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Simón Bolívar University

EducationCaracas, Venezuela
About: Simón Bolívar University is a education organization based out in Caracas, Venezuela. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Crystallization. The organization has 5912 authors who have published 8294 publications receiving 126152 citations.


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TL;DR: It is found that it is impossible for a search strategy to retrieve 100% of the experiments of interest (as happens in other experimental disciplines), because of the shortage of reporting standards in the community.
Abstract: Our goal is to analyze the optimality of search strategies for use in systematic reviews of software engineering experiments. Studies retrieval is an important problem in any evidence-based discipline. This question has not been examined for evidence-based software engineering as yet. We have run several searches exercising different terms denoting experiments to evaluate their recall and precision. Based on our evaluation, we propose using a high recall strategy when there are plenty of resources or the results need to be exhaustive. For any other case, we propose optimal, or even acceptable, search strategies. As a secondary goal, we have analysed trends and weaknesses in terminology used in articles reporting software engineering experiments. We have found that it is impossible for a search strategy to retrieve 100% of the experiments of interest (as happens in other experimental disciplines), because of the shortage of reporting standards in the community.

165 citations

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TL;DR: Variations in the content of nutrients and antinutrients of the germinated grains are attributed to the joint effect of the Germination and previous soaking the grains were subjected to.
Abstract: Germination is a method that can modify the presence of nutrients and antinutrients in legume seeds. In this study, the changes in trypsin inhibitors activity (TIA), phytic acid, tannins, ascorbic acid, thiamine, protein digestibility and minerals in germinated black beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), white beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and pigeon beans (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp) were evaluated. The ungerminated grains were analysed as control. A significant decrease in the content of TIA of pigeon beans (19.2%), white beans (52.5%) and black beans (25%) was observed. The reduction of phytic acid was more than 40% for the three grains germinated; for the tannins, the reduction was of 14.3% for pigeon beans, 19% for black beans and 36.2% for white beans. Germination increased the protein digestibility in a 2–4% range, and also increased the ascorbic acid by 300% for white beans, by 33% for black beans and by 208% for pigeon beans. The thiamine content increased more than 26.7%. Germination affected the mineral content erratically, depending more on the grain and the type of mineral. These variations in the content of nutrients and antinutrients of the germinated grains are attributed to the joint effect of the germination and previous soaking the grains were subjected to.

164 citations

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TL;DR: A multi‐prong approach, integrating genetic data and spatially realistic models of larval dispersal and genetic projection, provides complementary insights into the processes underpinning population connectivity in marine invertebrates on evolutionary timescales.
Abstract: Understanding patterns of connectivity among populations of marine organisms is essential for the development of realistic, spatially explicit models of population dynamics. Two approaches, empirical genetic patterns and oceanographic dispersal modelling, have been used to estimate levels of evolutionary connectivity among marine populations but rarely have their potentially complementary insights been combined. Here, a spatially realistic Lagrangian model of larval dispersal and a theoretical genetic model are integrated with the most extensive study of gene flow in a Caribbean marine organism. The 871 genets collected from 26 sites spread over the wider Caribbean subsampled 45.8% of the 1900 potential unique genets in the model. At a coarse scale, significant consensus between modelled estimates of genetic structure and empirical genetic data for populations of the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis is observed. However, modelled and empirical data differ in their estimates of connectivity among northern Mesoamerican reefs indicating that processes other than dispersal may dominate here. Further, the geographic location and porosity of the previously described east-west barrier to gene flow in the Caribbean is refined. A multi-prong approach, integrating genetic data and spatially realistic models of larval dispersal and genetic projection, provides complementary insights into the processes underpinning population connectivity in marine invertebrates on evolutionary timescales.

163 citations

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Jean Bousquet, Antonio Addis, Ian M. Adcock1, Ioana Agache2  +221 moreInstitutions (89)
TL;DR: The AIRWAYS-ICP (Integrated Care Pathways for Airway Diseases) as mentioned in this paper is a collaboration to develop multi-sectoral care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases in European countries and regions.
Abstract: The objective of Integrated Care Pathways for Airway Diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs) is to launch a collaboration to develop multi-sectoral care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases in European countries and regions. AIRWAYS-ICPs has strategic relevance to the European Union Health Strategy and will add value to existing public health knowledge by: 1) proposing a common framework of care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases, which will facilitate comparability and trans-national initiatives; 2) informing cost-effective policy development, strengthening in particular those on smoking and environmental exposure; 3) aiding risk stratification in chronic disease patients, using a common strategy; 4) having a significant impact on the health of citizens in the short term (reduction of morbidity, improvement of education in children and of work in adults) and in the long-term (healthy ageing); 5) proposing a common simulation tool to assist physicians; and 6) ultimately reducing the healthcare burden (emergency visits, avoidable hospitalisations, disability and costs) while improving quality of life. In the longer term, the incidence of disease may be reduced by innovative prevention strategies. AIRWAYS-ICPs was initiated by Area 5 of the Action Plan B3 of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. All stakeholders are involved (health and social care, patients, and policy makers).

162 citations

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TL;DR: Pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan) seeds were germinated for four days at 20°C in darkness in order to improve the nutritional quality of seeds as mentioned in this paper.

158 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Franco Nori114111763808
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe9633432283
Ian W. Hamley7846925800
Francisco Zaera7343219907
Thomas G. Habetler7339520725
Douglas L. Jones7051221596
I. Taboada6634613528
Enrique Herrero6424211653
Rudi Studer6026819876
Alejandro J. Müller5842012410
David Padua5824311155
Rudolf Jaffé5818210268
Luis Balicas5732814114
Volker Abetz5538611583
Ananias A. Escalante511608866
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
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20232
202220
2021286
2020384
2019340
2018312