Universidad De Oriente Research Articles

Comparing Geotechnical Methods to Assess Primary Consolidation Settlements for Raft Foundations

The primary consolidation settlements in soils under pressure due to raft foundations were evaluated using the Excel DISBAL book, and the results of the classical procedure for calculating primary settlements, taking into account the soil compression index, were compared with those of the simplified procedure based on the summation of layers method, recommended by the current Cuban standard of surface foundations. The novelty of Excel DISBAL book is its contribution for solving shortcomings of software based on current geotechnical methods and in accordance with the legal framework of current construction regulations in Cuba and other international references. The case study deals with the evaluation of the extension in height of a building supported in soil deformation limit state and hypothetically located in the experimental field of Civil Engineering of Universidad de Oriente, where the coves were made by the National Research Company Applied from Santiago de Cuba. It is demonstrated that this software allows an adequate assessment of the limit state due to soil deformation by both methods, obtaining acceptable primary consolidation settlements for the case study, and helping to specify the number of floors the building will reach.

Ciencia, mar y poder. Historia sociopolítica del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela (1958-1969)

This work consists of a socio-political history of the Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela (IOV), a research center with which the field of Marine Sciences began its process of academic institutionalization in Venezuela. The initial decade (1958-1969) of the institute meant a start and boom of research in the Venezuelan seas, even in the context of controversies and confrontations for the control and direction of the institute, which in turn were directly influenced by the Venezuelan political climate of the time and because the IOV was also the academic center that made was possible to create the Universidad de Oriente (UDO) in 1958 in the city of Cumaná (Sucre state, Venezuela), a higher education center created in 1958 in the city of Cumaná (Sucre state, Venezuela), Venezuela), a center of higher studies created by the new political elite of the nascent Venezuelan representative democracy. The analysis was based on primary documents from the archive of Pedro Roa Morales, academic archives of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and the UDO and the Oriente Universitario (UDO’s newspaper in the 1960s). These are letters, minutes, telegrams and manuscripts that were made available to us by Evelyn Zoppi de Roa - Pedro Roa’s widow - in 2017. As a university project that summoned scientific and political leaders, the UDO was born as a space where science converged with political- partisan practice through ideological loyalties and confrontations, features that did not take long to appear in the IOV. Thus, politicians (and politics) prevailed over scientists even in an academic institution, putting in check the project that gave rise to it.

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Business Management and Strategy, Vol. 14, No. 1

Business Management and Strategy (BMS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether BMS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 14, Number 1 Dio Caisar Darma, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Samarinda, IndonesiaEddie John Paul Fisher, Universidad de Oriente, UKHalimahton Borhan, Universiti Teknologi Mara, MalaysiaIzabella Manukyan, Russian-Armenian University, ArmeniaSheik Abdullah, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar College, IndiaSoolakshna Lukea Bhiwajee, University Of Technology, Mauritius, MauritiusSteliana Rodino, National Institute of R&D for Biological Sciences, Romania Jean LeeBusiness Management and StrategyMacrothink Institute*************************************Add: 5348 Vegas Dr.#825Las Vegas, Nevada 89108United StatesTel: 1-702-953-1852 ext.508E-mail1: bms@macrothink.orgE-mail2: bms@macrothink.comWebsite: http://bms.macrothink.org

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Business Management and Strategy, Vol. 13, No. 2

Business Management and Strategy (BMS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether BMS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 13, Number 2Ansar Abbas, Muslim Commercial Bank, PakistanDhanya Anna Kurian, Amity University, IndiaEddie John Paul Fisher, Universidad de Oriente, UKHalimahton Borhan, Universiti Teknologi Mara, MalaysiaIzabella Manukyan, Russian-Armenian University, ArmeniaNicoleta Nicoleta Dospinescu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, RomaniaSoolakshna Lukea Bhiwajee, University Of Technology, Mauritius, MauritiusSulaiman Sheik Abdullah, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar College, India Jean LeeBusiness Management and StrategyMacrothink Institute*************************************Add: 5348 Vegas Dr.#825Las Vegas, Nevada 89108United StatesTel: 1-702-953-1852 ext.508E-mail1: bms@macrothink.orgE-mail2: bms@macrothink.comWebsite: http://bms.macrothink.org

Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches for the Strengthening of Coastal Territorialities in Central America

The objective of the study is to address the complex issue of territoriality on the Central American coasts, as a phenomenon that must be studied and strengthened from an equally complex approach. It is proposed to overcome the traditional dichotomy between center-periphery, which has marked the elitist generation of knowledge, affecting university praxis in conjunction with the social and political subjects of the territories. It means that universities must overcome the unidisciplinary approach to reach, in the best of cases, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity as an integral and political action together with these social and political subjects, from a critical perspective. We approach the research methodologically with case studies as an example, the model of the Interdisciplinary Coastal Program (PIC) of the National University and the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies of Coastal Zones (CEMZOC) of the Universidad de Oriente in Cuba. Theoretical and epistemological elements are rescued, which complement the actions of university institutions and coastal community social subjects, in the search for a more inclusive geography, from the cases studied. The study reflects the need to overcome territorial inequities, in the face of risk scenarios where the systemic shock threatens realities such as economic-environmental, social, political, and cultural, as a result of the interdependence at the macro, meso and micro levels of these phenomena.

Reviewer Acknowledgements

Business Management and Strategy (BMS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether BMS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 12, Number 2 Agha Usama Hasan, University of West London, UKEddie John Paul Fisher, Universidad de Oriente, UKHalimahton Borhan, Universiti Teknologi Mara, MalaysiaIzabella Manukyan, Russian-Armenian University, ArmeniaJawon Kim, Chung-Ang University, KoreaPrince Ewudzie Quansah, Jiangsu University, GhanaShalini Sahni, Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Professional Studies, IndiaSoolakshna Lukea Bhiwajee, University Of Technology, Mauritius, MauritiusSulaiman Sheik Abdullah, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar College, IndiaZheng Xu, Monash University, Australia Jean LeeBusiness Management and StrategyMacrothink Institute*************************************Add: 5348 Vegas Dr.#825Las Vegas, Nevada 89108United StatesTel: 1-702-953-1852 ext.508E-mail1: bms@macrothink.orgE-mail2: bms@macrothink.comWebsite: http://bms.macrothink.org

Reviewer Acknowledgements

Business Management and Strategy (BMS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether BMS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 11, Number 2Ansar Abbas, Banking Officer, Muslim Commercial Bank Pakistan, PakistanChaminda Prasanna Karunarathne, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri LankaEddie John Paul Fisher, Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, United KingdomPaulo Gonçalves Pinheiro, Beira Interior University, PortugueseShalini Sahni, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, IndiaSulaiman Sheik Abdullah, PASUMPON MUTHURAMALINGA THEVAR COLLEGE, IndiaVenugopal Gubbi, RV Institute Of Management, India Jean LeeBusiness Management and StrategyMacrothink Institute*************************************Add: 5348 Vegas Dr.#825Las Vegas, Nevada 89108United StatesTel: 1-702-953-1852 ext.508Fax: 1-702-420-2900E-mail1: bms@macrothink.orgE-mail2: bms@macrothink.comWebsite: http://bms.macrothink.org

A tribute to some of the doctors who died from COVID-19

A tribute to some of the doctors who died from COVID-19

Importancia del Plan de Acción Tutorial en la Educación a Distancia

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo exponer las potencialidades del Plan de Acción Tutorial (PAT) para la atención diferenciada y personalizada a los estudiantes del Curso a Distancia (CaD) que se desarrolla en las universidades cubanas. Se exponen las experiencias y resultados obtenidos con su implementación en la carrera de Licenciatura en Contabilidad y Finanzas de Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, enfatizando en los aspectos que es necesario considerar para garantizar su éxito. El estudio se desarrolló desde la investigación cualitativa potenciando la entrevista a estudiantes, tutores, profesores y directivos, y la observación a las principales actividades. Los resultados del diagnóstico inicial y sistemático permitieron elaborar un PAT que permite alcanzar resultados favorables y determinar cuáles son los principales retos que debemos enfrentar para su perfeccionamiento.

New records of the shrimp Periclimenes crinoidalis Chace, 1969 (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) and its crinoid host Nemaster grandis A.H. Clark, 1909 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) in the Caribbean Sea

Abstract During exploratory trips conducted between August and December 2016, six shrimps, found in association with the crinoid Nemaster grandis A.H. Clark, 1909, ere collected in Chichiriviche de la Costa, Vargas State (Venezuela). A photographic record of the crinoids and the shrimps was conducted in situ. Shrimps were preserved in ethyl alcohol 90% and carried to the Laboratorio de Carcinologia de la Universidad de Oriente, Nucleo Nueva Esparta. Once in the laboratory, the shrimps were taxonomically described and sexed. Shrimps were identified as Periclimenes crinoidalis Chace, 1969, constituting the first record of this species in Venezuelan waters. These findings also expand the known distribution range for the crinoid N. grandis in Venezuela, where the species exhibits two morphotypes, one of them not previously described. Additionally, a table with the species of decapods found associated with echinoderms in Venezuela is provided.

Design of intervention program for preventing of alcohol misuse in university students

In the Universidad de Oriente of Santiago de Cuba, recent diagnoses showed there is currently an increase in the rate of young people who consume alcoholic beverages. Therefore, the present research has like General Objective: To design a psychoeducational intervention program to prevent the undue consumption of alcohol in the Student Residence of the University of the East of Santiago de Cuba. Techniques such as Composition, Risk Perception Questionnaire on Alcohol Consumption, Social Skills Questionnaire and Preference Questionnaire for leisure time have used. The main results were that 94% of these young people had a low perception of risk on alcohol consumption and only 15% were able to identify the main negative consequences associated with consumption. 96% had insufficient development of social skills, which is associated with the poor ability to resist the pressure of the group.

Reflexión acerca del empleo de las redes sociales, con fines educativos, en la Educación Superior

The objective of this article is to characterize the use of social networks, for educational purposes, in the training of university professionals. In this regard, the article offers a foundation of the process of training university professionals mediated by ICT and its dynamics for the use of social networks for educational purposes. A causal diagnosis made in the context of “Universidad de Oriente” of Santiago de Cuba, allowed to characterize the current state of this process which allowed to reveal the theoretical - praxiological insufficiencies that are manifested in it that demand the need for its improvement in the plane didactic - methodological, with a view to meet the demands of university education in the technological era through which humanity is transiting.

Indicadores de evaluación del impacto de la gestión académica de posgrado para la calidad de la formación pedagógica universitaria

The objective of the work is to identify the indicators that make the results and transformations that the university faculty has produced measurable, verifiable and evident from the implementation of the postgraduate academic management strategy to raise the quality of university pedagogical training following a logic of expository development from the main general categories of the management strategy to the specificities that allow to specify the management and impact. The evaluation indicators that are presented, as part of the evaluation and control of the impact of graduates in the academic management strategy of the postgraduate program of the pedagogical studies center of the Universidad de Oriente, are adjusted to the university context and, from the pedagogical training of the faculty allows strengthening the substantive processes of training, postgraduate and research and extension in our institution. Hence, they are in correspondence with the objectives and their criteria of measurement in direct relation with the plans of results of the teachers and the annual evaluation of their pedagogical performance. This will allow to control the impact of the graduates in their professional performance, as they demonstrate their self-training capacity by transforming themselves and transforming the context in which they impact.

Unravelling the (sub)cellular mechanisms of low frequency electromagnetic stimulation as ischemic stroke therapy

Unravelling the (sub)cellular mechanisms of low frequency electromagnetic stimulation as ischemic stroke therapy

La labor educativa en la universidad del siglo XXI: Proyecciones pedagógicas actuales

La complejidad del mundo actual y los nuevos retos que tienen que enfrentar los jóvenes universitarios requieren de nuevas miradas de por qué, cómo y hacia dónde dirigir la labor educativa en las universidades. Se exponen nuevos presupuestos teóricos – metodológicos que demandan de la utilización de nuevos métodos, estilos, formas y vías para lograr la calidad de esta labor. La Universidad de Oriente (UO) diseña y actualiza de manera sistemática las estrategias educativas desde el nivel de universidad, facultades, carreras, años académicos y grupos, a tono con la realidad social del siglo XXI y el perfeccionamiento que enfrenta la Educación Superior Cubana, apreciándose fortalezas. Se brindan consideraciones, pautas y proyecciones pedagógicas con la intención de continuar logrando trasformaciones en la labor educativa a favor de la formación integral de los estudiantes.

Concentrado artesanal: una alternativa para la alimentación de aves (Gallus gallus domesticus) en razas de doble propósito

El ambiente agropecuario en comunidades rurales en la Zona Oriental de El Salvador adopta un modelo basado en la producción de autoconsumo, implicando la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional del núcleo familiar. En esa dinámica, la Universidad de Oriente realizó un proyecto de investigación en el área de agropecuaria y medio ambiente que tuvo como objetivo evaluar una fórmula de concentrado artesanal, que mejora la producción de huevo en razas de gallinas de doble propósito.Se preparó un alimento utilizando harina de maíz, sorgo, melaza, minerales y vitaminas, empleando un producto farmacéutico (Nutravit), complementado con la adición de la hoja de Madre cacao (Gliceridia sepium) en forma de harina en diferentes porcentajes. Se suministró este alimento a dos razas de gallina de doble propósito conocidas como Plymouth Rock Barrada y Rodhe Island Red, en las cuales se midieron variables de repuesta como peso de la gallina, postura; peso y masa del huevo, y su relación costo/beneficio, durante diez semanas; utilizando un diseño completamente al azar. Se determinó que la dosis que contenía un 5% de harina preparada con hojas de Madre cacao tiene buena aceptabilidad de consumo en las gallinas. También se observó que influyó en que la masa de huevo alcanzara un mayor porcentaje y una buena pigmentación, mientras que el análisis estadístico determinó para las otras variables medidas diferencias no significativas.Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible, Vol. 6, 2017: 57-71

David Laibman's Synthesis Approach to Long-Standing Issues of Marxist Debate

David Laibman's Synthesis Approach to Long-Standing Issues of Marxist DebateSteve EllnerSteve EllnerDepartment of Economics and Administration, Universidad de Oriente — Anzoátegui Campus, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:June 2017https://doi.org/10.1521/siso.2017.81.3.397PDFPDF PLUS ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 81Issue 3Jul 2017 Information© 2017 by S & S Quarterly, Inc.PDF download

Ejercicio integrador para el estudio de microprocesadores del ingeniero en telecomunicaciones y electrónica

En la enseñanza de la ingeniería en los últimos años resulta difícil lograr la integración de conocimientos y habilidades para alcanzar un aprendizaje holístico y efectivo en el diseño de sistemas complejos. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo realizar una propuesta de ejercicio académico integrador para la asignatura de Microprocesadores de la carrera de Telecomunicaciones y Electrónica en el contexto de la Universidad de Oriente para fomentar la formación integral del ingeniero. La propuesta consta del diseño de un modem con el microcontrolador 8051 y la simulación de una transmisión de caracteres. Esta propuesta contiene una explícita integración horizontal y vertical con habilidades y conocimientos de las disciplinas: Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones, Teoría de la Información y Sistemas Electrónicos que son parte esencial de la formación del profesional en ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones y Electrónica. Para el diseño se propone el uso de la plataforma MATLAB e ISIS Proteus.

<strong>In Memoriam: Juan Carlos Naranjo López (1952–2014)</strong>

Cuba and the Caribbean region lost a distinguished aquatic entomologist, expert on Ephemeroptera, and leader in freshwater conservation efforts on 11 May 2014.Carlos, the only child of Juan Naranjo Guzmán and Juana Milagro López Mustelier, was born on 27 March 1952 and grew up in Manzanillo (presently Granma province). He then moved to Santiago de Cuba to pursue higher education at the Universidad de Oriente. His dissertation for the B.S. Degree in Biological Sciences (1975), conducted under the direction of Tatiana Komorova, Universidad de la Habana, concerned the population dynamics of the coffee leafminer (Leucoptera coffella).

Bibliometry of the Revista de Biología Tropical / International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation: document types, languages, countries, institutions, citations and article lifespan.

The Revista de Biología Tropical / International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation, founded in 1953, publishes feature articles about tropical nature and is considered one of the leading journals in Latin America. This article analyzes document type, language, countries, institutions, citations and for the first time article lifespan, from 1976 through 2014. We analyzed 3 978 documents from the Science Citation Index Expanded. Articles comprised 88 % of the total production and had 3.7 citations on average, lower than reviews. Spanish and English articles were nearly equal in numbers and citation for English articles was only slightly higher. Costa Rica, Mexico, and the USA are the countries with more articles, and the leading institutions were Universidad de Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico and Universidad de Oriente (Venezuela). The citation lifespan of articles is long, around 37 years. It is not surprising that Costa Rica, Mexico, and Venezuela lead in productivity and cooperation, because they are mostly covered by tropical ecosystems and share a common culture and a tradition of scientific cooperation. The same applies to the leading institutions, which are among the largest Spanish language universities in the neotropical region. American output can be explained by the regional presence of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Organization for Tropical Studies. Tropical research does not have the rapid change typical of medical research, and for this reason, the impact factor misses most of citations for the Revista, which are made after the two-year window used by the Web of Science. This issue is especially damaging for the Revista because most journals that deal with tropical biology are never checked when citations are counted for by the Science Citation Index.