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Murray, Diane. « NAON supports Ecuador mission trip ». Orthopaedic Nursing 14, no 6 (novembre 1995) : 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006416-199511000-00015.
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Schlegelmilch, Michael, Saifee Rashiq, Barbara Moreau, Patricia Jarrín, Bach Tran et Anderson Chuck. « Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Total Hip Arthroplasty Performed by a Canadian Short-Stay Surgical Team in Ecuador ». Advances in Orthopedics 2017 (2017) : 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5109895.
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Background. Few charitable overseas surgical missions produce cost-effectiveness analyses of their work. Methods. We compared the pre- and postoperative health status for 157 total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients operated on from 2007 to 2011 attended by an annual Canadian orthopedic mission to Ecuador to determine the quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained. The costs of each mission are known. The cost per surgery was divided by the average lifetime QALYs gained to estimate an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) in Canadian dollars per QALY. Results. The average lifetime QALYs (95% CI) gained were 1.46 (1.4–1.5), 2.5 (2.4–2.6), and 2.9 (2.7–3.1) for unilateral, bilateral, and staged (two THAs in different years) operations, respectively. The ICERs were $4,442 for unilateral, $2,939 for bilateral, and $4392 for staged procedures. Seventy percent of the mission budget was spent on the transport and accommodation of volunteers. Conclusion. THA by a Canadian short-stay surgical team was highly cost-effective, according to criteria from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the World Health Organization. We encourage other international missions to provide similar cost-effectiveness data to enable better comparison between mission types and between mission and nonmission care.
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Jayawardena, Asitha D. L., Zelda J. Ghersin, Marcos Mirambeaux, Jose A. Bonilla, Ernesto Quiñones, Evelyn Zablah, Kevin Callans et al. « A Sustainable and Scalable Multidisciplinary Airway Teaching Mission : The Operation Airway 10-Year Experience ». Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery 163, no 5 (30 juin 2020) : 971–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0194599820935042.
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Objective To address whether a multidisciplinary team of pediatric otolaryngologists, anesthesiologists, pediatric intensivists, speech-language pathologists, and nurses can achieve safe and sustainable surgical outcomes in low-resourced settings when conducting a pediatric airway surgical teaching mission that features a program of progressive autonomy. Study Design Consecutive case series with chart review. Setting This study reviews 14 consecutive missions from 2010 to 2019 in Ecuador, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic. Methods Demographic data, diagnostic and operative details, and operative outcomes were collected. A country’s program met graduation criteria if its multidisciplinary team developed the ability to autonomously manage the preoperative huddle, operating room discussion and setup, operative procedure, and postoperative multidisciplinary pediatric intensive care unit and floor care decision making. This was assessed by direct observation and assessment of surgical outcomes. Results A total of 135 procedures were performed on 90 patients in Ecuador (n = 24), the Dominican Republic (n = 51), and El Salvador (n = 39). Five patients required transport to the United States to receive quaternary-level care. Thirty-six laryngotracheal reconstructions were completed: 6 single-stage, 12 one-and-a-half-stage, and 18 double-stage cases. We achieved a decannulation rate of 82%. Two programs (Ecuador and the Dominican Republic) met graduation criteria and have become self-sufficient. No mortalities were recorded. Conclusion This is the largest longitudinal description of an airway reconstruction teaching mission in low- and middle-income countries. Airway reconstruction can be safe and effective in low-resourced settings with a thoughtful multidisciplinary team led by local champions.
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Romero-Cóndor, Christian Wladimir, Leyla Lisbeth Oñate Acurio, Stalyn David Paucar-Ayala, José Luis Herrera-Robalino, Héctor Georgy Freire Cabrera, Andrea Verónica Albán-Villacreces, Carmen Roció Sangucho-Montenegro et María Elena Veliz-Zambrano. « Brief historical review of the geological cartography in Ecuador. » Ciencia Latina Revista Científica Multidisciplinar 7, no 4 (9 août 2023) : 2584–621. http://dx.doi.org/10.37811/cl_rcm.v7i4.7128.
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Since 1892, seven versions of the national geological map of the Republic of the Ecuador have been published. In 1892, Dr. Theodor Wolf, of the German Scientific Mission, published the 1st map which included a preliminary geomorphological description. Later, Dr. Walther Sauer with the support of the Universidad Central del Ecuador (Central University of Ecuador), published a 2nd version in 1950, and then an update in 1970, both included oil wells information. In 1969, the Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería del Ecuador (National Service of Geology and Mining of Ecuador), and Institut Français du Pétrole (French Petroleum Institute), published the 3rd version which included a mineralogical index. The 4th version was developed by the Dirección General de Geología y Minas del Ecuador (General Directorate of Geology and Mines of Ecuador) and Institute of Geological Sciences & Natural Environment Research Council, and was published in 1982, it included a geological model from a plate tectonics approach. Later, in 1993, the Corporación de Desarrollo e Investigación Geológico Minero y Metalúrgica del Ecuador (Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Research and Development Corporation of Ecuador) and the British Geological Survey published a 5th version, which included an overview of mineral occurrences on the Ecuadorian Andes. On the 21st. century, in 2001 was published the 6th version, that consisted of a reviewed national geological map, which included data transferring to the geographical information system ArcGis. Ultimately in 2017, the Instituto Nacional de Investigación Geológico Minero Metalúrgico (National Institute of Geological-Mineral-Metallurgical Research), published the 7th version, incorporating the last updated geological results of previous campaigns. Every version contributed to the understanding of the regional geodynamic framework. Nevertheless, in the last two decades, informal coding of units for the geological cartography, thrived, involving a lack of characterization and descriptions of representative outcrops, along with uncertainties on geochronological control for newly mappable defined units, reduce reliability on the national geological cartography, increasing the uncertainties for the understanding the regional geodynamic framework.
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Wise, Diane, Jenny B. Schuessler, Lourdes Cody et Deborah Davison. « Lessons Learned in Designing and Implementing a Mission Focused Study Abroad Course ». International Journal of Studies in Nursing 2, no 1 (6 avril 2017) : 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v2i1.156.
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Introduction: Based on Duffy’s (2009) Quality Caring Model and Hill and Watson’s Caring Science Curriculum Model (2011), the School of Nursing embraces the philosophy that caring collaborative relationships are the center of a culture of quality caring in nursing. Culture and cultural competence are integral to caring. Immersion experiences have been identified as impacting cultural competence (Bentley & Ellison, 2007; Kohlbry, 2016; Larsen & Reif, 2011; Long, 2012). Methodology: This paper describes the planning, implementation and lessons learned from an immersion experience as part of a mission focused study abroad course to Quito, Ecuador. Discussion: Twelve students, three faculty, and two nurse practitioners cared for approximately 100 patients per day for 10 days. Lessons learned related to faculty, students and logistics are discussed. Results: Students demonstrated positive outcomes related to critical thinking and clinical reasoning, holistic care of diverse populations, communication and collaboration, professional accountability, and effective teaching strategies.
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Wilczewski, Michał, Zbigniew Wróblewski, Mariusz Wołońciej, Arkadiusz Gut et Ewelina Wilczewska. « Spirituality in expatriate experience and coping in mission ». Journal of Global Mobility : The Home of Expatriate Management Research 8, no 2 (8 juin 2020) : 229–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jgm-04-2020-0022.
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PurposeThe purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the role of spirituality, understood as a personal relationship with God, in missionary intercultural experience.Design/methodology/approachWe conducted narrative interviews with eight Polish consecrated missionaries in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Paraguay. We used thematic analysis to establish spirituality in missionary experience and narrative analysis to examine sensemaking processes.FindingsMissionary spirituality was defined by a personal relationship with God as a source of consolation, psychological comfort, strength to cope with distressing experiences, and Grace promoting self-improvement. It compensated for the lack of family and psychological support and enhanced psychological adjustment to the environment perceived as dangerous. Spirituality helped missionaries deal with cultural challenges, traumatic and life-threatening events. Traumatic experiences furthered their understanding of the mission and triggered a spiritual transition that entailed a change in their life, attitudes and behavior.Research limitations/implicationsComparative research into religious vs nonreligious individual spirituality in the experience across various types of expats in various locations could capture the professional and cultural specificity of individual spirituality. Research is also needed to link spirituality with expat failure.Practical implicationsCatholic agencies and institutions that dispatch missionaries to dangerous locations should consider providing professional psychological assistance. Narrative interviewing could be used to enhance missionaries' cultural and professional self-awareness, to better serve the local community. Their stories of intercultural encounters could be incorporated into cross-cultural training and the ethical and spiritual formation of students and future expats.Originality/valueThis study captures a spiritual aspect of intercultural experience of under-researched expats. It offers a model of the involvement of individual spirituality in coping in mission.
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Lehmann, Rosa, et Pedro Alarcón. « ‘Just Transition’ in the Global South : Mission Impossible ? The Perils of the Transition in Mexico and Ecuador ». Journal für Entwicklungspolitik 39, no 3-4 (2023) : 37–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.20446/jep-2414-3197-39-3-37.
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Moreno Vallejo, Jaime Rodrigo, Fajardo Romo et Gabriel Frank. « Regional Development through Continual Improvement of Higher Education in Latín American Countries Case Study ». European Journal of Social Science Education and Research 5, no 1 (1 avril 2018) : 89–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ejser-2018-0010.
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Abstract Aiming to promote the social mission of higher education and their integration in Latin American countries, this research has a qualitative focus and it has the objective to study the normative context and the main theoretical references for the assurance of the quality of higher education for Colombia and Ecuador, examines how the continuous improvement of higher education contributes to regional development; and proposes methodological strategies that contribute to the purpose for the regional development, in a systemic, objective, measurable and achievable in time way, like are the process management and the balanced score card for University Management Strategies and to built a public policy for Latin American Universities.
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SARMIENTO, FAUSTO O. « The mountains of Ecuador as a birth place of ecology and endangered landscape ». Environmental Conservation 24, no 1 (mars 1997) : 3–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892997000039.
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In the era of space travel, ecology has continued to gain relevance as the science of the ‘spaceship Earth’. In this context, it can be said to have a mission, which is to understand the complex network of the life-support systems that keep biospheric processes operating in a way suitable to sustaining living organisms and their environment (Odum & Sarmiento 1997). With the realization that ecology, in the broad sense, provides the means to understand the mechanics of nature, scholars are using ecological understanding at the interfaces of disciplines to: (1) prevent and reverse the demise of biodiversity in marine and terrestrial ecoregions (conservation biology), (2) reduce impacts of population pressure on the resource base of people (ecological anthropology), (3) establish more parsimonious economic activities to ensure optimum yields for the long term (ecological economics), (4) plan for an appropriately-equitable and socially-integrative sustainable development (environmental design), (5) restore degraded ecosystems and landscapes (restoration ecology), and (6) model hypothetical future scenarios where predictions from ecological theory may prove valuable for the future of mankind (environmental planning).
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Anchundia Loor, Andrés Miguel, et Armando Cuesta Santos. « EL TALENTO HUMANO Y LA PRODUCTIVIDAD EN LA INDUSTRIA ». Revista de Investigaciones en Energía, Medio Ambiente y Tecnología : RIEMAT ISSN : 2588-0721 1, no 1 (11 janvier 2016) : 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.33936/riemat.v1i1.215.
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Abstract: This paper analysis of the System of Human Resource Management offered by the Industrial Engineering Portoviejo-Ecuador to boost productivity of business. So that the graduate will perform effectively and allows the academy to deliver effective specialist industrial sector, which would contribute to improving the living standards of the National Development.
Study developed in two parts. The first part is about the competition for university students that implement principles of human talent that stimulate productivity of business. The second part related the curricula used according to the management of human talent used in business, considering the competitive aspects of the work, mission and vision pursued in the industry.
The methodology involves the technique personal interview executives of the division of human talent of business in the city of Portoviejo-Ecuador to determine accurate information on the reality that crosses this area of human knowledge.
The main results of the research, product-processing fieldwork include establishing qualitative principles to optimize the system for management of human talent competition for Industrial Engineering at the Universidad Técnica de Manabí (UTM) -2015
Index Terms: academy, talent, industry, productivity.
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Ochoa, A., L. Pineda, P. Willems et P. Crespo. « Evaluation of TRMM 3B42 (TMPA) precipitation estimates and WRF retrospective precipitation simulation over the Pacific-Andean basin into Ecuador and Peru ». Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 11, no 1 (10 janvier 2014) : 411–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-11-411-2014.
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Abstract. An important issue for the Pacific-Andean basin in western South-America is whether the latest satellite-based and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) model outputs, provide the potential to compensate data scarcity. Based on a comprehensive dataset of ground precipitation, the performance of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42V7 and its predecessor version the 3B42V6, and the Weather Research Forecast (WRF) precipitation product (OA-NOSA30) are evaluated over 21 sub-catchments situated in the westernmost N-S axis of South America: the Pacific-Andean Basin in Ecuador and Peru (PAEP). In general, precipitation estimates from TRMM and OA-NOSA30 capture the seasonal features of precipitation in the study area. Quantitatively, only the Southern sub-catchments of Ecuador and Northern Peru (3.6–6° S) are relatively well estimated by both methods. The accuracy of both approaches is considerably less in the northern and central basins of Ecuador (0–3.6° S). It is shown that the detection probability is better for light precipitation (less than 5 mm day−1). Compared to its predecessor 3B42V7 shows modest basin-wide improvements in reducing biases. The improvement is specific to the coastal and open ocean sub-catchments. In view of hydrological applications, the correlation of TMPA's and OA-NOSA30 estimates with observations increases with time aggregation. The correlation is higher for the monthly time aggregation in comparison with the daily, weekly and 15-daily time scales. Furthermore, it is found that TMPA performs better than OA-NOSA30 in generating the spatial distribution of mean annual precipitation.
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Portilla, Oscar, César Leiva, Marco Luna et Izar Sinde. « Evaluación de los modelos digitales de terreno y geopotenciales en el Ecuador ». La Granja 38, no 2 (24 août 2023) : 59–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.17163/lgr.n38.2023.05.
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Los trabajos de ingeniería utilizan los modelos digitales de elevación para realizar cálculos y modelar fenómenos, conocer su precisión permite determinar la escala de uso y la calidad de los subproductos que se obtienen. Existen modelos libres que son muy utilizados en la práctica, como es el caso de los modelos digitales del terreno (MDTs): Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), ASTER Global Digital Elevation Map (ASTER GDEM), ALOS PALSAR, el MDT generado por el Instituto Geográfico Militar del Ecuador (IGM) y los modelos geopotenciales (MGs): EGM96, EGM08 y el MG creado por el IGM. Se evaluaron los modelos utilizando los puntos de nivelación geométrica y altura elipsoidal levantados por el IGM. Se determinaron los valores atípicos, se compararon las alturas entre los MDTs para conocer su diferencia, se calculó el error cuadrático medio (RMSE) y se definió la precisión y escala a la que se pueden emplear los diferentes modelos. Se concluyó que los MDTs SRTM 30, ALOS PALSAR e IGM pueden utilizarse para trabajos que requieran una precisión inferior a los 10 metros. El MG EGM08 junto con alturas elipsoidales de alta precisión podrían generar modelos de elevación que alcancen una precisión de 1.25 metros, mientras que los MGs EGM96 e IGM pueden generar modelos que alcancen una precisión de 2.5 metros. Las alturas elipsoidales de los MDTs SRTM 30, ALOS PALSAR e IGM obtenidos con los MGs EGM 96 y EGM 08 se pueden utilizar si se requiere una precisión inferior a los 10 metros.
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Lupton, Nathaniel C., Angélica Sánchez et Annette Kerpel. « Pacari Chocolate : preserving biodiversity, living without regret ». Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 8, no 1 (26 mars 2018) : 1–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-06-2017-0127.
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Subject area Emerging Markets. Study level/applicability Undergraduate, Masters. Case overview Pacari Chocolate is the flagship brand of SKS Farms CIA Ltda., located in Quito, Ecuador. The company specializes in organic chocolate production which it sells in Ecuador and exports to other Latin American, European and North American markets. The company began operation in 2002, founded by Carla Barbotó and her husband Santiago Peralta. Carla is the Director of SKS and Santiago is General Manager. The case is set just after Santiago negotiated a deal to supply Emirates Airlines with mini bars to be distributed to flight passengers. Santiago is excited about this new deal, which will provide a new revenue stream, enhance brand image and potentially create new customers. Carla and Santiago pursue excellence with their products, as evidenced by over 160 awards, many globally recognized. However, their mission is also very much social in that they seek to improve the lives of Andean farmers, indigenous peoples and broader Ecuadorean society. The principle author uses this case in a course on innovative approaches to engaging emerging market opportunities, in which shared (social + economic) value and the formation of strong national industries are key outcomes, to be addressed through complementary market and non-market entrepreneurship strategies. Expected learning outcomes Expected learning outcomes are as follows: to identify the contextual challenges faced by an emerging market firm, and explain what must be done to overcome them; to identify the role of a firm in developing a national competency in an agricultural product industry; to demonstrate the creation of “shared value” and examine how the social mission of a company can reinforce and sustain its economic value creating activities; and to generate and evaluate options for developing international markets when a firm has limited resources to invest in marketing activities. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.
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Petersen, Christopher, Danielle I. Aronowitz, Miguel Andrade, Maria Cardenas, Jeffrey Rosa, Gustavo Leon, Patricia Jarrin et al. « Global medical mission with surgical education objectives : a quality report regarding sustainability in an affiliated hospital in Quito, Ecuador ». International Journal of Surgery : Global Health 6, no 2 (mars 2023) : e112-e112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/gh9.0000000000000112.
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Ochoa, A., L. Pineda, P. Crespo et P. Willems. « Evaluation of TRMM 3B42 precipitation estimates and WRF retrospective precipitation simulation over the Pacific–Andean region of Ecuador and Peru ». Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18, no 8 (25 août 2014) : 3179–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-3179-2014.
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Abstract. The Pacific–Andean region in western South America suffers from rainfall data scarcity, as is the case for many regions in the South. An important research question is whether the latest satellite-based and numerical weather prediction (NWP) model outputs capture well the temporal and spatial patterns of rainfall over the region, and hence have the potential to compensate for the data scarcity. Based on an interpolated gauge-based rainfall data set, the performance of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 V7 and its predecessor V6, and the North Western South America Retrospective Simulation (OA-NOSA30) are evaluated over 21 sub-catchments in the Pacific–Andean region of Ecuador and Peru (PAEP). In general, precipitation estimates from TRMM and OA-NOSA30 capture the seasonal features of precipitation in the study area. Quantitatively, only the southern sub-catchments of Ecuador and northern Peru (3.6–6° S) are relatively well estimated by both products. The accuracy is considerably less in the northern and central basins of Ecuador (0–3.6° S). It is shown that the probability of detection (POD) is better for light precipitation (POD decreases from 0.6 for rates less than 5 mm day−1 to 0.2 for rates higher than 20 mm day−1. Compared to its predecessor, 3B42 V7 shows modest region-wide improvements in reducing biases. The improvement is specific to the coastal and open ocean sub-catchments. In view of hydrological applications, the correlation of TRMM and OA-NOSA30 estimates with observations increases with time aggregation. The correlation is higher for the monthly time aggregation in comparison with the daily, weekly, and 15-day time scales. Furthermore, it is found that TRMM performs better than OA-NOSA30 in generating the spatial distribution of mean annual precipitation.
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Erazo, Bolívar, Luc Bourrel, Frédéric Frappart, Oscar Chimborazo, David Labat, Luis Dominguez-Granda, David Matamoros et Raul Mejia. « Validation of Satellite Estimates (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, TRMM) for Rainfall Variability over the Pacific Slope and Coast of Ecuador ». Water 10, no 2 (16 février 2018) : 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w10020213.
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Carchipulla-Morales, Paul David, et Xavier Zapata-Ríos. « Probabilistic Analysis of the Spatio–Temporal Soil Saturation and Water Level Variability of the Pugllohuma Peatland Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Images of the Sentinel-1 Mission ». Engineering Proceedings 6, no 1 (17 mai 2021) : 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/i3s2021dresden-10120.
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This study presents the spatio–temporal assessment of the Pugllohuma peatland’s soil saturation and water level variability. The Pugllohuma is a high elevation wetland located within the Sustainable Water Conservation Area Antisana in the northern Andes of Ecuador above 4100 m.a.s.l. This assessment provides information of the dry and wet seasons in the Pugllohuma peatland. The temporal variability was investigated considering variables such as: atmospheric pressure, rainfall, relative humidity, air temperature, wind speed and direction records of two near meteorological stations, while the spatial variability was investigated through images of the Sentinel-1 mission from 2017 to 2019, and terrain characteristics such as: elevation and slope. Image analysis and degree of soil saturation classification were carried out using the R programming language and Google Earth Engine, and the results were published in the UI service in Google Apps Script.
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Jumbo Castillo, Freddy Aníbal. « Delimitación automática de microcuencas utilizando datos SRTM de la NASA ». Enfoque UTE 6, no 4 (16 décembre 2015) : 81–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.29019/enfoqueute.v6n4.80.
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La cuenca hidrográfica considerada como la unidad territorial básica de planificación y gestión de los recursos hídricos, requiere la adecuada delimitación del área de captación o drenaje, ante tal situación la carencia de información geográfica de microcuencas de la unidad hidrográfica del río Casacay debe solucionarse, para tal efecto la investigación tuvo como objetivo la delimitación automática de microcuencas utilizando técnicas de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) y datos del proyecto Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) de 30 metros de resolución espacial. La metodología seleccionada fue la de Pfafstetter, con la cual se obtuvieron nueve microcuencas con su respectiva codificación, permitiendo continuar con la estandarización de cuencas adoptada por la Secretaría del Agua de Ecuador. Con los resultados de la investigación se actualiza la información de cuencas con mayor detalle, favoreciendo la ejecución de las tareas o actividades relacionadas con la gestión integral de la unidad hidrográfica estudiada
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Tulcanaza-Prieto, Ana Belén, Iliana E. Aguilar-Rodríguez et Carlos Artieda. « Organizational Culture and Corporate Performance in the Ecuadorian Environment ». Administrative Sciences 11, no 4 (12 novembre 2021) : 132. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci11040132.
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This study examines how organizational culture influences corporate performance in the Ecuadorian service sector. The study employs four organizational culture features and twelve concepts for corporate performance using a self-designed online questionnaire, which were supplied to postgraduate students from academic programs at Universidad de Las Americas (UDLA) in Quito, Ecuador. The respondents were working as managers or employees in small Ecuadorian service firms. The operational items of the questionnaire to measure organizational culture and corporate performance were designed using the Denison model. The findings reveal a statistically positive relationship between organizational culture and firm performance. Moreover, involvement, adaptability, consistency, and mission affect the non-financial performance of the Ecuadorian service sector. Involvement is the critical determinant of the influence of organizational culture on corporate performance, while training shows the strongest association with organizational culture. This study provides a perspective on long-term organizational strategies, vision, and performance. Future research should include the characteristics of the studied firms to increase the effectiveness of the proposed model.
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Henry, Charlie, et Ed Levine. « NOAA's Response to the Jessica Oil Spill in the Galapagos Archipelago ». International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 2003, no 1 (1 avril 2003) : 1091–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2003-1-1091.
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ABSTRACT During the night of 16 January 2001, the 260-foot tanker, Jessica, grounded on a reef at the entrance to Wreak Bay on the island of San Cristobal. Ironically, the site of the grounding was very near where Darwin first stepped ashore in 1835. Ecuador, realizing the threat posed by spilling more than 240,000 gallons of diesel and intermediate fuel oil, declared a state of emergency and made a request for assistance. NOAA immediately sent spill response and environmental experts as part of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) response effort to the remote islands. The Galapagos Islands are composed of shorelines not atypical of those NOAA has responded to in the past, but the unique wildlife, including many species found only in the Galapagos Islands, made this response different. This paper documents the USCG-NOAA mission, provides and overview of the incident response, an estimated oil mass balance, and the NOAA HAZMAT AWAY Team - HOME Team concept.
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Zubieta, Ricardo, Augusto Getirana, Jhan Carlo Espinoza, Waldo Lavado-Casimiro et Luis Aragon. « Hydrological modeling of the Peruvian–Ecuadorian Amazon Basin using GPM-IMERG satellite-based precipitation dataset ». Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21, no 7 (14 juillet 2017) : 3543–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3543-2017.
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Abstract. In the last two decades, rainfall estimates provided by the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) have proven applicable in hydrological studies. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, which provides the new generation of rainfall estimates, is now considered a global successor to TRMM. The usefulness of GPM data in hydrological applications, however, has not yet been evaluated over the Andean and Amazonian regions. This study uses GPM data provided by the Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals (IMERG) (product/final run) as input to a distributed hydrological model for the Amazon Basin of Peru and Ecuador for a 16-month period (from March 2014 to June 2015) when all datasets are available. TRMM products (TMPA V7 and TMPA RT datasets) and a gridded precipitation dataset processed from observed rainfall are used for comparison. The results indicate that precipitation data derived from GPM-IMERG correspond more closely to TMPA V7 than TMPA RT datasets, but both GPM-IMERG and TMPA V7 precipitation data tend to overestimate, compared to observed rainfall (by 11.1 and 15.7 %, respectively). In general, GPM-IMERG, TMPA V7 and TMPA RT correlate with observed rainfall, with a similar number of rain events correctly detected ( ∼ 20 %). Statistical analysis of modeled streamflows indicates that GPM-IMERG is as useful as TMPA V7 or TMPA RT datasets in southern regions (Ucayali Basin). GPM-IMERG, TMPA V7 and TMPA RT do not properly simulate streamflows in northern regions (Marañón and Napo basins), probably because of the lack of adequate rainfall estimates in northern Peru and the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Carrión-Mero, Paúl, Fernando Morante-Carballo, Gricelda Herrera-Franco, María Jaya-Montalvo, Denise Rodríguez, Carolina Loor-Flores de Valgas et Edgar Berrezueta. « Community-University Partnership in Water Education and Linkage Process. Study Case : Manglaralto, Santa Elena, Ecuador ». Water 13, no 15 (21 juillet 2021) : 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13151998.
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Universities have the mission to serve society by being pragmatic, diverse, and multidisciplinary. Similar to society in general, these centers have a common challenge: finding a way to articulate projects that favor the demands and needs of vulnerable rural sectors. In this case, the community-university partnership is based on the interaction of the Manglaralto population, represented by the Junta Administradora del Agua Potable Regional de Manglaralto and the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), both from Ecuador. Specifically, it is based on a collaborative relationship since 2005, through the Centro de Investigación y Proyectos Aplicados a Ciencias de la Tierra (CIPAT) of the ESPOL. This work aims to evaluate the community-university partnership through the results obtained in community work projects. In addition, it describes the resolution of problems reached on the sustainability of water resources in the parish of Manglaralto (Ecuador). The methodology was based on (i) the description of the existing community-university interaction framework, (ii) the analysis of the community projects that CIPAT developed in the period 2017–2020, and finally, (iii) the evaluation of the impact of the actions carried out on the sustainability of the coastal aquifer. The community-university partnership has generated relevant information (e.g., water reserves, extraction processes, aquifer recharge, and care of the resource) for the community and has allowed for the strengthening and transmitting of knowledge in different specialties (education, culture, and environment). In the 2017–2020 period, four community projects were carried out with students, researchers, and the inhabitants of the rural area of Manglaralto. These projects allowed wells for water extraction and engineering structures such as dikes and green filters that help the use and recharge the aquifer. In addition, the initiatives carried out made it possible to inform the population of the importance of the sustainable exploitation of water resources. In general, this work made it possible to identify a natural laboratory of human interaction in which the results obtained are based on the collaboration and contribution of all the participating actors.
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Lee, Angeline H. Y. « Global Health and the Surgeon 2013 Runner-Up Abstract – Challenges and Training Opportunities in Voluntary Surgery – Perspectives from an Operation Hernia Mission in Rural Ecuador ». Annals of Medicine and Surgery 2, no 1 (2013) : 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2049-0801(13)70030-x.
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Geldres-Weiss, Valeska V., Nathaniel P. Massa et Joaquín Monreal-Pérez. « Export Promotion Agencies’ Lived Turmoil, Response and Strategies in COVID-19 Times ». Sustainability 13, no 21 (1 novembre 2021) : 12056. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132112056.
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This paper explores Export Promotion Agencies’ (EPAs’) lived turmoil amid the COVID-19 crisis. It investigates: the EPAs’ perspective on pandemic impact on exporting SMEs; the pandemic impact on EPAs, their operations and response strategies; and EPAs’ perception and expectations post-COVID. The research draws on in-depth interviews with three countries’ EPA managers (Chile, Ecuador, Peru); five elite informants engaged operationally and strategically. A narrative approach inquiring on human experience is adopted, enabling rich insights on complex dynamics and contextual realities ‘from the inside’. Notwithstanding heavy regional impact, no research exists on South America; especially EPAs’ role in COVID times. The methodology provides intimate first-hand knowledge on idiosyncratic circumstances shrouded in uncertainty; unprecedented challenges faced at ground zero, addressed in unconventional ways. Country-specific complexities compounded pandemic impact. EPAs were compelled to rediscover their purpose, devising novel responses to help exporting SMEs. Notwithstanding reduced budgets and layoffs, the EPAs persevered, innovating resource-light solutions to pragmatically surmount turmoil; effectively serving their mission amid uncertainty and adversity. In/formal emergent trust-based cooperation strategies proved crucial. Also accentuated was production and consumption environmental sustainability. Detailed front-line perspectives provide valuable insight and important lessons on complex challenges endured and effective EPA action. Post-COVID perspectives, best practice and policy support recommendations are forthcoming.
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Pilamunga-Guallpa, Jorge Aníbal, et Yudith López-Soria. « The participation of the national police in the system for the protection of victims and witnesses ». Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas 6, no 1 (1 janvier 2023) : 201–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.62452/ebgcbz83.
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The intervention of victims, witnesses and other participants: judges, prosecutors, experts, investigators, in a criminal process, puts their lives and that of their families at risk, on many occasions. Therefore, from the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, priority procedures are established for the protection of vulnerable people and the defense of their rights, protected by the principles of accessibility, responsibility, complementarity, opportunity, effectiveness and efficiency. One of those protection mechanisms in dangerous situations is police protection; figure that has been incorporated into Ecuadorian regulations, in search of reducing the serious security crisis spread nationwide. Therefore, the objective of this investigation is to determine if the participation of police officers in the Victims and Witnesses Protection System is effective and fulfills its mission of safeguarding the integrity of those protected. To do this, a qualitative methodological approach is used and the scientific methods applied are the bibliographic review, the historical - logical and the analytical - synthetic. Everything that has made it possible to find the critical knots that weaken the actions of the System, such as the decrease in the budget, the lack of specialized human talent and that the laws that govern the protection processes do not allow safeguarding outside the limits of the Ecuadorian territory.
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Manz, Bastian, Sebastián Páez-Bimos, Natalia Horna, Wouter Buytaert, Boris Ochoa-Tocachi, Waldo Lavado-Casimiro et Bram Willems. « Comparative Ground Validation of IMERG and TMPA at Variable Spatiotemporal Scales in the Tropical Andes ». Journal of Hydrometeorology 18, no 9 (1 septembre 2017) : 2469–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-16-0277.1.
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Abstract An initial ground validation of the Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) Day-1 product from March 2014 to August 2015 is presented for the tropical Andes. IMERG was evaluated along with the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) against 302 quality-controlled rain gauges across Ecuador and Peru. Detection, quantitative estimation statistics, and probability distribution functions are calculated at different spatial (0.1°, 0.25°) and temporal (1 h, 3 h, daily) scales. Precipitation products are analyzed for hydrometeorologically distinct subregions. Results show that IMERG has a superior detection and quantitative rainfall intensity estimation ability than TMPA, particularly in the high Andes. Despite slightly weaker agreement of mean rainfall fields, IMERG shows better characterization of gauge observations when separating rainfall detection and rainfall rate estimation. At corresponding space–time scales, IMERG shows better estimation of gauge rainfall probability distributions than TMPA. However, IMERG shows no improvement in both rainfall detection and rainfall rate estimation along the dry Peruvian coastline, where major random and systematic errors persist. Further research is required to identify which rainfall intensities are missed or falsely detected and how errors can be attributed to specific satellite sensor retrievals. The satellite–gauge difference was associated with the point-area difference in spatial support between gauges and satellite precipitation products, particularly in areas with low and irregular gauge network coverage. Future satellite–gauge evaluations need to identify such locations and investigate more closely interpixel point-area differences before attributing uncertainties to satellite products.
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Hieke, F. « Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965), Résultats scientifiques 3. - Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 1976 ; 355 S., 178 Abb ». Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 25, no 4-5 (23 avril 2008) : 437. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.19780250409.
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Jaskoski, Maiah. « The Ecuadorian Army : Neglecting a Porous Border While Policing the Interior ». Latin American Politics and Society 54, no 1 (2012) : 127–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-2456.2012.00145.x.
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AbstractThis article challenges two prominent explanations for military behavior: militaries, like other bureaucracies, will seek to maximize their budgets; and in the interest of maintaining professionalism, militaries will perform sovereignty missions—external defense and counterinsurgency—more intensively than policing functions. Running counter to these expectations, since 2000, Ecuador’s army has neglected its professional, lucrative mission of northern border defense, instead focusing on police work. The analysis applies organization theory to argue that the army’s minimal border defense efforts have been a way to maintain predictability for patrols on the ground, the part of the army that most directly performs the army’s core function of security. Specifically, the article traces how a contradiction has emerged in the army’s border mission. The contradiction has meant anything but predictability for the work of troops patrolling the border, compromising the mission.
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Vivas Vivas, Fe Esperanza, et Aleida González González. « PROCEDIMIENTO PARA EL DISEÑO E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE GESTIÓN DE LA CALIDAD EN LA CARRERA DE INGENIERÍA INDUSTRIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MANABÍ ». UNESUM-Ciencias. Revista Científica Multidisciplinaria. ISSN 2602-8166 1, no 3 (10 décembre 2017) : 35–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.47230/unesum-ciencias.v1.n3.2017.21.
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PROCEDIMIENTO PARA EL DISEÑO E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE GESTIÓN DE LA CALIDAD LA CARRERA DE INGENIERÍA INDUSTRIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MANABÍPROCESS FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PROFESSION OF THE UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MANABÍAUTORES: Fe Esperanza Vivas Vivas[1]Aleida González González[2]DIRECCIÓN PARA CORRESPONDENCIA: fvivas@utm.edu.ecFecha de recepción: 22-10-2017Fecha de aceptación: 30-11-2017RESUMENLa carrera de Ingeniería Industrial de la Universidad Técnica de Manabí (UTM) trabaja en la implantación de un sistema de gestión de la calidad bajo los requisitos de la INEN ISO 9001.2015 con la finalidad de cumplir los requerimientos de los modelos de evaluación institucional y acreditación de carrera determinado por el Consejo de Evaluación, Acreditación y Aseguramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Superior (CEAACES). Teniendo en cuenta los requisitos dados en esta norma internacional, los requerimientos de los modelos del CEAACES y las particularidades de la carrera se crea un procedimiento para diseñar e implantar un sistema de gestión con enfoque hacia la calidad que repercutirá de manera positiva en la respuesta a los cambios que se han producido en la universidad y reglamentaciones vigentes, en el cumplimiento de los objetivos estratégicos de la UTM y educacionales de la carrera que permitirá la categoría A de la Universidad. Además este sistema de gestión permita cumplir con las exigencias de los indicadores de desempeño de los procesos y los estándares de calidad establecidos para la formación de profesionales en el Ecuador. Se muestra la aplicación del procedimiento con alcance al proceso de formación el cual es fundamental para el logro de la misión y visión de la UTM lo que permitió la validación de los pasos de este procedimiento.PALABRAS CLAVE: acreditación; evaluación; gestión de la calidad.ABSTRACTThe profession of Industrial Engineering of the Technical University of Manabí (UTM) working in the implementation of a quality management system under the requirements of INEN ISO 9001.2015 in order to meet the requirements of the institutional evaluation models and accreditation of profession determined by the Council for Evaluation, Accreditation and Quality Assurance of the superior Education (CEAACES). Keeping in mind the requirements of the international standard, the demands of the CEAACES models and the particularities of the career creates a procedure to design and implement a management system with a focus on quality that will have a positive impact on the response to The changes that have occurred in the university and current regulations, in meeting the strategic objectives of the UTM and educational profession that will allow category A of the University. In addition, this management system allows meeting the requirements of the performance indicators of the processes and the quality standards established for the training of professionals in the Ecuador. It shows the application of the procedure with scope to the training process which is fundamental for the achievement of the mission and vision of the UTM which allowed the validation of the steps of this procedureKEYWORDS: accreditation; evaluation; quality management.
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Carvajal, Iván. « LA UNIVERSIDAD EN UN HORIZONTE DE PERPLEJIDAD ». Universidad-Verdad, no 74 (15 octobre 2018) : 89–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.33324/uv.vi74.229.
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El debate en torno de lo que podría ser la «misión de la universidad» en el Ecuador requiere de una actitud (un êthos filosófico) semejante a la que propone Foucault en Qu’est-ce que les Lumières?, que coloca como tarea la comprensión de la actualidad. El ensayo retoma la crítica del pensamiento universitario ecuatoriano, especialmente de La universidad, sede de la razón de Hernán Malo González, a fin de señalar a la vez la importancia y continuidad de la defensa de la racionalidad, la autonomía y la apelación al diálogo, y su insuficiencia para comprender la actualidad. Esta no puede ser comprendida desde una visión circunscrita al Estado nacional o desde la «ecuatorianización» de la universidad, sino a partir de una apertura a los problemas globales que afectan al conjunto de la humanidad, ante todo el ecocidio (y dentro de este, la crisis del cambio climático), y la posibilidad cierta de extinción de lo humano o de su trasmutación (lo poshumano). A la vez, es necesario comprender la crisis política marcada por la declinación de los Estados nacionales y de la democracia (liberal-representativa o directa-plebiscitaria). La actualidad se presenta como un
horizonte de perplejidad. Para comprender la actualidad es preciso apelar a un «êthos filosófico» que posibilite la apertura de unas nuevas Humanidades, que tendrían que abrirse paso en la universidad en permanente contradicción con la ideología tecnocrática dominante en ella y con los poderes (políticos, corporativos, religiosos...) que actúan sobre la universidad. La emergencia de unas nuevas Humanidades, que intentan configurarse en el presente, requiere a su vez de una universidad abierta.
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universidad, pensamiento ecuatoriano, Humanidades, ecocidio, actualidad.
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The debate about what the “mission of the university” in Ecuador could be, requires an attitude (a philosophical êthos) similar to the one proposed by Foucault in Qu’est-ce que les Lumières?;
which places as a task the understanding of the present. This essay takes up the criticism of Ecuadorian university thought, especially of The University, core of Hernán Malo González’s reason,
in order to point out both the importance and the continuity ofthe defense of reasonableness, autonomy; the call for dialogue, and its insufficiency to understand the present. This cannot be
understood from a vision limited to the Nation-State or from the “Ecuadorianization” of the university, but from an openness to the global problems that affect the whole of humanity, above all
ecocide (and within it, the crisis of climate change), and the real possibility of human being’s extinction or of their transmutation (the post-humanism). At the same time, it is necessary to underst
tand the political crisis marked by the decline of the Nation-States and of democracy (liberal-representative or direct-plebiscitary). The present time is presented as a horizon of perplexity. To understand the present, it is necessary to invoke to a “philosophical êthos” that makes possible space for new Humanities, which would have to make their way into the university in permanent
contradiction with the technocratic ideology that dominates in it, and with the powers (political, corporate, religious ...) that act on the university. The development of new Humanities, which are attempting to shape themselves in the present, requires an open university.
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university, Ecuadorian thought, humanities, ecocide, present.
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Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi, et Bin Wang. « Diurnal Precipitation Regimes in the Global Tropics* ». Journal of Climate 21, no 11 (1 juin 2008) : 2680–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2007jcli2051.1.
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Abstract Diurnal variations of the global tropical precipitation are documented by using two complementary Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) datasets (3B42 and 3G68) for 1998–2006 in an attempt to provide a unified view of the diurnal cycle and a metric for evaluating numerical model performance. The 3B42 data have better spatial coverage; the 3G68 data offer more accurate diurnal phase information. The first and second empirical orthogonal function (EOF) modes represent the diurnal cycle and account for 89% of the total variance in 3B42. The third and fourth EOF modes, which account for 10% of the total variance, represent the semidiurnal cycle. Both datasets yield consistent spatial structures and temporal evolution, but they have different advantages: the patterns derived from 3B42 exhibit less noise, while 3G68 yields an arguably more accurate diurnal phase. The diurnal phase derived from 3G68 systematically leads 3B42 by about 3 h. Three tropical diurnal cycle regimes (oceanic, continental, and coastal) are identified according to the amplitude, peak time, and phase propagation characteristics of the diurnal precipitation. The oceanic regime is characterized by moderate amplitude and an early morning peak [0600–0900 Local Solar Time (LST)], found primarily in the oceanic convergence zones in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. In contrast, the continental regime features a large amplitude and an afternoon peak (1500–1800 LST), which is particularly pronounced in South America and equatorial Africa near Lake Victoria. Both the oceanic and continental regimes show little spatial phase propagation. The coastal regime, however, shows not only large amplitude but also prominent phase propagation. Two subregimes can also be recognized, often concurring along the same land–sea boundary. The seaside coastal regime is characterized by offshore phase propagation, with peaks occurring from late evening to noon of the next day (2100–1200 LST), whereas the landside coastal regime has landward phase propagation with peaks occurring from noon to evening (1200–2100 LST). The coastal regime is prominent along the land–sea boundaries of the Maritime Continent, the Indian subcontinent, northern Australia, the west coast of America extending from Mexico to Ecuador, the west coast of equatorial Africa, and Northeast Brazil. Note that the amplitude of the diurnal cycle is dependent on season, but the diurnal phase characteristics are not. The underlying mechanism suggested by this analysis, especially over the coastal areas, is also discussed.
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González-Andrade, Fabricio, Miguel Bolea, Begoña Martínez-Jarreta et Dora Sánchez. « DNA typing in missing persons in Ecuador (South America) ». International Congress Series 1288 (avril 2006) : 544–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ics.2005.12.044.
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Biehl, João, et Sebastián Ramírez Hernandez. « The phantasy of theory and the missing people ». Focaal 2012, no 63 (1 juin 2012) : 125–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/fcl.2012.630112.
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In this theoretically ambitious article, Andrés Guerrero aims to rethink the North’s Master Narrative of liberal citizenship, comparing the administration of Indians in past Ecuador with the administration of illegal immigrants in Spain today “as a sort of distorted reflection.”
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Rick, John W. « Andes : Radiocarbon Database for Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Mariusz S. Ziókowski, Mieczyslaw F. Pazdur, Andrzej Krzanowski, and Adam Michczynski. Andean Archaeological Mission of the Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland, 1994. iv + 604 pp., 15 figures, 5 tables, references, indexes, appendixes, bibliography. $49.50 + 8.50 shipping (cloth). » Latin American Antiquity 7, no 2 (juin 1996) : 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/971626.
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Isea, Raúl. « A Missing Data on Covid-19 Forecasts ». International Journal of Coronaviruses 3, no 2 (20 août 2021) : 27–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-21-3918.
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Mathematical and computational studies of Covid-19 have underestimated the influence that other countries have on their daily records. To visualize this, a Granger causality analysis was implemented in Python to determine if the cases registered in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and the USA have any effect on Venezuela, and between all of them. Finally, this paper highlights the need to incorporate causality analysis employing only the cases of Covid-19 to improve mid and long term forecasts.
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Jonakin, Jon. « Emigration and Economic Theory : Missing the Boat in Mexico and Ecuador ». International Migration 51, no 3 (28 janvier 2013) : 113–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12036.
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Arcusa, Stephanie H., Tobias Schneider, Pablo V. Mosquera, Hendrik Vogel, Darrell Kaufman, Sönke Szidat et Martin Grosjean. « Late Holocene tephrostratigraphy from Cajas National Park, southern Ecuador ». Andean Geology 47, no 3 (30 septembre 2020) : 508. http://dx.doi.org/10.5027/andgeov47n3-3301.
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Lakes located downwind of active volcanoes serve as a natural repository for volcanic ash (tephra) produced during eruptive events. In this study, sediment cores from four lakes in Cajas National Park, southern Ecuador, situated approximately 200 km downwind of active volcanoes in the Northern Andes Volcanic Zone, were analysed to document the regional history of tephra fall extending back around 3,000 a cal BP. The ages of the lacustrine sedimentary sequences were constrained using a total of 20 AMS radiocarbon ages on plant remains. The tephra layers were correlated among the lakes based on their radiocarbon age, elemental composition, colour, and grain morphology. We found five unique tephra layers, each at least 0.2 cm thick, and further constrained their ages by combining the results from two age-depth modelling approaches (clam and rbacon). The tephra layers were deposited 3,034±621, 2,027±41, 1,557±177, 733±112, and 450±70 a cal BP. The ages of all but the youngest tephra layer overlap with those of known eruptions from Tungurahua. Some tephra layers are missing as macroscopic layers in several cores, with only two of the five tephra layers visible in the sediment of three lakes. Likewise, previous studies of lake sediment cores from the region are missing the four youngest tephra layers, further highlighting the need to sample multiple lakes to reconstruct a comprehensive history of fallout events. The newly documented stratigraphic marker layers will benefit future studies of lake sediments in Cajas National Park.
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Borges, Migled, Migledys Borges, José Borges et Rosangel Bastidas. « ESTUDIO EXPERIMENTAL : MANEJO DEL METISOPRINOL EN PACIENTES CON COVID-19 ». Universidad Ciencia y Tecnología 24, no 103 (10 août 2020) : 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.47460/uct.v24i103.356.
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El covid-19 es una enfermedad caracterizada por presentar síndrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda y disfunción multisistemica. El presente ensayo clínico aleatorio controlado de diseño experimental se realizó con la finalidad de demostrar la eficacia del metisoprinol en el manejo antiviral alternativo del covid 19, en vista de no existir un tratamiento efectivo comprobado en la actual pandemia mundial decretada por la OMS. Se evaluó una población de 60 pacientes, distribuida en grupos de 30 (grupo experimental y un grupo control) de cualquier edad y sexo con comorbilidades controladas, los cuales presentaron signos y síntomas de SARS-CoV-2 y S02 mayor de 90% respirando aire ambiente en fase clínica menor de 15 días asistidos en consulta médica a domicilio en la ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador entre el periodo de marzo y abril de 2020. Dicho estudio se desarrolló para determinar un protocolo piloto que genere menos efectos adversos, evite complicaciones médicas en pacientes sintomáticos y revierta el cuadro clínico e imagenológico. Se demostró por cálculo de riesgo relativo la posibilidad casi nula de persistir signos y síntomas, así como la presencia de lesiones pulmonares en controles imagenológicos en un 03.33 % y reactividad rRT-PCR del 10% tratados con metisoprinol.
Palabras Clave: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Metisoprinol.
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Long, Kathryn T. « “Cameras ‘never lie’” : The Role of Photography in Telling the Story of American Evangelical Missions ». Church History 72, no 4 (décembre 2003) : 820–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009640700097390.
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In her controversial novel,No Graven Image(1966), former missionary and best-selling evangelical author Elisabeth Elliot described the visit of a zealous missions executive, Mr. Harvey, to observe her main character, missionary Margaret Sparhawk, working among the mountain Quichua Indians in Ecuador. Harvey, a pompous sort, arrived with two cameras slung around his neck and spent most of his visit snapping photographs. When Margaret suggested it was time to leave the home of Pedro, her Quichua language informant, Harvey demurred, not yet finished with his picture taking.
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DE SOUZA, CAMILA CAMARGO, MAURICIO RIVERA-CORREA, JOSE M. PADIAL et SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER. « The advertisement call of the treefrog Nyctimantis rugiceps Boulenger, 1882 (Anura : Hylidae), with notes on its natural history and toxicity ». Zootaxa 4532, no 3 (19 décembre 2018) : 441. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.8.
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Nyctimantis rugiceps Boulenger, 1882 (Fig. 1A) is a Neotropical treefrog (Duellman & Trueb 1976; Faivovich et al. 2005) known only from disjunct localities in Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (Pérez-Villota et al. 2009). This species has the skin of the skull co-ossified and reproduces—including calling behavior, egg deposition and tadpole development—in water-filled tree or bamboo cavities (Duellman & Trueb 1976; Duellman 1978). Given its secretive behavior, this is a poorly known species and, as noted by Duellman (1978: 169), “the major clue to the life history of Nyctimantis is the calling behavior of the males”. Unfortunately, the only quantitative description of the advertisement call of N. rugiceps is a brief passage in Duellman (1978) based on four specimens from Santa Cecilia, Ecuador, where important variables are missing (e.g., call duration). More importantly, graphs illustrating the waveform and spectrogram are missing. Considering these limitations and the importance of advertisement calls to the study of anurans (Köhler et al. 2017), we provide a quantitative description using a call recording obtained in Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia.
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Pinto, C. Miguel, J. Angel Soto-Centeno, Ángela M. Núñez Quiroz, Nicolás Ferreyra, Florencio Delgado-Espinoza, Peter W. Stahl et Diego G. Tirira. « Archaeology, biogeography, and mammalogy do not provide evidence for tarukas (Cervidae : Hippocamelus antisensis ) in Ecuador ». Journal of Mammalogy 97, no 1 (30 septembre 2015) : 41–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv151.
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Abstract Knowing whether a species has been extirpated, or if it ever inhabited a specific geographic area, has direct importance for planning conservation activities. The taruka ( Hippocamelus antisensis ) is one of the largest Neotropical mammals; it is distributed in the central Andes, and there are published records of this species in Ecuador. Recently, missing museum specimens have cast doubts on the validity of these Ecuadorian records. Here, we examine whether the taruka ever inhabited Ecuador by analyzing multiple sources of information. Our approach consists of 3 components: 1) we surveyed archaeological collections and literature for any biological remains and cultural artifacts that may represent tarukas, 2) we searched mammal collections for specimens reported in publications, and 3) we generated ecological niche models (ENMs) of current and past climates to determine whether Ecuador offers suitable habitats for the taruka. Our results suggest that the taruka never inhabited Ecuador. We did not find any reliable supporting evidence in the form of specimens nor convincing literature reports. Furthermore, ENMs revealed that Ecuador has not supported suitable climates for the taruka. We suggest that published records of taruka in Ecuador may have been due to improper identifications of specimens. The methods used here may also prove useful in determining the presence of species that are either thought to be extinct, or suspected to be recently introduced into a new geographic area. Conocer si una especie ha sido extirpada, o si alguna vez habitó un área geográfica específica, tiene importancia directa para la planificación de actividades de conservación. La Taruka ( Hippocamelus antisensis ) es uno de los mamíferos Neotropicales más grandes; se distribuye en los Andes centrales, y existen registros publicados de esta especie en Ecuador. Recientemente, ha habido dudas sobre la validez de los registros ecuatorianos porque los especímenes testigo se han perdido. Aquí examinamos si la taruka alguna vez habitó Ecuador, analizando múltiples fuentes de información. Nuestro enfoque metodológico consistió de 3 componentes: 1) examen de colecciones y literatura arqueológica para detectar restos biológicos o artefactos culturales que puedan representar tarukas, 2) búsqueda en colecciones mastozoológicas especímenes reportados en publicaciones; y 3) generación de modelos de nicho ecológico con climas pasados y presentes para determinar si Ecuador ofrece ambientes adecuados para la taruka. Nuestros resultados sugieren que la taruka nunca ha habitado Ecuador. No encontramos ninguna evidencia confiable en la forma de especímenes o reportes convincentes en la literatura. Además, los modelos de nicho ecológico revelaron que Ecuador no ha presentado las preferencias climáticas de la taruka. Sugerimos que los registros publicados de la taruka en Ecuador pueden ser el producto de la identificación errónea de especímenes. Las metodologías usadas en este trabajo pueden resultar útiles para investigar la presencia de especies que se creen extintas, o que se sospecha que son introducciones recientes a nuevas áreas geográficas.
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Erazo Yánez, Carlos, Gabriela Navarrete Cedillo et Silvia López Velasco. « Detection of illegal airstrips in digital images using artificial intelligence techniques ». Aeronautics and Aerospace Open Access Journal 7, no 4 (30 novembre 2023) : 138–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/aaoaj.2023.07.00184.
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Ecuador is considered a transit country for drug trafficking and smuggling activities. Being a current problem in the northern and coastal border of the national territory, unauthorized airstrips are used for these illegal activities where controlled substances, money, weapons, ammunition, and explosives are transported. The research will be based on the design and development of a methodology using artificial intelligence techniques for the analysis and processing of images that will be obtained from reconnaissance missions carried out by Ecuadorian Air Force airplanes. For the recognition of clandestine airstrips, the YOLO deep learning-based object detection method and segmentation techniques will be used.
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Schill, Ry, Angela Schill et Noah Schill. « Tech Latinas : Latin American Women for Technology ». Journal of Information Technology Education : Discussion Cases 7 (2021) : 001–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4843.
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Aim/Purpose: The directors of Tech Latinas were happy with what they had created and the impact their company had made in Ecuador, Peru and Guatemala. Now that they had seen their vision come to fruition in ways that were astounding to them. They wanted to take the next steps in growing their business so Tech Latinas mission could spread beyond its current bounds. Before working out the logistics, the Tech Latina team expanded their vision. They wanted to scale Tech Latinas throughout Latin America. They hoped to find the best talent among the 37 million young women in these countries who were currently either unemployed or informally employed. They estimated that 1.2 million web developers in Latin America would be required that by 2025. Background: The entrepreneurial tech wave has hit Latin America hard, and it appears to be gaining momentum. A new generation of millennials and post-millennials, led by a group of early entrepreneurs in their late 30s to early 50s, believes that it can improve lives by creating new and better solutions to everyday problems. One such area is teaching coding and tech skills to women who live in middle to low-income Latin American households. Despite the advantages and opportunities, there are also great obstacles to make it all happen in Latin America. Some cultural and some systemic. Culturally, Latin Americans are very averse to risk, and most only invest in “secure” ventures such as real estate. The lack of financial education is a key factor that does not allow potential entrepreneurs to thrive. On the systemic side, corruption, lack of institutional trust and impunity are probably the biggest hurdles to surpass in the next few years. Companies need to think globally and compete against global competitors. Methodology: Data was collected through a qualitative approach with several in-depth interviews Contribution: In following trends of Latin American growth and development, the main opportunities will end up being in the technology sector as advances in education and know-how disseminate. The hope is that this knowledge gap will provide jobs for millions trying to lift themselves out of poverty. Findings: That nascent ventures in Latin America face different and unique challages. The ability to scale and the lack of capital that would invest in social causes is unfortunately scarce in the region. This makes it difficult to Recommendations for Practitioners: This case could be used for discussion around lessons from emerging market entrepreneurship. Many strategies of the struggles and triumphs of Latin American entrepreneurs are worth noting as practitioners due to the acute necessity-driven approach to many Latin American entrepreneurs toward venture success. Recommendation for Researchers: Maybe employing a scale of some sort to differentiate net impact socially and economically these tech educational training facilities Impact on Society: That there is a need to support organic entrepreneurial efforts in not only gaining returns but supporting social causes that lift societies. Also, it is a wise investment to invest in women and in emerging economies. Future Research: It would be interesting to further follow the Tech Latinas and other initiatives in this area of knowledge transfer and economic development. It would be interesting to do a study or a scale of results of impact between countries not only in Latin America but other women coding and IT training efforts around the world.
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GONZÁLEZ-MOZO, LAURA, et STUART H. MCKAMEY. « A new genus and four new species of Darnini (Hemiptera : Membracidae) from South America ». Zootaxa 5415, no 1 (20 février 2024) : 169–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.8.
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The new genus Polyodontotrochus is described and illustrated with four new species: P. auriculatus from French Guiana, P. elevatus (type species) from Ecuador, P. extentapalaestrus from French Guiana, and P. inpa from Brazil, the genus differs from all other membracids in having the inner sides of their metathoracic trochanters developed into apposed, sclerotized studlike, flattened plates distributed throughout. Their metathoracic tibiae have cucullate setal rows II and III incomplete, row I missing. A key to all species is provided.
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Szymański, Marek Konrad. « Aspetti pedagogici del progetto „Gioia di Vivere” nella missione francescana in Santo Domino de los Tsachilas in Ecuador ». Roczniki Pedagogiczne 8(44), no 3 (2016) : 65–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.18290/rped.2016.8(44).3-4.
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Hallon, Camila, Camilo Barrionuevo-León, Juan Carlos Gallardo-Bastidas, Karla Robles-Velasco, Iván Cherrez-Ojeda et Marco Faytong-Haro. « Association between age people started working and missing teeth in an elderly population in Ecuador : Evidence from a cross-sectional study ». PLOS ONE 18, no 11 (13 novembre 2023) : e0293635. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293635.
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Child labor has significant physical, psychological, and social consequences, which can persist into adulthood. This study investigates the association between the age at which an individual begins working and tooth loss in older adults in Ecuador. We analyzed data from the SABE 2009 survey (Survey of Health, Well-being, and Aging), using binary logistic regression to examine potential relationships. Our analytical sample comprised of 3,899 older adults from mainland Ecuador, with 42.50% having started working between the ages of 5 and 12. Unadjusted logistic regression results indicated that older adults who began working at ages 5–12 had a 42% higher risk of missing more than 4 teeth compared to those who started working at ages 18–25. After adjusting for potential confounders, the resulting risk was 28% higher than for the reference group [OR 1.28 95% CI 1.25–1.30]. Our findings demonstrate that early engagement in labor is a risk factor for tooth loss among older adults, displaying the long-term impacts of child labor on oral health. Health education and benefits should be provided to this vulnerable population for tooth loss prevention.
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Frontuto, Vito, Silvana Dalmazzone, Francesco Salcuni et Alessandro Pezzoli. « Risk Aversion, Inequality and Economic Evaluation of Flood Damages : A Case Study in Ecuador ». Sustainability 12, no 23 (2 décembre 2020) : 10068. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122310068.
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While floods and other natural disasters affect hundreds of millions of people globally every year, a shared methodological approach on which to ground impact valuations is still missing. Standard Cost-Benefit Analyses typically evaluate damages by summing individuals’ monetary equivalents, without taking into account income distribution and risk aversion. We propose an empirical application of alternative valuation approaches developed in recent literature, including equity weights and risk premium multipliers, to a case study in Ecuador. The results show that accounting for inequality may substantially alter the conclusions of a standard vulnerability approach, with important consequences for policy choices pertaining damage compensation and prioritization of intervention areas.
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Chaudhury, Nazmul, Jeffrey Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Muralidharan et F. Halsey Rogers. « Missing in Action : Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries ». Journal of Economic Perspectives 20, no 1 (1 février 2006) : 91–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/089533006776526058.
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In this paper, we report results from surveys in which enumerators made unannounced visits to primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru and Uganda and recorded whether they found teachers and health workers in the facilities. Averaging across the countries, about 19 percent of teachers and 35 percent of health workers were absent. The survey focused on whether providers were present in their facilities, but since many providers who were at their facilities were not working, even these figures may present too favorable a picture. For example, in India, one-quarter of government primary school teachers were absent from school, but only about one-half of the teachers were actually teaching when enumerators arrived at the schools. We will provide background on education and health care systems in developing; analyze the high absence rates across sectors and countries; investigate the correlates, efficiency, and political economy of teacher and health worker absence; and consider implications for policy.
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Ni, Ming. « Bioinspired systems : A new upcoming research master program at Yachay Tech University in Ecuador ». Bionatura 4, no 3 (15 août 2019) : 893–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.21931/rb/2019.04.03.1.
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Throughout history, people use different types of biomaterials to repair or replace damaged human tissues. Ancient Egyptians used golden wires to replace the missing teeth; Ancient Mayans used nacre or mother of pearl to achieve the same goal 1, 2. Fast forward to the 20th century; Sir Ridley used Perspex as the material for intraocular lenses 1. Many surgeons pioneered using synthetic polymeric membranes as the material for kidney dialyzers 1. The modern time of biomaterials has come. Science, instead of try-and-error, has been developed to study biomaterials systematically. Professor Larry Hench, who is the inventor of Bioglass©, came up a classification of three generations of biomaterials, starting from bioinert materials to bioactive materials, to the combining of bioactive materials and resorbable materials 3.
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Hernandez, Wilmar, Francisco José Arqués-Orobón, Vicente González-Posadas, José Luis Jiménez-Martín et Paul D. Rosero-Montalvo. « Statistical Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on PM2.5 Concentrations in Downtown Quito during the Lockdowns in 2020 ». Sensors 22, no 22 (20 novembre 2022) : 8985. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22228985.
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In this paper, a comparative analysis between the PM2.5 concentration in downtown Quito, Ecuador, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the previous five years (from 2015 to 2019) was carried out. Here, in order to fill in the missing data and achieve homogeneity, eight datasets were constructed, and 35 different estimates were used together with six interpolation methods to put in the estimated value of the missing data. Additionally, the quality of the estimations was verified by using the sum of squared residuals and the following correlation coefficients: Pearson’s r, Kendall’s τ, and Spearman’s ρ. Next, feature vectors were constructed from the data under study using the wavelet transform, and the differences between feature vectors were studied by using principal component analysis and multidimensional scaling. Finally, a robust method to impute missing data in time series and characterize objects is presented. This method was used to support the hypothesis that there were significant differences between the PM2.5 concentration in downtown Quito in 2020 and 2015–2019.