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La biofiltración sobre materiales orgánicos, nueva tecnología sustentable para tratar agua residual en pequeñas comunidades e industrias

Marco Antonio Garzón-Zúñiga Gerardo Buelna GABRIELA ELEONORA MOELLER CHAVEZ (2012, [Artículo])

El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar los resultados de las principales realizaciones a escala real de esta tecnología y su impacto en los sectores urbano (pequeños municipios, zonas rurales), agropecuario (granjas porcinas) y agroalimentario (rastros avícolas) en Canadá y México.

Biofiltración Tratamiento in situ Sistema de bajo mantenimiento Agua residual doméstica Agua residual industrial INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Uso de cepas adaptadas a la degradación de compuestos orgánicos recalcitrantes y tóxicos

LUIS GILBERTO TORRES BUSTILLOS Petia Mijaylova Nacheva GABRIELA ELEONORA MOELLER CHAVEZ (1997, [Artículo])

El desarrollo de la biotecnología ha demostrado que la biodegradación de xenobióticos tóxicos y recalcitrantes es una alternativa realista para el control de la contaminación. En el presente trabajo se realiza un análisis crítico de la aplicabilidad de cepas adaptadas en los dos campos afines de la ingeniería ambiental, el tratamiento de aguas residuales y la biorremediación de suelos y acuíferos. En el mercado actualmente existe una gran cantidad de productos de la biotecnología para biorremediación o intensificación del tratamiento de aguas residuales. La aplicación concreta de estos productos debe ser anticipada por estudios detallados de su aplicabilidad. Los sistemas que los utilizan necesitan un control preciso del proceso de biodegradación. Existen alternativas a la compra de las cepas como son el aislamiento, identificación y evaluación de microrganismos autóctonos, así como la adaptación en cultivo mixto. El procedimiento puede ser por lotes o en continuo, reproduciendo las condiciones fisicoquímicas del sistema en el proceso de aclimatación (carga orgánica, pH, temperatura, salinidad o fuerza iónica, ambiente aerobio, anaerobio o anóxico). La mejor cepa adaptada para degradar un cierto contaminante es aquella aislada en el ambiente contaminado por el tóxico específico.

Tratamiento de aguas residuales Biodegradación Cepas adaptadas INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Value chain research and development: The quest for impact

Jason Donovan (2023, [Artículo])

Motivation: For decades, governments, donors, and practitioners have promoted market-based development approaches (MBDA), most recently in the form of value chain development (VCD), to spur economic growth and reduce poverty. Changes in approaches have been shaped by funders, practitioners and researchers in ways that are incompletely appreciated. Purpose: We address the following questions: (1) how have researchers and practitioners shaped discussions on MBDA?; and (2) how has research stimulated practice, and how has practice informed research? We hypothesize that stronger exchange between researchers and practitioners increases the relevance and impact of value chain research and development. Methods and approach: We adopt Downs' (1972) concept of issue-attention cycles, which posits that attention to a particular issue follows a pattern where, first, excitement builds over potential solutions; followed by disenchantment as the inherent complexity, trade-offs, and resources required to solve it become apparent; and consequently attention moves on to a new issue. We review the literature on MBDA to see how far this framing applies. Findings: We identify five cycles of approaches to market-based development over the last 40 or more years: (1) non-traditional agricultural exports; (2) small and medium enterprise development; (3) value chains with a globalization perspective; (4) value chains with an agri-business perspective; and (5) value chain development. The shaping and sequencing of these cycles reflect researchers' tendency to analyse and criticize MBDA, while providing limited guidance on workable improvements; practitioners' reluctance to engage in critical reflection on their programmes; and an institutional and funding environment that encourages new approaches. Policy implications: Future MBDA will benefit from stronger engagement between researchers, practitioners, and funders. Before shifting attention to new concepts and approaches, achievements and failures in previous cycles need to be scrutinized. Evidence-based practice should extend for the length of the issue-attention cycle; preferably it should arrest the cycling of attention. Funders can help by requiring grantees to critically reflect on past action, by providing “safe spaces” for sharing such reflections, and by engaging in joint learning with practitioners and researchers.

Agri-Food Value Chains Issue-Attention Cycles Market-Based Development Approaches CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA VALUE CHAINS PRIVATE SECTOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT SMALLHOLDERS

Environmental Nanoparticles Reach Human Fetal Brains

LILIAN OFELIA CALDERON GARCIDUEÑAS ANGEL AUGUSTO PEREZ CALATAYUD ANGELICA GONZALEZ MACIEL RAFAEL REYNOSO ROBLES Héctor Gabriel Silva Pereyra Andrea Ramos Morales RICARDO TORRES JARDON Candelario de Jesús Soberanes Cerino Raúl Carrillo Esper JESÚS CARLOS BRIONES GARDUÑO Yazmin del Socorro Conde Gutiérrez (2022, [Artículo])

"Anthropogenic ultrafine particulate matter (UFPM) and industrial and natural nanoparticles (NPs) are ubiquitous. Normal term, preeclamptic, and postconceptional weeks(PCW) 8–15 human placentas and brains from polluted Mexican cities were analyzed by TEM and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. We documented NPs in maternal erythrocytes, early syncytiotrophoblast, Hofbauer cells, and fetal endothelium (ECs). Fetal ECs exhibited caveolar NP activity and widespread erythroblast contact. Brain ECs displayed micropodial extensions reaching luminal NP-loaded erythroblasts. Neurons and primitive glia displayed nuclear, organelle, and cytoplasmic NPs in both singles and conglomerates. Nanoscale Fe, Ti, and Al alloys, Hg, Cu, Ca, Sn, and Si were detected in placentas and fetal brains. Preeclamptic fetal blood NP vesicles are prospective neonate UFPM exposure biomarkers. NPs are reaching brain tissues at the early developmental PCW 8–15 stage, and NPs in maternal and fetal placental tissue compartments strongly suggests the placental barrier is not limiting the access of environmental NPs. Erythroblasts are the main early NP carriers to fetal tissues. The passage of UFPM/NPs from mothers to fetuses is documented and fingerprinting placental single particle composition could be useful for postnatal risk assessments. Fetal brain combustion and industrial NPs raise medical concerns about prenatal and postnatal health, including neurological and neurodegenerative lifelong consequences."

Environmental medicine Placental impairment Neurodevelopmental disorders Fetal brains Erythroblasts Preeclampsia Nanoparticles NPs extracellular vesicles Petrochemical pollution Villahermosa Tabasco BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA QUÍMICA BIOQUÍMICA BIOQUÍMICA