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Introduction: bacteremia has nothing to do with something toxic. It is considered a sepsis's premature stage. Objective: to identify some risk factors related with the bacteremia in infants that were admitted to the pediatric clinical ward of the Provincial Pediatric Teaching Hospital “General Milanés” in the period from January to December 2019, in Granma. Method: an observational analytical case and control study was carried out that investigated the association between bacteremia and risk factors related to the age, sex, malnutrition, under birth weight, prematurity, not exclusive breast-feeding, antimicrobial therapy use and recent hospitalization. Forty-eight cases and one hundred forty four controls were selected. Theoretical and empirical methods were used and the Odd Ratio was calculated. Results: age (OR=2,51, IC= 1,28 - 4,91; p=0,01), malnutrition (OR=30,88, p=0,00; IC=8,28-115,17), under birth weight (OR = 6,90, p = 0,01 IC=3,27-14,58), prematurity (OR=71,51, p=0,00; IC=13,55-77,35), not exclusive breast-feeding (OR=6,90, IC=3,15-15,12; p=0,00), antimicrobial therapy use (OR=19,67, IC=7,03-55,06, p=0,00) and recent hospitalization (OR=16,75, IC=6,45-43,40; p=0,00) contributed to the risk of bacteremia in infants. The sex had no significant statistical relationship. Conclusions: the recent hospitalization and malnutrition were the factors of greatest risk. It is concluded that with the values of the binary logistic regression model, the risk of suffering from this disease can be estimated.

Higher education has seen the need to adopt new advertising practices as a response to multiple political, technological and social changes, as well as to increased competition and internationalization. The purpose of this work is to assess the technological potentials, the feasibility and willingness of teachers and managers of the Computer Systems Engineering degree to integrate digital marketing into their strategy for displaying results and offers at the State University of Sur de Manabí in Ecuador, 31 teachers were surveyed, 1 Doctor of Science, 30 Masters and 2 with management and university management positions. The results obtained allow us to determine the feasibility of using digital marketing in the management of university processes, as a way to show educational options to different segments of the population, with the support of the social web. The diagnostic process facilitated the analysis of the marketing process and the training needs of teachers and administrators.

This research work is based on the identification of the soil properties of the Bajo de Afuera community of the Montecristi canton, in addition to knowing its population, its crops, and the main problems that affect it, knowing the pests that generally in the stage harvest are the cause of the loss of the product and therefore affects the economy of farmers. The method used was exploratory documentary through bibliographic study and research, using techniques such as surveys and interviews, with documentation from the parish and the experience of the community's residents. With this study, knowledge is strengthened to achieve a systemic change (of attitude) of perceptions and criteria, through the development of an integrative project of knowledge, which integrates the different fields of knowledge taught in a natural way and according to how It really happens in the production of the agricultural systems with the objective of developing, fortifying and motivating the cognitive, psychomotor and attitudinal capacities in the students of the Agricultural career. The underlying problem is the poor understanding of the human being about the soil and its properties. For these reasons, we took on the task of investigating the situations of agricultural soil in the parishes of zone 4, Manabí province, through the integrative projects of knowledge to the Manabí community in the training and study of the soil and that they achieve a better result in their harvests.

At an international level, hypertension is a pressing problem and in Ecuador as well, for this reason the article is gestated in the face of the lack of control of hypertension in users and the need to achieve healthy lifestyles that have an impact on hypertensive people. and in the community, in a general sense. The study is part of the research project: "Protected area, Parks La Rotonda and Las Vegas de Portoviejo", as an initiative of the Higher Technological Institute "Portoviejo". The objective was: To make hypertensive people aware of blood pressure control based on a healthy lifestyle. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study, carried out during the June-December 2019 semester, with a sample of 500 people between 30 and 80 years of age, all of whom gave informed consent. As an important result, it was possible to identify the main factors for which users suffer from high blood pressure and the reason for lifestyles that are detrimental to comprehensive health, but with an emphasis on blood pressure. It was concluded that hypertension is multicausal, it has been studied by different specialists in the medical area and others, claiming that its control lies in good habits related to food, nutrition, physical exercise, stress reduction and anxiety; tending to a community with a healthy life.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the social interaction of boys and girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder, the "Foundation a place for your dreams" of the city of Portoviejo-Manabí, Ecuador. The focus of this research is qualitative, through the inductive deductive method it establishes a relationship between both variables, supported by the bibliographic and statistical method, the family APGAR instrument and a questionnaire were applied to evaluate the social interaction of the children / the participants. As a result, it was obtained that most of the families have a normal family function and the social interaction of their children oscillates between Good and Fair, indicating that the levels of family functionality and the social interaction of children with ASD are closely related, since the role played by family members is essential for the child's social adaptation.

The following study is focused on the identification of suicidal ideation in 100 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 16 years from the fiscal educational unit "José Joaquín de Olmedo" in the city of Portoviejo, province of Manabí, Republic of Ecuador. The study is descriptive, with analytical-synthetic methodology, two instruments were used with a high level of reliability: Beck's scale of suicide ideation and the SV-RES test of Saavedra and Villalta. Thus, 30% of the adolescents evaluated presented suicidal ideation, while 70% had an average resilience, which means an adequate capacity to face adversities; and 36.66% of adolescents had a low level of resilience, that is, a low capacity to face adversities. The different stages of suicide are distinguished and the different factors present in suicidal ideation are evaluated, taking into account their variables. The resilient levels presented by students with suicidal ideas are categorized, determining the state of risk in which they find themselves. In this context, the study strengthens the mental health and psychosocial aspects, promoting the need for a more attentive and extensive observation of the ideas presented by adolescents; furthermore, it identifies the direct and indirect predisposing factors that lead to suicidal ideation.

Coronaviruses, families of RNA viruses with the ability to infect humans and animals. They are associated with acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), which unleashed a pandemic, which began in the city of Wuhan, China. This virus is capable of infecting cells by binding its spike protein to the angiotensin-converting enzyme II receptor (ACE-II). This is not exclusively expressed in the respiratory tract, it has also been found in the gastrointestinal epithelium, among other tissues. The objective of the study was to identify more frequent gastrointestinal manifestations, caused by the COVID-19 disease, in geriatric patients of the General Hospital Manta period from March - August 2020. A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 154 geriatric patients who suffered from COVID -19. The data were collected through the database and medical records provided in the General Hospital of Manta with a prior commitment to confidentiality. The main results highlight that the frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms ranged from 2% to 34%, with nausea and vomiting the most reported symptoms, followed by diarrhea and abdominal pain. The combined use of Azithromycin combined with chloroquine indicates 46% of symptoms in the digestive system; and with the exclusive use of Azithromycin, 45% of the population manifested gastrointestinal symptoms. It is important and urgent to recognize the gastrointestinal symptoms presented by this disease to define preventive measures, clinical care and treatment, therefore doctors should be alert to this symptomatology in patients with covid-19 disease, especially now in the pandemic.

The professional training of an Engineer must be comprehensive and comply with competencies that contribute to the construction of their knowledge, the research competence is the core of this work and represents the area of ​​improvement to be addressed; the students present deficiencies in the search for scientific information for the generation of research protocols. This research aims to improve search strategies and information management for the development of research protocols using technological resources and search engines to obtain final products of scientific quality. Two surveys are applied, diagnostic and improvement, the latter is applied in two moments: before providing content support in the search for information and after having done so, showing that the quality of the products obtained in the subjects of the line of research. It is applied during 3 school semesters (time1, time2 and time 3) to a total accumulated sample of 230 students. The research is quantitative with a non-experimental longitudinal trend design with a descriptive scope. The diagnostic results indicate that Google is the resource most used by students to carry out their research. The results show an improvement in the quality of the contents in research protocols by providing exclusive materials on this subject during the course. It is concluded that students need a teaching or content guide to effectively search for information in formal and recognized spaces for the scientific union.

Environmental education constitutes a vital option in the face of the crisis in which the world is immersed, hence the importance of the subjects that form culture and awareness on these issues. In this work, an analysis of the use of infotechnology tools in information management is carried out in students who take the Environmental Education subject in the Agronomy career, at the Technical University of Cotopaxi, in Ecuador. The study population is made up of 37 students and a sample of 33 students was selected. The research was developed under a descriptive exploratory quantitative approach, based on a descriptive non-experimental design. A diagnosis is obtained that allows projecting the formation of technological competencies that support the development of student research projects.