El embrión humano y sus implicaciones biojurídicas.

Tesis (Doctorado en Derecho) UANL, 2009.

Estudio de la inhibición de la transmisión de la infección de VIH-1 por la nanopartículas de plata recubiertas por polivinilpirrolidona, en un modelo de cultivo de tejido de cérvix humano in vitro.

Tesis (Doctor en Ciencias con Acentuación en Microbiología) UANL, 2010.

Análisis del efecto autofágico de la proteína E2F-1 truncada en células de melanoma humano.

Tesis (Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas con Orientación Terminal en Morfología) UANL, 2010.

Perfil de expresión del genoma humano de debaryomyces hansenii en respuesta a la osmoadaptación

Tesis (Doctor en Ciencias con Especialidad en Biotecnología) UANL, 2009.

Papel de la inmunidad celular en la progresión de lesiones de bajo grado causadas por virus del papiloma humano.

Tesis (Doctor en Ciencias con Orientación en Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Genética) UANL, 2013.

Desarrollo de un nuevo sistema de transferencia génica basado en un gammaretrovirus humano.

Tesis (Doctor en Ciencias con Orientación en Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Genética) UANL, 2011.

La coordinación interinstitucional en Programa de Desarrollo Humano Oportunidades.

Tesis (Doctor en Filosofía con Orientación en Trabajo Social y Políticas Comparadas de Bienestar Social) UANL, 2012.

Hacia la realización del derecho humano al medio ambiente adecuado en el contexto jurídico mexicano.

Tesis (Doctor en Derecho) UANL, 2014.

Las capacidades ético discursivas como capacidades para el reconocimiento recíproco: bases de un modelo de desarrollo humano

Je défends actuellement trois capacités éthiques et discursives en faveur de la réalisation des êtres humains: 1) La capacité de se comprendre soi-même ; 2) La capacité de faire reposer ses jugements sur un dialogue avec les personnes concernées ; 3) La capacité de mettre en oeuvre -avec autrui- les projets de justice convenus conjointement. Je les considère ici comme des capacités visant à la «reconnaissance mutuelle». Je soutiens que les types de relation à soi du sujet qui ont été définis par Axel Honneth complètent la capacité de se comprendre soi-même. Honneth propose également une idée de justice que la deuxième capacité mentionnée réexamine. Cependant, à partir de la troisième capacité, je remets en question le concept de «lutte» chez Honneth, en présentant les avantages de la coresponsabilité. Je montre ensuite que ces trois capacités peuvent constituer des indicateurs dans toutes les sphères de la société qui sont aux prises avec des questions éthiques importantes et je donne pour exemple le milieu des entreprises. Enfin, je défends une procédure qui vise à mesurer ces indicateurs au moyen de données concrètes. Cette procédure nous permettra d’estimer la grandeur éthique d’une société grâce à l’évaluation des «capacités éthiques» de ses citoyens.

Las capacidades ético-discursivas como capacidades para el reconocimiento recíproco: bases de un modelo de desarrollo humano

I defend three discourse ethical capabilities for human development: 1) Capability for selfunderstanding; 2) Capability to ground judgements in a dialogue with the affected; 3) Capability to carry out, with others, the justice projects agreed by common consent. Here I interpret them as capabilities for “reciprocal recognition.” I claim that the forms of selfrelation of the subject, defined by Axel Honneth, complement the capability for selfunderstanding. Honneth also offers an idea of justice that reviews the second mentioned capability. But I question the concept of “struggle” in Honneth from the perspective of the third capability, showing the advantages of co-responsibility. Then, I show that the three capabilities can be specified in indicators in each one of the spheres of the society where important ethical issues are confronted, and I give the example of what happens within the business sector. Finally, I defend a procedure to measure such indicators with concrete data. This procedure will allow us to evaluate the ethical level of a society evaluating the “ethical capabilities” of their citizens.

Investigations on Eco-friendly Natural Insecticides

Instead of developing easily degradable, and low-priced insecticides, we are going after highly sophisticated chemicals. Here, an attempt is being made to develop safer formulations of insecticides of botanical origin. Different parts of the plants were chosen based on their use in countryside and villages The dried plant materials were extracted with petroleum ether, and were applied on Tribolium castaneum. The results were statistically analysed. The active principles from Croton tigilium and Leea sambucina, the most potential plants, were isolated using Column Chromatography, TLC, and Hydrolysis. The isolated principles were analysed spectroscopically ( UV-Vis., IR, NMR, and MS ) to identify their chemical nature. The active principles from Leea and Croton were identified as a cholisterate derivative and a phorbol derivative respectively. In order to ascertain the environmental combatibility of the principles, degradation by soil bacteria was studied. The isolated principles were made into three type of formulations using stabilizers .The formulations were applied on Snake gourd semilooper, Pulse beetle, and mosquito larvae. Also the biocidal activity of the formulations was studied. Both Leea derivative and Croton derivative could be formulated effectively and were effective against a variety of pests. They are eco-friendly, as there is no artificial chemicals involved.

Characterization of laccase from Streptomyces psammoticus: an enzyme for eco-friendly treatment of environmental pollutants

The present study has identified an actinomycete culture (S. psammoticus) which was capable of producing all the three major ligninolytic enzymes. The study revealed that least explored mangrove regions are potential sources for the isolation of actinomycetes with novel characteristics. The laccase production by the strain in SmF and SSF was found to be much higher than the reported values. The growth of the organism was favoured by alkaline pH and salinity of the medium. The enzyme also exhibited novel characteristics such as activity and stability at alkaline pH and salt tolerance. These two characters are quite significant from the industrial point of view making the enzyme an ideal candidate for industrial applications. Many of the application studies to date are focused on enzymes from fungal sources. However, the fungal laccases, which are mostly acidic in nature, could not be used universally for all application purposes especially, for the treatment of effluents from different industries, largely due to the alkaline nature of the effluents. Under such situations the enzymes from organisms like S. psammoticus with wide pH range could play a better role than the fungal counterparts. In the present study, the ability of the isolated strain and laccase in the degradation of dyes and phenolic compounds was successfully proved. The reusability of the immobilized enzyme system made the entire treatment process inexpensive. Thus it can be concluded from the present study that the laccase from this organism could be hopefully employed for the eco-friendly treatment of dye or phenol containing industrial effluents from various sources.

Studies on The Eco Biology of The Indian Pearl Oyster, Pinctada Fucata (Gould)

The present work aims to study induced maturation of the pearl oyster for induced spawning experiments. The work on larval development was done with a view to developing techniques for the artificial rearing of commercially important pearl oyster P fucata, and also to elucidate the principles and problems of tropical bivalve larvae in general for detailed investigations in the future. The present study is designed to probe into the details of the basic aspects of the biology related to the hatchery technology of Pinctada fucata and the understanding of the factors which influence induction of maturation, spawning, larval rearing and spat settlement. This would go a long way in the upgradation of hatchery technology of the Indian Pearl oyster Pinctada fucata fora commercial level seed production..

Statistical Analysis of Eco-Toxicologic Data of Mammals from a Polluted Area

Several eco-toxicological studies have shown that insectivorous mammals, due to their feeding habits, easily accumulate high amounts of pollutants in relation to other mammal species. To assess the bio-accumulation levels of toxic metals and their in°uence on essential metals, we quantified the concentration of 19 elements (Ca, K, Fe, B, P, S, Na, Al, Zn, Ba, Rb, Sr, Cu, Mn, Hg, Cd, Mo, Cr and Pb) in bones of 105 greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) from a polluted (Ebro Delta) and a control (Medas Islands) area. Since chemical contents of a bio-indicator are mainly compositional data, conventional statistical analyses currently used in eco-toxicology can give misleading results. Therefore, to improve the interpretation of the data obtained, we used statistical techniques for compositional data analysis to define groups of metals and to evaluate the relationships between them, from an inter-population viewpoint. Hypothesis testing on the adequate balance-coordinates allow us to confirm intuition based hypothesis and some previous results. The main statistical goal was to test equal means of balance-coordinates for the two defined populations. After checking normality, one-way ANOVA or Mann-Whitney tests were carried out for the inter-group balances