Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

Dynamic Learning by Importing: New Insights Using the Local Projections Approach and Matching Techniques

ABSTRACT We study the dynamic effect of learning by importing on the productivity of Ecuadorian manufacturing firms that start to import intermediate inputs. To this end, we apply the local projections methodology to firm‐level data combined with matching techniques. Our results...

Rethinking Diaspora Agency in Peace and Conflict

Diasporas’ versatile roles as victims of conflict, participants in conflict and agents of peacebuilding have been widely explored. We observe that diaspora contributions to ongoing conflicts and subsequent peacebuilding mechanisms have long been framed through a binary lens. Unti...

CRISIS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (CRM) COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATE MEDICINE AND NURSING STUDENTS

Background Crisis Resource Management (CRM) is a key framework for optimizing team dynamics, communication, situational awareness, and non-technical skills in high-pressure healthcare environments. Although well established in postgraduate medical education, its implementation in...

Diasporas and conflict transformation: Towards a new analytical framework

Diasporas are increasingly perceived as influential actors in contemporary conflicts as they directly or indirectly engage in peacebuilding and conflict resolution in their countries of origin and residence. Existing scholarship has well analysed what roles diasporas can play, ho...

Design and validation of a graduate profile scale and its relationship with human flourishing

Universities play a key role in forming responsible professionals, a mission reflected in their official statements. To align with this mission, they must define a coherent graduate profile. This article proposes a measurement scale for assessing the graduate profile of undergrad...

Clinical Complications of Fixed Anterior Prostheses After Traumatic Premature Loss of Primary Maxillary Incisors: A Retrospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND/AIM: Premature loss of primary maxillary incisors after traumatic dental injuries may require secondary rehabilitation in preschool children. Evidence on complications associated with fixed anterior prostheses in this context remains limited. This retrospective cohort...

Proteogenomic Analysis of HDAC4 and HDAC5 in Uveal Melanoma

Abstract Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare but aggressive cancer arising from cells of the uveal tract that is highly resistant to therapy once it has metastasized. In drug screening experiments, we identified a high sensitivity of primary UM cell lines to the pan-histone deacetylase...

Long memory in consumer sentiment and consumer dollar purchasing power in the United States from 1978 to 2025

Abstract Among the available macroeconomic series, consumer expectations and price levels are two of the most closely tracked and studied series. Despite their high frequency, there is a wide range of descriptions of their time-series properties in the applied literature. This st...

Cost–Accuracy Trade-Offs in Unpaved Rural Road Condition Assessment: Visual Indices and Smartphone-Based IRI in the Ecuadorian Andes

More than 90% of the road network of Loja, Ecuador, is unpaved and lacks an official condition metric. Low-cost measures relate to the IRI on pavements, but not demonstrably on unpaved roads. A 15 km Andean corridor was surveyed in one dry season with four visual–manual indices (...

What Computation Cannot Be: Linguistic Colonization, Formal Limits, and a Taxonomy of Irreducibly Human Faculties

The vocabulary of artificial intelligence has colonized human self-description. Terms historically reserved for conscious agents—intelligence, learning, understanding, creativity—now routinely designate computational processes that bear no phenomenological resemblance to the expe...

Geopolitical Risks and Fossil Fuel Returns during the Last Four Decades

Abstract This paper empirically investigates the directional predictability of geopolitical risks (distinguishing between geopolitical acts and threats) on the returns of fossil fuels (crude oil, coal, and natural gas) over the last four decades, from January 1984 to February 202...

Inciting Events of Lower-Limb Muscle Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Video-Based Studies

Understanding the situational contexts of lower-limb muscle injuries in football is critical for informing the design of effective prevention strategies. While their frequency and burden are well documented, the frequently observed inciting events and situational patterns underly...

From Student Support to Transformative Education: Reinterpreting University Mentoring Through the Lens of Education for Sustainability

Mentoring is widely recognized as a strategy for supporting students’ academic and personal development, yet its role in the Education for Sustainability (EfS) remains poorly understood. Meanwhile, universities have expanded sustainability policies, governance structures, and cur...

Adaptive oncogenesis of β-catenin emerges from declining liver tissue integrity

Abstract Mutations are fundamental to oncogenesis, yet they cannot fully explain cancer progression, as oncogenic mutations frequently accumulate in healthy tissues without immediate malignancy. In the liver, β-catenin mutations are highly prevalent in hepatocellular carcinoma bu...

Effect of Pleat Angle on Pressure Drop in H14 HEPA Filters: A Mathematical Analysis with Corrections for Real Filter Behaviour

The influence of pleat angle on the pressure drop of H14 HEPA filters was investigated through a mathematical model that represents the filter as a system of converging–diverging channels coupled with porous filtration media. The analysis was conducted for pleat angles ranging fr...

Professional Identity and Education for Sustainability: Exploring Perceived Change Following Service-Learning in Pre-Service Primary Teacher Education

Training educators to integrate sustainability into their practice is crucial for the 2030 Agenda. This article presents a mixed-method design to explore perceived changes in sustainability-oriented professional identity among pre-service primary teachers following a Service-Lear...