Universidad del Norte

Ageism and Quality of Life in Older Adults: The Roles of Self-Disgust and Psychological Distress

This study examined psychological correlates of quality of life (QoL) among older adults in a Latin American context, focussing on the roles of ageism, self-disgust, and psychological distress. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to examine the incremental contrib...

Assessing sediment connectivity and the beneficial use of dredged material as a nature-based solution in the Mallorquín coastal wetland

This study evaluates the hydro-sedimentological dynamics of the Mallorquín Wetland, a coastal wetland in northern Colombia affected by erosion, hydraulic disconnection, and shoreline instability. The aim was to assess sediment connectivity between the Magdalena River mouth and th...

Technology-Oriented Wind Farm Configuration Selection Using an RFR-Based Turbine Power-Output Surrogate Model: A National-Scale Assessment for Brazil

This work presents a framework for national-scale onshore wind farm screening in Brazil based on turbine technology. The approach integrates ERA5 hourly wind fields, turbine technical specifications, a Random Forest Regression (RFR)-based turbine power-output surrogate model, and...

Establishment of Reference Values for Selected Spatiotemporal and Kinematic Running Parameters in Healthy Adult Recreational Runners from Barranquilla, Colombia

Background and Objectives: Running-related musculoskeletal injuries remain highly prevalent among recreational runners, and the absence of population-specific biomechanical reference values limits clinical and sports interpretation in Latin American populations. This study aimed...

Volumetric reference data of the orbit: a deep learning MRI analysis in the German national cohort

Abstract Manual segmentation of orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is labor-intensive, hindering large-scale morphometric studies. To overcome this, we developed a fully automated deep learning pipeline to segment orbital MRIs and establish age- and sex-stratified normative...

Socio-Environmental Characterization of Artisanal Fishers in the Lower Magdalena River Estuarine Zone: Implications for Water Governance and Monitoring Systems

Artisanal fisheries are fundamental to riverine socioecological systems, yet fishing communities remain underrepresented in environmental governance and decision-making. This gap constrains the incorporation of local knowledge into environmental decision-making and may reduce the...

On the need to account for soil erosion rates in water quality indices for tropical Rivers: Insights from Cesar River, Colombia

A large body of research suggests that soil erosion in developing countries is reaching critical rates and that its offsite effects (e.g., increased sediment concentration in water bodies) could be amplified by global warming. In most cases, Water Quality Indices (WQI) do not dif...

From Structural Inequalities to Labor Precarity: Adoption of Digital and AI Tools in Latin American Journalism

While inequalities in technological access and use have been widely documented, few studies have examined their link to labor precarity and social inequality in journalism in the Global South. This article analyzes this relationship through a multilevel study of Worlds of Journal...

Diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence for fracture detection on radiography and computed tomography: A systematic review and meta-analysis of externally validated clinician-comparative studies

Objectives: This systematic review evaluated externally validated, clinician-comparative studies of artificial intelligence (AI)-based fracture detection on conventional radiography and computed tomography (CT) and summarized diagnostic performance by imaging modality. Material a...