La enseñanza de la asignatura de Compiladores se ha convertido en un verdadero reto debido a la existencia de conceptos abstractos que no se comprenden inmediatamente. Pensando que la visualización ayudará a esta comprensión, ...

Ese estudio tuvo por objetivo caracterizar los instrumentos de medida sobre autorregulación del aprendizaje diseñados para estudiantes de distintos niveles educativos. Se usó la metodología de revisión sistemática de la ...

The Cordillera del Cóndor on the border between Ecuador and Peru stands out because of its rich biodiversity and high endemism. Here we describe a new dendroid species of the thalloid liverwort genus Riccardia, R. verticillata ...

Endemic/enzootic maintenance mechanisms like vertical transmission (pathogen passage from infected adults to their offspring) are central in the epidemiology of zoonotic pathogens. In Kenya, Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) ...

Background: Despite the high asthma rates described in Latin America, asthma risk factors in poor urban settings are not well established. We investigated risk factors for acute asthma among Ecuadorian children. Methods: ...

Background: Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infect more than 2 billion humans worldwide, causing significant morbidity in children. There are few data on the epidemiology and risk factors for infection in pre-school ...

Background: In 2011-2012, an outbreak of measles occurred in Ecuador. This study sought to ascertain which population characteristics were associated. Methods: Case-control study of aggregate data. The unit of analysis was ...

A new record of Rubus (Rosaceae) for Ecuador is described: R. rosifolius, a climbing shrub introduced and naturalized in the Ecuadorian Andes for its edible fruits. We provide an updated key for the genus Rubus in Ecuador, ...

The downstream pattern in benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages along glacier-fed streams is a result of decreasing glacial influence on environmental conditions. However, meltwater run-off shows temporal variation, reflected ...