Este artículo analiza la novela Los restos del día de Kazuo Ishiguro, publicada en 1989 y con la que obtuvo el reconocimiento internacional al ganar el Premio Booker. Se aborda su estudio desde tres perspectivas: el problema ...

Ecuadorian frogs of genus Hyloscirtus comprises 16 described species, of which eleven belong to the H. larinopygion group. They are restricted to the flanks of the Andes, both east and west. An assessment of the herpetofauna ...

Describimos una especie nueva de Pristimantis verde de la ladera occidental de los Andes de Ecuador en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ). La especie nueva se distingue por su coloración dorsal verde e iris con tres ...

El aislamiento geográfico ha sido propuesto como el factor más importante en la generación de diversidad subespecífica en la estrellita ecuatoriana (Oreotrochilus chimborazo), un ave de los altos Andes restringida a los ...

Frog skin secretions contain medically-valuable molecules, which are useful for the discovery of new biopharmaceuticals. The peptide profile of the skin secretion of Agalychnis spurrelli has not been investigated; therefore, ...

When creating user interfaces, usability considerations are important to ensure the target population an efficient and effective user experience. For this reason, recommendations are proposed for a preliminary prototype ...

The nutritional traffic light label (NTLL) has become one of the most used Front of Package labels (FOP’s) around the world, for its simple and easy to understand graphical system. In Ecuador, this labelling system has ...

We use infrasound waves generated during eruptions of Volcán Tungurahua (Ecuador) to study both, changing atmospheric conditions and volcanic source characteristics. Analyzed infrasound data were recorded for a 32-month ...

Nutritional ecology predicts consumer behavior based on the biochemistry of species and biogeochemistry of the environment. It is thus well suited as a tool for predicting the effects of specific nutrients on consumer ...