Two new species from the Mexican Pacific Slope and new distributional records of Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

Moctezuma Victor,Hernández Benjamín,Sánchez-Huerta José Luis,Lizardo Viridiana,Quiroz-Rocha Georgina Adriana,Navarrete-Heredia José Luis 한국응용곤충학회 2023 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.26 No.1

Two new species of Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 from the Pacific Slope of Mexico are described and illustrated: Onthophagus gonzaloi Moctezuma, Hernández & Sánchez-Huerta, sp. nov., and Onthophagus yescaensis Moctezuma, Hernández & Sánchez-Huerta, sp. nov. New records for Onthophagus browni Howden & Cartwright, 1963 from the Mexican states of Jalisco (the southernmost locality known to date) and Zacatecas are provided. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:51AA52C6-41BF-4A8B-9BC9-D78600EDB32E.

Submerged Monoxenic Culture of the Entomopathogenic Nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae CABA01, in a Mechanically Agitated Bioreactor: Evolution of the Hydrodynamic and Mass Transfer Conditions

Norberto Chavarría-Hernández,Eduardo Ortega-Morales,Apolonio Vargas-Torres,Juan-Carlos Chavarría-Hernández,Adriana-Inés Rodríguez-Hernández 한국생물공학회 2010 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Vol.15 No.4

This study is the first to describe the evolution of both hydrodynamic and oxygen transfer conditions during the submerged culture of the entomopathogenic nematode,Steinernema carpocapsae CABA01 (an indigenous strain isolated within the State of Hidalgo, Mexico), and its symbiotic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophila, using an internal-loop mechanically agitated bioreactor of 4.5 L of liquid volume. Concentrations up to 217,306 viable nematodes per mL, with 94% in infective juvenile (IJ) stage (i.e.,204,444 IJ/mL), were achieved in 16 days of bioprocess. The Reynolds number (Re) was used as an index of the actual hydrodynamic conditions, and it varied within the interval 5,150 < Re (dimensionless) < 9,440, involving apparent culture broth viscosity changes from 3 to 5.4 mPa s during the processing. The aeration efficiency was expressed on the basis of the volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient, kLa, which varied within the range 0.026 to 0.170 s−1.

Factors and conditions promoting academic resilience: a TIMSS-based analysis of five Asian education systems

Andrés Sandoval-Hernández,Piotr Białowolski 서울대학교 교육연구소 2016 Asia Pacific Education Review Vol.17 No.3

It is well documented that academic achievement of students from families of low socioeconomic status (SES) tends to be below their more socially advantaged peers. Several studies have identified factors and conditions that facilitate academic success for disadvantaged students (i.e., promote academic resilience). However, one of the main criticisms of this body of research is in the set of variables that explain academic success for low-SES students and which is not very different from the variables that would explain academic success for all students. The objectives of this article are dual: firstly, to identify factors and conditions associated with academic success, regardless of student SES, and secondly, to identify factors and conditions associated with academic resilience, that is, exclusively for low-SES students. To this end, we used data from Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, and Japan in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2011. The study sample covered 23,354 students in 720 schools in the five countries. The strategy for analysis was driven by fit of logistic regression models, first predicting the probability of academic success and then subsequent identification of variables significant as predictors for success within the pool of low-SES students. Results indicated that variables, such as positive student attitude to mathematics, teacher confidence in student performance and the test language being spoken at home, were associated with greater chances of academic success. High academic expectations and time spent on mathematics at home demonstrated a differential effect between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students in Singapore. In Korea, being male (gender) and in Taipei, low levels of bullying at school, increased the likelihood of resilience. Results suggested that interventions impacting behavior reflected in differentially associated variables could help disadvantaged students to become academically resilient.

A general exergy-based environmental impact index

Sósimo E. Díaz-Méndez,José María Rodríguez-Lelis,Abel Hernández-Guerrero 대한기계학회 2011 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.25 No.8

An ecosystem is a complex system in which biotic and abiotic factors interact and influence each other both directly and indirectly. Each of these factors has to comply with a specific function in the different processes that occur inside the ecosystem, whether transporting or transforming energy or both. When anthropogenic emissions are produced, part of the useful energy of the ecosystem is used to assimilate or absorb those emissions, and the energy spent, loses its function and becomes lost work in accordance with the Gouy-Stodola theorem. Thus, the work that an ecosystem can carry out varies as a function of the lost work produced by anthropogenic sources. The permanency or loss of the ecosystem depends on how many irreversibilities it can support. The second law of thermodynamics through a systematic use of the exergy and lost work is the basis of this paper where a general environmental impact index, based on exergy, is proposed. For the purpose of this work, the ecosystem is divided in subsystems--water, soil, atmosphere, organisms and society--all of them inter-related. The ideal work variation can be obtained from each subsystem within the selected ecosystem, and a global index can be determined by adding the partial lost work of each subsystem. This global index is then used to determine the trend followed by the ecosystem from its pristine, original or environmental line base state. This environmental impact index applicability is presented for a simple combustion example.

Cinnamomum cassia on Arterial Stiffness and Endothelial Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Outcomes of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Jesús S. Delgadillo-Centeno,Fernando Grover-Páez,Sandra O. Hernández-González,María G. Ramos-Zavala,David Cardona-Müller,Alicia López-Castro,Sara Pascoe-González 한국식품영양과학회 2023 Journal of medicinal food Vol.26 No.6

Cinnamomum cassia is a medicinal plant whose use has demonstrated benefits on body weight, blood pressure, glucose, and lipids. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of C. cassia on arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction (ED) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was carried out in 18 subjects aged 40–65 years, with a diagnosis of T2DM of one year or less since diagnosis and treated with Metformin 850 mg daily. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either C. cassia or a placebo in 1000 mg capsules, thrice a day, before each meal for 12 weeks. At baseline and after 12 weeks of intervention, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and Flow Mediated Dilation were measured, as well as body weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), fasting glucose (FG), glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol, respectively, triglycerides, creatinine, and transaminases. The Mann–Whitney U test for differences between groups and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for intragroup differences were used, and a P ≤ .05 was considered statistically significant. After C. cassia administration, statistically significant reductions in body weight (81.4 ± 10.4 kg vs. 79.9 ± 9.0 kg, P = .037), BMI (30.6 ± 4.2 kg/m2 vs. 30.1 ± 4.2 kg/m2, P = .018), and HbA1c (53 ± 5.4 mmol/mol vs. 45 ± 2.1 mmol/mol, P = .036) were observed. No changes statistically significant on arterial stiffness, ED, FG, BP, and lipids were observed. C. cassia administration decreases body weight, BMI, and HbA1c without statistically significant changes on arterial stiffness, ED, FG, BP, and lipids. CTR Number: NCT04259606

Evaluation of the relationship between lactacidemia and postoperative complications after surgery for peritoneal carcinomatosis

Hervás Marta Soriano,Játiva-Porcar Rosa,Robles-Hernández Daniel,Rubert Anna Serra,Segarra Blanca,Oliva Cristina,Escrig Javier,Llueca José Antonio 대한마취통증의학회 2021 Korean Journal of Anesthesiology Vol.74 No.1

BackgroundCytoreductive surgery was developed as a treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis. However, this surgery is associated with important complications. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between lactacidemia and the rate of associated complications during the immediate postoperative period in the intensive care unit (ICU) in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery.MethodsThis was a retrospective observational study. A total of 57 patients underwent cytoreductive surgery. All patients were admitted to the ICU immediately after the surgery. Data on lactic acid levels at the time of admission and discharge from the ICU were collected. Postsurgical complications that occurred during the ICU stay were recorded according to failure-to-rescue analysis and their severity stratified according to the Clavien-Dindo classification.ResultsThe lactic acid levels at admission to the ICU were significantly higher in patients who developed complications, with an almost tripled unadjusted relative risk (2.9, 95% CI: 1.6, 5.3), than in those who did not develop complications for the lactacidemia threshold established in the cumulative sum curve graphs. After adjustment for confounding effects, the relative risk became even higher (3.1, 95% CI: 1.8, 3.6). Lactic acid levels were still significantly higher in this group at the time of discharge from the ICU.ConclusionsSerum lactate level is a risk factor for postoperative complications in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery for peritoneal carcinomatosis. This study suggests that the risk of developing severe complications almost triples with a lactic acid level of 2.5 mmol/L or higher at the time of admission in the ICU.

Performance Analysis of Coordinated Cognitive Radio Networks under Fixed-Rate Traffic with Hard Delay Constraints

S. Lirio Castellanos-López,Felipe A. Cruz-Pérez,Mario E. Rivero-Ángeles,Genaro Hernández-Valdez 한국통신학회 2014 Journal of communications and networks Vol.16 No.2

Due to the unpredictable nature of channel availability,carrying delay-sensitive traffic in cognitive radio networks (CRNs)is very challenging. Spectrum leasing of radio resources has beenproposed in the so called coordinated CRNs to improve the qualityof service (QoS) experienced by secondary users (SUs). In this paper,the performance of coordinated CRNs under fixed-rate withhard-delay-constraints traffic is analyzed. For the adequate andfair performance comparison, call admission control strategieswith fractional channel reservation to prioritize ongoing secondarycalls over new ones are considered. Maximum Erlang capacity isobtained by optimizing the number of reserved channels. Numericalresults reveal that system performance strongly depends on thevalue of the mean secondary service time relative to the mean primaryservice time. Additionally, numerical results show that, inCRNs without spectrum leasing, there exists a critical utilizationfactor of the primary resources from which it is not longer possibleto guarantee the required QoS of SUs and, therefore, services withhard delay constraints cannot be even supported in CRNs. Thus,spectrum leasing can be essential for CRN operators to providethe QoS demanded by fixed-rate applications with hard delay constraints. Finally, the cost per capacity Erlang as function of boththe utilization factor of the primary resources and the maximumallowed number of simultaneously rented channels is evaluated.

Effects of Semen Processing on Sperm Function: Differences between Swim-Up and Density Gradient Centrifugation

Hernández-Silva Gabriela,López-Torres Aideé S.,Maldonado-Rosas Israel,Mata-Martínez Esperanza,Larrea Fernando,Torres-Flores Víctor,Treviño Claudia L.,Chirinos Mayel 대한남성과학회 2021 The World Journal of Men's Health Vol.39 No.4

Purpose: Andrology research has evolved notoriously in the latest years, particularly since male factor contribution to couple infertility has been undoubtedly demonstrated. However, sperm function investigations results are sometimes contradictory, probably as a result of the use of different sperm processing techniques. In this work, we underwent a systematic functional comparison of human sperm samples simultaneously processed by swim-up and density gradient centrifugation, which are the preferred sperm processing methods used in basic and clinical laboratories. Materials and Methods: To compare functional characteristics of sperm isolated by swim-up and density gradient centrifugation followed by incubation at different times under capacitating conditions. Results: Semen samples processed in parallel by these two procedures resulted in sperm preparations with significant differences in redox state, spontaneous intracellular calcium oscillations, hyperactivation, protein tyrosine phosphorylation, and acrosome reaction responsivity to calcium ionophore. Such differences showed time-dependent specific patterns for spontaneous intracellular calcium oscillations, hyperactivation and protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Sperm retrieved by density gradient centrifugation showed more hyperactivation and tyrosine phosphorylation than swim-up sperm, suggesting a higher degree of capacitation. Conclusions: Our results account for functional differences observed in spermatozoa processed with these two methods and therefore may contribute to a better interpretation of outcomes obtained in different laboratories as well as to improve experimental designs aimed to study sperm physiology and fertility potential.

Cr-doped BiYO3 photocatalyst for degradation of oxytetracycline under visible light irradiation

Hernández-Arellano Diana L.,Durán-Álvarez Juan C.,Cortés-Lagunes Silvana,Zanella Rodolfo,Soto Tania E.,López-Juárez Rigoberto 한국세라믹학회 2023 한국세라믹학회지 Vol.60 No.1

Chromium-doped BiYO3 powders were synthesized by the Pechini method at low temperature between 400 and 800 °C for 1 h. From the XRD results it was observed the coexistence between tetragonal and cubic phases for samples calcined at 400 °C for 1 h. Meanwhile, for samples calcined at 600 and 800 °C, a single cubic phase was observed. The powders consisted of agglomerates of nanocrystals as shown in the SEM and TEM images. The specific surface area was in the order of 3.01–7.74 m2 g−1, obtained from BET analysis. The band gap of BiYO3 and Cr-doped BiYO3 was < 2.21 eV which corroborates that these materials absorb light in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The photocatalytic decomposition of oxytetracycline was successfully achieved using Cr-doped BiYO3, where the best performance was obtained with BiY0.98Cr0.02O3 ceramic powders calcined at 800 °C for 1 h. For this composition the removal of oxytetracycline after 240 min of visible light irradiation was 100% of degradation and 75% of mineralization. The photocatalytic process was driven by the photo-holes, as a negligible production of ·OH radicals was observed in tests using scavengers. The photocatalytic activity of the BiY0.995Cr0.005O3 and BiY0.98Cr0.02O3 materials was corroborated under more realistic conditions, using tap water and trace concentration of the antibiotic. The high stability of the photocatalyst was observed through four consecutive reaction cycles. The results demonstrate that the Cr-doping has clearly improved the catalytic performance of BiYO3 for degradation of oxytetracycline under visible light irradiation.

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Escherichia coli from Neighboring Small-Scale Dairy Farms

Jesús Andrei Rosales-Castillo,Ma. Soledad Vázquez-Garcidueñas,Hugo Álvarez-Hernández,Omar Chassin-Noria,Alba Irene Varela-Murillo,María Guadalupe Zavala-Páramo,Horacio Cano-Camacho,Gerardo Vazquez-Mar 한국미생물학회 2011 The journal of microbiology Vol.49 No.5

The genetic diversity and population structure of Escherichia coli isolates from small-scale dairy farms were used to assess the ability of E. coli to spread within the farm environment and between neighboring farms. A total of 164 E. coli isolates were obtained from bovine feces, bedding, cow teats and milk from 6 small-scale dairy farms. Ward’s clustering grouped the isolates into 54 different random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) types at 95% similarity, regardless of either the sample type or the farm of isolation. This suggests that RAPD types are shared between bovine feces, bedding, cow teats, and milk. In addition, transmission of RAPD types between the studied farms was suggested by the Ward grouping pattern of the isolates, Nei’s and AMOVA population analyses, and genetic landscape shape analysis. For the first time, the latter analytical tool was used to assess the ability of E. coli to disseminate between small-scale dairy farms within the same producing region. Although a number of dispersal mechanisms could exist between farms, the genetic landscape shape analysis associated the flow of E. coli RAPD types with the movement of forage and milking staff between farms. This study will aid in planning disease prevention strategies and optimizing husbandry practices.