Durante las últimas décadas la tasa de fertilidad masculina ha disminuido. Varios factores pueden explicar las causas de infertilidad, sin embargo, la exposición a tóxicos ambientales ha sido un factor que ha aumentado debido a las actividades antropogénicas. Se ha sugerido que los metales pesados entre ellos el cadmio (Cd),...
Antimicrobial substances produced by lactic acid bacteria may significantly contribute to control of spoilage and food-borne pathogenic bacteria. Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides active against strains closely related to the producing microorganism. The aim of this work was to characterize antimicrobial peptides produced by two lactic acid bacteria strain isolated from...
Tortilla consumption made of Nixtamalizado corn dough (MMN) is preferred over those made with Nixtamalizado cornmeal (HMN) for its taste, texture properties (roll-ability, softness, flexibility) and performance during reheating, folding, rolling and frying. The differences between them are the changes caused by starch retro gradation affecting textural properties that influence...
Los puntos de acupuntura difieren de manera importante en su capacidad para modificar variables cardiovasculares y la actividad del sistema nervioso autónomo. Los puntos Pericardio 6 (PC6), Estómago E36 y Corazón 7 (C7) modifican en la clínica y la experimentación variables cardiovasculares fisiológicas y fisiopatológicas; por otra parte, los puntos...
Durante siglos, la minería en México generó grandes cantidades de residuos que fueron dispuestos inadecuadamente, impactando grandes áreas de suelos con elementos tóxicos, como Pb y Cd. La fitorremediación es una de las pocas alternativas técnica y económicamente factibles para limpiar estos sitios. En tal caso, el proceso implica el...
Ulcerative colitis (UC) belongs to a group of diseases called Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The specific cause of UC is not known, however, many factors are known to be associated with the development of UC, such as genetic predisposition and immunological alterations to food or bacterial antigens. UC is a disease...
Software quality can be measured using models such as the ones proposed by McCall, Boehm or ISO. These models decompose quality in a set of quality attributes that are of interest to the users or to the developers. Among the quality attributes that are interesting to developers, we find maintainability...