals have been shown to have either beneficial or detrimental effects on thyroid function. Some flavonoids have been reported to affect the expression and the activity of several thyroid-related enzymes and proteins, and for this reason some concerns have been raised about the possible thyroid-disruptive properties of foods enriched in these substances. On the other hand, the beneficial effects of some plant-derived compounds, such as myricetin, quercetin, apigenin, rutin, genistein, and curcumin, and their possible role as adjuvants for the treatment of thyroid cancers have been described. Here, the role of phytochemicals in thyroid signaling modulation and their possible beneficial or detrimental effects on thyroid disease risk are discussed. metadata Pistollato, Francesca and Masías Vergara, Manuel and Agudo-Toyos, Pablo and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio mail francesca.pistollato@uneatlantico.es, manuel.masias@uneatlantico.es, pablo.agudo@uenatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2019) Effects of phytochemicals on thyroid function and their possible role in thyroid disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1443 (1). pp. 3-19. ISSN 0077-8923

Book Section Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés The last fifty years have seen an environmental crisis caused by absurd political, economic and technological models which slowly bring ruin to society and the environment. The United Nations Organization (UN), as part of its United Nation Development Program (UNDP), fosters global sustainable development, specifically focusing on the need to address climate change. Additionally, international agreements and congresses have been trying to offer compensation alternatives for environmental protection. These efforts, however, have not been effective. Recent generations have caused mayor environmental impact, and we are now left with a huge rupture between governments, businesses and consumers who pass responsibility among each other. The global population generates with everything from everyday habits to complex production processes. Even though some people accept social and environmental responsibilities, this does not lead to any environmental recovery. This paper offers strategies for environmental recovery. Firstly, through strong public policy, secondly through accounting regulation obliging companies to take into account environmental impact and finally through education and the creation of curriculums that will promote more responsibility. metadata González Cortés, Luz Dary mail UNSPECIFIED (2019) Leadership for Achieving Sustainable Development: Social and Environmental Concerns. In: Sustainable Leadership for Entrepreneurs and Academics. Springer, pp. 399-407. ISBN 978-3-030-15495-0

Article Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés The campus wireless networks have many users, who have different roles and network requirements, ranging from the use of educational platforms, informative consultations, emails, among others. Currently due to the inefficient use of network resources and little wireless planning, caused by the growth of the technological infrastructure (which is often due to daily worries, rather than to a lack of preparation by those in charge of managing the network), There are two essential factors that truncate the requirement of having a stable and robust network platform. First, the degradation of the quality of services perceived by users, and second, the congestion caused by the high demand for convergent traffic (video, voice, and data). Both factors imply great challenges on the part of the administrators of the network, which in many occasions are overwhelmed by permanent incidences of instability, coverage, and congestion, as well as the difficulty of maintaining it economically. The present investigation seeks to propose a process of optimization of the infrastructure and parameters of the configuration of a wireless network, that allows maximizing the level of satisfaction of the users in Higher Education Institutions. In the first place, it is expected to determine an adequate methodology to estimate the level of satisfaction of the users (defining a mathematical criterion or algorithm based on the study variables [1], characterize the environment in which the project will be developed, making a complete study of the wireless conditions and implement optimization strategies with software-defined networks (SDN). SDN is a concept in computer networks that allows network management to be carried out efficiently and flexibly, separating the control plane from the data plane into network devices. SDN architecture consists of an infrastructure layer which is a collection of network devices connected to the SDN Controller using protocol (OpenFlow) as a protocol [2]. Also, SDN will study traffic patterns on the network as a basis for optimizing network device usage [3]. The phases of the research will be carried out following the life cycle defined by the Cisco PPDIOO methodology (Prepare, Plan, Design, Implement, Operate, Optimize) metadata Hernandez, Leonel and Balmaceda, Nidia and Hernandez, Hugo and Vargas, Carlos and De La Hoz, Emiro and Orellano, Nataly and Vasquez, Emilse and Uc-Rios, Carlos mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, carlos.uc@unini.edu.mx (2019) Optimization of a WiFi Wireless Network that Maximizes the Level of Satisfaction of Users and Allows the Use of New Technological Trends in Higher Education Institutions. Lecture notes in computer science, 11587. pp. 144-160. ISSN 0302-9743

Thesis Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español Hacia finales del año 2018 el Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros en América Latina informó de la existencia de 254 conflictos socio-ambientales activos, 273 proyectos mineros involucrados y 186 casos de criminalización de la protesta. Dichos conflictos se encuentran vinculados a operaciones mineras anárquicas, marcos institucionales debilitados y una participación social desarticulada. En este contexto, la investigación se planteó como objetivo diseñar un modelo para guiar la planificación sostenible de ordenamientos territoriales, con base en la comprensión de los espacios mineros, la gestión del riesgo de desastres en convergencia con la adaptación al cambio climático y la generación de resiliencia en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Este fin se cimienta en los Objetivos de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Sostenible, Agenda 2030 (ODS), las premisas de la United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), las previsiones del Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) y, las recomendaciones del International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). El estudio de tipo proyectivo posee un diseño de campo no-experimental de corte transversal. Correspondió un muestreo aleatorio simple con resultado de 67 ONG (N = 80). Para el diagnóstico territorial se construyó una escala mediante el método holístico-hermenéutico, ya reflejando consistencia interna (α = 0,95; p < 0,05). Se elaboró el modelo orientativo de la planificación territorial sostenible de la minería (MOPTSM), siguiendo las asociaciones significativas entre sus componentes, los impactos socio-ambientales de la minería (W = 0,936; γ = -0,867; p < 0,01), y con respecto a la gestión de riesgo de desastres (d = 0,947; γ = 1,000; p < 0,01). La investigación concluye que el Modelo mitiga directamente las causas que producen a los impactos socio-ambientales perjudiciales y promueve, con sus enfoques transversales, la reducción de riesgos en los espacios mineros. metadata Malave Figueroa, Adelso Nikolai mail kunico596@hotmail.com (2019) Planificación territorial sostenible sobre la regulación de la minería en América Latina, con enfoque en gestión del riesgo, resiliencia y adaptación al cambio climático. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana.

2018

Thesis Subjects > Nutrition Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Portugués Já lá vão décadas em que a pobreza, insegurança alimentar e malnutrição em África foram sempre vistas como sendo problemas das zonas rurais. A partir do final do século XX, devido a rápida urbanização na África Subsaariana, as zonas urbanas foram sendo severamente atingidas pela pobreza, de maneira que os meios de subsistência, segurança alimentar e nutricional foram se tornando escassos. Moçambique é exemplo desses países, estando entre 10 países mais pobres do mundo, de 185 países avaliados pelo Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento. Os índices globais de desnutrição globais continuam elevados. “Atualmente, vivem no mundo cerca de 7 bilhões de habitantes, dos quais perto de 11% são desnutridas correspondendo à 795 milhões de indivíduos, dos quais, 220 milhões encontram-se na África Subsaariana” (FAO, FIDA, & PMA, 2015, p.8-11). O baixo consumo de frutas e hortaliças é tido como o maior fator para a baixa ingestão de micronutrientes, portanto, de desnutrição mundial. O consumo diário de 400 g de frutas e hortaliças ajuda a aliviar a deficiência de micronutrientes e a prevenir doenças crônicas associadas à alimentação e estilos de vida urbanos não saudáveis. O tamanho do agregado familiar mostra uma associação negativa com a procura de hortaliças e frutas. O sexo do chefe do agregado familiar é também determinante para o consumo de hortaliças e frutas. Famílias chefiadas por mulheres tendem a consumir mais hortaliças e frutas que às chefiadas por homens. A agricultura urbana e periurbana desempenha um papel importante no combate a insegurança alimentar e nutricional. Cerca de 15 a 20% da alimentação mundial provém da agricultura urbana e periurbana e 130 milhões de produtores urbanos vivem em África. A presente pesquisa pretende melhorar a alimentação das populações dos bairros periurbanos da cidade de Nampula contribuindo com a redução dos índices de desnutrição nesta cidade metadata Chiambiro Zano, Filipe mail UNSPECIFIED (2018) Agricultura urbana e peri-urbana: uma resposta alimentar a cresecente urbanização da cidade de Nampula. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Thesis Subjects > Social Sciences
Subjects > Comunication Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español A través de esta Tesis se examina la relación que existe entre el cine y el concepto, formación y fortalecimiento de la cultura en un determinado contexto social. Se expone la manera en que el cine visibiliza el tema de la identidad y sirve como un vehículo para poder entender, a través del análisis de contenido de los filmes escogidos, el ámbito social de Chile, en un período histórico específico. metadata Bórquez Núñez, Víctor Mario mail victormborquez@gmail.com (2018) Aporte del cine chileno en la construcción de la identidad nacional a partir de las películas representativas del período 1990-2015. Caso de Estudio. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México.

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés During the process of beeswax recycling, many industrial derivatives are obtained. These matrices may have an interesting healthy and commercial potential but to date they have not been properly studied. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the proximal and phytochemical composition, the antioxidant capacity and cytotoxic effects of two by-products from beeswax recycling process named MUD 1 and MUD 2 on liver hepatocellular carcinoma. Our results showed that MUD 1 presented the highest (P < .05) fiber, protein, carbohydrate, polyphenol and flavonoid concentration, as well as the highest (P < .05) total antioxidant capacity than the MUD 2 samples. MUD1 exerted also anticancer activity on HepG2 cells, by reducing cellular viability, increasing intracellular ROS levels and affecting mitochondrial functionality in a dose-dependent manner. We showed for the first time that by-products from beeswax recycling process can represent a rich source of phytochemicals with high total antioxidant capacity and anticancer activity; however, further researches are necessary to evaluate their potentiality for human health by in vivo studies. metadata Giampieri, Francesca and Quiles, José L. and Orantes-Bermejo, Francisco J. and Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Forbes-Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Sánchez-González, Cristina and Llopis, Juan and Rivas-García, Lorenzo and Afrin, Sadia and Varela-López, Alfonso and Cianciosi, Danila and Reboredo-Rodriguez, Patricia and Fernández-Piñar, Cristina Torres and Caderón Iglesia, Rubén and Ruiz Salces, Roberto and Aparicio Obregón, Silvia and Crespo-Álvarez, Jorge and Dzul Lopez, Luis and Xiao, Jianbo and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, ruben.calderon@uneatlantico.es, roberto.ruiz@uneatlantico.es, silvia.aparicio@uneatlantico.es, jorge.crespo@uneatlantico.es, luis.dzul@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2018) Are by-products from beeswax recycling process a new promising source of bioactive compounds with biomedical properties? Food and Chemical Toxicology, 112. pp. 126-133. ISSN 0278-6915

Book Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Teaching > Books Cerrado Español Las ideas del neoliberalismo tomaron fuerza a partir de la década de los 70 s debido a la crisis de producción fordista ya la ineficiencia de las políticas keynesianas para contrarrestarla. Estas ideas delinearon las transformaciones económicas de la mayoría de los países latinoamericanos. El neoliberalismo no representa una explicación sistémica de la formación socioeconómica, se trata de una configuración de configuraciones. Por un lado, es una concepción del mundo basada en la teoría neoclásica y la hipótesis de la elección racional; por el otro, es un conjunto de políticas orientadas al funcionamiento del libre mercado en contraposición de las políticas keynesianas de la postguerra metadata Rojo Gutiérrez, Marco Antonio and López Núñez, Henry Robert and Espinosa Gómez, Ángela Aurora and Bonilla Jurado, Diego Mauricio and García Ramírez, Roberto Fernando mail marco.rojo@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2018) Consideraciones teóricas en el análisis del mercado laboral. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Profesional, Babahoyo. ISBN 978-9942-8703-7-7

Book Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Teaching > Books Cerrado Español El trabajo que aquí se presenta es un ejercicio econométrico para estudiar la segmentación del mercado laboral. Esta investigación se presenta como un estudio de caso aplicativo al mercado laboral urbano de la Ciudad de México (CDMX) a principios de este siglo. Esta investigación resulta de interés no sólo por las herramientas econométricas que emplea, sino por los hallazgos que presenta sobre el comportamiento del mercado laboral. Se ofrece un análisis de la sectorización de la clase trabajadora dividida de forma dual en un sector formal y otro sector informal. La explicación teórica que se ofrece sobre la existencia de un sector informal en la economía parte de la revisión del estado del arte, en particular, de las aportaciones que realiza la teoría neoclásica. A la par del marco teórico, se presenta una retrospección de la economía mexicana con el objetivo de eslabonar una explicación al surgimiento del creciente sector informal. Se plantean los factores que han ocasionado este incremento sustancial y las distintas problemáticas que esto trae consigo. Dos preguntas sirven de eje en esta investigación. La primera ¿cuál es la probabilidad de que un trabajador ocupado se encuentre en el sector formal?; y la segunda ¿qué rinde más entre los trabajadores ocupados de la CDMX, encontrarse en el sector formal o en el sector informal del mercado laboral? La respuesta de ambas preguntas se da una vez que se explica el modelo Logit y la función semi-logarítmica de ingresos. Se presentan las variables analizadas, una descripción de las mismas y finalmente su distribución para cada uno de los dos sectores. Los datos utilizados en este estudio se tomaron de la Encuesta Nacional de Empleo Urbano (ENEU) para el tercer trimestre del año 2002. Al final del estudio se presentan las conclusiones, un anexo gráfico y las fuentes bibliográficas de las cuales se hizo uso. metadata Rojo Gutiérrez, Marco Antonio and Ramírez Mukul, Álvaro Efraín and Guerrero Luzuriaga, Aura del Cisne and Bonilla Jurado, Diego Mauricio Bonilla Jurado and Cavero Álvarez, Omar Damián mail marco.rojo@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2018) Ejercicio econométrico para el estudio de la segmentación del mercado laboral. Universidad Tecnológica Empresarial de Guayaquil, Guayaquil. ISBN 978-9942-757-26-5

Article Subjects > Biomedicine
Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Ample epidemiological evidence suggests a strong correlation among diet, lifestyle factors and the onset and consolidation of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It has been demonstrated that AD, diabetes, obesity, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease are strongly interconnected pathologies. Preventive strategies and nutritional interventions seem to be promising approaches to delay neurocognitive decline and reduce the risk of AD and other non-psychiatric co-morbidities. In this regard, healthy dietary patterns, characterized by high intake of plant-based foods, probiotics, antioxidants, soy beans, nuts, and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and a low intake of saturated fats, animal-derived proteins, and refined sugars, have been shown to decrease the risk of neurocognitive impairments and eventually the onset of AD. Here we review the role of some nutrients and, in particular, of healthy dietary patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet and other emerging healthy diets, DASH (Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension) and MIND (Mediterranean-DASH dietIntervention for Neurodegenerative Delay), for the maintenance of cognitive performance, focusing specifically on human studies. The beneficial effects associated with overall diet composition, rather than single nutrient supplementations, for the prevention or the delay of AD and dementia are discussed. metadata Pistollato, Francesca and Calderón Iglesias, Rubén and Ruiz Salces, Roberto and Aparicio-Obregón, Silvia and Crespo-Álvarez, Jorge and Dzul Lopez, Luis Alonso and Manna, Piera Pia and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio mail francesca.pistollato@uneatlantico.es, ruben.calderon@uneatlantico.es, roberto.ruiz@uneatlantico.es, silvia.aparicio@uneatlantico.es, jorge.crespo@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED (2018) Nutritional patterns associated with the maintenance of neurocognitive functions and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: A focus on human studies. Pharmacological Research, 131. pp. 32-43. ISSN 10436618

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés A protracted pro-inflammatory state is the common denominator in the development, progression and complication of the common chronic diseases. Dietary antioxidants represent an efficient tool to counteract this inflammatory state. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the effects of strawberry extracts on inflammation evoked by E. Coli lipopolysaccharide in Human Dermal Fibroblast, by measuring reactive oxygen species production, apoptosis rate, antioxidant enzymes activity, mitochondria functionality and also investigating the molecular pathway involved in inflammatory and antioxidant response. The results demonstrated that strawberry pre-treatment reduced intracellular reactive oxygen species levels, apoptotic rate, improved antioxidant defences and mitochondria functionality in lipopolysaccharide -treated cells. Strawberry exerted these protective activities through the inhibition of the NF-kB signalling pathway and the stimulation of the Nrf2 pathway, with a mechanism AMPK-dependent. These results confirm the health benefits of strawberry in the prevention of inflammation and oxidative stress condition in lipopolysaccharide-treated cells. metadata Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Giampieri, Francesca and Forbes-Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Afrin, Sadia and Cianciosi, Danila and Reboredo-Rodriguez, Patricia and Varela-Lopez, Alfonso and Zhang, JiaoJiao and Quiles, Josè L. and Mezzetti, Bruno and Bompadre, Stefano and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, tamara.forbes@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2018) Strawberry extracts efficiently counteract inflammatory stress induced by the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide in Human Dermal Fibroblast. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 114. pp. 128-140. ISSN 0278-6915

2017

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés A common denominator in the pathogenesis of most chronic inflammatory diseases is the involvement of oxidative stress, related to ROS production by all aerobic organisms. Dietary antioxidants from plant foods represent an efficient strategy to counteract this condition. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the protective effects of strawberry extracts on inflammatory status induced by E. Coli LPS on RAW 264.7 macrophages by measuring the main oxidative and inflammatory biomarkers and investigating the molecular pathways involved. Strawberry pre-treatment efficiently counteracted LPS-induced oxidative stress reducing the amount of ROS and nitrite production, stimulating endogenous antioxidant enzyme activities and enhancing protection against lipid, protein and DNA damage (P < 0.05). Strawberry pre-treatment exerted these protective effects primarily through the activation of the Nrf2 pathway, which is markedly AMPK-dependent and also by the modulation of the NF-kB signalling pathway. Finally, an improvement in mitochondria functionality was also detected. The results obtained in this work highlight the health benefit of strawberries against inflammatory and oxidative stress in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages, investigating for the first time the possible involved molecular mechanisms. metadata Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Forbes-Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Giampieri, Francesca and Afrin, Sadia and Alvarez-Suarez, Josè M. and Mazzoni, Luca and Mezzetti, Bruno and Quiles, Josè L. and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, tamara.forbes@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2017) Anti-inflammatory effect of strawberry extract against LPS-induced stress in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 102. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0278-6915

Thesis Subjects > Engineering Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis Cerrado Español En la actualidad existe una oportunidad para las organizaciones a partir de las capacitaciones que ellas deben brindar en diversas áreas, con énfasis en Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional (SySO) –área no excluyente-. Por diversos motivos (que atraviesan el desconocimiento general, como las formas de implementación y seguimiento) los profesionales encargados de brindarlas y los gerentes no toman las acciones necesarias encaminadas a innovar en esta cuestión, desaprovechando así el auge propiciado por el desarrollo y la accesibilidad tecnológica actual. ¿Podría una organización beneficiarse a partir de la conformación de un Entorno Virtual de Trabajo Colaborativo (EVTC) que incorpore un modelo de enseñanza dinámico que incluya instrumentos, métodos y procedimientos soportados por las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) junto al conocimiento teórico necesario de diversos paradigmas educativos y herramientas que potencien la transmisión del conocimiento y genere resultados sinérgicos para todos los actores? Para demostrarlo, se propone una modalidad de diseño metodológico enfocada a un experimento denominado puro o verdadero, que se nutrirá de un estudio de campo conceptualizado, definido, creado e implementado ad hoc en una Cooperativa ubicada en la ciudad de Concordia, Argentina para con éste obtener respuestas que permitan demostrar la correlación existente entre una correcta conformación de un EVTC que incluya un modelo de aprendizaje soportado por las TIC y la obtención de beneficios multifactoriales producto del manejo racional del conocimiento. Logrado comprobar lo antes expuesto, y a partir de la nueva oportunidad generada, se describirán alternativas para aquellas organizaciones que decidan continuar su camino evolutivo en el manejo del conocimiento a partir de la implementación y conformación de un modelo de Gestión del Conocimiento que requiere una especial atención a factores internos que involucre a todos los estamentos y sectores de la organización. El atravesamiento de los niveles madurativos organizacionales del uso del conocimiento otorgará beneficios aditivos en el corto o mediano plazo y sinérgicos en el largo plazo dependiendo la forma, velocidad y nivel de implementación de las actividades nucleadas y descriptas a partir de la descomposición en objetivos de la solución ofrecida de esta investigación que se nutre de la innovación como motor y que busca como fin la mejora en la competitividad como herramienta de entropía negativa. metadata Mazzetto, Matías Ariel mail mmazeto@yahoo.com (2017) Estrategia metodológica para la gestión del conocimiento organizacional soportado por las TIC utilizando un entorno virtual de trabajo colaborativo (EVTC). Caso : área de seguridad y salud ocupacional (SySO) en empresa cooperativa industrial. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana.

Book Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Teaching > Books Cerrado Español UNSPECIFIED metadata Rojo Gutiérrez, Marco Antonio and Bonilla Jurado, Diego Mauricio Bonilla Jurado mail marco.rojo@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED (2017) Sistema Estatal de Innovación: una propuesta para el Estado de Campeche. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Profesional, Babahoyo. ISBN 978-9942-8689-1-6

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Dietary polyphenols have been recently proposed as activators of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling pathway and this fact might explain the relationship between the consumption of polyphenol-rich foods and the slowdown of the progression of aging. In the present work, the effects of strawberry consumption were evaluated on biomarkers of oxidative damage and on aging-associated reductions in mitochondrial function and biogenesis for 8weeks in old rats. Strawberry supplementation increased antioxidant enzyme activities, mitochondrial biomass and functionality, and decreased intracellular ROS levels and biomarkers of protein, lipid and DNA damage (P<0.05). Furthermore, a significant (P<0.05) increase in the expression of the AMPK cascade genes, involved in mitochondrial biogenesis and antioxidant defences, was also detected after strawberry intake. These in vivo results were then verified in vitro on HepG2 cells, confirming the involvement of AMPK in the beneficial effects exerted by strawberry against aging progression. metadata Giampieri, Francesca and Alvarez-Suarez, Josè M. and Cordero, Mario D. and Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Forbes-Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Afrin, Sadia and Santos-Buelga, Celestino and González-Paramás, Ana M. and Astolfi, Paola and Rubini, Corrado and Zizzi, Antonio and Tulipani, Sara and Quiles, Josè L. and Mezzetti, Bruno and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, tamara.forbes@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2017) Strawberry consumption improves aging-associated impairments, mitochondrial biogenesis and functionality through the AMP-activated protein kinase signaling cascade. Food Chemistry, 234. pp. 464-471. ISSN 03088146

Other Subjects > Teaching Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Projects I+D+I
Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I
Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Research > Projects I+D+I Cerrado Inglés El e-learning como modalidad de enseñanza-aprendizaje introduce especificidades en cuanto a las funciones y competencias docentes: nuevos entornos de aprendizaje suponen nuevos enfoques para entenderlos, diseñarlos y gestionarlos. La empresa MLSJOURNALS pretende desarrollar una nueva línea de servicios para Universidades dentro del campo de las competencias docentes para la cual requiere de un profesional del campo de la psicología y la docencia. La presente actividad de I+D aporta a la empresa un conocimiento sistematizado y basado en la evidencia, para describir el perfil de competencias docentes para la formación universitaria en entornos virtuales de aprendizaje. Con ello, la empresa pretende aportar un nuevo servicio que dé respuesta a esta necesidad en el mercado universitario, enfocándose a dos objetivos principales: 1. Describir el conjunto de competencias - que integran conocimientos, habilidades y actitudes- que deben reunir los profesores universitarios para la docencia a través de Entornos Virtuales de Aprendizaje. 2. Descubrir la relación existente entre el perfil competencial de los profesores y los resultados logrados en el proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje. metadata UNSPECIFIED mail UNSPECIFIED (2017) VIRTUALAP: Competencias docentes para la formación universitaria en un entorno virtual de aprendizaje. Repositorio de la Universidad.

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés It is generally accepted that a fruit and vegetable–enriched diet is favorable for human health. The consumption of strawberries, in particular, has been related to the maintenance of well-being and the prevention of several chronic diseases, owing to the high contents of antioxidants and phytochemicals present in the fruit. Several biological effects have been explained through the total antioxidant capacity exerted by these bioactive compounds, but recently more intricate mechanisms have begun to be examined. In this context, it has been reported that strawberry phenolics are able to exert anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, antiproliferative, and antiatherosclerotic activities, acting on specific molecular pathways related to antioxidant defenses, metabolism, survival, and proliferation. The overall aim of this work is to discuss and update the cellular and molecular mechanisms recently proposed to clarify the effects of strawberry phenolics on human health, with particular attention to the most common chronic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. metadata Giampieri, Francesca and Forbes-Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Afrin, Sadia and Cianciosi, Danila and Reboredo-Rodriguez, Patricia and Varela-Lopez, Alfonso and Quiles, Jose L. and Mezzetti, Bruno and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, tamara.forbes@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2017) The healthy effects of strawberry bioactive compounds on molecular pathways related to chronic diseases. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1398 (1). pp. 62-71. ISSN 0077-8923

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Among gynaecological cancers, ovarian cancer represents the leading cause of death in women. Current treatment for ovarian cancer entails surgery followed by combined chemotherapy with platinum and taxane, which are associated, particularly cisplatin, with severe side effects. While this treatment approach appears to be initially effective in a high number of patients, nearly 70% of them suffer a relapse within a few months after initial treatment. Therefore, more effective and better-tolerated treatment options are clearly needed. In recent years, several natural compounds (such as curcumin, epigallocatechin 3-gallate (EGCG), resveratrol, sulforaphane and Withaferin-A), characterized by long-term safety and negligible and/or inexistent side effects, have been proposed as possible adjuvants of traditional chemotherapy. Indeed, several in vitro and in vivo studies have shown that phytocompounds can effectively inhibit tumor cell proliferation, stimulate autophagy, induce apoptosis, and specifically target ovarian cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are generally considered to be responsible for tumor recurrence in several types of cancer. Here we review current literature on the role of natural products in ovarian cancer chemoprevention, highlighting their effects particularly on the regulation of inflammation, autophagy, proliferation and apoptosis, chemotherapy resistance, and ovarian CSC growth. metadata Pistollato, Francesca and Calderón Iglesias, Rubén and Ruiz Salces, Roberto and Aparicio Obregón, Silvia and Crespo Alvare, Jorge and Dzul Lopez, Luis and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, ruben.calderon@uneatlantico.es, roberto.ruiz@uneatlantico.es, silvia.aparicio@uneatlantico.es, jorge.crespo@uneatlantico.es, luis.dzul@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2017) The use of natural compounds for the targeting and chemoprevention of ovarian cancer. Cancer Letters, 411. pp. 191-200. ISSN 0304-3835

2016

Book Section Subjects > Social Sciences Ibero-american International University > Teaching > Books Cerrado Español UNSPECIFIED metadata Rojo Gutiérrez, Marco Antonio mail marco.rojo@unini.edu.mx (2016) Eficiencia de los sistemas nacionales de innovación de los países de la OCDE. Eficiencia relativa del sistema mexicano. In: Innovación en América Latina. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana ; Biblioteca Nueva, Ciudad de México, D.F.. ISBN 978-607-28-0794-5

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Current evidence indicates that the consumption of strawberries, a natural source of a wide range of nutritive and bioactive compounds, is associated with the prevention and improvement of chronic-degenerative diseases.. Studies involving cells and animals provide evidence on the anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic and antiproliferative activity of the strawberry. Epidemiological and clinical studies demonstrate that its acute consumption increases plasma antioxidant capacity, improves circulating inflammatory markers and ameliorates postprandial glycemic response. At the same time, a protracted intake reduces chronic inflammation and improves plasma lipid profile, supporting cardiovascular health, especially in individuals with increased risk for metabolic syndrome. To explain these beneficial effects, much attention has been paid in the past to the antioxidant properties of strawberry polyphenols. However, recent research has shown that their biological and functional activities are related not only to the antioxidant capacity but also to the modulation of many cellular pathways involved in metabolism, survival, proliferation, and antioxidant defenses. The aim of this review is to update and discuss the molecular and cellular mechanisms proposed in recent studies to elucidate the healthy effects of strawberry polyphenols against the most common chronic diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, and inflammation. metadata Forbes-Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Afrin, Sadia and Bompadre, Stefano and Mezzetti, Bruno and Quiles, Josè L. and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio mail tamara.forbes@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2016) The Healthy Effects of Strawberry Polyphenols: Which Strategy behind Antioxidant Capacity? Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 56 (sup1). S46-S59. ISSN 1040-8398

Other Subjects > Nutrition Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I Cerrado Español El objetivo de PEPANPI es el de poder ofrecer el primer servicio de mejora avanzada de productos alimentarios a partir del cual se puedan mejorar cuatro aspectos fundamentales del alimento: calidad nutricional, organoléptica, sanitaria y comercial. En particular, se aborda el desarrollo de alimentos de segunda generación en el ámbito de harinas y derivados. Para ello la empresa solicita la colaboración de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico dada su especialización en los ámbitos de la agroalimentación y de la nutrición humana. Objetivo del Proyecto: Desarrollo de alimentos de segunda generación en el ámbito de harinas y derivados. Financiación: Este proyecto ha sido cofinanciado por la Sociedad de Desarrollo Regional de Cantabria (SODERCAN) y el el Programa Operativo FEDER de Cantabria en el marco del programa denominado I+C= +C 2016 (Investigación + Conocimiento= +Cantabria) que tiene por objetivo el fortalecimiento del tejido industrial de la región. Inicio: 18/11/2016 Fin: 17/11/2018 metadata Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Industrial de Cantabria, CITICAN mail citican@devnull.uneatlantico.es (2016) Servicio para el diseño de alimentos funcionales de segunda generación: aplicaciones a la industria agroalimentaria. Repositorio de la Universidad. (Unpublished)

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Doxorubicin (Dox), one of the most used chemotherapeutic agents, is known to generate oxidative stress and block DNA synthesis, which result in severe dose-limiting toxicity. A strategy to protect against Dox toxic effects could be to use dietary antioxidants of which fruits and vegetable are a rich source. In this context, strawberry consumption is associated with the maintenance of good health and the prevention of several diseases, thanks to the antioxidant capacities of its bioactive compounds. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the protective effects of strawberry consumption against oxidative stress induced by Dox in rats. Animals were fed with strawberry enriched diet (15% of the total calories) for two months and Dox (10 mg/kg; i.p.) was injected at the end of the experimental period. Strawberry consumption significantly inhibited ROS production and oxidative damage biomarkers accumulation in plasma and liver tissue and alleviated histopathological changes in rat livers treated with Dox. The reduction of antioxidant enzyme activities was significantly mitigated after strawberry consumption. In addition, strawberry enriched diet ameliorated liver mitochondrial antioxidant levels and functionality. In conclusion, strawberry intake protects against Dox-induced toxicity, at plasma, liver and mitochondrial levels thanks to its high contents of bioactive compounds. metadata Giampieri, Francesca and Alvarez-Suarez, Jose M. and Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Forbes- Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Afrin, Sadia and Bompadre, Stefano and Rubini, Corrado and Zizzi, Antonio and Astolfi, Paola and Santos-Buelga, Celestino and González-Paramás, Ana M. and Quiles, Josè L. and Mezzetti, Bruno and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, tamara.forbes@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2016) Strawberry consumption alleviates doxorubicin-induced toxicity by suppressing oxidative stress. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 94. pp. 128-137. ISSN 0278-6915

Article Subjects > Biomedicine Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are extremely lethal and still poorly treated primary brain tumors, characterized by the presence of highly tumorigenic cancer stem cell (CSC) subpopulations, considered responsible for tumor relapse. In order to successfully eradicate GBM growth and recurrence, new anti-cancer strategies selectively targeting CSCs should be designed. CSCs might be eradicated by targeting some of their cell surface markers and transporters, inducing their differentiation, impacting their hyper-glycolytic metabolism, inhibiting CSC-related signaling pathways and/or by targeting their microenvironmental niche. In this regard, phytocompounds such as curcumin, isothiocyanates, resveratrol and epigallocatechin-3-gallate have been shown to prevent or reverse cancer-related epigenetic dysfunctions, reducing tumorigenesis, preventing metastasis and/or increasing chemotherapy and radiotherapy efficacy. However, the actual bioavailability and metabolic processing of phytocompounds is generally unknown, and the presence of the blood brain barrier often represents a limitation to glioma treatments. Nowadays, nanoparticles (NPs) can be loaded with therapeutic compounds such as phytochemicals, improving their bioavailability and their targeted delivery within the GBM tumor bulk. Moreover, NPs can be designed to increase their tropism and specificity toward CSCs by conjugating their surface with antibodies specific for CSC antigens, with ligands or with glucose analogues. Here we discuss the use of phytochemicals as anti-glioma agents and the applicability of phytochemical-loaded NPs as drug delivery systems to target GBM. Additionally, we provide some examples on how NPs can be specifically formulated to improve CSC targeting. metadata Pistollato, Francesca and Bremer-Hoffmann, Susanne and Basso, Giuseppe and Sumalla Cano, Sandra and Elío Pascual, Iñaki and Masías Vergara, Manuel and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio mail francesca.pistollato@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, sandra.sumalla@uneatlantico.es, inaki.elio@uneatlantico.es, manuel.masias@uneatlantico.es, francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2016) Targeting Glioblastoma with the Use of Phytocompounds and Nanoparticles. Targeted Oncology, 11 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1776-2596

2015

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Oxidative stress is implicated in several infectious diseases. In this regard, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an endotoxic component, induces mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in several pathological events such as periodontal disease or sepsis. In our experiments, LPS-treated fibroblasts provoked increased oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced oxygen consumption and mitochondrial biogenesis. After comparing coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC), we observed a more significant protection of CoQ10 than of NAC, which was comparable with other lipophilic and hydrophilic antioxidants such as vitamin E or BHA respectively. CoQ10 improved mitochondrial biogenesis by activating PGC-1α and TFAM. This lipophilic antioxidant protection was observed in mice after LPS injection. These results show that mitochondria-targeted lipophilic antioxidants could be a possible specific therapeutic strategy in pharmacology in the treatment of infectious diseases and their complications. metadata Bullón, Pedro and Román-Malo, Lourdes and Marín-Aguilar, Fabiola and Alvarez-Suarez, José Miguel and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio and Cordero, Mario D. mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, josemanuel.alvarez@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED (2015) Lipophilic antioxidants prevent lipopolysaccharide-induced mitochondrial dysfunction through mitochondrial biogenesis improvement. Pharmacological Research, 91. pp. 1-8. ISSN 10436618

Article Subjects > Biomedicine
Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés In the last decade, specific dietary patterns, mainly characterized by high consumption of vegetables and fruits, have been proven beneficial for the prevention of both metabolic syndrome (MetS)-related dysfunctions and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Nowadays, neuroimaging readouts can be used to diagnose AD, investigate MetS effects on brain functionality and anatomy, and assess the effects of dietary supplementations and nutritional patterns in relation to neurodegeneration and AD-related features. Here we review scientific literature describing the use of the most recent neuroimaging techniques to detect AD- and MetS-related brain features, and also to investigate associations between consolidated dietary patterns or nutritional interventions and AD, specifically focusing on observational and intervention studies in humans. metadata Pistollato, Francesca and Sumalla Cano, Sandra and Elío Pascual, Iñaki and Masías Vergara, Manuel and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio mail francesca.pistollato@uneatlantico.es, sandra.sumalla@uneatlantico.es, inaki.elio@uneatlantico.es, manuel.masias@uneatlantico.es, francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2015) The Use of Neuroimaging to Assess Associations Among Diet, Nutrients, Metabolic Syndrome, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 48 (2). pp. 303-318. ISSN 13872877

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés Berries are a relevant source of micronutrients and nonessential phytochemicals, such as polyphenol compounds, that play a synergistic and cumulative role in human health promotion. Several systematic analyses showed that berry phenolics are able to detoxify reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, blocking their production, to intervene in the cell cycle, participating in the transduction and expression of genes involved in apoptosis, and to repair oxidative DNA damage. As a consequence, the improvement of the nutritional quality of berries has become a new quality target of breeding and biotechnological strategies, to control or to increase the content of specific health-related compounds in fruits. This work reviews, on the basis of the in vitro and in vivo evidence, the main berries' phytochemical compounds and their possible mechanisms of action on pathways involved in several type of diseases, with particular attention to cancer, inflammation, neurodegeneration, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry metadata Mazzoni, Luca and Perez-Lopez, Patricia and Giampieri, Francesca and Alvarez-Suarez, José M. and Gasparrini, Massimiliano and Forbes-Hernandez, Tamara Y. and Quiles, José L. and Mezzetti, Bruno and Battino, Maurizio mail UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, tamara.forbes@unini.edu.mx, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2015) The genetic aspects of berries: from field to health. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 96 (2). pp. 365-371. ISSN 00225142

Article Subjects > Nutrition Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production Cerrado Inglés In the last decades cancer has been considered as an epigenetic dysfunction, given the profound role of diet and lifestyle in cancer prevention and the determination of cancer risk. A plethora of recent publications have addressed the specific role of several environmental factors, such as nutritional habits, behavior, stress and toxins in the regulation of the physiological and cancer epigenome. In particular, plant-derived bioactive nutrients have been seen to positively affect normal cell growth, proliferation and differentiation and also to revert cancer related epigenetic dysfunctions, reducing tumorigenesis, preventing metastasis and/or increasing chemo and radiotherapy efficacy. Moreover, virtually all cancer types are characterized by the presence of cancer stem cell (CSC) subpopulations, residing in specific hypoxic and acidic microenvironments, or niches, and these cells are currently considered responsible for tumor resistance to therapy and tumor relapse. Modern anti-cancer strategies should be designed to selectively target CSCs and modulate the hypoxic and acidic tumor microenvironment, and, to this end, natural bioactive components seem to play a role. This review aims to discuss the effects elicited by plant-derived bioactive nutrients in the regulation of CSC self-renewal, cancer metabolism and tumor microenvironment. metadata Pistollato, Francesca and Giampieri, Francesca and Battino, Maurizio mail francesca.pistollato@uneatlantico.es, francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2015) The use of plant-derived bioactive compounds to target cancer stem cells and modulate tumor microenvironment. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 75. pp. 58-70. ISSN 02786915

2014

Other Subjects > Engineering
Subjects > Teaching Ibero-american International University > Research > Projects I+D+I Cerrado Español El proyecto pretende lograr la creación de escuelas-taller taller de producción de cerámica y melífera artesanal en la localidad de Calkiní, al norte de Campeche, con el fin de fomentar las técnicas tradicionales y de reducir los gastos de producción de cerámica y miel y de insertar de forma gradual esas metodologías en la estructura socioeconómica de la región metadata UNINI, mail UNSPECIFIED (2014) Antropología y desarrollo sostenible de la producción alfarera y melífera artesanal del norte de Campeche. Repositorio de la Universidad. (Unpublished)

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Deep Learning-Based Real Time Defect Detection for Optimization of Aircraft Manufacturing and Control Performance

Monitoring tool conditions and sub-assemblies before final integration is essential to reducing processing failures and improving production quality for manufacturing setups. This research study proposes a real-time deep learning-based framework for identifying faulty components due to malfunctioning at different manufacturing stages in the aerospace industry. It uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) to recognize and classify intermediate abnormal states in a single manufacturing process. The manufacturing process for aircraft factory products comprises different phases; analyzing the components after the integration is labor-intensive and time-consuming, which often puts the company’s stake at high risk. To overcome these challenges, the proposed AI-based system can perform inspection and defect detection and alleviate the probability of components’ needing to be re-manufacturing after being assembled. In addition, it analyses the impact value, i.e., rework delays and costs, of manufacturing processes using a statistical process control tool on real-time data for various manufactured components. Defects are detected and classified using the CNN and teachable machine in the single manufacturing process during the initial stage prior to assembling the components. The results show the significance of the proposed approach in improving operational cost management and reducing rework-induced delays. Ground tests are conducted to calculate the impact value followed by the air tests of the final assembled aircraft. The statistical results indicate a 52.88% and 34.32% reduction in time delays and total cost, respectively.

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Imran Shafi mail , Muhammad Fawad Mazhar mail , Anum Fatima mail , Roberto Marcelo Álvarez mail roberto.alvarez@uneatlantico.es, Yini Airet Miró Vera mail yini.miro@uneatlantico.es, Julio César Martínez Espinosa mail ulio.martinez@unini.edu.mx, Imran Ashraf mail ,

Shafi

Systematic Review of Machine Learning applied to the Prediction of Obesity and Overweight

Obesity and overweight has increased in the last year and has become a pandemic disease, the result of sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets rich in sugars, refined starches, fats and calories. Machine learning (ML) has proven to be very useful in the scientific community, especially in the health sector. With the aim of providing useful tools to help nutritionists and dieticians, research focused on the development of ML and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms and models is searched in the literature. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol has been used, a very common technique applied to carry out revisions. In our proposal, 17 articles have been filtered in which ML and DL are applied in the prediction of diseases, in the delineation of treatment strategies, in the improvement of personalized nutrition and more. Despite expecting better results with the use of DL, according to the selected investigations, the traditional methods are still the most used and the yields in both cases fluctuate around positive values, conditioned by the databases (transformed in each case) to a greater extent than by the artificial intelligence paradigm used. Conclusions: An important compilation is provided for the literature in this area. ML models are time-consuming to clean data, but (like DL) they allow automatic modeling of large volumes of data which makes them superior to traditional statistics.

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Antonio Ferreras mail , Sandra Sumalla Cano mail sandra.sumalla@uneatlantico.es, Rosmeri Martínez-Licort mail , Iñaki Elío Pascual mail inaki.elio@uneatlantico.es, Kilian Tutusaus mail kilian.tutusaus@uneatlantico.es, Thomas Prola mail thomas.prola@uneatlantico.es, Juan Luis Vidal Mazón mail juanluis.vidal@uneatlantico.es, Benjamín Sahelices mail , Isabel de la Torre Díez mail ,

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Integration of Sustainable Criteria in the Development of a Proposal for an Online Postgraduate Program in the Projects Area

Regulatory dispersion and a utilitarian use of sustainability deepen the gap within the teaching–learning process and limit the introduction of sustainable criteria in organizations through projects. The objective of this research consisted in developing a sustainable and holistic educational proposal for an online postgraduate program belonging to the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (UNEATLANTICO) within the field of projects. The proposal was based on the instrumentalization of a model comprised of national and international bibliographic references, resulting in a sustainability guide with significant improvements in relation to the reference standard par excellence: ISO 26000:2010. This guide formed the basis of a sustainability management plan, which was key in the project methodology and during the development of sustainable objectives and descriptors for each of the subjects. Lastly, the entities, attributes, and cardinal relationships were established for the development of a physical model used to facilitate the management of all this information within a SQL database. The rigor when determining the educational program, as well as the subsequent analysis of results as supported by the literature review, presupposes the application of this methodology toward other multidisciplinary programs contributing to the adoption of good sustainability practices within the educational field

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Mónica Gracia Villar mail monica.gracia@uneatlantico.es, Roberto Marcelo Álvarez mail roberto.alvarez@uneatlantico.es, Santiago Brie mail santiago.brie@uneatlantico.es, Yini Airet Miró Vera mail yini.miro@uneatlantico.es, Eduardo García Villena mail eduardo.garcia@uneatlantico.es,

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A commentary of factors related to player availability and its influence on performance in elite team sports

Elite performance and sporting success are often the result of optimal integration and synergy of all components of sports preparedness (i.e., health, technical and tactical skills, bioenergetic and neuromuscular abilities and capacities, anthropometric characteristics, cognition, emotions, creativity, or personality), which evolve because of systematic long-term sports preparation. However, the relative importance of these characteristics varies between individual and team sports. While some individual sports require a high standard of bioenergetic and neuromuscular abilities and capacities, team sports performance is closely related to technical and tactical skills, which may compensate for weakness within the fitness level (1). Nonetheless, successful team sport performances seem to be much more dependent on the interaction among a wide range of factors than on the maximum development of one or two factors in isolation. In team sports, elite performance emerges from the interaction among the individual parts (2) to overcome the opponent during competition. Sports may be categorized according to the degree of predictability of the environment that they are played in (3). Team sports occur in highly unpredictable environments due to the interactions with both teammates and opponents, with performance dealing with this unpredictability. Thus, it is important to have a clear understanding of the integrative systems and the principles that rule their interactions with the environment, keeping in mind the main aim of the process: developing the diversity/unpredictability potential of athletes/teams (4) to afford the emergence of rich patterns of behavior from players to adapt quickly and effectively in dynamically changing and unpredictable environments (5). Performance in team sports is affected by several factors that affect the organization of training and competitions. These include, for example, COVID-19 cases (6), PCR tests (7), air flights and their effects prior to competition (8), injuries (9), or match-congested schedules (10). The interaction among these factors may also influence player availability. The concept of player availability is a common one in elite team sports. Available players can be considered the ones who are injury-free and ready to compete whether the head coach chooses to put them on the lineup. Thus, an available state would be when a player is fit and recovered enough to compete. On the other hand, player unavailability would be considered a state which includes injury, sanction or suspension, or other reasons that would keep a player out of match. However, this topic needs to be explored more in elite team sport environments. Considering previous enriching work, it remains important to further progress and provide academic knowledge in order to support coaches/managers, strength and conditioning coaches, sport scientists, and medical team members (e.g., doctors, physicians, and physiotherapists) in their working environments. While widely-advocated scientific groundwork is considered throughout this manuscript, the main aim of this opinion article is to provide a review of factors related to player availability and its influence on performance in elite team sports (Figure 1). Finally, some practical suggestions and recommendations are provided to deal with constant alterations in player's availability and performance fluctuations.

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Julio Calleja-González mail , Javier Mallo mail , Francesc Cos mail , Jaime Sampaio mail , Margaret T. Jones mail , Diego Marqués-Jiménez mail , Juan Mielgo-Ayuso mail , Tomás T. Freitas mail , Pedro E. Alcaraz mail , Javier Vilamitjana mail , Sergio J. Ibañez mail , Francesco Cuzzolin mail , Nicolás Terrados mail , Stephen P. Bird mail , Asier Zubillaga mail , Thomas Huyghe mail , Igor Jukic mail , Alberto Lorenzo mail , Irineu Loturco mail , Anne Delextrat mail , Xavi Schelling mail , Miguel Gómez-Ruano mail , Isaac López-laval mail , Jairo Vazquez mail , Daniele Conte mail , Álvaro Velarde-Sotres mail alvaro.velarde@uneatlantico.es, Antonio Bores Cerezal mail antonio.bores@uneatlantico.es, Davide Ferioli mail , Franc García mail , Xavier Peirau mail , Rafael Martin-Acero mail , Carlos Lago-Peñas mail ,

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Anthocyanins: what do we know until now?

Diets enriched in plant-based foods are associated with the maintenance of a good well-being and with the prevention of many non-communicable diseases. The health effects of fruits and vegetables consumption are mainly due to the presence of micronutrients, including vitamins and minerals, and polyphenols, plant secondary metabolites. One of the most important classes of phenolic compounds are anthocyanins, that confer the typical purple-red color to many foods, such as berries, peaches, plums, red onions, purple corn, eggplants, as well as purple carrots, sweet potatoes and red cabbages, among others. This commentary aims to briefly highlight the progress made by science in the last years, focusing on some unexpected aspects related with anthocyanins, such as their bioavailability, their health effects and their relationship with gut microbiota

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Francesca Giampieri mail francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es, Danila Cianciosi mail , José M. Alvarez-Suarez mail , José L. Quiles mail jose.quiles@uneatlantico.es, Tamara Y. Forbes-Hernández mail , María D. Navarro-Hortal mail , Michele Machì mail , Ramón Pali-Casanova mail ramon.pali@unini.edu.mx, Julio César Martínez Espinosa mail ulio.martinez@unini.edu.mx, Xiumin Chen mail , Di Zhang mail , Weibin Bai mail , Tian Lingmin mail , Bruno Mezzetti mail , Maurizio Battino mail maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es, Yasmany Armas Diaz mail ,

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