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To analyze the population’s diet through a poll and then study its adequacy to the dietary and sanitary standards of the region is the objective of the project. Besides, the chemical composition of the food will be analyzed and calculation processes of the amount of nutrients taken by a person per day will be elaborated.
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The data base, created to investigate biodiversity and climate change, contains around 3 million individual data about 69 thousand plant species. Its creation was possible thanks to the international contribution of scientists from 106 institutions. The initiative, which is new due to the amount of information, as well as due to its global collaborative style, is managed by a coordinating committee formed by Sandra Díaz, researcher from the UNC.
Lake El Doce, in Santa Fe, might be the most antique place of the current territory. This was evidenced by the finding of 8,000 year old human bone remains. A team of anthropologists goes on excavating in the south of the province and analyzes settlement hypothesis. The researchers state that the remains found correspond to the early and middle Holocene period, that is, the stage of extinction of megafauna, the final period of big mammals.
This biocombustible, which is adapted to function at temperatures lower than 47 degrees below zero, is based on castor oil plant and was successfully tested in an experimental ecological vehicle in the Argentinean base Marambio, in Antarctica. Given that castor oil plant is a non-eatable cultivation and it is benign for the environment, among other qualities, the development contributes to the diversification of the energetic matrix aimed at overcoming the antinomy combustibles - food.
Researchers work in a project to improve stainless steel 316L, used to produce surgical prostheses. The main challenge is that they present a similar or higher resistance than bones. Since the paradigm of Biomedicine the working team is also analyzing other materials to overcome problems such as the infections that the prosthesis can cause to the patient and to optimize the adaptation of the body to them.
The morphological, physical and chemical properties of the Andean-Patagonic Region soils are systematized and available in a new data base. Accessible for a great variety of applications, the base permits the search of basic data to define subsidies policies according to the forest, irrigation and agricultural aptitude and the access to information about vegetal sanity, among other uses.
A data base which will store information about natural environments of the North of the country has been created. It will be based on researches and scientific studies about biodiversity in the zone of Argentine Chaco. The software contains a lot of information about nature and numerous tools which permit to access reports and draw maps of biodiversity variables.
Investigadores de la UNSJ desarrollan el proyecto “Observatorio Astronómico robotizado para fines educativos y de divulgación científica”. La propuesta es disponer de un observatorio astronómico en casa, en el ciber, en la escuela o en la facultad, que sea manejado a control remoto y en línea, y al que se acceda en forma virtual e interactiva. Podrán realizarse actividades preprogramadas y todos los usuarios dispondrán de los datos y las observaciones que se lleven a cabo.
La UNSAM trabaja junto a la Organización Mundial de la Salud en la creación de una base de datos de acceso gratuito que facilite la investigación sobre enfermedades en los países en desarrollo. La información provista es clave para el desarrollo de nuevos tratamientos. Al reunir datos de diversas fuentes, los grupos de científicos tendrán la posibilidad de encontrar los elementos que más se ajusten a su investigación. La Red que colaboró en la conformación del proyecto también incluye a las universidades de Pensilvania y de Washington en Seattle (Estados Unidos); el Instituto Sanger (Gran Bretaña); y la Universidad de Melbourne (Australia).
El proyecto, de alcance internacional, pone énfasis en el análisis histórico del río para comprender el presente y realizar pronósticos sobre su futuro. Para ello se están realizando comparaciones entre el estado actual y el que tenía hace unos 4 millones de años. Los resultados preliminares son trascendentes.
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