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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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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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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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
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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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.
Plant Fibers as Immunostimulants in Shrimp Aquaculture to Prevent Vibriosis Read More »
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
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),
Executive Summary: Climate teleconnections show remote, large-scale relationships between distant points on Earth. They are known to produce anomalies and variability in the precipitation of a region. Their study is related to the ability to anticipate flood and drought events, which have impacts on agricultural activities and risk management.
Spatial Representation of the climatic teleconnections in the precipitation of Ecuador Read More »
Executive Summary: Background and justification. The consumption of alcohol and other drugs continues to constitute one of the main public health problems due to its consequences for the consumer and their environment, including health problems, domestic violence and loss of productivity in Ecuador. However, prevention programs and/or public action policies
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