La incorporación de las TIC en las empresas. Factores de la brecha digital en las Mipymes de Aguascalientes by Héctor Edgar Buenrostro Mercado, María del Carmen Hernández Eguiarte

“…La incorporación de las TIC en las empresas, es considerada como un elemento que aumenta su competitividad a través de una mayor productividad, eficiencia y rentabilidad de la inversión. Pero su efecto depende de las características propias de la tecnología, de las condiciones del entorno, así como de las capacidades internas de las firmas. …”
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Vida humana y vocación by José Lasaga Medina

“…El imperativo de Píndaro, que preside la ética de Ortega, “llega a ser el que eres”, encierra ese mandato de ejecutar en la circunstancia la llamada que nos cursa nuestro destino, de dar vida al “personaje” ideal que cada cual lleva dentro. …”
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Migraciones y distribución espacial: migrantes sudamericanos en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, 2001-2010 by Albano Blas Vergara Parra

“…El artículo se propone realizar un aporte al conocimiento de los patrones de asentamiento y distribución espacial de los inmigrantes internacionales, en particular de los colectivos migrantes de Sudamérica más dinámicos en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires durante la década del 2000, a partir de un análisis estadístico-cartográfico que utiliza como principal fuente de información los censos nacionales de población de 2001 y 2010. En el estudio se pone en evidencia la existencia de fuertes diferencias en la dinámica demográfica de los colectivos de Bolivia, Paraguay y Perú en relación con los restantes grupos de inmigrantes internacionales. …”
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Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Use of Propofol Plus Fentanyl versus Midazolam Plus Fentanyl as Sedation in Diagnostic Endoscopy in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease by Sameh Abdelkhalik Ahmed, Amal Selim, Nehad Hawash, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, Mohamed Yousef, Abdelrahman Kobtan, Rehab Badawi, Sally Elnawasany, Reham Abdelkader Elkhouly, Amr Shaaban Hanafy, Fatma H. Rizk, Loai Mansour, Sherief Abd-Elsalam

“…A total of 100 patients with liver cirrhosis referred for upper endoscopy were enrolled and divided equally in two groups, midazolam plus fentanyl group and propofol plus fentanyl group. …”
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Idiopathic CRMO and MEFV Gene Variant Alleles: Is There Any Relationship? by Farhad Salehzadeh, Hassan Anari, Sepehr Sarkhanloo

“…Blood samples of patients, who diagnosed as childhood idiopathic CRMO by imaging and pathologic study from June 2011 until September 2018, have been screened for the 12 common pathogenic variants of MEFV gene mutations. Result. Nine patients enrolled in this study, and eight of them were male. …”
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Análise da Degradação em duas Instalações Fotovoltaicas, Localizadas em Porto Alegre, Brasil by José Eduardo Ferreira da Fonseca, Fernando Schuck de Oliveira, César Wilhelm Massen Prieb, Arno Krenzinger

“…A pesar dos danos revelados neste trabalho, se pode afirmar que os sistemas continuam operando dentro das expectativas. A taxa de degradação da potência para o sistema mais antigo foi de 0,7% ao ano. …”
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Macular Thickness, Foveal Volume, and Choroidal Thickness in Amblyopic Eyes and Their Relationships to the Treatment Outcome by Chun-Hsiu Liu, Sherine Jue Ong, Chung-Ying Huang, Wei-Chi Wu, Ling-Yuh Kao, Meng-Ling Yang

“…Methods. This study enrolled eyes with amblyopia resulting from strabismus, anisometropia, or ametropia. …”
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The Bipolar Depression Electrical Treatment Trial (BETTER): Design, Rationale, and Objectives of a Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial and Data from the Pilot Study Phase by Bernardo de Sampaio Pereira Junior, Gabriel Tortella, Beny Lafer, Paula Nunes, Isabela Martins Benseñor, Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, André R. Brunoni

“…Sixty patients will be enrolled and assessed with clinical and neuropsychological tests. …”
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Clinical impact of direct rotational atherectomy in patients with complex coronary artery lesions by Kyusup Lee, Ji-hoon Jung, Woojin Kwon, Dae-Won Kim, Mahn-Won Park, Ik Jun Choi, Jae-Hwan Lee, Yong Hoon Yoon, Jang Hoon Lee, Sang Rok Lee, Pil Hyung Lee, Seung-Whan Lee, Ki Dong Yoo, Kyeong Ho Yun, Hyun-Jong Lee, Sung-Ho Her

“…Consecutive patients with severe coronary artery calcification were enrolled, who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using RA between January 2010 and October 2019 at 9 tertiary centers. …”
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Comparison of Retinal Microvessel Blood Flow Velocities Acquired with Two Different Fields of View by Jin Zhou, Min Li, Wan Chen, Ye Yang, Liang Hu, Liang Wang, Hong Jiang, Jianhua Wang

“…To compare the different retinal blood flow velocities (BFVs) acquired with different fields of view (FOVs) using the retinal function imager (RFI), twenty eyes of twenty healthy subjects were enrolled in the study. Retinal microvessel BFV in the macula was acquired with both a wide FOV (35 degrees, 7.3 × 7.3 mm2) and a commonly used small FOV (20 degrees, 4.3 × 4.3 mm2). …”
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Seizure-Related Injuries among People with Epilepsy at the Outpatient Department of the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Institutional-Based Study by Berhanu Boru Bifftu, Bewket Tadesse Tiruneh, Mengistu Mekonnen Kelkay, Nestanet Habte Bayu, Abebe Woldesellassie Tewolde, Wubet Worku Takele, Mehammed Adem Getnet, Abere Woretaw Azagew

“…Cross-sectional study design was utilized to enroll the selected study participants using systematic random sampling technique. …”
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Contemporary Results of the Reforming of Higher Education in China by S. S. Donetskaya, Tsyan’nan Tszi

“…Higher education has turned from the elite phenomenon to a mass one. Gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education had been increased in 9,5 times (from 1995 to 2016) and reached 42,7% in 2016. …”
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Inhospital Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study in Lima, Peru by Henry Zelada, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Helard Manrique

“…Results. 499 patients were enrolled. Main causes of death were exacerbation of chronic renal failure (38.1%), respiratory infections (35.7%), and stroke (16.7%). …”
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Funcionamiento cognitivo de niños entre 4 y 6 años para la resolución de conflictos interpersonales by María Paola Ayala Afanador, Jairo Andrés Montes González

“…Este hecho sustenta la idea de que el desarrollo cognitivo, especialmente en el dominio social, no requiere de un funcionamiento general, sino que presenta variabilidad en periodos cortos de tiempo respecto a la resolución de conflictos interpersonales, e incluso en micro momentos dentro de la misma tarea.…”
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«Asi lo paresçe por su aspeto»: fisiognomía y construcción de la diferencia en la Bogotá colonial by Joanne Rappaport

“…Este artículo analiza lo que los burócratas de la modernidad temprana consideraban personas de diferentes calidades: indio, mestizo, negro, mulato, parecido al español, por la indagación en retratos narrados en diversas circunstancias legales. …”
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Exenatide Treatment Causes Suppression of Serum Ghrelin Levels following Mixed Meal Test in Obese Diabetic Women by Figen Topyildiz, Sinem Kiyici, Zulfiye Gul, Deniz Sigirli, Metin Guclu, Gurcan Kisakol, Sinan Cavun

“…Fourteen female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus being treated with metformin and exenatide were enrolled. A mixed meal test was applied to the patients while continuing with their daily medications. …”
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Urinary tract infections in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis, listed for liver transplantation by P. D. Bessonov, I. V. Borzunov, E. N. Bessonova

“…The study included patients with liver cirrhosis Child Pugh class B and C with indications for liver transplantation, who were hospitalized at Sverdlovsk Regional hepatological center for liver disease decompensation in 2015 (n=137). Results. Of all enrolled patients 28,5% had urinary infectious complications. …”
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Identidad y Pedagogía Intercultural by Georgios NIKOLAOU, Antonios KANAVOURAS

“…Y si en nuestros días se habla más de la diversidad, la multiculturalidad y las posibles maneras de afrontar dichas situaciones, las razones han de buscarse más en los cambios que se han producido a nivel geopolítico y económico, que en dramáticos cambios demográficos dentro del mundo desarrollado. La cuestión de la diversidad cultural se ha convertido en un tema fundamental en multitud de Estados y sociedades del mundo. …”
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Lung Ultrasound Diagnostic Accuracy in Neonatal Pneumothorax by Luigi Cattarossi, Roberto Copetti, Giacomo Brusa, Stefano Pintaldi

“…In a 36-month period, 49 neonates with respiratory distress were enrolled in the study. Twenty-three had PTX requiring aspiration or chest drainage (birth weight 2120 ± 1640 grams; gestational age = 36 ± 5 weeks), and 26 were suffering from respiratory distress without PTX (birth weight 2120 ± 1640 grams; gestational age = 34 ± 5 weeks). …”
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Cambio institucional y prácticas sociales en los orígenes del capitalismo rioplatense: Entre Ríos, 1860-1878 by Roberto Schmit, Mónica Alabart

“…En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar la constitución de las nuevas instituciones normativas, las prácticas sociales y la tipificación del delito en el Estado provincial de Entre Ríos, considerándolas dentro del contexto de las significativas transformaciones que se producen en la sociedad argentina durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. …”
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