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Validation of TMMS-24 in Three Spanish-Speaking Countries: Argentina, Ecuador, and Spain
2021
Emotional intelligence (EI) is a fundamental skill related to different aspects of human life, such as psychological well-being or mood states. The present study has a triple objective: first, to explore the psychometric properties of the TMMS-24 in three Spanish-speaking countries (Argentina, Ecuador, and Spain)
Predictive biomarkers for complicated acute appendicitis: A prospective Ecuadorian study.
2020
The aim of the study was to determine the usefulness of known biomarkers as pre-operative predictors of complicated acute appendicitis (CAA) and perforated appendicitis (PA).This was an observational, analytic, cross-sectional, and prospective study at Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo (August 2016-December 2017). Evaluated biomarkers: white blood cells count, neutrophil percentage (N%), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, glucose, total bilirubin, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin (PCT). The statistical analysis was performed by means of the area under the receiver operating characteristics (AUROC) curve estimation. Biomarkers' cutoff point was identified using Youden's index. Sensitivity, …
Evaluation of yeasts from Ecuadorian chicha by their performance as starters for alcoholic fermentations in the food industry
2020
Yeasts involved in the spontaneous fermentation of traditional beverages like chicha (indigenous Andean beer) may have the potential to be used as starter cultures to improve the quality and microbiological safety of these products, but also as non-conventional alternatives to other food alcoholic fermentations. In this research, we isolated, identified and characterised yeast strains from four Ecuadorian chichas made by using four different raw materials: rice (RC), oat (OC), grape (GC) and a mixture of seven corn varieties (yamor, YC). Finally, 254 yeast isolates were obtained and identified by molecular methods. Eleven yeast genera and 16 yeast species were identified with relatively few…
The conservation of the environment in Ecuador's constitution
2017
The 2008 Ecuadorian Constitution is often presented as building on the local traditions of indigenous peoples in order to propose a non-anthropocentric approach to the conservation of the environment, based on the concept of buen vivir. After providing a short introduction on anthropocentric and non-anthropo-centric approaches to the environment, with attention to indigenous worldviews, this article attempts to: analyse the concept of buen vivir, appearing to have unclear boundaries; understand whether or not it is a concept derived from indigenous worldviews; and explore the innovative non-anthropocentric feature of the recognition of rights to the environment. Finally, the article uses th…
La nación española es la reunión de todos los españoles de ambos hemisferios
2014
RESUMEN: Los siguientes siete articulos son el resultado de la celebracion de “Las Jornadas de Estudio Conmemorativas del Bicentenario de la Constitucion de Cadiz” que se realizaron en la ciudad de Quito en octubre de 2013. El resultado aqui presentado ha profundizado en el estudio de las circunstancias que rodearon la promulgacion de la Constitucion liberal espanola de 1812, con todo el significado y consecuencias que tuvo para la America espanola. Se ha realizado un estudio exhaustivo de la situacion en la antigua Audiencia de Quito. Se ha analizado los aspectos politicos, sociales, economicos y regionales que se desarrollaron en el primer cuarto del siglo XIX y que tanto influyeron en e…
Tratamiento psicofarmacológico del trastorno bipolar en América Latina
2011
Objective: This study assessed the treatment preferences among Latin-American psychiatrists for their bipolar disorder patients and if these preferences reflect the current guidelines. Methods: We designed a survey comprised of fourteen questions. All the questions were aimed at the treatment of bipolar I patients only. We distributed the survey by hand or e-mail to psychiatrists in eight different countries: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, México, Perú and Venezuela. Between May 2008 and June 2009, we were able to gather 1143 surveys. Results: As the initial choice of treatment for a bipolar patient who debuts with mania, 61.3% choose a combination of an atypical antipsyc…
Review of the genus Valdasus Stål, 1860 (Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), with descriptions of four new species from Brazil, Ecuador and French Guia…
2020
The genus Valdasus Stål, 1860 is reviewed. Four species are described as new: Valdasus favrei n. sp., V. ferrerai n. sp., V. flavinotum n. sp., and V. henryi n. sp. V. erebeus Distant, 1883 and V. stygius Distant, 1883 are transferred again to Valdasus (original combination reestablished) from Peltidocylapus Poppius and they are redescribed along with the type species V. schoenherri Stål, 1860. Presence of V. bolivianus in Argentina is challenged after new analysis of female specimen mentioned in literature.
L’educació superior socialment responsable a l’Ecuador. Perspectives des de la psicologia
2018
espanolEl estudio aborda la responsabilidad social que la constitucion del Ecuador del 2008 otorga a las universidades, a partir de entender que el modelo productivo basado en la explotacion de recursos naturales vigente hasta el cambio legislativo, tiene que cambiar para tener presente la riqueza cultural y ambiental del pais en su desarrollo. Desde la Psicologia, mediante un enfoque centrado en la persona, el trabajo a partir de los discursos oficiales a nivel internacional y de Ecuador, se acerca a la comprension de las caracteristicas del alumnado socialmente responsable a fin de tener presente que para que cambie un sistema socioeconomico resulta necesario que se den cambios no tan sol…
Los derechos de participación en Ecuador siete años después de la aprobación de la constitución: de derechos constituyentes a derechos constitucional…
2015
Con la voluntad de cambiar el modelo de democracia liberal representativa y dar mayor protagonismo a la participación popular, la nueva constitución ecuatoriana de 2008 reconoció todo un conjunto de nuevos derechos de participación. El presente artículo parte de la idea de que estos derechos, igual que los demás, pueden adquirir la forma de lo que llamaremos “derechos constituyentes” o “derechos constitucionales”. A partir de aquí, el artículo plantea que si bien existió una voluntad constituyente, así como la base jurídica suficiente en el texto constitucional de 2008, para poder desarrolla…
DNA sequence characterisation and phylogeography of Lymnaea cousini and related species, vectors of fascioliasis in northern Andean countries, with d…
2011
Abstract Background Livestock fascioliasis is a problem throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, mainly in Andean areas where the disease also appears to affect humans. Transmission patterns and epidemiological scenarios of liver fluke infection have shown to differ according to the lymnaeid vector snail species involved. These Andean countries present the vectors Lymnaea cousini, L. bogotensis and L. ubaquensis, unknown in the rest of Latin America. An exhaustive combined haplotype study of these species is performed by means of DNA sequencing of the nuclear ribosomal 18S RNA gene, ITS-2 and ITS-1, and mitochondrial DNA cox 1 gene. Results The conserved 5.8S rDNA sequence corroborated t…