Resistive communications based on neuristors

Memristors are passive elements that allow us to store information using a single element per bit. However, this is not the only utility of the memristor. Considering the physical chemical structure of the element used, the memristor can function at the same time as memory and as a communication unit. This paper presents a new approach to the use of the memristor and develops the concept of resistive communication

Team equilibrium and innovation performance

2013 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other worksToday competition has increased between organizations and they are urged to improve constantly their performance throughout innovation if they want to survive and be profitable. However, an organization can't be innovative if it doesn't counts with creative people and build teams to strength its creative and innovative capabilities. Besides, the impact of technology in innovation has been widely studied but there are others major aspects that need more exploration to understand their influence in it. For example, collaborative work, multicultural teamwork, creative teamwork, entrepreneurial behavior, etc. Some authors suggest more research is needed regarding organization capabilities that promote effective relationships for innovation. According to West (2002), three issues dominated research about creativity and innovation among teams: the characteristics of group tasks and their impact in the creative-innovative process; the role of diversity in knowledge and skills between team members; and team integration. If these issues are relevant for team creativity and innovation, then frameworks and tools to configure teams are necessary. It may be taken by granted that there must be an equilibrium of roles within teams to foster creativity focused on innovation. So, in this paper several approaches of creativity are reviewed. Then a conceptual model to foster Team Equilibrium and strength innovation performance is proposed and applied through a web-based tool. A first empiric exploration is presented. The proposed model can be used as a basis to develop tools that helps teams for self-analysis.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Health consensus: a digital adapted Delphi for healthcare

New tools are needed to facilitate the involvement of health professionals in healthcare participative processes, partially because a relevant segment of healthcare knowledge and decision-making is capillary distributed among them. A collaborative design strategy has been applied to the creation of an Internet tool to produce digitally adapted Delphi for healthcare purposes. During the period 2012-16 the prototype of the tool has been gradually improved through its application to 18 real cases. It is proposed the model Health Consensus as a digitally adapted Delphi supported by the various capabilities of Internet. The authors agree that Health Consensus is a useful and expandable tool for participative processes. The Internet provides several opportunities to overcome many of the limitations of conventional Delphi, as well as improving the final studies with new functionalities.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Trabas a las importaciones y sus consecuencias en la provincia de Mendoza desde 2012 hasta 2015

El presente trabajo de investigación, pretende analizar el impacto ocasionado en los distintos sectores económicos de la Provincia de Mendoza, a raíz de las diversas restricciones a las importaciones por el Gobierno Nacional, durante el período 2012-2015.Fil: Bucca Trejo, Leandro Ezequiel. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas.Fil: Iniesta Di Cesare, Mariano Juan. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas.Fil: Reggio, Pablo Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas

Swimming performance of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems

Many bacterial species use flagella for self-propulsion in aqueous media. In the soil, which is a complex and structured environment, water is found in microscopic channels where viscosity and water potential depend on the composition of the soil solution and the degree of soil water saturation. Therefore, the motility of soil bacteria might have special requirements. An important soil bacterial genus is Bradyrhizobium, with species that possess one flagellar system and others with two different flagellar systems. Among the latter is B. diazoefficiens, which may express its subpolar and lateral flagella simultaneously in liquid medium, although its swimming behaviour was not described yet. These two flagellar systems were observed here as functionally integrated in a swimming performance that emerged as an epistatic interaction between those appendages. In addition, each flagellum seemed engaged in a particular task that might be required for swimming oriented toward chemoattractants near the soil inner surfaces at viscosities that may occur after the loss of soil gravitational water. Because the possession of two flagellar systems is not general in Bradyrhizobium or in related genera that coexist in the same environment, there may be an adaptive tradeoff between energetic costs and ecological benefits among these different species.Fil: Quelas, Juan Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular; ArgentinaFil: Althabegoiti, Maria Julia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular; ArgentinaFil: Jiménez Sánchez, Celia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular; Argentina. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla; EspañaFil: Melgarejo, Augusto. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Marconi, Veronica Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola; ArgentinaFil: Mongiardini, Elias Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular; ArgentinaFil: Trejo, Sebastian Alejandro. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Mengucci, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular; ArgentinaFil: Ortega Calvo, José Julio. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla; EspañaFil: Lodeiro, Anibal. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular; Argentin

Transient increase in proteinuria, poly-ubiquitylated proteins and ER stress markers in podocyte-specific autophagy-deficient mice following unilateral nephrectomy

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Prescripció infermera. Posicionament i opinió dels professionals de salut a Catalunya sobre els seus beneficis

Estudi de consens descriptiu sobre el posicionament i opinió de la prescripció infermera i els seus beneficis (mesurats a partir de 12 ítems) amb una mostra àmplia de professionals de la salut que treballen a Catalunya.La indicació, ús, autorització i dispensació de medicaments i productes sanitaris per part de les infermeres és una competència important per poder atendre i resoldre necessitats de les persones ateses o amb problemes de salut. Malgrat formar part de la seva activitat habitual la prescripció infermera (PI) encara no està desplegada per normativa, tant pel que fa al reconeixement d’aquesta activitat, com al seu grau d’implantació dins del sistema sanitari. Per poder avançar en el coneixement sobre quin és el posicionament i l’opinió dels beneficis de la PI en la millora de la qualitat assistencial, atenció més coordinada i integrada, atenció centrada en la persona i apoderament de la professió infermera es va realitzar un estudi de consens extensiu fent una crida a tots els professionals de la salut vinculats al sistema sanitari a Catalunya.Postprint (published version

Relation of Offensive Performance during Exclusions and Final Ranking in Female Handball

The aim of this study was to determine team offensive performance indicators during exclusions related to the final ranking obtained in the tournament. Twenty-nine matches from the 2017 Pan-American Female Championship played by 10 national teams were analyzed using observational methodology. Cramer’s V and Fisher’s exact test were applied to identify associations between the variables. The Chaid algorithm was used to identify performance variables during inequality situations associated with the final ranking. Results showed that teams ranked 1st to 3rd presented a statistically significant relationship (p < 0.001; ASR 5.2) of being in superiority, scoring on 56.8% of their finalizations, while teams ranked 7th to 10 th showed a tendency of ending their attacks in turnovers under inequality situations (p < 0.00; ASR 3.1). Playing with an empty net during inferiority situations was a predictor of winners belonging to the medalist teams in 76.2% of the analyzed situations. It can be concluded that during numerical superiority, the best-ranked teams better handled their possessions. The substitution of the goalkeeper for a court player during inferiority was a predictor of belonging to the medalist group. Playing with the goalkeeper in goal (playing 5 against 6) when the match status was balanced or unbalanced, was a predictor of losing teams that did not end up in the medalist groups

Comparación In Vitro de la Microfiltración del MTA Gris vs MTA Blanco como Materiales de Obturación Retrógrada

El tratamiento endodóntico no siempre resulta tener éxito, y las lesiones inflamatorias periapicales pueden continuar o aparecer tras el tratamiento; además de que el éxito endodóntico no garantiza un éxito biológico. Estos fracasos suelen ser provocados por microorganismos que han sobrevivido a los procedimientos de un tratamiento convencional o que han invadido el sistema de conductos radiculares en etapas posteriores debido a filtraciones coronales, lo que requiere de alternativas en el retratamiento. Sin embargo, en algunas ocasiones, no es factible llevar a cabo el tratamiento de manera ortograda debido a diversos factores, como restauraciones protésicas, postes metálicos o de fibra de vidrio, materiales insolubles, instrumentos fracturados, conductos calcificados, o errores cometidos durante el tratamiento endodóntico. En tales casos, se recomienda realizar un tratamiento quirúrgico como la apicectomía con obturación retrógrada. Para llevar a cabo la apicectomía con obturación retrógrada, existen diferentes técnicas y materiales de obturación que deben cumplir con ciertas propiedades. Una de las más importantes es su capacidad para sellar adecuadamente y evitar la microfiltración marginal, ya que esta es una de las principales causas de fracaso tras el tratamiento. Existen varios tipos de materiales, incluyendo aquellos a base de óxido de zinc y eugenol, amalgama sin zinc, mineral trióxido agregado y cemento de ionómero de vidrio con resina. Cada uno de estos materiales tiene diferentes propiedades químicas y debe ser biocompatible con los tejidos periapicales para facilitar la cicatrización. Actualmente, hay técnicas mejoradas para este tipo de tratamiento, como la retropreparación de la cavidad utilizando sistemas ultrasónicos y el uso de microscopios para una mejor visualización durante el procedimiento. La técnica que emplea puntas ultrasónicas para la conformación y limpieza de la cavidad, así como para la manipulación del material de obturación retrógrada, permite una mejor compactación y adaptación marginal del material, lo que resulta en un sellado apical superior. Al lograr un sellado más efectivo y reducir la microfiltración, se incrementan las posibilidades de éxito en los tratamientos de apicectomía con obturación retrógrada. Conocer el material más adecuado garantiza resultados más favorables basados en este estudio. El propósito de este estudio fue comparar la microfiltración bacteriana de dos materiales de obturación retrógrada: MTA blanco y MTA gris

A multidisciplinary approach to sexual behavior profiles: The SEX360 model

The diversity of sexual behaviors is driven by multiple determinants, including physiological, cultural, educational, and sociological factors. However, the definition of sexual behavior profiles has been barely addressed from a comprehensive point of view. We aimed to develop a multidisciplinary questionnaire for defining individual sexual behavior profiles. The questionnaire was developed by a panel of experts with research experience in the fields of urology, gynecology, psychology, anthropology, and sexology. The list of items was defined in a focus group session and was based on four categories—family-oriented, loving, recreational, and functional—resulting from the combination of two axes: traditional versus non-traditional and sexual benefit versus extra-sexual benefit. Real-time Delphi dynamics was used to assign a weight to each question and a bias to the corresponding responses. The final questionnaire included 50 items considered relevant for describing sexual profiles; the final questionnaire was named SEX360. Of the 50 items included in SEX360, 14 were considered essential for computing the final score; 9 of them were associated with 2 categories, 4 of them with 4 categories, and 1 of them with 3. Nine items referred to the category “family-oriented”, 10 to “loving”, 8 to “recreational”, and 9 to “functional”. The weights assigned to each question ranged from 3.00 to 4.33, and the centers of gravity ranged from 1 to 4. The questionnaire proposed shows the existence of a vast diversity of sexual behavior profiles and may serve as a tool for sexual behavior research.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft