Journal Boliviano de Ciencias

Towards effective sustainable disaster management approach: How sustainable solutions mitigate hurricanes and tropical cyclones negative impact. Case studies from: USA, China, Oman, and UAE

2025-01-23T06:21:30+00:00

As communities worldwide confront increasingly severe climate related emergencies, there is an urgent need to move beyond traditional crisis response strategies and adopt sustainable solutions to mitigate the impact of natural disasters. Focusing on hurricanes and tropical cyclones, this study examines their profound effects on the environment, infrastructure, economy, and human lives, utilizing the systematically reviews of 84 articles, reports, and researchers. The study aims to delve in existing evidence regarding the social and economic risks these disasters pose. The research highlighted the critical role of integrating sustainable solutions into disaster management to achieve environmental, economic, and social benefits.
Case studies from the USA, China, Oman, and the UAE demonstrated that adopting green practices such as renewable energy, nature-based solutions, and circular economy principles enhance resilience and recovery. Early warning systems and public education, as implemented in China and the UAE, have significantly reduced disaster fatalities. Also, nature-based strategies like reforestation and wetland restoration mitigate floods and landslides while strengthening ecosystems. The study adds to existing crisis management research by identifying strategies for survival and resilience against climate change impacts. The findings also align with previous studies on climate change effects and offer actionable recommendations for policymakers and governments to enhance disaster mitigation efforts. The proposed strategies provide valuable tools to reduce disaster risks both during and after their occurrence.

Editorial Note

2024-12-23T20:49:50+00:00

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Challenges and opportunities for the popularization of Green Science in Latin America and the Caribbean.

2025-01-23T06:21:21+00:00

The Latin American and Caribbean region, with its rich biodiversity, faces the challenge of integrating Green Science into educational curricula and public policies, in a context marked by socioeconomic challenges and lack of resources. Despite growing awareness of the climate crisis, environmental education remains insufficient, limiting the formation of citizens committed to sustainability.

This article presents some challenges in the popularization of Green Science, including lack of curriculum integration, teacher training, unequal access to educational resources, political commitment, and cultural gaps. It is proposed that digital transformation, through fourth and fifth generation technologies, offers opportunities to overcome these barriers. Tools such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and digital platforms can facilitate teacher training, democratize access to educational materials and promote citizen participation in the formulation of environmental policies.

It also emphasizes the importance of instilling environmental awareness from childhood, enabling new generations to become agents of change in their communities.

By integrating these approaches, we seek to empower communities to make informed decisions about conservation and sustainable development, promoting a more resilient future committed to protecting the planet.

Prototype of the Selective Calling System (SELCAL)

2025-01-23T06:21:31+00:00

In this work, the hardware modeling of the SELCAL communication system corresponding to ATA 23 of the aircraft communications system, which is present in all aircraft, was carried out. This system aims to discriminate calls made from a ground SELCAL through radio frequency signals, using a 16-bit binary code composed of 4 unique characters for each aircraft. If the call is directed to a specific onboard station, the character code configured on the aircraft must match the code marked on the ground station, triggering an audible and visible alert for the crew.
For the development of the prototype, the open hardware platform ESP32 was used, which enabled the creation of a functional model with specific characteristics. A graphical software interface was designed using Microsoft Windows Forms for the emitter at the ground station, and a hardware interface with LEDs and dip-switches to configure the binary code of the receiver. As a result, a transmitter on the ground and a SELCAL reception system onboard the aircraft were implemented, with an effective binary configuration, allowing even the interaction of multiple SELCAL systems in the air. However, the prototype only covers the first alphanumeric code of the four that make up the conventional code of a commercial aircraft.
The prototype has allowed the modeling of the basic structure of the SELCAL system, and it was highlighted that the use of the ESP32 is suitable for this type of application, due to its extensive wireless capabilities. The connection between Windows Forms and the ESP32 through the serial port facilitates direct interaction with the hardware, allowing flexible configuration of the terminals and execution of different scenarios. Although limitations were identified regarding the number of codes that can be handled, this model serves an educational function, providing a platform that allows students to interact with current technology, thus opening opportunities for future research and improvements in aircraft communication systems.

Development of a food matrix simulator for the preparation of ready-to-eat therapeutic foods

2025-01-23T06:21:19+00:00

The ready-to-use therapeutic foods are designed specifically for children 6 to 59 months of age suffering from acute childhood malnutrition. Due to their medicinal use, these products must meet the precise nutritional requirements, ensuring adequate intake of essential nutrients to promote recovery. In this context, the research aimed to develop a food matrix simulator that allows the development of these therapeutic foods. To achieve this goal, software architecture was designed to improve the user experience, allowing the development of various food matrices that complied with the necessary steps for the development of ready-to-eat therapeutic foods and national and international regulations, specifically adapted. to the context of Bolivia. The result was the creation of a system that not only optimizes the design of therapeutic foods, but also facilitates the manipulation of key variables that influence the formulation of the products.

Operation criteria for Artificial Intelligence in the use of traditional medicine for self-care in health

2025-01-23T06:21:23+00:00

The guidelines defined in the Digital Health Strategy 2020 - 2025; the WHO Strategy on Traditional Medicine (2014 - 2025) and the Global Initiative on AI for Health allow understanding the current scenario and the road ahead towards universal health coverage. In this context, this work focuses on the management of information in Artificial Intelligence on the uses and application of medicinal plants of the Andean Amazonian Traditional Medicine for self-care in health. In the framework of the prevention of future or possible pandemics, this works applies a reverse engineering model to characterizing some elements and guidelines that allow the abstraction of notions of quality, safety, rigor and adequate and effective use of medicinal plants used in traditional Andean Amazonian and analyze its potential applications on AI technologies development from indigenous knowledge and the understanding of the natural patterns that guide the balance of the ecosystem.

Building capabilities through technological and scientific networks

2025-01-23T06:21:27+00:00

In this digital context, with unrestricted access to social networks, platforms, and applications, where the user has control and autonomy in their daily uses. This scenario, not necessarily, implies that new technological skills and abilities have helped to improve individual capabilities and overcome the limits of scientific knowledge in our society. This assertion arises as a result of the research: “The academic impact of access to new information and communication technologies, digital ICTs, on the development of the skills of university students.” Research question: What are the academic impacts of access to new information and communication technologies (digital ICTs) on the development of university students' skills? The research method was mixed qualitative/quantitative, with inductive and deductive methods, non-probabilistic sample of typical subjects, experts and probabilistic sample. The results were: Access to digital media does not imply that true use of technological advances is generated. There would not be a generalized development of the educational capabilities of the students. Students do not perceive the importance of building technological networks. Conclusions: Prior to the incentive in the formation of technological and scientific networks, the teaching and student actors will have to be included for a correct learning of these new skills and abilities.