Do provisioning ecosystem services change along gradients of increasing agricultural production?

Ronju Ahammad Stephanie Tomscha Sarah Gergel Frédéric Baudron Jean-Yves Duriaux Chavarría Samson Foli Dominic Rowland Josh Van Vianen Terence Sunderland (2024, [Artículo])

Context: Increasing agricultural production shapes the flow of ecosystem services (ES), including provisioning services that support the livelihoods and nutrition of people in tropical developing countries. Although our broad understanding of the social-ecological consequences of agricultural intensification is growing, how it impacts provisioning ES is still unknown. Objectives: We examined the household use of provisioning ES across a gradient of increasing agricultural production in seven tropical countries (Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Nicaragua and Zambia). We answered two overarching questions: (1) does the use of provisioning ES differ along gradients of agriculture production ranging from zones of subsistence to moderate and to high agriculture production? and (2) are there synergies and/or trade-offs within and among groups of ES within these zones? Methods: Using structured surveys, we asked 1900 households about their assets, livestock, crops, and collection of forest products. These questions allowed us to assess the number of provisioning ES households used, and whether the ES used are functionally substitutable (i.e., used similarly for nutrition, material, and energy). Finally, we explored synergies and trade-offs among household use of provisioning ES. Results: As agricultural production increased, provisioning ES declined both in total number and in different functional groups used. We found more severe decreases in ES for relatively poorer households. Within the functional groups of ES, synergistic relationships were more often found than trade-offs in all zones, including significant synergies among livestock products (dairy, eggs, meat) and fruits. Conclusions: Considering landscape context provides opportunities to enhance synergies among provisioning services for households, supporting resilient food systems and human well-being.

Agricultural Production Zones Agricultural Intensifcation Synergies and Trade-Offs Landscape Multifunctionality Social-Ecological Systems CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION ECOSYSTEM SERVICES LANDSCAPE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

“Mexico half way of making”: Carlos Chávez and the foundation of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA) (1945-1947)

Ana Garduño (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

I am focusing on the interaction between a cultural agent, Carlos Chávez, and the government elite, related to the circumstances of the enunciation of a public and official organism, INBA (The National Institute of Fine Arts), because I assume that political relations are fundamental to understand a process that endorsed the official culture as an appendage of politics. In spite of its relevance, this subject has not been studied. Based on archival documentation (at the National Archive of Mexico and the archive of INBA) I am examining the cultural policies derived from the foundation of INBA. Due to the current pandemic situation, it was not possible to consult other documental sources. I am formulating that the concept of “high culture” was at the core of a wider conflict between governmental interests and those of representative social actors, and I conclude that this obstacle would have conferred a major political and symbolical importance to the Institute, and consequently, would restrict its budget.

Carlos Chávez INBA Agentes culturales Políticas institucionales Centralización artística HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA Foundation of the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico (INBA), Cultural agents Institutional policies Artistic centralization

Structural violence against children in Chihuahua

Hector Castro-Loera Gabriela Orozco Lopez (2022, [Artículo, Artículo])

Within the framework of philosophy and its social function, structural violence against children in Chihuahua is studied; To approach the phenomenon and propose alternatives, three theories will be related: i) feminist studies regarding violence, concepts such as intersectionality, pedagogies of cruelty and structural violence will be used, ii) the philosophy of children's rights, child´s play will be appreciated as a necessity and legal position of freedom, and iii) the event of the Aufklärung, that is, the assimilation of the present of humanity or the Enlightenment in Foucault's thought.

Structural violence Philosophy and children´s rights Chihuahua Violencia estructural Filosofía y derechos de niños CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Determinantes del comportamiento de queja del consumidor en México

Determinants of consumer complaint behavior in Mexico

IGNACIO JAVIER CRUZ RODRIGUEZ JAVIER GALAN FIGUEROA (2019, [Artículo])

El objetivo del trabajo es explicar los determinantes del comportamiento de queja del consumidor en los niveles socioeconómico y empresa. Para ello se acude a la metodología de datos de panel estático a fin de estimar el impacto de los determinantes de las quejas de los consumidores. Los resultados a nivel socioeconómico indican que las quejas se encuentran determinadas por el ingreso, las conciliaciones a favor de los consumidores y por la población residente en zonas urbanas. Mientras a nivel empresa los resultados muestran que tanto la cuota de mercado como el tamaño de la firma afectan positivamente las quejas. Se concluye que los resultados coinciden con la literatura revisada y que se puede esperar un aumento en el número de quejas presentadas por los consumidores.

This work aims to quantify the determinants of consumer complaint behavior in socioeconomic and business levels. For this purpose, the static panel data methodology is used in order to estimate the impact of consumer complaints both at the federal level of the Mexican Republic and at the level of the main companies that are considered leaders in their field. The results by the state indicate that the complaints are determined by income, reconciliations in favor of consumers and population residing in urban areas.While at the company level, the results show that both market share and company size positively affect consumer complaints. In conclusion, the results agree with the literature reviewed, and a rise in the number of complaints is possible.

HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA Datos de panel Efectos fijos y efectos aleatorios Satisfacción de los consumidores Quejas del consumidor Panel data models Fixed effects and random effects Consumer complaint

Neural network assisted composition for piano in jazz

Ismael Medina Muñoz (2023, [Tesis de maestría])

Artificial Intelligence has taken an important role in activities that were once considered exclusively human. Generative AI is a vibrant area of research, with increasing interest in application fields related to the arts. The recent plethora of innovations in fields like visual arts and natural language processing, which are able to engage in dialogue with users, are just two examples of commercial applications that are driving innovation research for big tech giants. It would not be untrue to say that these innovations are shaping mankind’s development.

Music is an investigative field that presents a challenge. Musical theory itself is challenging for humans, and music is as diverse and rich as the cultures in which it has evolved. This research and proposal is intended as a novel approach to creating a generative artificial intelligence that assists in piano composition for jazz tunes. This genre was selected because of the challenge that its richness and complexity for musical execution and interpretation pose.

By using a Recurrent Neural Net to create new sequences of n-notes from an initial n-note set and using a probabilistic approach to set the duration of each note in the produced n-notes set, the generative artificial intelligence described in this document is the piano composer assistant for jazz tunes.

Inteligencia Artificial INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS TECNOLOGÍA DE LAS TELECOMUNICACIONES DISPOSITIVOS DE GRABACIÓN DISPOSITIVOS DE GRABACIÓN

Génesis de la poesía buñueliana (el método preconsciente)

ANUAR FERNANDO GONZALEZ AMAYA (2023, [Tesis de doctorado])

"Por lo que respecta a los tres capítulos de esta tesis, nuestro objetivo primordial es reafirmar a través de un caso concreto, la visión del mundo personal de Luis Buñuel, la validez o universalidad del método: el arte buñuelesco, célebre por su singular filmografía, surge de dicha visión del mundo, un símbolo u originado simbólico de la coyuntura histórica, susceptible de ser analizado, únicamente, con las ecuaciones o procesos preconscientes, disponibles en el método. Objetivo que nos exige, además, analizar por qué, desde que Bousoño terminó de redondearlo, en Épocas literarias (1981), se ha omitido estudiar a Buñuel con tal herramienta. Pero, para hacerlo, necesitamos exponerla en lo sustancial, en lo básico, es decir, casi extraída de los ejemplos concretos en que el autor se adentró en el fenómeno, primordialmente, líricos."

Buñuel Portolés, Luis Poesía española -- Historia y crítica Método preconsciente -- Poesía buñueliana Arte buñuelesco HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA

Contratos inteligentes para la gestión de datos de sensado móvil y vestible para aplicaciones en salud

Smart contracts for mobile and wearable sensing data management for health applications

José Ricardo Cedeño García (2023, [Tesis de maestría])

El aumento en la producción de datos derivado de la adopción de tecnologías móviles y de IoT está revolucionando la salud, pero también plantea importantes retos éticos y de privacidad. Los recientes avances en el aprendizaje automático han resaltado la importancia de recopilar y etiquetar datos correctamente, en especial para fines críticos, como el desarrollo de aplicaciones para cuidados médicos. La recopilación de datos médicos para tareas de aprendizaje automático presenta limitaciones en cuanto a la cantidad, variedad y calidad de las fuentes disponibles. Una forma de abordar este dilema es el uso de Blockchain para la recopilación y el uso de datos de pacientes. El anonimato de una red centralizada permite proteger la identidad del paciente. La estructura formada por nodos permite que la información esté siempre disponible y no dependa de un servidor principal. La inmutabilidad de los registros en la cadena garantiza la trazabilidad inequívoca del flujo de los datos del paciente. Por último, los mecanismos de consenso y recompensa de la red podrían motivar a nuevos usuarios a participar del sensado activo. Presentamos TRHEAD, una arquitectura de referencia basada en la Blockchain para recopilar datos sanitarios, firmar consentimientos, anotar datos y obtener crédito por los mismos, permitiendo a los usuarios rastrear el uso de sus datos, a los científicos rastrear su procedencia y proteger al mismo tiempo la privacidad de los pacientes. Exponemos dos implementaciones de nuestra arquitectura aplicadas a distintas campañas de sensado para comprobar su viabilidad, así como los resultados de su aplicación en estos escenarios y las conclusiones que desprendieron de su análisis. Dado que uno de los objetivos principales de TRHEAD es la recopilación de datos mediante sensado activo para el entrenamiento legal/consciente de modelos de aprendizaje automático, se realizó el entrenamiento de un modelo con los datos obtenidos de la campaña de sensado correspondiente a imágenes de rostros humanos, con el fin de detectar estados de ánimo. Finalmente se discute el papel de TRHEAD en el aseguramiento del trato justo y consciente de la información de los pacientes y el camino por recorrer en el perfeccionamiento de la arquitectura.

The increase in data production resulting from the adoption of mobile and IoT technologies is revolutionizing healthcare, but it also poses significant ethical and privacy challenges. Recent advances in machine learning have highlighted the importance of collecting and labeling data correctly, especially for critical purposes such as deploying healthcare software. Collecting medical data for machine learning tasks presents limitations in terms of the quantity, variety, and quality of available sources. One way to address this dilemma is the use of Blockchain for the collection and use of patient data. The anonymity of a centralized network allows the patient’s identity to be protected. The structure formed by nodes allows information to be always available and not dependent on a main server. The immutability of the records in the chain guarantees the unequivocal traceability of the flow of patient data. Finally, the network’s consensus and reward mechanisms could motivate new users to participate in active sensing. We present TRHEAD, a Blockchain-based reference architecture for collecting healthcare data, signing consents, annotating data and getting credit for it, allowing users to track the use of their data, scientists to track its provenance while protecting patients privacy. We present two implementations of our architecture applied to different sensing campaigns to test their feasibility, as well as the results of their application in these scenarios and the conclusions drawn from those results. Since one of the main objectives of TRHEAD is the collection of data through active sensing for the legal/conscious training of machine learning models, a model was trained with the data obtained from the sensing campaign corresponding to images of human faces, in order to detect moods. Finally, the role of TRHEAD in ensuring the fair and conscientious treatment of patient information and the road ahead in refining the architecture is discussed.

Contratos Inteligentes, Blockchain, Privacidad, Aprendizaje de Máquina Etico, Recopilación Consciente de Datos, Consentimiento, Arquitectura de Referencia Smart Contracts, Blockchain, Privacy, Ethical Machine Learning, Conscious Data Collection, Consent, Reference Architecture INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ORDENADORES INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL

Los programas de medicina de precisión y los desafíos para la gestión de la salud pública

Guillermo Foladori Guillermo Foladori (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

Varios países iniciaron programas para el desarrollo de medicina de precisión. Con miles o millones de datos de salud, priorizando los mapas genéticos, mediante inteligencia artificial se elaboran algoritmos que identifican subpoblaciones con susceptibilidad a determinadas enfermedades para luego establecer la correspondencia farmacogenómica con las medicinas adecuadas. Este artículo realiza una acotada caracterización de esta propuesta y sistematiza aspectos críticos para su implementación desde una perspectiva de salud pública. Dados los argumentos expuestos, resulta probable que la medicina personalizada lleve a una mayor desigualdad entre países y regiones y al interior de los diferentes sectores sociales.

Medicina de precisión Inteligencia artificial Farmacogenómica Tendencias socioeconómicas CIENCIAS SOCIALES; INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA; MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD CIENCIAS SOCIALES INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD

Chapter 22. Heat and climate change mitigation

Fatima Camarillo-Castillo (2022, [Capítulo de libro])

Leaf Epicuticular Wax Source and Sink Relationships CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION RESPIRATION HEAT SHOCK ETHYLENE

Distribution of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici races and virulence in wheat growing regions of Kenya from 1970 to 2014

Lesley Boyd sridhar bhavani Cristobal Uauy Annemarie Fejer Justesen Mogens Hovmoller (2022, [Artículo])

Cereals and Grains Pathogen Diversity Puccinia f. sp. tritici Stripe Rust Yellow Rust CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CEREALS FIELD CROPS FUNGI PATHOGENICITY RUSTS TRITICUM AESTIVUM