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This article examines datafication of the reproductive body in India through use of femtech mobile phone applications (henceforth, apps). Femtech apps quantify reproductive processes such as periods, conception, pregnancy and hormonal health and promise their users greater 'self-awareness' and 'control' through 'self-management'. Most studies on femtech refer to users in the Global North, while there are few studies on femtech adoption in the developing countries. This article, based on qualitative and quantitative data, and informed by a feminist technoscience framework, illustrates how femtech's promise of empowerment through datafication of reproduction is fraught with contradictions and tensions, and has exclusionary and risky consequences for Indian users. It examines the gendered technological landscape's bearing on concrete practices of design and innovation, and shows how femtech reinforces gendered social hierarchies rather than dismantling them and liberating users. Under datafication, health standards become extremely narrowly defined, marginalising those whose reproductive health trajectories may not conform to normative standards. Femtech's proliferation in India has also failed to recognise the structural inequalities and socio-economic disadvantages that characterise healthcare access. Finally, the legal grey areas and ill-defined data privacy policies in India allow for easy commercialisation of users' bodies and personal data possible. This further undermines the liberational rhetoric of femtech, as data privacy breaches are embodied forms of violence with consequences for users' bodily autonomy and dignity. Femtech's pursuit of maximising commercial gain is thus at odds with the feminist technoscience project of minimising women's exploitation and oppression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay explores two types of population policies common in Arab countries: pro‐natalist policies, aimed at encouraging higher birth rates, and anti‐natalist policies, aimed at reducing birth rates. Determining their practical impact is often challenging due to the lack of control or comparison groups. However, historical policy patterns in two groups of Arab countries over the past six decades offer a unique opportunity for comparison. Between the 1970s and 1990s these two groups implemented opposing programs (pro‐ vs. anti‐natalist), followed by predominantly anti‐natalist policies in both groups. By comparing fertility rates between these groups and discussing various factors influencing fertility changes, this study suggests that the influence of population policies in Arab countries may have been smaller than anticipated, to the point that it is questionable whether they have been worthwhile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Polarity shifting can be considered one of the most challenging problems in the context of sentiment analysis. Polarity shifters are treated as linguistic contextual items that can increment, reduce or neutralise the polarity of a word called 'focus' included in an opinion. The automatic detection of such items enhances performance and accuracy of computational systems for opinion mining. From a symbolic approach, we aim to advance in the automatic processing of the polarity shifters that affect the opinions expressed on tweets in English. To this end, we describe a novel knowledge-based model to deal with quantification in English, which increments or reduces the polarity of opinions. In particular, we explain the linguistic rules of each category of quantification shifter, including information about the scope and direction with respect to the focus. Furthermore, we present the mathematical formulae that calculate the strength of the effect on the prior polarity. Finally, we describe the matrices associated to the linguistic rules, which serve to model the knowledge in text-mining systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eastern New Mexico, part of the Great Plains in the USA, has often been neglected for its studies of butterfly diversity because of its arid climate and flat landscape. This study was conducted to assess the current species richness and abundance of butterflies in two sub-ecoregions of the Great Plains in central eastern NM, including the Semiarid Canadian Breaks and the Llano Estacado. The survey was conducted at selected focal sites in each sub-ecoregion from January to November 2023. A modified Pollard walk technique was employed to collect cumulative monthly data on the diversity of adult butterflies. A total of 856 individuals belonging to 46 species were counted for the Semiarid Canadian breaks, while a total of 812 individuals belonging to 65 species were counted for the Llano Estacado sub-ecoregion. The Shannon diversity index, Shannon equitability index, and relative abundance were calculated for each sub-ecoregion and a local abundance index was designed to rank the density of butterflies. Checklists of butterflies were prepared, along with information related to their residential status, phenology, and local abundance. Six new locality distributions were recorded from Llano Estacado, including Cupido amyntula (Boisduval, 1852), Gesta tristis tatius (W. H. Edwards, 1883), Polites carus (W. H. Edwards, 1883), Celastrina sp., Ministrymon leda (W. H. Edwards, 1882), and Polygonia satyrus satyrus (W. H. Edwards, 1869). The extensions of their ranges are discussed. A comparison of the diversity of butterflies between the two sub-ecoregions revealed a significant difference in the species abundances. Additionally, a significant difference was found among different families and their species abundances and among the different months and their species abundances in both sub-ecoregions. A total of 206 voucher specimens were collected during this study and were deposited at the Natural History Museum of Eastern New Mexico University, Portales. Overall, this study has helped to quantify the diversity of butterflies for 2023 in central eastern New Mexico. The baseline data generated from this study can be subjected to various ecological analyses for additional diversity analysis, and this research can also be replicated over years to observe the changes in diversity with changing environmental conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates the construction and circulation of standardized categories used to quantify the labor force in the twentieth century, based on the case of the Economically Active Population indicator. This metric was part of a global movement toward the homogeneous production of figures, the construction of new disciplinary knowledge and the formation of contact networks. For Argentina, we reconstruct its early uses by José Francisco Figuerola, Juan Carlos Elizaga and Gino Germani, connection they had to international spheres and their positioning with respect to the term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Este artículo indaga sobre la construcción y circulación de categorías estandarizadas para cuantificar la fuerza de trabajo en el siglo XX, a partir del caso del indicador Población Económicamente Activa. Esta métrica formó parte de un movimiento global de producción homogénea de cifras, construcción de nuevos saberes disciplinares y la formación de redes de contacto. Para Argentina, se reconstruyen sus primeros usos por parte de José Francisco Figuerola, Juan Carlos Elizaga y Gino Germani, su vinculación con estos ámbitos internacionales y su posicionamiento respecto del término.

El propósito de la presente investigación consistió en determinar las cantidades de cadmio y plomo presentes en muestras de soya (Glycine max L) recolectadas en el cantón Mocache, Ecuador. Se tomaron muestras de cuatro tiendas de alimento y una plantación durante los meses de febrero, marzo y abril. Utilizando la espectrometría de absorción con llama y el método "NMLK-AOAC 999.11" en un espectrómetro Perkin Elmer HGA-500, se determinaron concentraciones promedio de 0,22 ± 0,37 mg/kg y 0,21 ± 0,03 mg/kg para cadmio y plomo respectivamente. Estas cifras excedieron los límites máximos permitidos según las normativas internacionales. Los resultados resaltan una preocupante situación de seguridad alimentaria en la localidad, subrayando la urgencia de implementar estrategias efectivas de gestión y control de metales tóxicos en la producción y comercialización de soya.

Este trabajo se propone sistematizar los usos y valores gramaticales de pucha (y una serie de variantes) en distintos países hispanoamericanos y analizar, en particular, su uso como marcador de modalidad en pucha que. En primer lugar, aportamos datos dialectológicos contrastivos y en algunos casos diacrónicos. De este modo, ubicamos la distribución de las dos acepciones de la interjección ¡pucha!, la de ‘contrariedad’ (más extendida en América hispana) y la de ‘admiración’ (registrada en toda América del Sur hispana y Honduras), así como de las variantes que introducen una proposición completa y que funcionan como marcadores de modalidad: pucha que (presente en el Cono Sur, Perú y, en menor medida, Colombia) y pucha si (restringido al Río de la Plata). En segundo lugar, analizamos las propiedades gramaticales de pucha que para concluir que introduce desde el punto de vista proposicional una cuantificación en un evento que se da por cierto y se afirma rotundamente, pero que además funciona pragmáticamente como un marcador de la modalidad exclamativa, igual que los pronombres exclamativos cuán, cuánto y cuánto/a/s. Las repercusiones epistémicas de pucha que son exactamente las mismas que se dan con los pronombres exclamativos, con quienes pucha que comparte (casi) todas sus propiedades gramaticales, semánticas y pragmáticas.

Introduction: Epinephrine bitartrate, also known as epinephrine, is an important pharmaceutical ingredient in the treatment of various diseases, but its accurate measurement is essential to ensure the safety of the drug. The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) sets the standards for its analysis, but the choice of method affects the precision of the measurements. This study investigates how different methods affect the measurements of epinephrine bitartrate based on USP-43 and USP-44, which have significant implications for drug quality and regulation in the field. Method: The volumetric method and chromatographic method were chosen for comparison. High-purity epinephrine bitartrate samples that met USP-43 and USP-44 standards were used. Results: The results obtained by both methods are compared with and evaluated according to the specification limits defined by USP-43 and USP-44. The values obtained for some parameters, such as the concentration and purity of epinephrine tartrate, vary considerably between the different analytical methods. Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of carefully selecting analytical methods when evaluating epinephrine tartrate according to USP-43 and USP-44 guidelines. The choice of technology affects the results and, therefore, the quality and safety of the pharmaceutical products containing this substance. It is recommended to validate the method in each laboratory and compare the results with USP standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Determinar la contribución diagnóstica de la cuantificación absoluta del depósito miocárdico de 99mTc-DPD en pacientes con amiloidosis cardiaca por depósitos de transtiretina (ATTR). Se realizó SPECT/TC a 41 pacientes con resultado gammagráfico positivo para amiloidosis cardiaca ATTR. Se dividió a los pacientes en dos grupos (grados 2 y 3 de Perugini) y se calcularon los SUVmax a nivel del hueso y de ambos ventrículos y el porcentaje de dosis calculado en estas áreas. Se empleó la prueba t de Student para comparar resultados y se calculó el área bajo la curva (AUC) para evaluar la eficacia diferencial y establecer unos puntos de corte discriminatorios entre ambos grupos de pacientes. Se observaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en todas las variables a estudio, a excepción del SUVmax hueso. Las diferencias con mayor potencia estadística se observaron en las variables SUVmax VD y el porcentaje de dosis en ambos ventrículos (p < 0,001). El punto de corte obtenido para la variable SUVmax VI fue de 8,620 (sensibilidad del 87,9% y especificidad del 100%; AUC: 0,966), mientras que el de la variable SUVmax VD fue de 6,195 (sensibilidad del 81,8% y especificidad del 100%; AUC: 0,955). La cuantificación absoluta de la captación miocárdica de 99mTc-DPD en las imágenes SPECT/TC de pacientes con sospecha de amiloidosis cardiaca por depósitos de transtiretina supone una nueva herramienta diagnóstica que permite una adecuada clasificación de los pacientes, acorde a la escala de gradación visual de Perugini. To determine the diagnostic contribution of the absolute quantification of the myocardial deposit of 99mTc-DPD in patients with cardiac amyloidosis due to transthyretin deposits (ATTR). SPECT/CT was performed on 41 patients with positive scintigraphic results for ATTR cardiac amyloidosis. The patients were divided into two groups (Perugini grades 2 and 3) and the SUVmax at the level of the bone and both ventricles and the percentage of dose calculated in these areas were calculated. Student's t -test was used to compare results and the area under the curve (AUC) was calculated to assess differential efficacy and establish discriminatory cut-off points between both groups of patients. Statistically significant differences were observed in all the study variables, with the exception of SUVmax bone. The differences with the greatest statistical power were observed in the variables SUVmax RV and the percentage of dose in both ventricles (P <.001). The cut-off point obtained for the variable SUVmax LV was 8.620 (sensitivity 87.9% and specificity 100%; AUC: 0.966), while that of the variable SUVmax RV was 6.195 (sensitivity 81.8% and specificity 100%; AUC: 0.955). The absolute quantification of myocardial uptake of 99mTc-DPD in the SPECT/CT images of patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis due to transthyretin deposits represents a new diagnostic tool that allows an adequate classification of patients, according to the visual grading scale of Perugini. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of Hg in gold mining processes generates waste with a high content of this heavy metal, which can reach different aqueous media due to its constant discharge. In areas of mining activity such as the municipality of Suarez-Cauca, mercury levels between 0,094 µg/L and 1,000 µg/L have been found in microbasins near gold beneficiation plants. According to the above, an analytical methodology for the determination of mercury (Hg) by Cold Vapor-Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (CV-AAS) was validated taking into account the levels allowed by the EPA SW-846 standard for water samples and sediments. This work began with the implementation of Hg calibration curves and digestion processes to determine linearity, repeatability, and working range. The known concentration standards and real samples were evaluated under the typical analytical characteristics in the validation such as linearity, detection limit, quantification limit, precision, accuracy, repeatability, reproducibility, recovery percentages and uncertainty. The validated methodology met the required statistical parameters such as linearity and instrumental precision, registering variation coefficients less than 3%, a quantification limit of 0,35 µg/L and recovery percentages between 97,26 and 101,62%. A performance test was performed with reference samples to ensure reliable analytical results. Values of uncertainties of ± 0,064, ± 0,0440 and ± 0,0410 were obtained for liquid, solid and leached solid samples respectively. Real samples were taken to be analyzed with the validated method. The results obtained allow the determination of Hg in water and sediments in the environmental laboratory of the C.R.C of Popayán-Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En este trabajo presentamos un conjunto de material altoimperial procedente del oppidum ignotum situado bajo el actual Monturque (Córdoba). Con este estudio pretendemos aportar información valiosa sobre la composición de la facies cerámica local en el periodo neroniano tardío, así como a la discusión sobre el proceso de municipalización de época flavia de este asentamiento romano.

Este trabajo se basa en la necesidad de establecer si objetivamente se produce un daño reputacional a través de redes sociales, esto debido a la falta de normativa idónea dentro del Ecuador. En primer lugar, se plantea que es el daño reputacional y el significado de este. Luego, cuando se configura como tal el daño y la afectación que el mismo puede tener especialmente en los influencers debido a que la base de sus ingresos económicos generalmente se basa en las redes sociales. Por el arbitrio judicial que existe en el Ecuador, se plantea un sistema objetivo de cuantificación de los daños reputacionales, los cuales pueden ser aplicados para los influencers cuando los mismos sufran dicho daño. El sistema que es planteado en el presente trabajo se basa en la normativa ya presente en el Ecuador la cual es escasa y no logra suplir íntegramente lo que puede acontecer con dicho daño. De igual forma, se toma en cuenta normativa de ciertos países como Argentina, Colombia y España para plantear la cuantificación objetiva y que de cierta forma permita el resarcimiento de daños provocados por la afectación a la reputación de un influencer.

El autor describe y analiza las instituciones relacionadas al daño moral de la sentencia del Juicio N° 01803-2018-00396 del 08 de septiembre de 2021, emitida por la Corte Nacional de Justicia. Específicamente, el trabajo aborda el problema de la cuantificación de daños extrapatrimoniales bajo el criterio de la prudencia que manda el artículo 2232 del Código Civil ecuatoriano. En el desarrollo se expone las tendencias en la materia utilizando jurisprudencia y doctrina relevante para llegar a la conclusión de que la resolución de la Corte fue correcta y marca un hito en el desarrollo del Derecho de Daños. Con ese objetivo, se analiza las distintas clases de daños extrapatrimoniales, la forma de indemnizarlos y cuantificarlos y la tesis que ha adoptado el Ecuador.

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Antecedentes: La cromatografía es un método que permite la separación, identificación y cuantificación de los componentes químicos en mezclas complejas. Las aplicaciones de los métodos cromatográficos son muy amplias, van desde la determinación del porcentaje de solvente en un producto agroquímico hasta su empleo en las fábricas de alimentos. La cromatografía líquida de alta resolución (HPLC) y la cromatografía gaseosa (CG) tienen un rol importante en el desarrollo de la rama agropecuaria. En la actualidad, ambos tipos de cromatografía, se utilizan en numerosas investigaciones a causa de su gran versatilidad, sensibilidad, reproducibilidad y rapidez. discutir los principales resultados de estudios que utilizan la CG y la HPLC en la rama agropecuaria. Materiales y métodos: Para ello se realizó una recopilación de estudios que se publicaron en los últimos años donde estas técnicas juegan un papel primordial en esta rama de la ciencia. Resultados: El uso de la CG y la HPLC, en la rama agropecuaria, permitió la obtención de resultados relevantes que van desde el análisis del perfil de ácidos grasos en estudios referentes a la formulación de una dieta para la alimentación de animales de interés productivo, hasta la determinación y cuantificación de residuos agroquímicos en las plantas, la detección de contaminantes en las dietas y residuos medicamentosos que comprometen la vida del animal, entre otros. Conclusiones: Se puede concluir que el uso de la cromatografía constituye una metodología imprescindible en estudios bioquímicos, toxicológicos, estructurales, agroindustriales, etc., de ahí su importancia.

Existen en español dos construcciones cuantitativas aparentemente iguales pero con rasgos semánticos y sintácticos que revelan dos formas de cuantificación distintas: las comúnmente llamadas partitiva y pseudopartitiva, y que, atendiendo a las características morfosintácticas de cada una de ellas, preferimos denominar partitiva y de término terciario. Abordaremos su análisis de acuerdo con los principios de la Gramatica Funcional del Español. Nos centraremos en aquellos aspectos que se han señalado como rasgos diferenciales de ambas: los sustantivos que actúan como cuantificadores y sus posibilidades sintácticas, el alcance de la concordancia, el valor funcional de la preposición de, así como el tipo de sustantivo que sigue a la preposición y su capacidad para tematizarse, aspectos todos ellos que han sido objeto de consideración en diversos trabajos sobre el tema.

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This article was carried out with the purpose of creating a methodology for the classification and valuation of Landscape Heritage Sites - LHS's in the municipalities of Itapema, Porto Belo and Bombinhas (central-north coast of the State of Santa Catarina), in order to contribute to the conservation actions of the landscape heritage of the studied territory. The LHS’s were identified based on fieldwork carried out, and a evaluation form was elaborated with basic information such as the location and identification of the LHS with the purpose of including a qualitative evaluation. The quantitative and numerical evaluation that originated the landscape value (100%) was subdivided into geoscientific value (20%), ecological value (20%), cultural value (20%) and aesthetic value (40%), covering the biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic elements of the landscape. In addition to these values, the Use Value and the Degradation Risk were analyzed. A total of 34 LHS’s were recognized and went through the stage of systematization and search for in-depth information, however, only 10 were presented in this article. The results obtained were satisfactory for the evaluation of the landscape heritage and tourist use, considering the potential of the territory, but without forgetting the risks of using LHS’s without adequate monitoring of the impacts resulting from human actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Chromatography permits chemical components' separation, identification, and quantification in complex mixtures. Chromatographic methods have various applications, which include the determination of an agrochemical solvent percentage and its utilization in the food-processing industry. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC) are essential for agriculture. Both types are used in numerous research studies today thanks to their versatility, sensitivity, reproducibility, and quickness. Aim: To discuss the main results of studies that include GC and HPLC in agriculture. Materials and methods: The study relied on a compilation of recent papers, where these techniques play a critical role in this area of science. Results: The utilization of GC and HPLC in agriculture contributed to relevant results, from the analysis of fatty acids profile in the formulation of a diet for animal nutrition, to the determination and quantification of agrochemical residues in plants, the detection of contaminants in the diets, and drug residues that compromise the lives of animals. Conclusions: The use of chromatography is an essential methodology for biochemical, toxicological, structural, and agro-industrial studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ABSTRACT. In Mexican Spanish, the indefinite quantifier "uno que otro" is used to refer to low cardinalities of entities separated over space or time. Even though they have a strictly singular form, noun phrases with "uno que otro" always refer to more than one entity. And, despite their notional content of plurality, they reject collective predicates. In this paper we propose a semantic analysis of this expression as a distributive indefinite, that is, an indefinite whose reference covaries as a function of a distributive operator, in the way that adnominal distributive numerals do in other languages (Gil, 1983; Cable, 2014). Distributive numerals are supposed not to exist in Spanish; however, we claim that "uno que otro" is a distributed share marker (Choe, 1987; Bosnić et al 2020) related to a set of events (Balusu, 2006; Cable, 2014; Romero, 2006). This set is necessarily plural, although of low cardinality, and involves the precondition that its elements (atomic events) occur in non-contiguous time or space intervals. The semantic characterization of "uno que otro" as a distributive indefinite captures its referential dependence, its plural sense, its rejection of collective predicates and its content of separation as a secondary effect of a precondition on the events over which it is distributed. We thus show that Spanish has an adnominal expression of the same semantic nature as distributive numerals, with the precision that it requires distribution over events and not over entities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the center of decades-long water conflicts in northwest Costa Rica, a particular fact has had a contentious status: whether the aquifers supplying the area hold sufficient water for collective life. I refer to this as the sufficiency fact, which has been established, debunked, and reestablished multiple times. To understand this peculiar dynamic, I zoom into discussions among community and business representatives about the future of these aquifers. There, in the density of social life, I show how as place-specific formations, facts are “long” entities that remain tied to their interpretations and, crucially, to their potential consequences. As opposed to the ideal of short facts that characterizes modern science, long facts reveal the rich social life that facticity takes in the twenty-first century. Long facts are always contested, explicitly political, and unable to be separated from their potential consequences. In contrast to scholarship that diagnoses the loss of the value of truth within the contemporary moment, I suggest it is critical to understand the abundance of regimes of facticity that surround us and what they make possible leaving behind assumptions of deficit and lack. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contexto: A partir de un análisis desarrollo de la tecnología en biodigestores, se observó un problema recurrente en la cuantificación rigurosa del metano. mediante una revisión bibliográfica reveló sistemas poco eficientes o de costos elevados. Este proyecto plantea un sistema accesible y eficaz que busca contribuir a proyectos académicos y de investigación afines. Método: La cuantificación de metano se realiza mediante un sensor de la serie MQ-4 acoplado a una cápsula, creando un medio parcialmente cerrado en el que se inyecta, por medio de una jeringa, una dilución de gases de muestra de metano con aire del ambiente, lo cual amplía el rango de medición del sensor. Resultados: Se elaboró una curva de calibración, ampliando el rango de medición de 0,02-1 % de concentración a 10-80 %v/v, con una varianza de ± 5 %. Conclusiones: Se desarrolló un prototipo de cuantificación de metano eficiente y accesible para uso académico y de investigación. Esto se complementa con una guía para replicar el proceso.

Los residuos sólidos en ecosistemas marinos costeros son un problema creciente a nivel global y suelen ser una consecuencia de la actividad antropogénica realizada en las playas. En el presente trabajo se evaluó la cantidad de residuos sólidos encontrados en cuatro playas de la Costa Verde en el invierno de 2021, a través de un muestreo realizado mediante la recolección de dichos residuos con el método de barrido, tomando en cuenta el área total de cada playa evaluada. Se registró un total de 2044 unidades de residuos sólidos con un peso de 34,361 gramos en todas las playas evaluadas, donde las densidades fueron: 0,51 g/m², 1,65g/m², 2,74 g/m² y 3,88 g/m² para las playas Yuyos, Punta Roquitas, Makaja y Pescadores, respectivamente. Además, se encontró que la categoría con mayor representatividad de unidades de residuos sólidos fue el plástico con un 67 %, seguido del papel con 11 % y la madera con un 8 %. Punta Roquitas fue la playa que mostró mayor diferencia respecto a las demás en la composición de residuos. Evaluar la abundancia y composición de los desechos antropogénicos en playas es importante para conocer de una mejor manera sus fuentes de proveniencia y tomar decisiones administrativas de prevención, reducción y control de los problemas causados por los desechos marinos.

This article raises the limitations and risks of the use of quantification to attribute responsibilities for mass crimes in transitional justice. I question the inconsistencies in the official registry of forced displacement in Colombia with respect to the distribution of responsibilities of the armed actors, taking into account the historical trajectory of the armed conflict and the differences with social records, for which I propose to investigate the conditions under which the registration technology operates and how these affect the production of figures that circulate in the public sphere with claims of truth. I propose that the production of testimonial evidence on which the official registry is based changes according to state policies and the dynamics of the armed conflict, highlighting the importance of historically and contextually situating the official registry and how the armed conflict not only leaves victims but also produces its own representations and opacities through the story told by the official registry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El presente artículo gira en torno a dos objetivos: desentrañar el significado de los estudios exitosos en el marco de la pensión de alimentos para hijos mayores de 18 años y definir criterios objetivos para su otorgamiento y cuantificación. Para tal fin, en primer lugar, se diferenciará la naturaleza de dicha pensión respecto de la que ostentan los menores de edad y los hijos mayores incapaces; posteriormente, realizaremos un análisis axiológico e interpretaremos la normativa del Código Civil involucrada de manera literal, sistemática y teleológica. Finalmente, se evaluará la incidencia que tiene el concepto «estado de necesidad» y la capacidad económica del obligado. La importancia de este trabajo radica en otorgar criterios sencillos y claros que faciliten la argumentación y uniformidad en las decisiones judiciales.

In the quantitative assessment, the characteristics of the site are evaluated, based on the adoption of specific values with parameters, which are scored using a series of criteria, with or without weighting, and their potential for use, in this case for the geotourism, with the elaboration of an empirical formula that calculates a final grade for the evaluated places. In this work, nine geotouristic sites on the coast of João Pessoa, Paraíba, were quantitatively evaluated, with the aim of inserting them in coastal geotouristic routes. They are: Barra de Gramame, Arenitos Ferruginosos do Jacarapé, Paleodunas do Altiplano, Falésia de Cabo Branco, Terraços Marinhos Holocênicos, Falésia Urbana Inativa, Foz Primitiva do Rio Jaguaribe, Picãozinho e Balanço Sedimentar de Tambaú. The quantitative assessment took as reference the proposal of Pereira et al (2019), through the determination of the geotouristic potential, which was based on two weighted indicators, from which its value indexes were calculated: Potential for Tourist Use, with ten variables, with differentiated weights; Additional Value, with six variables, also with different weights. The three biggest Geotouristic Potential are associated with the area's geoheritage and the Falésia Inativa Urbana had a Geotouristic Potential less than 3,0, only, highlighting the area's potential for geotouristic activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this study was to analyze the training load of the different tasks of a professional basketball team, based on the tasks and player positions. A total of 10 professional basketball players participated (Mage = 23.70; SD = 2.26) who carried out three different training tasks for four weeks: situation in the middle court (MC); situation in the middle court followed by a counterattack in the opposite court (FB); half court situation followed by two full court counterattack situations (CB). GPS Polar Team Pro© was used to monitoring the physical load. Internal physical load and external physical load variables were measured. One-way ANOVA was performed to explore the main differences between the different types of tasks and player positions on each of the dependent variables. The results show that FB tasks involve a higher internal load, while CB tasks involve a greater external load. Regarding the type of players, the exteriors reached higher values in the different variables analyzed. Therefore, it has been found that different training tasks imply different physical demands. Specifically, using training tasks that reproduce the dynamics of competition imply an increase in conditional load.

Las invasiones repetidas de Sargassum natans y Sargassum fluitans en las costas del Caribe durante los últimos años se han convertido en un problema de primer orden que amenaza al turismo, pesca y fauna local. Se esperan nuevas llegadas masivas de algas que podrían considerarse, en un futuro cercano, un evento normal, con su problemática asociada. Para resolver este problema resulta necesario encontrar soluciones apropiadas que aprovechen la biomasa algal. No obstante, debido a la conocida capacidad de estas algas para acumular metales pesados, las aplicaciones relacionadas con la alimentación animal y la agricultura deben ir precedidas necesariamente de un análisis químico que garantice la inocuidad de la biomasa. En esta investigación se determinaron las concentraciones de plomo (Pb), cromo (Cr), níquel (Ni), cobre (Cu), cadmio (Cd) y el zinc menos tóxico (Zn) en la biomasa de S. natans y S. fluitans que llegaron a las costas de República Dominicana durante 2019. Para ello se utilizó la técnica de espectroscopía de absorción atómica de llama (FAAS). Los resultados mostraron niveles significativos de cobre, aunque la concentración de todos los metales detectados estuvo dentro de los valores considerados normales, lo que refleja la seguridad del material algal, en lo que a estos metales se refiere, para su utilización como fertilizantes y alimentación animal. No se encontraron diferencias significativas en el contenido de estos elementos entre ambas especies.

Potatoes are the main vegetable produced in Costa Rica, however, basic information about the interaction of nematodes and alternative hosts in potato fields is lacking. The objective of this study was to identify the plant-parasitic nematodes associated with weeds in potato fields from the northern area of Cartago, Costa Rica. Weeds from 15 potato fields (3 months after planting) were sampled. To determine the most frequent weed species, 5 sections (approximately 4 m²) were sampled in each field using a 1 m² square. The most frequent weed species (a maximum of five) were selected, and five composite root samples per weed were processed for subsequent nematode identification and quantification. Twenty-seven weed species were identified in the potato fields, with Brassica campestris, Lepidium virginicum, and Poa annua among the six most frequent weed species. Fifteen nematode genera, two families, and a subfamily were identified associated with weed roots. There were statistical differences between endoparasitic nematodes. Pratylenchus had the highest frequency of occurrence relative to heteroderids and Meloidogyne. Pratylenchus also had the highest average population density of the endoparasitic nematodes with 31,056 nematodes/100 g of roots. Our results provide valuable information for the integrated management of nematodes. Alternative hosts such as weeds should be managed after the potato production cycle. Fallow could increase population densities of plant-parasitic nematodes, detrimental to other common crops in the region, such as onions and carrots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Postpartum hemorrhage is a complication, that is not timely detected with the visual estimation of bleeding. Material and methods: A standardized protocol for the gravimetric quantification of postpartum bleeding was implemented to improve the ability to identify abnormal bleeding in patients undergoing caesarean section. A prospective, comparative, non-randomized study evaluated the improvement intervention. Compliance with the protocol, classification of postpartum bleeding before and after intervention; and the association between methodologies for assessing bleeding and postpartum bleeding classification were determined. Fisher z tests, p < 0.05 significant. Results: Compliance with the standardized protocol was 53% (± 0.18). In the post-intervention group, the frequency of abnormal postpartum bleeding increased by 30% with respect to the baseline group (p < 0.05). A significant association was demonstrated between gravimetric quantification of postpartum bleeding and abnormal postpartum bleeding. Conclusion: The implementation of the protocol for the gravimetric quantification of postpartum bleeding was possible. It improved the ability to identify abnormal postpartum bleeding in patients undergoing cesarean section. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The sector of construction is a driving force in the national economy with the gross domestic product rate of over 6.5%, nevertheless, it is 100.000 tons of diary construction and demolition waste (CDW) production is achieved across construction and infrastructure activities, involving high environmental impact, it is therefore important to establish strategies for its mitigation in terms of sustainability. This research project has the objective to evaluate the waste management from at the technical, economic, social and environmental levels for Armenia in the field of circular economy, based of quantitative and qualitative analysis with an initial stage of the national, district, regional and local regulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The revolution that we are seeing in the world of surgery will determine the way we understand surgical approaches in coming years. Since the implementation of minimally invasive surgery, innovations have constantly been developed to allow the laparoscopic approach to go further and be applied to more and more procedures. In recent years, we have been in the middle of another revolutionary era, with robotic surgery, the application of artificial intelligence and image-guided surgery. The latter includes 3D reconstructions for surgical planning, virtual reality, holograms or tracer-guided surgery, where ICG-guided fluorescence has provided a different perspective on surgery. ICG has been used to identify anatomical structures, assess tissue perfusion, and identify tumors or tumor lymphatic drainage. But the most important thing is that this technology has come hand in hand with the potential to develop other types of tracers that will facilitate the identification of tumor cells and ureters, as well as different light beams to identify anatomical structures. These will lead to other types of systems to assess tissue perfusion without the use of tracers, such as hyperspectral imaging. Combined with the upcoming introduction of ICG quantification, these developments represent a real revolution in the surgical world. With the imminent implementation of these technological advances, a review of their clinical application in general surgery is timely, and this review serves that aim., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U.)

La producción de datos estadísticos implica tareas de relevamiento, ordenamiento y clasificación, que no se derivan de manera natural y evidente de los objetos que se miden sino que refieren a construcciones que se hallan determinadas por aspectos históricos, sociales, culturales y políticos. En ese sentido, el presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar, desde la perspectiva de la sociología de la cuantificación, la producción de números como una política de Estado. En particular, exploramos y presentamos cómo se registran oficialmente los números que dan cuenta de las muertes violentas de mujeres y travestis en la Argentina por motivos de género, quiénes son los/as responsables del registro y qué categorías taxonómicas utilizan en la actualidad, resaltando la importancia de la incorporación de la perspectiva de género como un proceso de innovación en la producción estadística oficial. Como punto de llegada damos cuenta de algunos interrogantes vinculados a los modos de registros, a los criterios de recolección de la información y a su implementación que nos invitan a seguir reflexionando sobre la naturaleza social y política, desde la que se construyen, se recolectan y se comunican los números.

Este estudio toma como participantes a 13 niños (media de edad=5;07) bilingües (euskera-español) dominantes en euskera, y contrasta sus resultados con los de niños monolingües (español/euskera) y con adultos (español/euskera) a modo de control. Se empleó una tarea de evaluación de oraciones para (1) testar su conocimiento sobre el significado semántico-pragmático de los cuantificadores algunos y batzuk ‘algunos’ y para (2) comparar (i) las interpretaciones de los bilingües con las de los monolingües y (ii) las de los bilingües en sus dos lenguas. Los resultados mostraron similitudes tanto entre (i) los monolingües y los bilingües como entre (ii) las dos lenguas de los bilingües. Las similitudes entre los grupos de niños (Antoniou et al. 2013, Syrett et al. 2017) parecen obedecer al patrón del desarrollo observado interlingüísticamente (Noveck 2004, Katsos et al. 2016), más que a la (presencia o ausencia de) convergencia bilingüe en la adquisición de cuantificadores débiles.

Dentro del ordenamiento jurídico ecuatoriano, se evidencia la extensión de facultades de los jueces penales, sobre la base del principio de reparación integral para otorgar indemnizaciones civiles a las víctimas de ilícitos penales. En este sentido, existen inconvenientes cuando estos daños, supuestamente resarcidos, carecen de efectividad, metodología o forma correcta de cuantificación. En este sentido, la víctima queda indefensa con una errónea restitución, y aparece el problema de la cosa juzgada en sentencias penales que no cumplen su finalidad resarcitoria. Por lo tanto, es menester de este trabajo, buscar una solución a la problemática planteada, toda vez que la víctima no tiene por que soportar daños que no los ha merecido, y mucho menos soportar indemnizaciones incorrectas. Para ello se analizará la institución de la cosa juzgada y la posibilidad de dejar sin efectos sus características de inmutabilidad y definitividad. Además del aporte con otras formas de excepciones frente a la misma problemática, como son la prejudicialidad y la litispendencia.

Se presenta la villa romana de Gaius Iulius Rufio, situada en la via Flaminia (Regio VI, Italia) y su evolución cronológica. El análisis de las fases del conjunto arquitectónico se basa en el estudio de los mosaicos y las curvas cronológicas realizadas a partir de la cuantificación cerámica. La villa fue construida en el último cuarto del siglo I a. C. como villa esclavista, presentando un ergastulum en la pars rustica (Fase 1). En la segunda mitad del siglo I d. C. se observa una fuerte remodelación del conjunto (Fase 2) con la amortización del ergastulum y la extensión de estructuras productivas en la pars urbana. Esta fase marcaría un límite máximo de extensión de los sistemas esclavistas en esta región que podría servir de referencia para el conjunto villas esclavistas romanas en Italia. A finales del siglo I d. C. o principios del siglo II d. C. el conjunto presenta potentes fases de destrucción y abandono.

El Real Decreto 865/2003 para la prevención y control de la legionelosis menciona el método de cultivo de la norma ISO 11731 para el ensayo de Legionella spp., norma en torno a la cual, se definen límites paramétricos. Las debilidades observadas en esta ISO (falsos negativos y elevados tiempos de espera), han hecho necesario buscar métodos alternativos. Se estudia si el método de separación inmunomagnética y cuantificación por colorimetría de Legionella spp., Legipid ® Legionella Fast Detection, (SIM), es adecuado y eficiente en un laboratorio oficial de Salud Pública para muestras ambientales de agua. En ausencia de una metodología normalizada para verificar métodos alternativos, se ha diseñado un método para realizar esta verificación, teniendo en cuenta los criterios específicos para análisis microbiológicos y la guía para kits de ensayo de ENAC. Así, se han calculado los parámetros de precisión y recuperación en las muestras inoculadas y, además, la linealidad a partir de la pendiente y la ordenada en el origen de la relación entre absorbancia y unidades formadoras de colonias, comparando los datos experimentales obtenidos con los resultados de la validación del método. Los resultados fueron satisfactorios en todos los casos. Una dispersión inferior al 20 %, una recuperación del 4 - 71 % y una linealidad conforme con la validación a un nivel de significación superior al 95 %. En base a estos resultados se considera que el método SIM es un método válido para la detección y cuantificación de Legionella spp. en un laboratorio oficial de salud pública.