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Rodríguez-Abitia G, Ramírez-Montoya MS, Martínez-Pérez S, López-Caudana EO. The impact of national culture in the development of complexity reasoning skills: An international comparison. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20894. [PMID: 37867901 PMCID: PMC10585377 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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There is a clear inequality in gender distribution for the STEM areas (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Furthermore, there is a noticeable lack of diversity and a socio-economic gap that requires actionable solutions. To explore potential factors that affect the participation of women in STEM, this paper reviews two possible groups of determinants: national culture and complexity thinking. A survey with 684 respondents from higher education institutions in Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Spain was undertaken. The instrument measured four components of complexity thinking namely critical, scientific, innovative, and systemic). Using analysis of variance between two groups and between multiple groups, differences were observed between the countries' samples and between genders. Once the significance was confirmed, boxplots for each dimension were elaborated to facilitate the visualization of the distributions. The scores were compared with the national culture values to seek possible behavioral patterns in the data. The results reveal two groups between the observed countries. Also, there are clear indications of a relationship between the national culture dimensions and the complex thinking components.
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- Institute for the Future of Education, School of Humanities and Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Institute for the Future of Education, School of Humanities and Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
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Ponce P, Alfaro-Ponce M, López-Caudana EO, McDaniel T, Montesinos L, López-Gutiérrez JR, Lugo-González E. Editorial: New challenges and trends in rehabilitation devices based on AI and optimization. Front Robot AI 2023; 10:1248973. [PMID: 37744188 PMCID: PMC10515375 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1248973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Pedro Ponce
- School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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- School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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- School of Engineering and Science, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Institute of Electronics and Mechatronics, Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Domínguez-Ruiz A, López-Caudana EO, Lugo-González E, Espinosa-García FJ, Ambrocio-Delgado R, García UD, López-Gutiérrez R, Alfaro-Ponce M, Ponce P. Low limb prostheses and complex human prosthetic interaction: A systematic literature review. Front Robot AI 2023; 10:1032748. [PMID: 36860557 PMCID: PMC9968924 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1032748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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A few years ago, powered prostheses triggered new technological advances in diverse areas such as mobility, comfort, and design, which have been essential to improving the quality of life of individuals with lower limb disability. The human body is a complex system involving mental and physical health, meaning a dependant relationship between its organs and lifestyle. The elements used in the design of these prostheses are critical and related to lower limb amputation level, user morphology and human-prosthetic interaction. Hence, several technologies have been employed to accomplish the end user's needs, for example, advanced materials, control systems, electronics, energy management, signal processing, and artificial intelligence. This paper presents a systematic literature review on such technologies, to identify the latest advances, challenges, and opportunities in developing lower limb prostheses with the analysis on the most significant papers. Powered prostheses for walking in different terrains were illustrated and examined, with the kind of movement the device should perform by considering the electronics, automatic control, and energy efficiency. Results show a lack of a specific and generalised structure to be followed by new developments, gaps in energy management and improved smoother patient interaction. Additionally, Human Prosthetic Interaction (HPI) is a term introduced in this paper since no other research has integrated this interaction in communication between the artificial limb and the end-user. The main goal of this paper is to provide, with the found evidence, a set of steps and components to be followed by new researchers and experts looking to improve knowledge in this field.
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- Adan Domínguez-Ruiz
- Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, México
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- Instituto de Electrónica y Mecatrónica, Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
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- División de Estudios de Posgrado, Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
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- CONACYT-CINVESTAV, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Ciudad deMéxico, México
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- CONACYT-CINVESTAV, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Ciudad deMéxico, México
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- Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, México
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- Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, México,*Correspondence: Pedro Ponce,
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López-Orozco CF, López-Caudana EO, Ponce P. A systematic mapping literature review of education around sexual and gender diversities. Front Sociol 2022; 7:946683. [PMID: 36081574 PMCID: PMC9445552 DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.946683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Education around sexual and gender identities is highly important to understand diversity and prevent discrimination, violence, and even murder. Nevertheless, educational institutions around the world are lacking a curriculum that explicitly includes diversity and acknowledges the LGBTQ+ community, a minority that over the years has been facing consequences from this exclusion. This study presents a detailed description of the process applied to analyze the studies using a systematic mapping literature review, as well as the positive results found from those educational institutions that started their path to inclusion around sexual and gender diversities through their curricula. The research questions targeted in this work are: What is being taught in educational institutions regarding sexual and gender diversities? What are the approaches used inside the classrooms to teach sexual and gender diversities? Which students are receiving education regarding sexual and gender diversities? Is there a technological approach and/or tool used to teach sexual and gender diversities? After applying the filtering processes, 69 studies were selected from five different online libraries: ACM, DOAJ, Lens.org, SCOPUS, and SpringerLink. The conclusions made from the findings of this review are that those studies that do tackle concerns around the topic have proven to benefit the LGBTQ+ community, the education around sexual and gender diversities predominates within the healthcare field, there are a lack of studies around this topic in Latin American countries, and technological tools are minimally used during the teaching processes.
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- School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
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Baena-Rojas JJ, Ramírez-Montoya MS, Mazo-Cuervo DM, López-Caudana EO. Traits of Complex Thinking: A Bibliometric Review of a Disruptive Construct in Education. J Intell 2022; 10:jintelligence10030037. [PMID: 35893268 PMCID: PMC9326623 DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence10030037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The purpose of this research is to contextualize the behavior of publications on complex thinking in education. A total of 428 documents compiled in Scopus from 1937 to 2022 were analyzed with a bibliometric study considering criteria such as “complex thinking”, “complex thought”, and “reasoning for complexity”, all combined with education. The results show 153, 47, and 5 publications for each criterion with their related disciplines, citations, types of documents, universities, prominent authors, researching countries, and the general diachronic evolution of the subject, this allows to establish an idea about the implications of the present study according to one of the most important databases in the world. It is concluded that complex thinking and its relationship with education awakens a greater interest in the academy, not only because of its incidence in diverse fields that are nourished by it for the generation of new multidisciplinary knowledge but also because of the published research that demonstrates its transcendence.
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- Jose Jaime Baena-Rojas
- Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico; (J.J.B.-R.); (M.S.R.-M.)
- Fundación Universitaria CEIPA, Sabaneta 055450, Colombia;
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- Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico; (J.J.B.-R.); (M.S.R.-M.)
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Magallán-Ramírez D, Martínez-Aguilar JD, Rodríguez-Tirado A, Balderas D, López-Caudana EO, Moreno-García CF. Implementation of NAO Robot Maze Navigation Based on Computer Vision and Collaborative Learning. Front Robot AI 2022; 9:834021. [PMID: 35445082 PMCID: PMC9014082 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.834021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Maze navigation using one or more robots has become a recurring challenge in scientific literature and real life practice, with fleets having to find faster and better ways to navigate environments such as a travel hub, airports, or for evacuation of disaster zones. Many methodologies have been explored to solve this issue, including the implementation of a variety of sensors and other signal receiving systems. Most interestingly, camera-based techniques have become more popular in this kind of scenarios, given their robustness and scalability. In this paper, we implement an end-to-end strategy to address this scenario, allowing a robot to solve a maze in an autonomous way, by using computer vision and path planning. In addition, this robot shares the generated knowledge to another by means of communication protocols, having to adapt its mechanical characteristics to be capable of solving the same challenge. The paper presents experimental validation of the four components of this solution, namely camera calibration, maze mapping, path planning and robot communication. Finally, we showcase some initial experimentation in a pair of robots with different mechanical characteristics. Further implementations of this work include communicating the robots for other tasks, such as teaching assistance, remote classes, and other innovations in higher education.
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey, United Kingdom
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