The Place of Latin American Universities in International University Rankings. A Multivariate Statistical Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-181
Author(s):  
Marcelo Ruiz-Toledo ◽  
Claudio Ruff-Escobar ◽  
Luis Benites ◽  
Joe Alexis González ◽  
María-Purificación Galindo-Villardón
2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
V. I. Radomskaya ◽  
D. V. Yusupov ◽  
L. М. Pavlova ◽  
А. G. Sеrgееvа ◽  
N. А. Bоrоdinа ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 726-731
Author(s):  
Lenuta Maria Suta ◽  
Anca Tudor ◽  
Colette Roxana Sandulovici ◽  
Lavinia Stelea ◽  
Daniel Hadaruga ◽  
...  

In this paper, it was analysed the influence of formulation factors over obtaining oxicam hydrogels, using the statistical analysis. Data analysis and predictive modeling by multivariate regression offers a large number of possible explanatory/predictive variables. Therefore, variable selection and dimension reduction is a major task for multivariate statistical analysis, especially for multivariate regressions. The statistical analysis and computational data processing of responses obtained from different pharmaceutical formulations, via different experimental protocols, lead to the optimization of the formulation process. It was found that the most suitable pharmaceutical formulations based on oxicams with the possibility of rapid release contained cyclodextrin, in particular 2-hydroxypropyl-b-cyclodextrin.


SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110231
Author(s):  
Juan Bautista Abello-Romero ◽  
Daniel López ◽  
Francisco Ganga ◽  
Claudio Mancilla

This article analyzes the results of an inquiry into Latin American university community members’ perceptions about regulatory processes and asymmetries of information, as influential factors in the governance of Latin American universities. It does so, by examining the national laws in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico. Previous studies in this continent have not considered these aspects and perspectives. Our research found significant differences between countries in terms of the Board of Directors’ capacity to act and the control mechanisms they can employ—which can be interpreted as national differences in the availability of their resources and their regulatory capacities. On the level of asymmetry of information, there are differences between countries, which depend on the position of the university members in their institutions. Thus, regulation and information are important factors when it comes to the governance of Latin American universities, and can explain its’ diversity.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (14) ◽  
pp. 4146
Author(s):  
José Enrique Herbert-Pucheta ◽  
José Daniel Lozada-Ramírez ◽  
Ana E. Ortega-Regules ◽  
Luis Ricardo Hernández ◽  
Cecilia Anaya de Parrodi

The quality of foods has led researchers to use various analytical methods to determine the amounts of principal food constituents; some of them are the NMR techniques with a multivariate statistical analysis (NMR-MSA). The present work introduces a set of NMR-MSA novelties. First, the use of a double pulsed-field-gradient echo (DPFGE) experiment with a refocusing band-selective uniform response pure-phase selective pulse for the selective excitation of a 5–10-ppm range of wine samples reveals novel broad 1H resonances. Second, an NMR-MSA foodomics approach to discriminate between wine samples produced from the same Cabernet Sauvignon variety fermented with different yeast strains proposed for large-scale alcohol reductions. Third a comparative study between a nonsupervised Principal Component Analysis (PCA), supervised standard partial (PLS-DA), and sparse (sPLS-DA) least squares discriminant analysis, as well as orthogonal projections to a latent structures discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA), for obtaining holistic fingerprints. The MSA discriminated between different Cabernet Sauvignon fermentation schemes and juice varieties (apple, apricot, and orange) or juice authentications (puree, nectar, concentrated, and commercial juice fruit drinks). The new pulse sequence DPFGE demonstrated an enhanced sensitivity in the aromatic zone of wine samples, allowing a better application of different unsupervised and supervised multivariate statistical analysis approaches.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Gabriela Gerón-Piñón ◽  
Pedro Solana-González ◽  
Sara Trigueros-Preciado ◽  
Daniel Pérez-González

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1377
Author(s):  
Song-Hui Soung ◽  
Sunmin Lee ◽  
Seung-Hwa Lee ◽  
Hae-Jin Kim ◽  
Na-Rae Lee ◽  
...  

Numerous varieties of doenjang are manufactured by many food companies using different ingredients and fermentation processes, and thus, the qualities such as taste and flavor are very different. Therefore, in this study, we compared many products, specifically, 19 traditional doenjang (TD) and 17 industrial doenjang (ID). Subsequently, we performed non-targeted metabolite profiling, and multivariate statistical analysis to discover distinct metabolites in two types of doenjang. Amino acids, organic acids, isoflavone aglycones, non-DDMP (2,3-dihydro-2,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4- one) soyasaponins, hydroxyisoflavones, and biogenic amines were relatively abundant in TD. On the contrary, contents of dipeptides, lysophospholipids, isoflavone glucosides and DDMP-conjugated soyasaponin, precursors of the above-mentioned metabolites, were comparatively higher in ID. We also observed relatively higher antioxidant, protease, and β-glucosidase activities in TD. Our results may provide valuable information on doenjang to consumers and manufacturers, which can be used while selecting and developing new products.


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