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2024

Development of a botanical pesticide prototype validated in corn cultivation

General Objective: Develop a prototype of a botanical pesticide from J. curcas and P. alliacea, validating it in corn cultivation. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTM, UTEQ, UTA, ESPAM. Participants: Project Director Dorys Terezinha Chirinos Torres Awarded Budget: $35009.70 Project Status: Completed

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First aquatic mesocosm station in the Amazon region for the assessment of the risk of contaminants and climate change: from research to water resources management.

General Objective: Characterize the resilience of the biodiversity of the tropical aquatic ecosystems of the Ecuadorian Amazon to exposure by contaminants and the effects of climate change, through experimental mesocosm trials. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: IKIAM, UTN, UTPL, UV, UNAM. Participants: Project Director Hugo Mauricio Ortega Andrade Awarded budget: $30,000.00 Project status:

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Valorization of Sacha Inchi cake for its application as a functional ingredient in the food industry.

General Objective: Value Sacha Inchi cake as a functional ingredient in the food industry by analyzing the anti-nutrients present and determining processes for their reduction. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UG, ESPOL, EPN, INIAP. Participants: Project Director Marcia Idilma Ochoa Palma Awarded Budget: $49,946.58 Project Status: Completed

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NEXUS analysis water-food-energy-ecosystem services in the face of changes in climate, land use and population. A novel approach to local sustainable development at the scale of a watershed.

General Objective: Analyze the Nexus approach between water, food, energy and ecosystem services at the watershed scale under scenarios of demographic changes, land use and climate. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UCUENCA, UCACUE, ESPOCH, PUCE. Participants: Project Director Alexandra Elizabeth Guanuchi Quito Awarded Budget: $48,000.00 Project Status: Completed

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Design of an efficient enzyme in the activation of the chemotherapeutic drug cyclophosphamide for use in cancer gene therapy.

General Objective: To evaluate the activation efficiency of cyclophosphamide by the improved P450 enzyme using an in vivo reporter system and determine its kinetic characteristics. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTE, UCUENCA, USFQ. Participants: Project Director Saskya Estefany Carrera Pacheco Awarded Budget: $35,222.00 Project Status: Completed

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Platform for Hydroelectric Microgeneration in Rural Areas of Ecuador.

General Objective: Create a digital platform that allows the management of georeferenced water and sedimentation parameters for the analysis of areas with high energy potential that contribute to the implementation of hydroelectric microgeneration in rural areas of Ecuador, based on parametric and high-quality design. turbine fidelity and technical economic analysis. Goals

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Technical Management of Mining Environmental Liabilities (PAM)

Status: In execution General Objective: The objective of this training program is to strengthen the theoretical-practical knowledge of researchers, technicians and students in branches related to mining, geology, and the environment, on the protocols to follow for identification, characterization, inventory and evaluation of mining environmental liabilities (PAM). Furthermore, the purpose of this program

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Study of the in vitro leishmanicidal activity of spirocyclopropanes carried in nanocarriers.

General Objective: To evaluate the leishmanicidal, cytotoxic and genotoxic activities of bis(spiro-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one) cyclopropanes transported in nanocarriers. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTE, UCE, USFQ, UTPL, UV. Participants: Project Director Jorge Humberto Heredia Moya Awarded Budget: $50,000.00 Project Status: Completed

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Protection of Personal Data in Higher Education Institutions Name Member Institution.

Status: In execution General Objective: The objective of this program is to provide the necessary knowledge so that legal research projects can be generated with the aim of developing contributions that serve the progress of this subject and are a guide on unregulated aspects, to the once they support the institutions in the

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HOLISTIC PLANNING OF THE EXPANSION OF THE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CONSIDERING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND UNCERTAINTY.

General Objective: Formulate and propose a solution algorithm, based on the alternating current (AC) model, to the multi-stage planning problem for the expansion of transmission systems considering technologies related to HVDC's, Storage Systems, Multi-Systems. voltage, with uncertainty. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UCUENCA, UDA, ESPOL. Participants: Project Director SANTIAGO PATRICIO TORRES CONTRERAS

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