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2023

Aerial Manipulator Robot

Executive Summary: To date, it is practically impossible for a robot to be 100% autonomous for applications in unstructured environments. This is due to the large number of variables that are generated in dynamic, unknown and time-varying environments, which is why which is eminent the use of tele-operated robots. The tele-operation of […]

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In the Ecuadorian market there is no 3D printer that can be easily assembled by all types of users.

Year 2020 IES PUCE Organization Minkafab Awarded Amount $38,000.00 Problem: In the Ecuadorian market there is no 3D printer that can be easily assembled by all types of users. Solution A redesign of a nationally manufactured 3D printer, as a DIY (Do it Yourself) kit, so that this machine can be easily assembled by the client

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Type II Diabetes Treatment

Executive Summary: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a serious health problem in Ecuador and in the world, due to its high prevalence, the serious tissue damage it causes over time and its high socio-economic impact. Maintaining glucose within a physiological range in patients is vital to limit tissue damage

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[in]secure laboratory

Executive Summary: The [in]secure laboratory aims to serve as a platform in which students, teachers and researchers have access to a network with vulnerable equipment (PCs, servers, network equipment or others) in order to develop skills related to information security from both an offensive and defensive point of view, allowing them

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Robust Characterization

Executive Summary: In the current scenario of global change, some of its effects are much less known than others. Although we all accept that, as a result of such a change, the temperature will increase and the sea level will rise, for few it is unthinkable that our ecosystems (for example, the cloud forest or the Andean paramo) will also

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Food safety

Executive Summary: Each year, more than 500 million illnesses and almost half a million deaths are attributed to the consumption of contaminated food globally (Havelaar et al. 2015), but it is estimated that a large number of cases remain unreported. Furthermore, foodborne illnesses (FADs) are known to cause annual losses

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Semantic applications and data mining

Executive Summary: In recent years, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Ecuador have been subject to profound changes through demanding evaluation processes from an academic, administrative and structural point of view. Regarding the academic evaluation, it is worth highlighting the exhaustive analysis carried out on the careers belonging to each

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Plant Fibers as Immunostimulants in Shrimp Aquaculture to Prevent Vibriosis

Executive Summary: Challenge that needs to be addressed: Bacterial diseases have emerged as a serious problem and represent the most important challenge facing the shrimp industry. Although various options have been developed to replace antimicrobials, such as vaccines, plant extracts, among others, these do not meet all safety, health and safety requirements.

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Evaluation of microplastic contamination in the Ecuadorian Pacific through analytical chemistry and identification (eDNA) of the most vulnerable marine species, and their harmful effects of bioaccumulation on human health

Executive Summary: Plastic pollution is omnipresent and has become an eminent threat to all natural environments and alarmingly the Oceans. Every day new publications appear reporting this problem worldwide, which not only represents a threat to marine life and the ecosystem (Cressey, 2016); but

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"In Silico" Discovery of New Tyrosinase Enzyme Inhibiting Depigmenting Agents with Therapeutic and Industrial Applications

Executive Summary: Melanogenesis disorders, hyper-pigmentation, age spots, as well as some forms of skin cancer are associated with the overproduction of melanin in the basal layers of the skin. The production of melanin is catalyzed in the first steps of the biochemical pathway by the enzyme tyrosinase (EC.1.14.18.1),

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