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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for sustainable development in our country and increased social inequalities, implying that governments have a major challenge to reduce it. Nevertheless, we should not only wait for the current government to face it, but we must all collaborate in the solution of this problem. In this way, the universities, through research and develop activities, can also contribute. This work presents, in summary manner, the actions that the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá has been carrying out with the vision of creating innovative communities through sustainable projects in time, for the benefit of its citizens. The main features of the proposals, projects and the different community development programs are shared here, with the objective of promoting, disseminating and replicating good practices with the premise of the interaction of the students' knowledge in the search for solutions to the problems of the communities.

La lechuga es una de las hortalizas más consumidas en la provincia de Panamá, y esta puede ser producida a través de distintos métodos de cultivo como: tradicional, hidropónico en invernaderos y cultivo vertical en ambiente controlado. Actualmente, la lechuga de cultivo vertical en ambiente controlado fue introducido al mercado panameño, y este producto se distingue por el método que emplea a través del uso de estantes verticales con múltiples niveles, luces LED, instalaciones herméticamente cerradas, aplicación de la hidroponía, entre otros componentes. La problemática que se enfrenta hoy es que solamente existe una empresa en la República de Panamá que utiliza este método de cultivo, al mismo tiempo los productores panameños se enfrentan a momentos difíciles cuando producen alimentos frescos por los problemas climáticos que se está presenciando en el día de hoy, y por último, se refleja muy poco interés por parte de los productores ante al cultivo vertical en ambiente controlado.   Sabiendo estas problemáticas, la presente investigación tiene como objetivo principal desarrollar un estudio de mercado para identificar las características de los consumidores potenciales que están dispuestos en comprar la lechuga de cultivo vertical en ambiente controlado en la provincia de Panamá. Esto ayuda a demostrar a los productores panameños la existencia de un mercado interesado en adquirir este producto, y como consecuencia, motivar a que apliquen este método de cultivo en sus procesos productivos para que puedan producir vegetales frescos todo el año y alimentar al pueblo panameño sin importar las condiciones climáticas.

Poultry production is one of the industries with the best development within the Panamanian agricultural system, however, for the next few years a growth in food demand caused by population growth is expected. This has led to solutions such as encouraging the emergence of a greater number of producers and boosting intensive animal production. Faced with this problem, a new field of research has emerged called Precision Livestock Farming (PLF), which is defined as the ability to monitor and track in real time the welfare, production, reproduction, environmental impact and health of livestock, using new technologies in artificial intelligence, automation, internet of things and information systems. This article aims to be a review on the fundamentals of precision livestock farming in broiler breeding, gathering current works and their work trends, from bibliographic research bases, with a view to the adoption of this field in future projects within Panama. As a result of this review, it was found that European countries such as Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Italy have the largest number of researchers and works related to this branch, being projects based on sensors, machine learning, artificial vision and sound analysis the current research trends, it was also found that ethical dilemmas related to animal care and welfare are still being discussed within this field.

At present, one of the difficulties presented by the environment is the continuous growth of anthropogenic activities, and its effects manifest a clear risk of serious environmental deterioration, which will have to be tackled by finding the means to maintain and develop a balanced approach, by planning and managing policies for sustainable development. Therefore, a proposal for planning and management of natural resources has been made within the polygon of the Changuinola River basin, and thus differentiate the areas for proper management of natural resources, since the development of anthropogenic activities in rural areas modifies the geographical space and causes an alteration of the natural environment. Reduction of forest cover and degradation of natural resources. This planning is based on an assessment of the Natural Resources of the Changuinola River basin, one of the main in the province of Bocas del Toro. This research integrated biophysical factors of the basin. The methodology consisted of data collection, current soil analysis and proposed environmental planning and management. Among the products obtained, there is the spatial location of biophysical information, the analysis of land use conflict, the potential that exists within the area through a SWOT analysis, and a proposal for an initiative for the management of the basin polygon. It is recommended to share the environmental planning and management proposal with local users to contribute to the sustainable use of resources within the area.

The application of virtual environments in areas of medicine is a study that has taken influence in recent years due to the great impact that these technologies provide to support or know the patient's condition. Simulation systems allow to give the user a glimpse of the various methods that will activate or initiate their recovery process. Physiotherapy in turn is a sector that has leaned towards the use of these practices to support the patient in his locomotor recovery, either for the upper or lower train. This article develops a virtual environment that aims to simulate and capture the movements performed by a patient in rehabilitation tasks, taking the approach of the use of exoskeletons to give or not a support to it. The proposed system uses motion capture technologies through OptiTrack to detect the user's trajectories, which are sent to a virtual environment developed in Unity to simulate and display the movement performed. These trajectories are manipulated in a Matlab application obtaining the results on the levels of deviation detected in the rehabilitation exercises, thus concluding with the validity and efficiency that exoskeletons have in supporting physiotherapeutic approaches.

Dr. Chan completed her undergraduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1981) and her Doctoral Thesis was entitled: "Structural and functional studies of ferredoxin-NADP oxidoreductase and its spinach thylakoid binding protein" at CEFOBI ( CONICET-UNR) under the direction of Dr. Rubén Vallejos. Dr. Chan obtained her PhD from the UNR in 1988. After completing a post-doctoral stay at the IBMP (Strasbourg-France, 1988 -1992), Dr. Chan joined PROMUBIE (currently IBR, Conicet -UNR) in 1993. Dr. Chan is the leader of a working group that investigates the mechanisms of regulation of gene expression in plants and in particular those mediated by transcription factors of the HD-Zip I family. She is co-author of 98 international publications, nine book chapters, dozens of popular articles and co-inventor of nine international patents, all transferred to companies in the biotechnology area. She is currently a Senior Researcher at CONICET, Full Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral , Director of the Institute of Agrobiotechnology of the Coast (IAL, CONICET-UNL). Dr. Chan was Director of the CONICET Santa Fe Scientific and Technological Center (September 2012-August 2016). She supervised 16 doctoral theses and fourteen undergraduate theses; She is currently directing four doctoral theses. Dr. Chan has received multiple recognitions and awards such as the one from the National Academy of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine for the Best Project on Abiotic Stress in Plants, she was Personality of the Year 2010 in Santa Fe (El Litoral newspaper), Jorge Sábato Award 2013, Diploma for merit in Biotechnology awarded by the Konex Foundation (2013) and was selected among the ten women who lead science in Latin America by the BBC in London in conjunction with IANAS (Interamerican Network of Academies of Sciences, 2013), distinction from AAPRESID, distinction of the Senate of the Province of Santa Fe (2015), distinction of the President of the Nation (2015), Clarín Testimonials Award (2016), Democracy Award from Caras y Caretas magazine (2016), Female Food Hero, nominated by Crop Life International (2019), City of Rosario-IBR Foundation Award in Life Sciences (2019), among others.

Dr. Dante Mossi holds a PhD in Economics with a specialization in Public Finance from Vanderbilt University (United States of America), where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on optimal taxes and informal markets. Mossi has a Master's Degree in Economics with a specialization in Econometrics from Duke University and is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. As the best graduating student of his year, he won the gold medal. As of December 1, 2018, Dr. Mossi, a Honduran national, holds the position of Executive President of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). He is the highest authority of the Superior Administration and the legal representative of the institution. Dr. Mossi received the recognition of the Trinational Commission of the Trifinio Plan for his contribution to the construction of the Participatory Master Plan of the Trifinio Region and his contribution to the development of countries in the region in the year 2022. In his career in international development of 15 years at the World Bank, working in country offices in Honduras, Ghana, Paraguay and at headquarters in Washington, DC. He joined the World Bank in 2003 and was a country economist in the World Bank office in Honduras until 2006. Mossi was elevated to the position of head of operations in Tegucigalpa until 2010. As country operations officer in Accra, Ghana, he coordinated several portfolios of projects, assistance strategies and innovations in municipal public-private partnerships. He became a World Bank Resident Representative in Asunción, Paraguay in 2013 and coordinated project programs and technical assistance, enhancing dialogue with other multilateral agencies within the World Bank Group, such as IFC and MIGA. From 2016 to 2018, Mossi was the Senior Operations Officer at the Global Energy Practice - Africa in Washington, DC.

The emergence of the current COVID-19 Pandemic; due to the spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2, has led most countries throughout the world, including Panama, to establish mandatory biosecurity approaches to reduce the number of infections from this virus. In our country, the reopening of establishments, businesses, recreational areas, and other places with massive attendance and the continuance of their operations are directly conditioned to the fulfillment of the mandatory biosecurity guidelines established previously by health authorities and the national government. However, for the citizens, it is difficult to know whether these establishments are following the biosecurity guidelines and to determine if it is safe to attend these places. For these reasons, throughout this paper, we proposed the development of ABI, a mobile application that will let users check and report in real-time how different establishments are following biosecurity measures. Hence, with the diffusion of valuable information to citizens, the level of trust will increase when they decide to leave their households. Furthermore, the user-centered design framework was used to develop the prototype of the application. During the validation phase, it was determined that the application would contribute to increasing the amount of trust of the users when leaving their houses. Moreover, an important level of satisfaction from the prototype was expressed by the users, this indicates that the application is efficient, easy to use, and that they will recommend it to others. For these reasons, we can infer that the application would have an important level of acceptance within the Panamanian population.

    Licenciado en Filosofía y en Ciencias de la Educación por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, con estudios de postgrado en administración e investigación educativa. Ha desempeñado diversos puestos, tanto técnicos como de alta dirección en el Ministerio de Educación español y en el sector de la cooperación internacional. Fue inspector de educación en Barcelona y Madrid y, posteriormente, ocupó puestos directivos en  el  Ministerio  de Educación español. Ha trabajado en todos los países iberoamericanos como consultor o experto de UNESCO, PNUD, OEA y OEI. Fue profesor en la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y es autor de numerosos artículos, conferencias y textos, especialmente referidos a la educación y a Iberoamérica. Entre 2003 y 2010 fue director general de la Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI). Fue elegido secretario general de la OEI con el voto a favor de todos los gobiernos representados en la XIII Asamblea General de esta organización, celebrada en la ciudad de México en abril de 2018.   Cuenta con numerosos reconocimientos por su dedicación a la educación y la cultura, entre ellos, la Orden de Alfonso X El Sabio. En 2021 fue nombrado Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD) de Colombia.

LG Electronics, is a leading manufacturer of consumer and commercial products ranging from televisions, home appliances, air conditioning solutions, monitors, service robots, automotive components and its premium brands LG SIGNATURE and LG ThinQ smart are household names around the world. . LG Electronics, always at the forefront of technology, already has a Business Solutions Center for Latin America in Panama. This world-class business unit is intended to provide specialized training and training services in the field of HVAV; both in person and online, for all Latin American countries. Eng. César Penailillo, spokesman for the Business Solutions Leader of LG Electronics, with more than 10 years of experience working in different countries with the company Trane, one of the leading air conditioning brands in the United States and since 2019 is part of the team of LG will tell us about the progress, expectations and agreements for the new Business Solutions Center for Latin America.