Cárdenas y Elizondo: dos gobernadores que cedieron frente a la presión político-universitaria (y federal)

En ochenta años de historia, la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León se ha visto envuelta en conflictos políticos que involucraron al gobierno federal, y cuya intervención propició la renuncia (voluntaria o involuntaria) de un gobernador estatal. Enseguida se compararán las dos renuncias de gobernadores nuevoleoneses, quienes por presión presidencial, estatal y universitaria, renunciaron a su puesto, cada uno de ellos respondiendo a diferentes contextos y motivos. Mientras uno renunció ante la imposibilidad de rechazar una ley nacional, el otro renunció ante la imposibilidad de ejercer una ley “personal”, pero ambos terminaron por ceder ante decreto presidencial.

Propiedades y características de una aleación de colada de aluminio

Se diseñó una serie de experimentos para estudiar la variación de las propiedades mecánicas en una aleación Al-Si-Cu, tipo A319, en base a variaciones en composición química, cinética de solidificación y tratamiento térmico.

Levels of insulin and HOMA-IR in adolescents in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

An alarming rise of obesity in adolescents has been observed, placing them at risk of developing resistance to insulin (IR) and its adverse metabolic consequences such as diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Objective: To know the prevalence of obesity, and the levels of glucose, insulin and HOMA-IR and its association with the BMIz, waist circumference and the pubertal stage in a random sample of adolescents. Materials and methods: 292 adolescents between 12 and 15 years (152 female and 140 male), whose anthropometric measurements (weight, height and waist circumference) were taken, body mass index calculated and Z-score determined. Blood glucose and insulin levels were evaluated from a sample of blood and their HOMA-IR was determined. Results: The results showed that 32.5% were obese, 22.3% were overweight and 23.6% showed adolescent central obesity. Glucose levels (p = 0.016), insulin (p = 0.0001) and HOMA-IR (p = 0.0001) showed significant differences in the group with obesity. Values of the three parameters were increased with the stage of puberty. We found significant differences in the levels of glucose (p = 0.0388), insulin (p = 0.0005) and HOMA-IR (p = 0.0001) between the prepubertal and postpubertal stages.