Utilidad de una medida de la eficiencia en la generación de ventas para la predicción del resultado

En este trabajo evaluamos la utilidad de una medida de la eficiencia en la generación de ventas, para la predicción del resultado de explotación futuro, bajo la hipótesis de que si la medida de la eficiencia es capaz de capturar el componente permanente de los resultados, debería ser útil para la predicción de los resultados futuros, en adición a los resultados actuales. Con el objetivo anterior, en una primera etapa, utilizamos el Análisis Envolvente de Datos (DEA) para determinar la ineficiencia relativa de las empresas en el uso de los recursos a su disposición para generar el nivel máximo posible de ventas. Los inputs incorporados en el modelo DEA (gastos de personal, consumos de materias primas y otros, amortización, y otros gastos de explotación) se obtienen a partir de información contenida en la Cuenta de Pérdidas y Ganancias. En la segunda etapa, la medida de ineficiencia se introduce como variable explicativa en un modelo de regresión en el que la variable dependiente es el resultado de explotación en el año inmediatamente posterior. Los resultados del estudio empírico indican que la medida de ineficiencia relativa proporcionada por el modelo DEA tiene contenido informativo para la predicción del resultado de explotación futuro, en adición al resultado de explotación actual y pasado.

Material Flow Accounting in Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru (1980-2000)

In this paper we compare the resource flows of Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru between 1980 and 2000. In this time span, the domestic extraction of materials increased in the four countries, mainly due to the mining sector in Chile and Peru, biomass and oil in Ecuador and construction minerals in Mexico. Imports and exports increased too, due to the increasing integration in the international markets, prompted by the liberalization policies undertaken by the four countries between the late 1970s and the late 1990s. The four countries had a negative physical trade balance for most of the period analyzed, meaning that their exports exceeded their imports in terms of weight. However, the increase of imports reduced the physical deficit in Chile, Mexico and Peru. Ecuador’s physical deficit was the highest and did not decrease in the period analyzed. Also, a diversification of exports away from bulk commodities could be observed in Chile and Mexico, and to a lesser extent in Peru, whereas in Ecuador the export sector remained mainly based on oil and biomass. More research is needed to explore the environmental effects of this phenomenon. Also, the indirect flows associated to the direct physical flows deserve to be subject to further analysis.

Valoración periodontal de caninos incluidos en situación vestibular a los tres años del tratamiento orotodóncico-quirúrgico

Para demostrar que los parámetros periodontales no se alteran por la fenestración con colgajo de reposición apical de los caninos incluidos, se seleccionaron 12 pacientes con canino incluido por vestibular y el canino contralateral correctamente erupcionado. El tratamiento fue ortodóncico-quirúrgico, con colgajo de reposición apical (9 casos) o de reposición apical lateral (3 casos). Tres años después de finalizar el tratamiento ortodóncico, se valoró el estado periodontal de los caninos mediante: índice de plata, índice gingival, sangrado al sondaje, profundidad de sondaje y anchura de encía queratinizada. No se hallaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre el grupo experimental (caninos fenestrados) y el control (caninos contralaterales).

Molares impactados en la rama ascendente de la mandíbula. Presentación de un caso clínico

Se presenta el caso de una mujer de 23 años de edad que presentaba los molares inferiores permanentes segundo y tercero impactados verticalmente en la rama ascendente de la mandíbula. Las superficies oclusales de ambos dientes se encontraban en contacto. Tras un diagnóstico preciso, que incluyó una tomografía computarizada, se decidió extraer ambos dientes. El conducto del nervio dentario inferior, que en las radiografías se consideró que se encontraba bajo riesgo, no sufrió ningún daño, gracias a una técnica quirúrgica cuidadosa.

Oral findings in Midline Syndrome: a case report and literature review

We describe a female patient with a midline syndrome. The patient presents agenesis of the corpus callosum, encephalocele, iris coloboma, hypertelorism, submucosal cleft palate and dental anomalies. Despite being very characteristic, her phenotypical traits do not coincide exactly with those reported to date in the literature. The karyotype and the molecular cytogenetic study do not show mutations. We identify the presence of dental anomalies in the mother and other family members, not being identified MSX1 and PAX9 mutations that could the related with their etiology. Despite the fact that dental agenesis has been related to a large number of other malformation syndromes and congenital conditions, dental anomalies have only rarely been mentioned when reporting midline syndromes. These dental phenotypical traits, present in the patient and her family, could be considered part of the midline syndrome in carriers as well as in the patients.

An epidemiological study of dental agenesis in a primary health area in Spain: estimated prevalence and associated factors

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of dental agenesis and its possible association with other developmental dental anomalies and systemic entities. Setting and Sample Population: Descriptive transversal study, for which 1518 clinical records, of patients visited by the Odontological Service of the Primary Health Centre of Cassà de la Selva (Girona-Spain) between December 2002 and February 2006 were reviewed. The data were recorded in relation to the oral and dental anomalies and the associated systemic entities, between the ones referred as concomitant in literature. Results: Values of 9.48% (7.25% excluding the third molars) for dental agenesis and 0.39% for oligodontia were obtained. The presence of dental agenesis concomitant with some other forms of oral and dental anomalies was observed. Attention must be drawn to the fact that a greater number of concomitant systemic entities were observed in those patients that presented a severe phenotypical pattern of dental agenesis. Conclusions: The results of the present study do not differ from the ones reported in studies of similar characteristics among Occidental and Spanish populations. The relationship observed between certain systemic entities and developmental dental anomalies suggest a possible common genetic etiology

Rellevància de la competència transversal Compromís ètic en l'àmbit de Ciències de la Salut

Se determina la relevancia y la modalidad de trabajo (Presencial, semipresencial o no presencial) del conjunto de las tres sub-competencias (Capacidad crítica – Capa-cidad autocrítica - Actuar con ética profesional), ligadas a la competencia transversal Compromiso ético, en los estudios de grado de Ciencias de la Salud de la UB y URL.

Rellevància de la competència transversal Compromís ètic en l'àmbit de Ciències de la Salut

Se determina la relevancia y la modalidad de trabajo (Presencial, semipresencial o no presencial) del conjunto de las tres sub-competencias (Capacidad crítica – Capa-cidad autocrítica - Actuar con ética profesional), ligadas a la competencia transversal Compromiso ético, en los estudios de grado de Ciencias de la Salud de la UB y URL.

Rellevància de la competència transversal Compromís ètic en l'àmbit de Ciències de la Salut

Se determina la relevancia y la modalidad de trabajo (Presencial, semipresencial o no presencial) del conjunto de las tres sub-competencias (Capacidad crítica – Capa-cidad autocrítica - Actuar con ética profesional), ligadas a la competencia transversal Compromiso ético, en los estudios de grado de Ciencias de la Salud de la UB y URL.

The role of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and type beta transforming growth factot beta (TGF beta1, beta2 and beta3) during rat craniofacial development

Growth factors seem to be part of a complex cellular signalling language, in which individual growth factors are the equivalents of the letters that compose words. According to this analogy, informational content lies, not in an individual growth factor, but in the entire set of growth factors and others signals to which a cell is exposed. The ways in which growth factors exert their combinatorial effects are becoming clearer as the molecular mechanisms of growth factors actions are being investigated. A number of related extracellular signalling molecules that play widespread roles in regulating development in both invertebrates and vertebrates constitute the Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) and type beta Transforming Growth Factor ((TGF beta). The latest research literature about the role and fate of these Growth factors and their influence in the craniofacial bone growth ad development is reviewed

The role of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and type beta transforming growth factot beta (TGF beta1, beta2 and beta3) during rat craniofacial development

Growth factors seem to be part of a complex cellular signalling language, in which individual growth factors are the equivalents of the letters that compose words. According to this analogy, informational content lies, not in an individual growth factor, but in the entire set of growth factors and others signals to which a cell is exposed. The ways in which growth factors exert their combinatorial effects are becoming clearer as the molecular mechanisms of growth factors actions are being investigated. A number of related extracellular signalling molecules that play widespread roles in regulating development in both invertebrates and vertebrates constitute the Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) and type beta Transforming Growth Factor ((TGF beta). The latest research literature about the role and fate of these Growth factors and their influence in the craniofacial bone growth ad development is reviewed

BS-SEM evaluation of the tisular interactions between cortical bone and calcium-phosphate covered titanium implants

The improvement of the reliability of the contact between the osseous tissues and the implant materials has been tested by recovering the metallic implants with ceramic materials, usually calcium phosphates. In our study, the calcium phosphate recovering layers were deposited by means of a pulsed-laser deposition technique. Our aim was to to evaluate the tissue interactions established between cortical bone and titanium implants covered by five different layers, ranging from amorphous calcium phosphate to crystalline hydroxyapatite, obtained by altering the parameters of the laser ablation process. The surgical protocol of the study consisted in the simultaneous implantation of the five types of implants in both the tibial dyaphisis of three Beagle dogs, sacrificed respectively one, two and three months after the last surgical procedures. After the sacrifice, the samples were submitted to a scheduled procedure of embedding in plastic polymers without prior decalcification, in order to perform the ultrastructural studies: scanning microscopy with secondary and backscattered electrons (BS-SEM). Our observations show that both in terms of the calcified tissues appearing as a response to the presence of the different coatings and of time of recovering, the implants coated with crystalline calcium phosphate layers by laser ablation present a better result than the amorphous-calcium-phosphate-coated implants. Moreover, the constant presence of chondroid tissue, related with the mechanical induction by forces applied on the recovering area, strongly suggests that the mechanisms implied in osteointegration are related to endomembranous, rather than endochondral ossification processes

BS-SEM evaluation of the tisular interactions between cortical bone and calcium-phosphate covered titanium implants

The improvement of the reliability of the contact between the osseous tissues and the implant materials has been tested by recovering the metallic implants with ceramic materials, usually calcium phosphates. In our study, the calcium phosphate recovering layers were deposited by means of a pulsed-laser deposition technique. Our aim was to to evaluate the tissue interactions established between cortical bone and titanium implants covered by five different layers, ranging from amorphous calcium phosphate to crystalline hydroxyapatite, obtained by altering the parameters of the laser ablation process. The surgical protocol of the study consisted in the simultaneous implantation of the five types of implants in both the tibial dyaphisis of three Beagle dogs, sacrificed respectively one, two and three months after the last surgical procedures. After the sacrifice, the samples were submitted to a scheduled procedure of embedding in plastic polymers without prior decalcification, in order to perform the ultrastructural studies: scanning microscopy with secondary and backscattered electrons (BS-SEM). Our observations show that both in terms of the calcified tissues appearing as a response to the presence of the different coatings and of time of recovering, the implants coated with crystalline calcium phosphate layers by laser ablation present a better result than the amorphous-calcium-phosphate-coated implants. Moreover, the constant presence of chondroid tissue, related with the mechanical induction by forces applied on the recovering area, strongly suggests that the mechanisms implied in osteointegration are related to endomembranous, rather than endochondral ossification processes

BS-SEM evaluation of the tisular interactions between cortical bone and calcium-phosphate covered titanium implants

The improvement of the reliability of the contact between the osseous tissues and the implant materials has been tested by recovering the metallic implants with ceramic materials, usually calcium phosphates. In our study, the calcium phosphate recovering layers were deposited by means of a pulsed-laser deposition technique. Our aim was to to evaluate the tissue interactions established between cortical bone and titanium implants covered by five different layers, ranging from amorphous calcium phosphate to crystalline hydroxyapatite, obtained by altering the parameters of the laser ablation process. The surgical protocol of the study consisted in the simultaneous implantation of the five types of implants in both the tibial dyaphisis of three Beagle dogs, sacrificed respectively one, two and three months after the last surgical procedures. After the sacrifice, the samples were submitted to a scheduled procedure of embedding in plastic polymers without prior decalcification, in order to perform the ultrastructural studies: scanning microscopy with secondary and backscattered electrons (BS-SEM). Our observations show that both in terms of the calcified tissues appearing as a response to the presence of the different coatings and of time of recovering, the implants coated with crystalline calcium phosphate layers by laser ablation present a better result than the amorphous-calcium-phosphate-coated implants. Moreover, the constant presence of chondroid tissue, related with the mechanical induction by forces applied on the recovering area, strongly suggests that the mechanisms implied in osteointegration are related to endomembranous, rather than endochondral ossification processes

Morfología de los conductos radiculares de premolares superiores e inferiores

El propósito de este estudio fue caracterizar la anatomía de los conductos radiculares de dientes premolares superiores e inferiores provenientes de pacientes españoles. Fueron seleccionados 200 dientes premolares permanentes sometidos a diafanización. Para el estudio de los conductos radiculares se empleó la clasificación de Vertucci. La incidencia de conducto tipo I (un conducto) para los primeros premolares superiores fue de 5.88%, mientras que un 88.22% presentó dos conductos (de tipo II a tipo VI). Sólo el 5.88% de los primeros premolares superiores fueron tipo VIII (tres conductos). En los segundos premolares superiores, la incidencia de un conducto (tipo I) fue de 39.65%, y el 60.31% presentaron dos conductos (de tipo II a tipo VII). La incidencia de un conducto (tipo I) fue de 68.18% para los primeros premolares inferiores, y un 31.8% presentó dos conductos (de tipo II a tipo V). En los segundos premolares inferiores, la incidencia de tipo I (un conducto) fue de 73.91%, mientras que el 26.08% presentó dos conductos (de tipo IV a V). Salvo en el caso del segundo premolar inferior, nuestros resultados coincidieron con los de trabajos previos hechos en otras poblaciones.