Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

From Narrative Decisions to Assessment Evidence: A Narrative-Based Assessment Framework for Serious Games: A Pilot Feasibility Study

Assessing socially situated decision-making is challenging when assessment approaches separate observable decisions from the contexts in which they occur. This study proposes and operationalizes a seven-stage Narrative-Based Assessment (NBA) framework for eliciting and interpreti...

Divergent Organism-Specific Trajectories of Multidrug Resistance Across the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted Time-Series Study in a Mexican Tertiary Hospital, 2017–Early 2026

Background/Objectives: Whether the COVID-19 pandemic uniformly increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is contested, and aggregate analyses may mask organism-specific patterns. The objective of the study was to characterize changes in the level and slope of monthly multidrug-res...

Management of metastatic spinal disease in low- and middle-income countries: an international survey of practices and challenges in Latin America

Spinal metastases impose urgent diagnostic and therapeutic demands; however, evidence from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Latin America is sparse. We aimed to characterize real-world practices, access gaps, and priorities to in-form context-adapted guidelines. We con...

Carbonate Petrophysics & Log Interpretation

A qualitative evaluation of standard electric log limitations in complex, dual-porosity carbonate formations. It details diagnostic criteria using acoustic and nuclear logs to identify non-Archie behavior and prevent bypassed pay zones.

Beyond Initial Inflow: Operational Pitfalls in Sizing Rod Pumps Versus ESPs for Late-Life Carbonate Reservoirs

An operational critique examining the trade-offs between ESPs and rod pumps in pressure-depleted carbonate reservoirs. It evaluates run-life economics, gas-handling limits, and downhole failure modes during mature waterflood operations.

Carbonate Petrophysics & Log Interpretation

A qualitative evaluation of standard electric log limitations in complex, dual-porosity carbonate formations. It details diagnostic criteria using acoustic and nuclear logs to identify non-Archie behavior and prevent bypassed pay zones.

Beyond Initial Inflow: Operational Pitfalls in Sizing Rod Pumps Versus ESPs for Late-Life Carbonate Reservoirs

An operational critique examining the trade-offs between ESPs and rod pumps in pressure-depleted carbonate reservoirs. It evaluates run-life economics, gas-handling limits, and downhole failure modes during mature waterflood operations.

Re-Epithelialization of Donor Sites and Meshed Skin Grafts Using Cryopreserved Cultured Cutaneous Allograft (Epifast®): Experience in Patients with Extensive Burns

Extensive full-thickness burns remain a major challenge in reconstructive surgery because limited donor-site availability frequently delays definitive wound coverage and increases the risk of infection, prolonged hospitalization, and hypertrophic scarring. Cryopreserved cultured...

High frequency of antibiotic resistance in organisms isolated from blood cultures among pediatric patients in a public hospital with limited resources in the northern Dominican Republic

Abstract Background Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that three million children develop sepsis each year, with mortality rates between 11% and 19%. In Latin Ameri...

Mexico’s First Heart Transplant in a Patient with Becker Muscular Dystrophy Reveals an Overlooked Cause of Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Background: Pathogenic variants in the DMD gene are a frequently overlooked cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in idiopathic cases, especially when skeletal myopathy is mild or seemingly absent. Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) and X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy are at opposit...

When Coarse EM Models Do Not Transfer: A Cross-Fidelity Study of Microwave Filter Optimization

Lower-fidelity electromagnetic (EM) models are widely used to reduce the computational cost of microwave filter optimization, but their practical usefulness is often assessed through response similarity, own-fidelity objective values, or nominal simulation speedup. This paper exa...