Marcelo Torrico De la Reza, Ana María Autrán-Gómez, Germán Urenda Tardío, Javier Arancibia Bolaños, Juan Rivero,
Proposal: To highlight the indications for emergency surgery during the 2019 Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that support recommendations published in mid-March 2020 by the American Confederation of Urology on its website.A bibliographic search was conducted in PubMed and Cochrane Library to perform a non-systematic review, using key words: Urology, Emergency and COVID-19, to determine recommendations for patients that should receive emergency care due to urological pathology.The main recommendations ...
Tópico(s): Climate Change and Health Impacts
2020 - Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia | International braz j urol
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
G.C. Branco, Cícero M. T. Cruz, René P. Torrico-Bascopé, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes,
A circuit configuration of a single-phase nonisolated online uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with 110-V/220-V input–output voltage ratings is proposed, allowing the bypass operation without a transformer even if the input voltage is different from the output voltage. The converter consists of an ac–dc/dc–dc three-level boost converter combined with a double half-bridge inverter. In this type of configuration size, cost and efficiency are improved due to the reduced number of switches and batteries, ...
Tópico(s): Multilevel Inverters and Converters
2008 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Ana María Autrán-Gómez, Ignacio Tobía, Ricardo Castillejos Molina, Francisco Rodríguez‐Covarrubias, F. Benzing, Serena Maruccia, Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Ramón Rodríguez Lay, Marcelo Torrico De la Reza, Félix Santaella Torres, Andrés Hernández Porras, Alejandro Rodríguez,
To explore the current situation faced by Latin American urology departments during the COVID-19 Outbreak in terms of knowledge, actions, prioritization of urology practices, and implementation of internal clinical management protocols for inpatients and outpatients.A non-validated, structured, self-administered, electronic survey with 35 closed multiple choice questions was conducted in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and English and Deutsch versions from April 1st to April 30th, 2020. The survey ...
Tópico(s): Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
2020 - Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia | International braz j urol
Diego Abreu, Guillermo Gueglio, P Sánchez García, Walter da Costa, Daniel Beltrame, Álvaro Zúñiga, Luís Meza, Rubén H. Bengió, Carlos H. Scorticati, Ricardo Castillejos, Francisco Rodríguez, Ana María Autran, Carmen Gonzalez, Miguel Castillo Sánchez, Jose Gadu, Alejandro Nolazco, P.A Marinez, Carlos Ameri, Hamilton de Campos Zampolli, Raúl Langenhin, Diego Muguruza, Marcos Tobías Machado, Antonio Lima Pompeo, Pablo Mingote, Nicolas Ginéstar, Matías López, Boris Camacho, Juan Yandian, Jorge Clavijo, Roberto Puente, Sergio de Miceu, Lucas Nogueira, C Corradi, Marcelo Torrico, Martín Varela, Omar Clark, Luis Montes de, Sebastián Savignano, Ricardo Decia, Fernando P. Secín, Agustín Roberto Rovegno, Gustavo Cardoso Guimarães, Sidney Glina, Carlos E. Palau, Gustavo Franco Carvalhal, Philippe E. Spiess, Stênio de Cássio Zéqui, Marston Linehan,
... Puente, Sergio de Miceu, Lucas Nogueira, Carlos Corradi, Marcelo Torrico, Martin Varela, Omar Clark, Luis Montes de Oca, ... author Carlos Corradi More articles by this author Marcelo Torrico More articles by this author Martin Varela More ...
Tópico(s): Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
2017 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | The Journal of Urology
Peter J. Hotez, María Elena Bottazzi, Nathalie Strub‐Wourgaft, Sergio Sosa‐Estáni, Faustino Torrico, Leire Pajín, Marcelo Abril, Javier Sancho,
There is urgency to establish a new and comprehensive patient registry for the millions of people who live in vulnerable social conditions with Chagas disease.First established in the early 1990s, today, national cancer registries in both the United States and Europe contribute to our understanding of the natural history of cancer and play an important role in improving patient treatment and prevention outcomes.In the US, the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) was created by Congress in ...
Tópico(s): Parasites and Host Interactions
2020 - Public Library of Science | PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Produção Nacional
Grover V. Torrico-Bascope, René P. Torrico-Bascopé, Demercil S. Oliveira, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes, Samuel Araujo, G.C. Branco,
A new non-isolated step-up converter with high voltage gain is proposed on this work. It is suitable for applications with a high voltage gain between the input and the output. In this converter, the output to input voltage ratio, for a given duty cycle, can be raised adding transformer turns ratio. Another important feature of this converter is the lower blocking voltage across the controlled switches compared to similar circuits, which allows the utilization of switches with low on-resistance ...
Tópico(s): Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
2006 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Produção Nacional
Samuel Araujo, René P. Torrico-Bascopé, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes, Edílson Mineiro Sá,
This paper presents a stand-alone photovoltaic energy system aimed for small power consumer applications in isolated areas of the countryside of Brazil. In order to develop a cost-effective and simple product, a double power conversion UPS (uninterruptible power supply) was analyzed and modified. A whole new battery charger was implemented using a PIC microcontroller equipped with a MPP seeking algorithm, to maximize the energy extracted from the solar panels, and a supervisory unit to control the ...
Tópico(s): Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
2006 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
René P. Torrico-Bascopé, Demercil S. Oliveira, G.C. Branco, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes,
This paper proposes an isolated double-conversion uninterruptible power system with power factor correction using a high-frequency transformer and with input voltages equal to 110 V/220 V. The arrangement is suitable to rack-type structures because it has a small size and a reduced weight. For both input voltages, the proposed converter has almost the same efficiency processing the same output power. Other relevant features include soft commutation of the controlled switches in the chopper and boost ...
Tópico(s): Microgrid Control and Optimization
2008 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Daniel Lozano, Lizeth Rojas, Susana Méndez, Aina Casellas, Sergi Sanz, Lourdes Ortiz, María‐Jesús Pinazo, Marcelo Abril, Joaquím Gascón, Faustino Torrico, Julio Alonso-Padilla,
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is the neglected tropical disease with a highest burden in Latin America. Its acute stage is mostly asymptomatic and goes unnoticed. Symptoms appear at the chronic stage, which is when diagnosis is usually made. This is based on the agreement of two conventional serological tests such as Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs). There are commercial kits with good sensitivity and specificity but their use is impractical in many highly endemic ...
Tópico(s): Parasites and Host Interactions
2019 - Public Library of Science | PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Laurent Gétaz, Rosario Castro, Pablo Conesa‐Zamora, Marcelo Kramer, Nestor Gareca, Maria del Carmen Torrico-Espinoza, José Antonio Seijas Macías, Susana Lisarazu-Velásquez, Gloria Rodriguez, C Valencia-Rivero, Thomas Perneger, François Chappuis,
Background Strongyloidiasis can be fatal in immunocompromised patients, but few epidemiological studies investigated the burden of this neglected tropical disease among these populations, particularly in low- and middle-income countries such as Bolivia. This study aimed to fill in this gap by estimating prevalence rate and risk factors associated with strongyloidiasis among patients at high risk of complications Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out in Santa Cruz (elevation 400 meters, ...
Tópico(s): Global Maternal and Child Health
2019 - Public Library of Science | PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Produção Nacional
G.C. Branco, Cícero M. T. Cruz, René P. Torrico-Bascopé, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes,
A circuit configuration of a single phase non-isolated on-line uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with 110V/220V input output voltage ratings is proposed, allowing the bypass operation without a transformer even if the input voltage is different of the output voltage. The converter consists of an AC-DC/DC-DC three level boost converter combined with a double half bridge inverter. In this type of configuration size, cost and efficiency are improved due to reduced number of switches and batteries, ...
Tópico(s): Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
2006 - | Eletrônica de Potência
Diana P. Wehrendt, Julio Alonso-Padilla, Bo Liu, Lizeth Rojas Panozo, Silvia Rivera Nina, Lilian Pinto, Daniel Lozano, Albert Picado, Marcelo Abril, María‐Jesús Pinazo, Joaquím Gascón, Faustino Torrico, Season Wong, Alejandro G. Schijman,
Vertical transmission of Trypanosomacruzi is the cause of congenital Chagas disease, a re-emerging infectious disease that affects endemic and nonendemic regions alike. An early diagnosis is crucial because prompt treatment achieves a high cure rate, precluding evolution to symptomatic chronic Chagas disease. However, early diagnosis involves low-sensitive parasitologic assays, making necessary serologic confirmation after 9 months of life. With the aim of implementing early diagnostic strategies ...
Tópico(s): Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
2020 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Denise Rossato Silva, Marcela Muñóz-Torrico, Raquel Duarte, Tassiana Rodrigues dos Santos Galvão, Eduardo Henrique Bonini, Flávio F. Arbex, Marcos Abdo Arbex, Valéria Maria Augusto, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi, Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello,
Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem. Although efforts to control the epidemic have reduced mortality and incidence, there are several predisposing factors that should be modified in order to reduce the burden of the disease. This review article will address some of the risk factors associated with tuberculosis infection and active tuberculosis, including diabetes, smoking, alcohol use, and the use of other drugs, all of which can also contribute to poor tuberculosis treatment ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
2018 - Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Produção Nacional
René P. Torrico-Bascopé, Grover V. Torrico-Bascope, G.C. Branco, Demercil S. Oliveira, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes,
This paper presents a new current-doubler rectifier for application on buck derived DC-DC converters, such as, push-pull, half-bridge, full-bridge, dual-bridge, NPC three-level, and others. This new proposal, named as Three-State Rectifier (TSR), is generated using the three- state switching cell. The proposed rectifier is similar to the Center Tapped Rectifier (CTR), and to the current-doubler rectifier named Interleaving Rectifier (IR). The new rectifier circuit is an alternative to substitute the ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Battery Technologies Research
2008 - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | PESC record
Produção Nacional
René P. Torrico-Bascopé, Demercil S. Oliveira, G.C. Branco, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes,
This work proposes an isolated double conversion UPS with power factor correction using a high frequency transformer, and input voltages equal to 110V/220V. The arrangement is suitable to rack structures because it has small size and reduced weight. For both input voltages, the proposed converter has almost the same efficiency processing the same output power. Other relevant features are soft commutation of the controlled switches in the chopper and the boost stage, simple control strategy that ...
Tópico(s): Power Quality and Harmonics
2006 - | Eletrônica de Potência
J.C. Angulo, H. Dávila, Rolando Neri Vela, Jaime Abad, Andrés Arley, Hugo R. Arriaga, Cleveland Beckford, Jose L. Borgen, Gustavo Bueso, Luis Fernando Gutiérrez Cano, Octavio Castillo, Pedro Sánchez‐Castillo, Francisco Béjar Cornejo, Juan G. Corrales, Miguel Costa, J.M. Cózar, Octavio M. de la Concepción, Arnaldo Figueirido, Norberto Lafós, Luis A. Grau Lobo, Gerardo López-Secchi, Odir G. Martínez, Archimedes Nardozza, Alberto Páez, Alberto J. Pazos, Mauricio Plata, Carlos Rafael Molina Portillo, Denis Vargas Salvador, Eduardo A. Serrano, Federico Suero, Jesús Torres, Marcelo Torrico,
Quality graduate medical training is a concern of Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU), the third largest urological society worldwide. It is important to analyse the diversity in the state training programmes and the feasibility and implications of conducting a common CAU programme.A 20-item questionnaire was distributed to the directors of national societies who are members of the CAU concerning the graduate urological training in their institutions.A total of 28 presidents and expresidents ...
Tópico(s): Surgical Simulation and Training
2017 - Elsevier BV | Actas Urológicas Españolas
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Luiz Fernando Puttow Southier, Dalcimar Casanova, Luís Soares Barbosa, César Rafael Claure Torrico, Marco António Barbosa, Marcelo Teixeira,
Finite-State Automata (FSA) are foundations for modelling, synthesis, verification, and implementation of controllers for manufacturing systems. However, FSA are limited to represent emerging features in manufacturing, such as the ability to recognise and switch contexts. One option is to enrich FSA with parameters that carry details about the manufacturing, which may favour design and control. A parameter can be embedded either on transitions or states of an FSA, and each approach defines its own ...
Tópico(s): Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
2022 - Taylor & Francis | International Journal of Production Research
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Paulo Roberto Vicente de Paiva, Heliodora Leão Casalechi, Shaiane Silva Tomazoni, Caroline dos Santos Monteiro Machado, Neide Firmo Ribeiro, Amanda Lima Pereira, Marcelo Ferreira Duarte de Oliveira, Marjury Nunes da Silva Alves, Maiara Conceição dos Santos, Inti Ernesto Torrico Takara, Eduardo Foschini Miranda, Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho, Ernesto César Pinto Leal‐Junior,
Abstract Background Photobiomodulation (PBMT) is a therapy that uses non-ionising forms of light, including low-level lasers and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that may be capable of modulating cellular activity. Some biological processes may also interact with static magnetic fields (sMF), leading to modulatory effects on cells. Previous studies have verified that the combination of PBMT and sMF (PBMT/sMF) enhances the performance of individuals during aerobic training programs. The detraining period ...
Tópico(s): Sports injuries and prevention
2020 - BioMed Central | BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation
Edwin Marcelo Gonzales-Torrico,
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
2025 - | Revista de Investigación e Innovación Agropecuaria y de Recursos Naturales
Edwin Marcelo Gonzales Torrico, Christian Cortes Gumucio, Raymundo Blanco Cáceres, Juan Loayza Aguilar,
Los microorganismos endófitos que colonizan los tejidos internos de las plantas de forma mutualista están emergiendo como protagonistas clave en la agricultura ecológica. Los microorganismos endófitos estimulan el crecimiento de las plantas al ayudar en la absorción de nutrientes, especialmente fósforo y nitrógeno, además de fortalecer la resistencia a factores abióticos y bióticos como sequías, salinidad y patógenos. Estos microorganismos también pueden producir compuestos bio-activos, como fitohormonas ...
Tópico(s): Plant and soil sciences
2024 - | LATAM Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
Edwin Marcelo Gonzales-Torrico, Ermindo Barrientos Perez,
En el altiplano de boliviano son escasos los estudios de niveles de salinidad y como afectan a la quinua, el mayor problema de la salinidad se manifiesta en el estado fenológico de la germinación, estudios realizados a nivel de laboratorio indica que al aplicar NaCl 400 mM la germinación se reduce en un 53 % influyendo directamente en el rendimiento de la quinua, el objetivo del presente estudio es determinar qué ecotipo de quinua es resistente a diferentes niveles de salinidad en la germinación, ...
Tópico(s): Seed and Plant Biochemistry
2024 - | Revista de Investigación e Innovación Agropecuaria y de Recursos Naturales
Juan Carlos Ramı́rez, Rudy Parrado, Elena Sulleiro, Anabelle de la Barra, Marcelo Rodríguez, Sandro Villarroel, Lucía Irazú, Cristina Alonso‐Vega, Fabiana Alves, María Á. Curto, Lineth García, Lourdes Ortiz, Faustino Torrico, Joaquím Gascón, Laurence Flévaud, Israel Molina, Isabela Ribeiro, Alejandro G. Schijman,
Real-Time PCR (qPCR) testing is recommended as both a diagnostic and outcome measurement of etiological treatment in clinical practice and clinical trials of Chagas disease (CD), but no external quality assurance (EQA) program provides performance assessment of the assays in use. We implemented an EQA system to evaluate the performance of molecular biology laboratories involved in qPCR based follow-up in clinical trials of CD. An EQA program was devised for three clinical trials of CD: the E1224 (NCT01489228), ...
Tópico(s): Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
2017 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Ana María Autrán-Gomez, Ignacio Tobía, Rafael Sanchez‐Salas, Nahuel Paesano, Juan Ignacio Martínez‐Salamanca, Herney Andrés García‐Perdomo, Marcelo Torrico De la Reza, Alejandro Rodríguez,
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, typified as such in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), has exceeded the capacity of health systems to aid victims, and triggered a radical change in medical research, and in the monitoring of the enrollment for clinical trials in urologic fields around the world. Last year, almost 90% of clinical sites closed patient enrollment, while at the same time, researchers around the world initiated almost 1000 COVID-19 clinical trials. This catastrophic ...
Tópico(s): COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
2022 - Elsevier BV | Revista Mexicana de Urología
Produção Nacional
Marcelo Rosa, Marcelo Teixeira, Gustavo Weber Denardin, César Rafael Claure Torrico, José E.R. Cury,
In Supervisory Control Theory (SCT) of Discrete Event Systems, event refinements have been exploited to simplify modeling tasks. Approximations complement this approach with an alternative to also reduce synthesis effort. In spite of advantageous to modeling and synthesis, refinements do not directly cover the SCT implementation phase. In general, controllers obtained with and without refinements are expected to be implemented with equivalent hardware cost. This paper presents a decentralized architecture ...
Tópico(s): Distributed systems and fault tolerance
2017 - Elsevier BV | IFAC-PapersOnLine
Lizeth Rojas Panozo, Silvia Rivera Nina, Diana P. Wehrendt, Aina Casellas, Lilian Pinto, Susana Méndez, Chi-Wei Kuo, Daniel Lozano, Lourdes Ortiz, María‐Jesús Pinazo, Albert Picado, Sergi Sanz, Marcelo Abril, Joaquím Gascón, Season Wong, Alejandro G. Schijman, Faustino Torrico, Julio Alonso-Padilla,
BackgroundVertical transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi represents approximately 20% of new Chagas disease cases. Early detection and treatment for women of childbearing age and newborns is a public health priority, but the lack of a simple and reliable diagnostic test remains a major barrier. We aimed to evaluate the performance of a point-of-care loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the detection of T cruzi.MethodsIn this proof-of-concept study, we coupled a low-cost 3D printer ...
Tópico(s): Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
2024 - Elsevier BV | The Lancet Microbe
Produção Nacional
Nelber Ximenes Melo, Ruth Pastôra Saraiva Leão, René P. Torrico-Bascopé, Fernando Luiz Marcelo Antunes, Raimundo Furtado Sampaio, Janaína B. Almada,
Este artigo apresenta o projeto de um conversor boost com controle modo corrente média para mitigar afundamentos de tensão em acionamentos de velocidade variável (AVV). Com base em testes para obter a sensibilidade do AVV a afundamentos de tensão, o conversor boost foi projetado para aumentar a tolerância do AVV a afundamentos trifásicos de 0,7 p.u. e duração de 200 ms para 0,5 p.u. de qualquer duração. Testes recomendados pelo grupo de trabalho JWG C4.110 do CIGRE/CIRED/UIE foram realizados para ...
Tópico(s): Power Systems Fault Detection
2011 - | Eletrônica de Potência
Javier Miguel Barontini, María Silvina Alaniz Zanón, Ada Karina Torrico, Marcelo Alberto Druetta, Ignacio Martín Luna, Agustina María Ruiz Posse, S. Chulze, María de la Paz Giménez Pecci,
Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most widely planted crops globally with Argentina leading world production and exportation. Santiago del Estero province, east of Tucumán and north of Córdoba encompasses eight agro-climatic zones in the Chaco Semi-arid region, agro-ecologically characterized by a wide temperature range and frequent drought periods that expose the crop to pathogens, particularly Aspergillus flavus. This pathogen is responsible for ear rot and grain contamination with mycotoxins such ...
Tópico(s): Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
2024 - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo | Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UNCuyo
Javier Miguel Barontini, María Silvina Alaniz Zanón, Marcelo Alberto Druetta, Agustina María Ruiz Posse, Ada Karina Torrico, María del Pilar Monge, Raúl Esteban Candela, S. Chulze, María de la Paz Giménez Pecci,
Maize is affected by Aspergillus flavus and by the contamination of its kernels with aflatoxins, of which AFB1 is the most important. The Chaco Semi-arid is a region of Argentina in which the climate conditions increase this problem and due to the use of resistant cultivars is the best available tactic to reduce aflatoxin accumulation, we analyzed six hybrids against artificial inoculation with native aflatoxin-producing isolates of A. flavus. A multifactorial experiment was conducted in three complete ...
Tópico(s): Insect Resistance and Genetics
2022 - Elsevier BV | Crop Protection
Edwin Marcelo Gonzales-Torrico, Fernando Pacasa-Quisbert, Juvenal Hurtado-Barrero,
El altiplano de Bolivia afronta sequias, heladas frecuentes debido al cambio climático, que afecta los rendimientos y la productividad de las hortalizas, Pro Rural conjuntamente con la Universidad Técnica de Oruro, ha desarrollado e implementado Unidades Familiares Agroecológicas Biointensivas (UFABs) como una alternativa a la producción agrícola familiar en el altiplano, caracterizado por el uso eficiente del agua, mejorando las propiedades del suelo mediante la fertilización localizada y la sustitución ...
Tópico(s): Plant and soil sciences
2022 - Selva Andina Research Society | Journal of the Selva Andina Biosphere
Edwin Marcelo Gonzales-Torrico, Fernando Pacasa-Quisbert, Juvenal Hurtado-Barrero,
El altiplano de Bolivia afronta sequias, heladas frecuentes debido al cambio climático, que afecta los rendimientos y la productividad de las hortalizas, Pro Rural conjuntamente con la Universidad Técnica de Oruro, ha desarrollado e implementado Unidades Familiares Agroecológicas Biointensivas (UFABs) como una alternativa a la producción agrícola familiar en el altiplano, caracterizado por el uso eficiente del agua, mejorando las propiedades del suelo mediante la fertilización localizada y la sustitución ...
Tópico(s): Plant and soil sciences
2022 - Selva Andina Research Society | Journal of the Selva Andina Biosphere