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Atletismo, rugby y fútbol: valoración de la motivación y autocompasión a lo largo de la temporada
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Las investigaciones basadas en la motivación y la autocompasión han demostrado que son características personales que influyen en el desarrollo de cada individuo. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la evolución de la motivación y de la autocompasión a lo largo de una temporada deportiva completa, con el fin de valorar si existen diferencias entre los distintos periodos de la misma teniendo en cuenta cada deporte. En la investigación participaron 48 deportistas (42 hombres y 6 mujeres) de...
Comparación de los tipos de Foam Roller evaluando su efecto agudo en el músculo recto femoral mediante tensiomiografía
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
La utilización del rodillo de espuma o Foam Roller (FR) es una técnica de liberación miofascial relativamente nueva que está experimentando un aumento considerable en el entorno del deporte y de la salud. El objetivo de este estudio fue comparar los diversos tipos de FR evaluando su efecto agudo en el músculo Recto Femoral (RF) mediante Tensiomiografía (TMG), teniendo en cuenta las variables Deformación máxima (Dm) y Tiempo de Contracción (Tc). Diez participantes de Ciencias de la Actividad...
Efectos del baile en pacientes con Párkinson: revisión sistemática
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
El objetivo de esta revisión fue conocer los efectos de distintos programas de baile en la mejora de los síntomas y calidad de vida de pacientes con enfermedad de párkinson (EP). Se llevó a cabo una revisión sistemática de diferentes programas de baile en tres bases de datos (Google académico, Pubmed y Dialnet). Se incluyeron 14 ensayos con un total de 469 participantes y se evaluaron distintas modalidades de baile, los cuales mostraron resultados favorables en la función motora, cognitiva y...
Efectos del ejercicio físico en la dismenorrea primaria. Revisión sistemática
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
La dismenorrea primaria (DP) es el trastorno menstrual más común y se define como menstruación dolorosa. Este problema de salud reduce la calidad de vida de más del 70% de las mujeres que lo padecen, por lo que los principales objetivos de esta revisión fueron evaluar si realizar ejercicio físico era seguro para estas mujeres y, conociendo sus efectos en la DP, comparar los distintos ejercicios o métodos de entrenamiento analizando cuáles son los más eficaces. En este trabajo se revisaron...
Efectos del ciclo menstrual en el estado físico y psicológico de una mujer activa
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Los principales objetivos de esta investigación fueron analizar los efectos de las diferentes fases del ciclo menstrual (CM) sobre dos elementos de la condición física, la fuerza- potencia y el equilibrio dinámico, y sobre el estado psicológico de una mujer moderadamente activa. En este estudio participó una mujer de 28 años, la cual consumía anticonceptivos orales. En total se registraron 6 sesiones que correspondieron a 2 ciclos menstruales completos y a cada una de sus fases (menstrual,...
Grado de autocompasión en deportistas de alto rendimiento lesionados
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Se ha observado como la autocompasión mejora el afrontamiento adaptativo, bienestar y reduce la ansiedad en situaciones de estrés. El presente estudio trató de ver si existían diferencias significativas en el nivel de autocompasión en deportistas de alto rendimiento con o sin lesión en momentos diferentes de la temporada. Con una muestra compuesta de 79 deportistas de diferentes disciplinas, se llevo a cabo a través de la Escala de Autocompasión SCS en español resumida de 12 items (Garcia-...
Knowledge and learning management: cognitive and emotional processes in learning. Proposed solutions for difficulty in learning
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Este trabajo parte del presupuesto que los gestores tienen las dificultades específicas al proceso cognitivo que están relacionadas al aspecto emocional y emocional, y que son fundamentales para la promoción de acciones de apoyo y de elevación de la autoestima del colaborador a través de la motivación. Los factores negativos detectados que implican las dificultades de aprendizaje para los colaboradores y son traídos de otras organizaciones. Las empresas existen diferentes clases de clases...
Aplicación de corriente transcraneal directa como terapia no invasiva en trastornos de la conducta alimentaria: una propuesta de intervención
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
La estimulación transcraneal de corriente directa constituye una técnica prometedora para el tratamiento de trastornos psiquiátricos como puede ser la anorexia nerviosa. La forma de actuación es a través de la regulación de la actividad cerebral aplicada principalmente en la zona de la corteza prefrontal dorsolateral. En el presente trabajo se revisan los principios de la estimulación transcraneal de corriente directa a través de los electrodos y cómo influye la intensidad, la duración y el...
Evaluación e intervención ante un caso de lateralidad cruzada. Caso único
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
La lateralidad es uno de los procesos neuropsicológicos más complejos a los que está sometido el ser humano a lo largo de su ciclo evolutivo. Este proceso se llega a desarrollar correctamente en la mayoría de los casos, pero no en todos. El 30% de la población mundial muestra problemas relacionados con la lateralidad no definida o lateralidad cruzada, presentando problemas en el aprendizaje de la lectura y escritura, dificultades con el esquema corporal y espacio-tiempo, así como en...
Un enfoque psicosocial aplicado a la planificación y desarrollo territorial el caso de la costa de Cantabria (España)
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
El presente estudio describe una metodología innovadora de planificación y desarrollo territorial ante los desafíos ecológicos, culturales y económicos derivados de la presión urbana, industrial y turística en las franjas costeras. El objetivo principal subraya el potencial de integración dinámica que poseen los territorios costeros, cuencas fluviales y espacios litorales para el logro de estrategias efectivas de desarrollo sostenible. El diseño de investigación y desarrollo metodológico está...
Relación entre estilos de apego y regulación emocional
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
El objetivo de esta investigación fue medir la relación entre los diferentes estilos de apego y la desregulación emocional en una muestra de 607 sujetos de entre 18 a 89 años de edad, de habla hispana, que participaron voluntariamente en la investigación. Los instrumentos de medida utilizados fueron el cuestionario sobre estilo de apego (CaMir) y el cuestionario de Dificultades en la Regulación Emocional (DERS). Mediante estadísticos descriptivos y un modelo de regresión lineal múltiple se...
Estrés percibido en adultos mayores mediante el uso de robots sociales durante Covid 19
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
En 2019 se inició una pandemia debido al Coronavirus o Covid-19. Las consecuencias de las limitaciones sociales impuestas en los ancianos con la ausencia total o parcial del contacto físico han provocado una disminución de la salud mental debido al aumento del estrés percibido llegando a desembocar en un aumento de la sintomatología depresiva o ansiosa. Esta investigación consta de 22 personas entre 70 y 90 años con deterioro cognitivo leve o moderado distribuidos al azar en G.E. y G. C. Se...
Repercusiones del estigma en la calidad de vida de los adultos con VIH/SIDA: Una revisión sistemática
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Introducción: Este trabajo se llevó a cabo con la finalidad de averiguar si existía un agravamiento de las consecuencias del VIH tras la percepción de estigma. Metodología: Se realizó una revisión sistemática cuyos criterios de inclusión fueron (1) que los trabajos versaran sobre VIH/SIDA; (2) que se tratara de artículos científicos; (3) que el idioma de publicación fuera español o inglés. Los criterios de exclusión aplicados fueron (1) que los artículos incluyeran población infantojuvenil; (2...
Drogodependencia y desregulación emocional: una revisión sistemática
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Introducción. La regulación emocional se ha relacionado con gran cantidad de trastornos mentales. Su definición ha tenido cierta controversia y distinciones según el autor. Se aportan dos modelos explicativos de la regulación emocional: el Modelo procesual de regulación emocional y el Modelo de regulación emocional basado en el procesamiento emocional. Asimismo, se explica la relación de esta habilidad con la población consumidora, y el estado actual de consumo en España. Objetivo. Estudiar la...
Estudio Correlacional: Evitación experiencial, insomnio y rumiación en adolescentes
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
El objetivo principal del estudio fue analizar la relación de las variables evitación experiencial, estilo de respuesta rumiativo e insomnio en función del sexo, edad y nivel académico. Se trata de un estudio observacional correlacional transversal, con una muestra no clínica en población adolescente, seleccionados mediante muestreo no probabilístico. Los instrumentos utilizados han sido el AAQ-II, el RRS y el ISI, que miden evitación experiencial, estilo de respuesta rumiativo e insomnio,...
Evitación experiencial y ansiedad en deportistas de alto rendimiento
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
El objetivo principal de este estudio es correlacionar la evitación experiencial y ansiedad precompetitiva (ansiedad somática, ansiedad cognitiva y autoconfianza) para conocer sí es pertinente proponer futuras intervenciones con la Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso (ACT) en el ámbito deportivo. Se utilizó un diseño observacional correlacional transversal en una muestra no clínica de 93 deportistas de alto rendimiento de ambos sexos de edades comprendidas entre 15 y 46 años, mediante el AAQ-II...
Eficacia de un programa de intervención basado en la terapia dialéctico-conductual en pacientes con trastorno límite de la personalidad
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
El Trastorno Límite de la Personalidad (TLP) se considera un grave problema de salud mental, siendo una de las intervenciones para su tratamiento más eficaces la Terapia Dialéctico Conductual (DBT). El objetivo de este estudio es comprobar la eficacia de un programa de gestión emocional basado en la DBT para pacientes que tienen un diagnóstico de TLP, compuesto por cuatro bloques: mindfulness, eficacia interpersonal, regulación emocional y tolerancia al estrés. Se reclutó a 4 residentes del...
Las estrategias de la terapia cognitivo conductual (TCC) para pacientes de cirugía bariátrica: revisión sistemática
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Desde 1991, cuando los NIH reconocieron la cirugía bariátrica como el tratamiento más efectivo para la obesidad mórbida, el número de estos procedimientos no ha dejado de crecer. El psicólogo es una parte fundamental de este equipo multidisciplinar, y la terapia cognitivo conductual ha sido la rama más utilizada por estos profesionales. Sin embargo, se observa una gran variedad de tácticas y recursos de TCC aplicados a los pacientes de cirugía bariátrica, y el objetivo de este trabajo es...
Edible insects: A novel nutritious, functional, and safe food alternative
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
In a world where 1 billion people suffer from hunger, lands and seas are overexploited and production systems are unsustainable, and there is an urgent need to find alternative foods. In this context, insects represent a good source of macro- and micronutrients and even bioactive compounds that could contribute to reducing nutritional deficiency and preventing some human diseases. However, some aspects related to their consumption, including health risks, need to be clarified. This...
Molecular bases for the use of functional foods in the management of healthy aging: Berries, curcumin, virgin olive oil and honey, three realities and a promise
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
As the number of older people has grown in recent decades, the search for new approaches to manage or delay aging is also growing. Among the modifiable factors, diet plays a crucial role in healthy aging and in the prevention of age-related diseases. Thus, the interest in the use of foods, which are rich in bioactive compounds such as functional foods with anti-aging effects is a growing market. This review summarizes the current knowledge about the molecular mechanisms of action of foods...
Modelo de comunicación efectiva para la difusión de los programas y proyectos de inversión pública del Departamento de Loreto, Perú
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Esta investigación ha sido desarrollada con el objetivo general de determinar un modelo de comunicación efectiva para la difusión de los Programas y Proyectos de Inversión Pública (PIP) del Departamento de Loreto, que ocupa la tercera parte del territorio del Perú, y, dadas sus características geográficas, existe mucha influencia cultural de Colombia y Brasil. Desde la perspectiva metodológica, se basó en un enfoque cuantitativo, de nivel descriptivo, con un diseño de campo, no experimental,...
Evaluation of Single-Cropping under Reduced Water Supply in Strawberry Cultivation
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Genotype, environment, and cultivation system strongly influence strawberry yield and quality. Specifically, the growth of strawberry plants is dependent on the water supply. Nevertheless, the abuse of water in agriculture is necessitating the choice of the lowest water-consumptive plants. The following study showed the performance of ‘Romina’, ‘Sibilla’, and ‘Cristina’ cultivars, grown in open-field conditions, and treated with three doses of water (W): 100% local standard regime, and 20% (W80...
The rise of processed meat alternatives: A narrative review of the manufacturing, composition, nutritional profile and health effects of newer sources of protein, and their place in healthier diets
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Background
The drive to reduce the negative impact of the global food system on the environment and human health, and to feed a growing global population, has led to the rapid development of meat alternatives, including plant-based and mycoprotein-based products such as burgers, cured meat and nuggets. These are generally food items manufactured with highly refined ingredients, so health professionals interested in promoting plant-based diets, or a reduction in meat consumption, need a deeper...
A Modified Marx Generator Circuit with Enhanced Tradeoff between Voltage and Pulse Width for Electroporation Applications
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Electroporation is a next generation bioelectronics device. The emerging application of electroporation requires high voltage pulses having a pulse-width in the nanosecond range. The essential use of a capacitor results in an increase in the size of the electroporator circuit. This paper discusses the modification of a conventional Marx generator circuit to achieve the high voltage electroporation pulses with a minimal chip size of the circuit. The reduced capacitors are attributed to a...
A Cost-Optimized Data Parallel Task Scheduling with Deadline Constraints in Cloud
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Large-scale distributed systems have the advantages of high processing speeds and large communication bandwidths over the network. The processing of huge real-world data within a time constraint becomes tricky, due to the complexity of data parallel task scheduling in a time constrained environment. This paper proposes data parallel task scheduling in cloud to address the minimization of cost and time constraints. By running concurrent executions of tasks on multi-core cloud resources, the...
Lightweight Hybrid Deep Learning Architecture and Model for Security in IIOT
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Remarkable progress in the Internet of Things (IoT) and the requirements in the Industrial era have raised new constraints of industrial data where huge data are gathered by heterogeneous devices. Recently, Industry 4.0 has attracted attention in various fields of industries such as medicines, automobiles, logistics, etc. However, every field is suffering from some threats and vulnerabilities. In this paper, a new model is proposed for detecting different types of attacks and it is analyzed...
Information technology-based revolution in music education using AHP and TOPSIS
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
In today’s modern world, information and communication technologies are playing an active role in increasing the standards and quality of life for the betterment of human beings. Due to these technologies, people are now learning and experiencing new things very effectively and efficiently. With the implementation of information technology (IT)-based smart technologies in music education, learners can learn and create quality music. There is a need for the employment of information technology...
FairHealth: Long-Term Proportional Fairness-Driven 5G Edge Healthcare in Internet of Medical Things
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Recently, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) could offload healthcare services to 5 G edge computing for low latency. However, some existing works assumed altruistic patients will sacrifice Quality of Service (QoS) for the global optimum. For priority-aware and deadline-sensitive healthcare, this sufficient and simplified assumption will undermine the engagement enthusiasm, i.e., unfairness. To address this issue, we propose a long-term proportional fairness-driven 5 G edge healthcare, i.e...
ICN Based Efficient Content Caching Scheme for Vehicular Networks
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The Information Centric Networking (ICN) is a future internet architecture to support efficient content distribution in a vehicular environment. In-network caching in ICN provides a realistic solution for vehicular communication due to storage of content replicas inside network vehicles. However, the challenge still exists while caching content replicas in resource constraint vehicles ( such as limited power and cache capacity) to minimize the communication latency. To address the above...
Inequalities and Asymmetries in the Development of Angola’s Provinces: The Impact of Colonialism and Civil War
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Angola, as with many countries on the African continent, has great inequalities or asymmetries between its provinces. At the economic, financial, and technological level, there is a great disparity between them, where it is observed that the province of Luanda is the largest financial business center to the detriment of others, such as Moxico, Zaire, and Cabinda. In the latter, despite the advantages of high oil production, from a regional point of view, they remain almost stagnant in time, in...
Thyroid Disease Prediction Using Selective Features and Machine Learning Techniques
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Thyroid disease prediction has emerged as an important task recently. Despite existing approaches for its diagnosis, often the target is binary classification, the used datasets are small-sized and results are not validated either. Predominantly, existing approaches focus on model optimization and the feature engineering part is less investigated. To overcome these limitations, this study presents an approach that investigates feature engineering for machine learning and deep learning models....
Moral perception, educational environment, and development of medical professionalism in medical students during the clinical rotations in Peru
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between a clinical environment and the development of empathy, teamwork, and lifelong learning in medical students who are doing their first clinical rotation. The Jefferson Scales of Empathy (JSE), Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (JSAPNC), and Jefferson Scale of Physician Lifelong Learning (JeffSPLLL) were administered to 60 sixth-year medical students, before and after their first clinical rotation in...
Coaxial Synthesis of PEI-Based Nanocarriers of Encapsulated RNA-Therapeutics to Specifically Target Muscle Cells
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
In this work, we performed a methodological comparative analysis to synthesize polyethyleneimine (PEI) nanoparticles using (i) conventional nanoprecipitation (NP), (ii) electrospraying (ES), and (iii) coaxial electrospraying (CA). The nanoparticles transported antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), either encapsulated (CA nanocomplexes) or electrostatically bound externally (NP and ES nanocomplexes). After synthesis, the PEI/ASO nanoconjugates were functionalized with a muscle-specific RNA aptamer...
Analyzing preventive precautions to limit spread of COVID-19
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
With the global spread of COVID-19, the governments advised the public for adopting safety precautions to limit its spread. The virus spreads from people, contaminated places, and nozzle droplets that necessitate strict precautionary measures. Consequently, different safety precautions have been implemented to fight COVID-19 such as wearing a facemask, restriction of social gatherings, keeping 6 feet distance, etc. Despite the warnings, highlighted need for such measures, and the increasing...
A CAD System for Alzheimer’s Disease Classification Using Neuroimaging MRI 2D Slices
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Developments in medical care have inspired wide interest in the current decade, especially to their services to individuals living prolonged and healthier lives. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most chronic neurodegeneration and dementia-causing disorder. Economic expense of treating AD patients is expected to grow. The requirement of developing a computer-aided technique for early AD categorization becomes even more essential. Deep learning (DL) models offer numerous benefits against machine...
Pacing and packing behaviour in elite and world record performances at Berlin marathon
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The aim of this study was to compare pacing and packing behaviours between sex and performance level at elite Berlin marathon races. Official electronic split and finishing times from 279 (149 male and 130 female) marathon performances, including 5 male world records, were obtained from 11 Berlin marathon races held from 2008 to 2018, and from two previous world records and the second world all-time fastest performance also achieved at that same Berlin course. Male performances displaying an...
Influence of the properties of different graphene-based nanomaterials dispersed in polycaprolactone membranes on astrocytic differentiation
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Composites of polymer and graphene-based nanomaterials (GBNs) combine easy processing onto porous 3D membrane geometries due to the polymer and cellular differentiation stimuli due to GBNs fillers. Aiming to step forward to the clinical application of polymer/GBNs composites, this study performs a systematic and detailed comparative analysis of the influence of the properties of four different GBNs: (i) graphene oxide obtained from graphite chemically processes (GO); (ii) reduced graphene oxide...
Improvement of energy conservation using blockchain-enabled cognitive wireless networks for smart cities
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
In Smart Cities’ applications, Multi-node cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) can boost spectrum sensing efficiency in cognitive wireless networks (CWN), although there is a non-linear interaction among number of nodes and sensing efficiency. Cooperative sensing by nodes with low computational cost is not favorable to improving sensing reliability and diminishes spectrum sensing energy efficiency, which poses obstacles to the regular operation of CWN. To enhance the evaluation and interpretation...
Differences reported in the lifespan and aging of male Wistar rats maintained on diets containing fat with different fatty acid profiles (virgin olive, sunflower or fish oils) are not reflected by histopathological lesions found at death in central nervous and endocrine systems
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The present study was designed to examine if dietary fat sources that have shown differences in lifespan and if some aging-related aspects can modulate the range of histopathologic changes in central nervous and endocrine systems that occur during the lifespan of Wistar rats. Moreover, it was attempted to gain insight into the relationship between longevity and the development of the different pathological changes, as well as possible interaction with diet. In order to achieve this, male Wistar...
Mitigating 5G security challenges for next-gen industry using quantum computing
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
5G has been launched in a few countries of the world, so now all focus shifted towards the development of future 6G networks. 5G has connected all aspects of society. Ubiquitous connectivity has opened the doors for more data sharing. Although 5G is providing low latency, higher data rates, and high-speed yet there are some security-related vulnerabilities. Those security issues need to be mitigated for securing 6G networks from existing challenges. Classical cryptography will not remain enough...
Influence of altitude on the physicochemical composition and antioxidant capacity of strawberry: a preliminary systematic review and meta-analysis
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Several climatic trends are generally associated with altitude, that may influence the nutritional and phytochemical composition of plants. Strawberry is considered a functional food due to biological activities and health benefits. This systematic review and meta-analysis intend to expose possible variations on physicochemical composition and antioxidant capacity of strawberries in regard to altitude. Thirty eligible studies were included for the final meta-analysis. Two altitude ranges were...
The Molecular Weaponry Produced by the Bacterium Hafnia alvei in Foods
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Hafnia alvei is receiving increasing attention from both a medical and veterinary point of view, but the diversity of molecules it produces has made the interest in this bacterium extend to the field of probiotics, the microbiota, and above all, to its presence and action on consumer foods. The production of Acyl Homoserine Lactones (AHLs), a type of quorum-sensing (QS) signaling molecule, is the most often-studied chemical signaling molecule in Gram-negative bacteria. H. alvei can use this...
Development Agencies and Local Governments—Coexistence within the Same Territory
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
This article proposes a discussion on the form of coexistence of local Development Agencies in Uruguay, with local governments in the face of the new scenarios marked by the decentralization process, initiated in the country with the Constitutional Reform of 1996 and culminating in February 2009, with the Law of Political Decentralization and Citizen Participation. The discussion applies in particular to the local development agency of the city of Rivera (ADR), located in the northeast of the...
Comparative Study of the Information about the COVID-19 Pandemic and COVID-19 Vaccines on the Covers of United Kingdom, France, Spain and United States’ Main Newspapers
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
This study compares the information coverage of the vaccine against the information of the COVID-19 pandemic in eight newspapers (two per country) from the United Kingdom, France, Spain and the United States. The newspapers analyzed are The Times and The Guardian (United Kingdom), Le Monde and Le Figaro (France), El País and El Mundo (Spain), and The New York Times and The Washington Post (United States). On a methodological level, the work uses a descriptive approach of hemerographic analysis...
Recovery of value-added anthocyanins from mulberry by a cation exchange chromatography
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Anthocyanins are often targets in polyphenol analysis. However, it's hard to effectively separate anthocyanin from copigments such as phenolic acid and flavanols due to their similar structure. Thus, a cation exchange chromatography with 001 × 7 has been developed, which is available for anthocyanins isolation both on a small and large scale. The optimal process condition of anthocyanins isolation was determined. Compared to the macroporous adsorbent resins and Strong Cation Exchange resin...
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Relation with Diet Quality and Mediterranean Diet in Southern Italy
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption has been the focus of major attention due to their potential effects on human health. The aim of this study was to investigate the intake of UPFs in a sample of southern Italian individuals and assess its relationship with nutrient profile and dietary quality parameters. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1936 individuals older than 18 years randomly selected from the general population. A total of 110 food times have been categorized based on the...
Characterization and Comparison of Raw Brassica and Grass Field Sensorial and Nutritional Quality
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
This study reports a characterization of the nutritional quality of several vegetables belonging to Brassica genus and other species cultivated in the central Italy. The aim of this trial is to investigate the antioxidant capacity and phytochemical content of several vegetable products during two consecutive years. The sensorial quality is investigated with the measuring of soluble solid content (SSC), titratable acidity (TA) and pH; the nutritional quality is investigated by the measurement of...
IoT-Inspired Reliable Irregularity-Detection Framework for Education 4.0 and Industry 4.0
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Education 4.0 imitates Industry 4.0 in many aspects such as technology, customs, challenges, and benefits. The remarkable advancement in embryonic technologies, including IoT (Internet of Things), Fog Computing, Cloud Computing, and Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), polishes every dimension of Industry 4.0. The constructive impacts of Industry 4.0 are also replicated in Education 4.0. Real-time assessment, irregularity detection, and alert generation are some of the leading necessities of...
Eating Habits Associated with Nutrition-Related Knowledge among University Students Enrolled in Academic Programs Related to Nutrition and Culinary Arts in Puerto Rico
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
University students frequently develop unhealthy eating habits. However, it is unknown if students enrolled in academic programs related to nutrition and culinary arts have healthier eating habits. We evaluated the relationship of eating habits and nutritional status of students in academic programs with knowledge on nutrition, as well as cooking methods and techniques. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in spring of 2019, while we completed a survey measuring eating habits and...
Towards Security Mechanism in D2D Wireless Communication: A 5G Network Approach
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Device-to-device (D2D) communication has attracted many researchers, cellular operators, and equipment makers as mobile traffic and bandwidth demands have increased. It supports direct communication within devices with no need for any intermediate node and, therefore, offers advantage in 5G network while providing wide cell coverage range and frequency reuse. However, establishing acceptable and secure mechanism for D2D communication which ensures confidentiality, integrity, and availability is...
Siamese Convolutional Neural Network-Based Twin Structure Model for Independent Offline Signature Verification
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
One of the toughest biometrics and document forensics problems is confirming a signature’s authenticity and legal identity. A forgery may vary from a genuine signature by specific distortions. Therefore, it is necessary to continuously monitor crucial distinctions between real and forged signatures for secure work and economic growth, but this is particularly difficult in writer-independent tasks. We thus propose an innovative and sustainable writer-independent approach based on a Siamese...
Role of Empathy and Lifelong Learning Abilities in Physicians and Nurses Who Work in Direct Contact with Patients in Adverse Working Conditions
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Empathy and lifelong learning are two professional competencies that depend on the four principles of professionalism: humanism, altruism, excellence, and accountability. In occupational health, there is evidence that empathy prevents work distress. However, in the case of lifelong learning, the evidence is still scarce. In addition, recent studies suggest that the development of lifelong learning varies in physicians and nurses and that it is sensitive to the influence of cultural stereotypes...
Inter-Professional Collaboration and Occupational Well-Being of Physicians Who Work in Adverse Working Conditions
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
nter-professional collaboration, empathy and lifelong learning, components of medical professionalism, have been associated with occupational well-being in physicians. However, it is not clear whether this role persists in adverse working conditions. This study was performed to assess whether this is the case. These three abilities, and the self-perception of somatization, exhaustion and work alienation, were measured in a sample of 60 physicians working in a hospital declared to be in an...
A Novel Framework for Fog-Assisted Smart Healthcare System with Workload Optimization
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Fog-assisted and IoT-enabled smart healthcare system with rapid response rates is the major area of concern now a days. Dynamic and heterogeneous fog networks are difficult to manage and a considerable amount of overhead could be realized while managing ever increasing load on foglets. Fog computing plays a vital role in managing ever increasing processing demands from diverse IoT-based applications. Smart healthcare systems work with the assistance of sensor-based devices and automatic data...
Obesity and its association with mental health among Mexican children and adolescents: systematic review
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Context
Obesity and mental health issues increasingly affect children and adolescents, but whether obesity is a risk factor for mental health issues is unclear.
Objective
To systematically review the association between obesity and mental health issues (ie, anxiety and/or depression) among Mexican children and adolescents.
Data sourcing, extraction, and synthesis
A literature search of 13 databases and 1 search engine was conducted. Population, exposure, comparison, outcomes, and study design...
Valorization of food products using natural functional compounds for improving organoleptic and functional chemistry
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Functional foods have emerged as an attractive option for many consumers, given their wide-ranging and long-term benefits. The functional food market size was valued at USD 177,770 Million in 2019 and is estimated to reach USD 267,924.4 Million by 2027, registering a CAGR of 6.7% from 2021 to 2027. Various natural products/compounds exert significant functional activity, and could also added value to food products alone or in combination, provided functional activity. The use of natural...
Neuroinflammation and neuroprogression produced by oxidative stress in euthymic bipolar patients with different onset disease times
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with systemic toxicity, represented by changes in biomarkers associated with mood episodes, leading to neurological damage, which may reflect cognitive functions and functionality and the progression of the disease. We aimed to analyze the effect of four biomarkers, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBA-RS), related to oxidative stress in BD and to correlate them with...
Amyloid β-but not Tau-induced neurotoxicity is suppressed by Manuka honey via HSP-16.2 and SKN-1/Nrf2 pathways in an in vivo model of Alzheimer's disease
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Alzheimer's is a chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system considered the leading cause of dementia in the world. It is characterized by two etiopathological events related to oxidative stress: the aggregation of β-amyloid peptide and the formation of neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated Tau protein in the brain. The incidence of this disease increases with age and has been associated with inadequate lifestyles. Some natural compounds have been shown to improve...
Building Heating and Cooling Load Prediction Using Ensemble Machine Learning Model
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Building energy consumption prediction has become an important research problem within the context of sustainable homes and smart cities. Data-driven approaches have been regarded as the most suitable for integration into smart houses. With the wide deployment of IoT sensors, the data generated from these sensors can be used for modeling and forecasting energy consumption patterns. Existing studies lag in prediction accuracy and various attributes of buildings are not very well studied. This...
Incidencia lesional en el fútbol
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
El fútbol es el deporte universalmente más popular y el más extendido, lo que implica, además, ser uno de los deportes de equipo con mayor IL. Las lesiones afectan de manera negativa al rendimiento del deportista y del equipo. El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer las lesiones producidas a lo largo de la temporada 2016/2017 de la primera y segunda división española en función del tipo de lesión, posición del jugador, minuto en que se produce la lesión y la edad del jugador. Se trata...
Descriptive Analysis of Mobile Apps for Management of COVID-19 in Spain and Development of an Innovate App in that field
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
To address the current pandemic, multiple studies have focused on the development of new mHealth apps to help in curbing the number of infections, these applications aim to accelerate the identification and self-isolation of people exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus known to cause COVID-19, by being in close contact with infected individuals. The main objectives of this paper are: (1) Analyze the current status of COVID-19 apps available on the main virtual stores: Google Play Store and App...
Threatening URDU Language Detection from Tweets Using Machine Learning
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Technology’s expansion has contributed to the rise in popularity of social media platforms. Twitter is one of the leading social media platforms that people use to share their opinions. Such opinions, sometimes, may contain threatening text, deliberately or non-deliberately, which can be disturbing for other users. Consequently, the detection of threatening content on social media is an important task. Contrary to high-resource languages like English, Dutch, and others that have several such...
Phages, anti-CRISPR proteins, and drug-resistant bacteria: what do we know about this triad?
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Phages are viruses that infect bacteria, relying on their genetic machinery to replicate. To survive the constant attack of phages, bacteria have developed diverse defense strategies to act against them. Nevertheless, phages rapidly co-evolve to overcome these barriers, resulting in a constant, and often surprising, molecular arms race. Thus, some phages have evolved protein inhibitors known as anti-CRISPRs (∼50–150 amino acids), which antagonize the bacterial CRISPR-Cas immune response. To...
Recovering high value-added anthocyanins from blueberry pomace with ultrasound-assisted extraction
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Food waste is a potential source to replace fresh materials for obtaining functional ingredients. Blueberry pomace contains considerable amounts of anthocyanins. In this study, we investigated ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE) of anthocyanins from blueberry pomace. We used a Box-Behnken design (BBD) to screen and optimize the important factors influencing yield. The optimum extraction conditions were a temperature of 40 °C, an ultrasonic power of 400 W and an extraction time of 40 min. The...
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Is Inversely Associated with the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Older People from the North of Spain
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Background: The aim of this study was to relate adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) to the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in an elderly population from the north of Spain. Methods: We carried out an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study involving 556 non-institutionalised individuals aged 65 to 79 years. The MEDAS-14 questionnaire score was used to define the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean diet. The diagnosis of MetS was conducted...
Influence of Altitudes and Development Stages on the Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Capacity of the Wild Andean Blueberry (Vaccinium floribundum Kunth)
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The chemical composition and biological capacities of berries depend on environmental parameters, maturity, and location. The Andean blueberry (Vaccinium floribundum Kunth), also known as mortiño, presents a unique combination of several phytochemicals, which play a synergistic role in its characterization as a functional food. We aimed to expose the possible variations that exist in the profile of the phenolic compounds as well as the antioxidant and antimicrobial capacity of the wild Andean...
Evaluation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Diagnosis and Prediction of the Sustainability of Projects Aimed at Local Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The purpose of this article is to help to bridge the gap between sustainability and its application to project management by developing a methodology based on artificial intelligence to diagnose, classify, and forecast the level of sustainability of a sample of 186 projects aimed at local communities in Latin American and Caribbean countries. First, the compliance evaluation with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the framework of the 2030 Agenda served to diagnose and determine,...
Violencia de género en período de pandemia de coronavirus en los países del G-20: Campañas publicitarias en redes sociales
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
La pandemia provocada por el SARS-CoV-2 evidenció un incremento de los casos de violencia de género durante el confinamiento domiciliario y aislamiento social. El artículo aborda el estudio de las campañas publicitarias impulsadas en los países del G-20 en el período de pandemia. Las redes sociales se convirtieron en un espacio de interacción para impulsar acciones de ciberfeminismo (hashtivismo) y visibilizar esta problemática social considerada ‘la otra pandemia’. El análisis se centra en las...
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Premenstrual Syndrome with Special Emphasis on Herbal Medicine and Nutritional Supplements
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Herbal medicine and nutritional supplements are suggested to treat premenstrual somatic and psycho-behavioural symptoms in clinical guidelines; nonetheless, this is at present based on poor-quality trial evidence. Hence, we aimed to design a systematic review and meta-analysis for their effectiveness in alleviating premenstrual symptoms. The published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were extracted from Google scholar, PubMed, Scopus and PROSPERO databases. The risk of bias in randomized...
Consortium Framework Using Blockchain for Asthma Healthcare in Pandemics
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Asthma is a deadly disease that affects the lungs and air supply of the human body. Coronavirus and its variants also affect the airways of the lungs. Asthma patients approach hospitals mostly in a critical condition and require emergency treatment, which creates a burden on health institutions during pandemics. The similar symptoms of asthma and coronavirus create confusion for health workers during patient handling and treatment of disease. The unavailability of patient history to physicians...
White Blood Cell Classification Using Texture and RGB Features of Oversampled Microscopic Images
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
White blood cell (WBC) type classification is a task of significant importance for diagnosis using microscopic images of WBC, which develop immunity to fight against infections and foreign substances. WBCs consist of different types, and abnormalities in a type of WBC may potentially represent a disease such as leukemia. Existing studies are limited by low accuracy and overrated performance, often caused by model overfit due to an imbalanced dataset. Additionally, many studies consider a lower...
Advancements in Dentistry with Artificial Intelligence: Current Clinical Applications and Future Perspectives
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Artificial intelligence has been widely used in the field of dentistry in recent years. The present study highlights current advances and limitations in integrating artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning in subfields of dentistry including periodontology, endodontics, orthodontics, restorative dentistry, and oral pathology. This article aims to provide a systematic review of current clinical applications of artificial intelligence within different fields of dentistry. The...
Design and Development of Smart Weight Measurement, Lateral Turning and Transfer Bedding for Unconscious Patients in Pandemics
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Patient care and convenience remain the concern of medical professionals and caregivers alike. An unconscious patient confined to a bed may develop fluid accumulation and pressure sores due to inactivity and deficiency of oxygen flow. Moreover, weight monitoring is crucial for an effective treatment plan, which is difficult to measure for bedridden patients. This paper presents the design and development of a smart and cost-effective independent system for lateral rotation, movement, weight...
An Effective Method for Lung Cancer Diagnosis from CT Scan Using Deep Learning-Based Support Vector Network
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The diagnosis of early-stage lung cancer is challenging due to its asymptomatic nature, especially given the repeated radiation exposure and high cost of computed tomography(CT). Examining the lung CT images to detect pulmonary nodules, especially the cell lung cancer lesions, is also tedious and prone to errors even by a specialist. This study proposes a cancer diagnostic model based on a deep learning-enabled support vector machine (SVM). The proposed computer-aided design (CAD) model...
Smart Fault Monitoring and Normalizing of a Power Distribution System Using IoT
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Conventional outage management practices in distribution systems are tedious and complex due to the long time taken to locate the fault. Emerging smart technologies and various cloud services offered could be utilized and integrated into the power industry to enhance the overall process, especially in the fault monitoring and normalizing fields in distribution systems. This paper introduces smart fault monitoring and normalizing technologies in distribution systems by using one of the most...
A 50 Hz magnetic field influences the viability of breast cancer cells 96 h after exposure
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Background
The exposure of breast cancer to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) results in various biological responses. Some studies have suggested a possible cancer-enhancing effect, while others showed a possible therapeutic role. This study investigated the effects of in vitro exposure to 50 Hz ELF-MF for up to 24 h on the viability and cellular response of MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines and MCF-10A breast cell line.
Methods and results
The breast cell lines...
A Smart Cloud and IoVT-Based Kernel Adaptive Filtering Framework for Parking Prediction
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Smart vehicle parking is a collaborative effort of technology and human innovation where the efforts are to be minimized to save time and efforts. In smart cities it is one of the common challenges to introduce smart parking to increase parking efficiency and combat numerous issues like identification of free parking slot and real-time dynamic updation on traffic to save fuel and energy. In this work, a new cloud-based smart parking architecture is proposed that can help in predicting the...
An Enhanced Feed-Forward Back Propagation Levenberg–Marquardt Algorithm for Suspended Sediment Yield Modeling
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Rivers are dynamic geological agents on the earth which transport the weathered materials of the continent to the sea. Estimation of suspended sediment yield (SSY) is essential for management, planning, and designing in any river basin system. Estimation of SSY is critical due to its complex nonlinear processes, which are not captured by conventional regression methods. Rainfall, temperature, water discharge, SSY, rock type, relief, and catchment area data of 11 gauging stations were utilized...
A Novel Large-Scale Stochastic Pushback Design Merged with a Minimum Cut Algorithm for Open Pit Mine Production Scheduling
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Traditional optimization of open pit mine design is a crucial component of mining endeavors and is influenced by many variables. The critical factor in optimization is the geological uncertainty, which relates to the ore grade. To deal with uncertainties related to the block economic values of mining blocks and the general problem of mine design optimization, under unknown conditions, the best ultimate pit limits and pushback designs are produced by a minimum cut algorithm. The push–relabel...
Prediction β-Thalassemia carriers using complete blood count features
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
β-Thalassemia is one of the dangerous causes of the high mortality rate in the Mediterranean countries. Substantial resources are required to save a β-Thalassemia carriers’ life and early detection of thalassemia patients can help appropriate treatment to increase the carrier’s life expectancy. Being a genetic disease, it can not be prevented however the analysis of several indicators in parents’ blood can be used to detect disorders causing Thalassemia. Laboratory tests for Thalassemia are...
Monitoring Ambient Parameters in the IoT Precision Agriculture Scenario: An Approach to Sensor Selection and Hydroponic Saffron Cultivation
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The world population is on the rise, which demands higher food production. The reduction in the amount of land under cultivation due to urbanization makes this more challenging. The solution to this problem lies in the artificial cultivation of crops. IoT and sensors play an important role in optimizing the artificial cultivation of crops. The selection of sensors is important in order to ensure a better quality and yield in an automated artificial environment. There are many challenges...
Critical Review of Plant-Derived Compounds as Possible Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Proteases: A Comparison with Experimentally Validated Molecules
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Ever since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, by the WHO, a concerted effort has been made to find compounds capable of acting on the virus and preventing its replication. In this context, researchers have refocused part of their attention on certain natural compounds that have shown promising effects on the virus. Considering the importance of this topic in the current context, this study aimed to present a critical review and...
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Circulating Irisin Levels Following Endurance Training: Results of Continuous and Interval Training
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Background
Irisin has been suggested as a helpful hormone for adverse metabolic conditions. However, the interaction between acute endurance exercises and irisin is still unclear. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the acute effect of endurance training, either continuous or interval training, on circulating irisin in healthy adults.
Methods
Literature search was conducted in Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and CINAHL until September 2022. Clinical trials...
IoT Enabled Intelligent Stick for Visually Impaired People for Obstacle Recognition
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
This paper presents the design, development, and testing of an IoT-enabled smart stick for visually impaired people to navigate the outside environment with the ability to detect and warn about obstacles. The proposed design employs ultrasonic sensors for obstacle detection, a water sensor for sensing the puddles and wet surfaces in the user’s path, and a high-definition video camera integrated with object recognition. Furthermore, the user is signaled about various hindrances and objects using...
Antifragile and Resilient Geographical Information System Service Delivery in Fog Computing
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The demand for cloud computing has drastically increased recently, but this paradigm has several issues due to its inherent complications, such as non-reliability, latency, lesser mobility support, and location-aware services. Fog computing can resolve these issues to some extent, yet it is still in its infancy. Despite several existing works, these works lack fault-tolerant fog computing, which necessitates further research. Fault tolerance enables the performing and provisioning of services...
Multipath Routing in Wireless Body Area Sensor Network for Healthcare Monitoring
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Mobility and low energy consumption are considered the main requirements for wireless body area sensor networks (WBASN) used in healthcare monitoring systems (HMS). In HMS, battery-powered sensor nodes with limited energy are used to obtain vital statistics about the body. Hence, energy-efficient schemes are desired to maintain long-term and steady connectivity of the sensor nodes. A sheer amount of energy is consumed in activities such as idle listening, excessive transmission and reception of...
Fingerprints as Predictors of Schizophrenia: A Deep Learning Study
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Background and Hypothesis
The existing developmental bond between fingerprint generation and growth of the central nervous system points to a potential use of fingerprints as risk markers in schizophrenia. However, the high complexity of fingerprints geometrical patterns may require flexible algorithms capable of characterizing such complexity.
Study Design
Based on an initial sample of scanned fingerprints from 612 patients with a diagnosis of non-affective psychosis and 844 healthy subjects...
The Role of Dietary Polyphenols in Pregnancy and Pregnancy-Related Disorders
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Polyphenols are a group of phytochemicals with extensive biological functions and health-promoting potential. These compounds are present in most foods of plant origin and their increased widespread availability through the intake of nutritional supplements, fortified foods, and beverages, has also led to increased exposure throughout gestation. In this narrative review, we focus on the role of polyphenols in both healthy and pathological pregnancy. General information related to their...
The International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce (INPST) and the power of Twitter networking exemplified through #INPST hashtag analysis
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The development of digital technologies and the evolution of open innovation approaches have enabled the creation of diverse virtual organizations and enterprises coordinating their activities primarily online. The open innovation platform titled “International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce” (INPST) was established in 2018, to bring together in collaborative environment individuals and organizations interested in natural product scientific research, and to empower their interactions by...
Systematic Review of Telemedicine and eHealth Systems Applied to Vascular Surgery
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Objective: The objective of this paper is to review and analyze the current state of telemedicine and ehealth in the field of vascular surgery. Methods: This paper collects the relevant information obtained after reviewing the articles related to telemedicine in vascular surgery, published from 2012 to 2022 contained in scientific databases. In addition, the results obtained are statistically studied based on various factors, such as the year of publication or the search engine. In this way, we...
Population characteristics associated with adherence to prenatal group-based exercise programs
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Community-based supervised group exercise may be an effective option to increase activity levels throughout pregnancy. Previous studies that have explored predictors of low adherence to exercise during pregnancy have not examined group-based settings. We analysed an international cohort of 347 pregnant women who participated in group-based prenatal exercise interventions (from <20 weeks to 34–36 weeks pregnant). Probable adherence predictors informed by previous literature that were assessed...
Polymyxin Resistance and Heteroresistance Are Common in Clinical Isolates of Achromobacter Species and Correlate with Modifications of the Lipid A Moiety of Lipopolysaccharide
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The Achromobacter genus includes opportunistic pathogens that can cause chronic infections in immunocompromised patients, especially in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Treatment of Achromobacter infections is complicated by antimicrobial resistance. In this study, a collection of Achromobacter clinical isolates, from CF and non-CF sources, was investigated for polymyxin B (PmB) resistance. Additionally, the effect of PmB challenge in a subset of isolates was examined and the presence of PmB-...
Analysis and Implementation of Human Mobility Behavior Using Similarity Analysis Based on Co-Occurrence Matrix
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The fast expansion of ICT (information and communications technology) has provided rich sources of data for the analysis, modeling, and interpretation of human mobility patterns. Many researchers have already introduced behavior-aware protocols for a better understanding of architecture and realistic modeling of behavioral characteristics, similarities, and aggregation of mobile users. We are introducing the similarity analytical framework for the mobile encountering analysis to allow for more...
Correction to: Systematic Review of Telemedicine and eHealth Systems Applied to Vascular Surgery
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Central and Peripheral Fatigue in Recreational Trail Runners: A Pilot Study
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Background: Understanding fatigue mechanisms is crucial for exercise performance. However, scientific evidence on non-invasive methods for assessing fatigue in trail running competitions is scarce, especially when vertical kilometer trail running races (VK) are considered. The main purpose of this study was to assess the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity (i.e., central fatigue) and the state of muscle activation (i.e., peripheral fatigue) before and after a VK competition. Methods: A...
A Novel Smart Belt for Anxiety Detection, Classification, and Reduction Using IIoMT on Students’ Cardiac Signal and MSY
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The prevalence of anxiety among university students is increasing, resulting in the negative impact on their academic and social (behavioral and emotional) development. In order for students to have competitive academic performance, the cognitive function should be strengthened by detecting and handling anxiety. Over a period of 6 weeks, this study examined how to detect anxiety and how Mano Shakti Yoga (MSY) helps reduce anxiety. Relying on cardiac signals, this study follows an integrated...
Could Celiac Disease and Overweight/Obesity Coexist in School-Aged Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Background: Celiac disease (CD) is a multifactorial, immune-mediated enteropathic disorder that may occur at any age with heterogeneous clinical presentation. In the last years, unusual manifestations have become very frequent, and currently, it is not so uncommon to diagnose CD in subjects with overweight or obesity, especially in adults; however, little is known in the pediatric population. This systematic review aims to evaluate the literature regarding the association between CD and...
Prickly pear fruits from "Opuntia ficus-indica" varieties as a source of potential bioactive compounds in the Mediterranean diet
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
Cactus has been used in traditional folk medicine because of its role in treating a number of diseases and conditions. Prickly pear fruit is an excellent source of secondary metabolites (i.e., betalains, flavonoids, and ascorbic acid) with health-promoting properties against many common human diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, rheumatic pain, gastric mucosa diseases and asthma. In addition, prickly pears are potential candidates for the development of low-cost...
Digital competencies: perceptions of primary school teachers pursuing master’s degrees from eight African countries
Repositorio: UNEATLANTICO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) highlights the relevance of using information and communications technology (ICT) in education for improving the quality of education. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to extend research on digital competences in education. To advance the development of digital competencies it is necessary to take account of how teachers perceive these. In addition, systematic reviews of the literature on ICT and education show...