General Objective: Determine the prevalence, genotypes and effects of human papillomavirus on the quality of sperm in men treated in a fertility clinic and its association with alterations in semen parameters and sperm DNA fragmentation. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: U CUENCA, UDA, IKIAM. Participants: Project Director Vivian Alejandra […]
General Objective: Estimate the national inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and criterion pollutants in mobile sources. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: ESPCH, EPN, UDA. Participants: Project director Luis Eduardo Tipanluisa Sarchi Awarded budget: $39,575.31 Project status: In process
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General Objective: Optimize assisted reproduction techniques based on superovulation, cloning and transfer of embryos produced in vivo in order to improve genetic lines in order to increase productivity in cattle. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTC, USFQ, UNL, INIAY. Participants: Project Director Miguel Angel Gutierrez Reinoso Awarded Budget: $33,000.00 Status of
General Objective: Contribute to the strengthening and modernization of the National Risk Management System of Ecuador, in the prevention, mitigation and monitoring phases, through a group decision-making model based on the susceptibility of the territory to mass movements generated through of quantitative techniques. Case study: Province of Azuay. Goals
General Objective: Make available for sustainable construction with bamboo a system of structural connections made with recycled wood that reduces the use of materials such as cement and metals. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: IKIAM, UTA, ESPOCH. Participants: Project director Jorge Alejandro Batres Quevedo Awarded budget: $43,713.50 Project status: In process
General Objective: Evaluate the carotenoid content in the microalgae Spirulina, and Dunaliella sp. and their impact as functional diets in fish during their initial stages. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UPSE, EBPE, EUB. Participants: Project Director Isabel Janeth Galarza Tipán Budget awarded: $32,999.90 Project status: In process
General Objective: Model biological processes through the processing of medical and microscopy images using Artificial Intelligence for early detection and analysis of treatments in breast cancer. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: ESPOCH, UNACH, UTI. Participants: Project Director José Luis Morales Gordon Budget awarded: $37,380.00 Project status: In process
General Objective: Develop a process to obtain bacterial cellulose for pharmaceutical applications. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTA, EPN, UDLA. Participants: Project Director Orestes Dario López Hernández Awarded Budget: $44,000.00 Project Status: Completed
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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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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:
