Papers by Tomas Gabriel Bas
McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks, Jan 12, 2005
McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks, Jan 12, 2005
Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine, Aug 29, 2017
Advances in bioinformatics and biomedical engineering book series, 2017
Environment and Planning C-government and Policy, Apr 1, 2004
Introduction The new biotechnology is a set of generic technologies, most prominent of which is g... more Introduction The new biotechnology is a set of generic technologies, most prominent of which is genetic engineering, applied over a wide industrial spectrum. (1) The commercial application of biotechnology to a variety of industries started in 1976 with the launching of Genentech on the US stock market. The rise of biotechnology has been phenomenal. In 1997 it was estimated that there were 2500 biotechnology firms in the world (Banham, 1997). By 2002 the number of firms in the world had grown to around 5000; there were 1700 firms in the United States, 400 in Canada, and at least 2000 in Western Europe (Nature Biotechnology, 2002). This paper starts with a discussion of technology policy in high-tech industries, with an emphasis on biotechnology, then retraces the efforts undertaken by the Canadian governments (federal and provincial) to nurture the development of this new set of generic technologies through a variety of incentives, institutions, and organisations. The paper concludes with the necessity of multidimensional public support as a condition of the growth of biotechnology. 2 Technology policy in high-tech industries Long-term economic growth is widely seen as a consequence of technological innovation. Because of externalities and the long-term and uncertain results of investing in information, private firms underinvest in the creation of new scientific and technological knowledge. Public policy is necessary to correct these imbalances. A wide variety of science and technology policies and institutions have been designed in all the market economies, each nation having developed its own set of solutions to the same general problem. The concept of a national system of innovation (2) was developed in
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Mar 9, 2023
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, Oct 31, 2021
Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyta) is a microalga with the greatest capacity to generate pure ... more Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyta) is a microalga with the greatest capacity to generate pure natural astaxanthin with powerful antioxidant properties, through special cysts, in response to disruptions caused by stress conditions. This research tested the design of a prototype for applying artificial light photoperiods controlled by light-emitting diodes on an industrial scale for generating forced stress in H. pluvialis cells during two seasons of the year (winter and spring 2019) in the Coquimbo region in Chile. Three different culture structures were used for the four stages of the alga production cycle. Two containers, A and B, were used for the first and second culture stages, while a raceway (large pool) was used for the third and fourth culture stages. Experiments with four different photoperiods (PP) that represent hours of light:darkness were conducted in two trials (spring 16:8 and winter 18:6) and two for control (spring 11:13 and winter 10:14). In the experiment, an exponential increase of β-carotenoid was achieved, used in human and animal food for its health properties and as a natural colorant in the salmonids industry. Biomass and astaxanthin production under forced stress were measured with physical and chemical variables such as light intensity, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen. Results show that the spring culture showed a considerable increase of cysts and, therefore, of astaxanthin reservoirs, reaching a pigment production density of 276 g m-3 , with the consequent increase in density of up to 22% more than the control PP.
Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
Processes
Climate change and global warming generate serious consequences and disturbances by drastically m... more Climate change and global warming generate serious consequences and disturbances by drastically modifying historical temperature and precipitation patterns. Water scarcity is one of the most revealing phenomena of these instabilities. This transdisciplinary bibliometric and economic–financial research focuses on analyzing two aspects: first, the feasibility of implementing seawater desalination plants as a solution to water scarcity in northern Chile. Investment and amortization costs of the desalination plants were determined (NPV-IRR-IRP). NPV showed a positive value indicating a recovery of the initial investment and a surplus over profitability. The IRR was higher than the discount rate calculated for NPV, which showed that the investment project was accepted. The IRP indicated that the initial investment of the plant would be recovered in 3.7 years. Second, an innovative and environmentally sustainable solution to the brine (NaCl) waste generated by desalination plants is propo...
Revista de Ciencias Empresariales │Universidad Blas Pascal, 2020
El artículo reflexiona sobre diferentes postulados interdisciplinarios del desarrollo territorial... more El artículo reflexiona sobre diferentes postulados interdisciplinarios del desarrollo territorial sumergiéndose en lo cultural, la sustentabilidad local y su introspección teórica hacia una institucionalidad y gobernanza multifacética, que establezca estrategias para generar ventanas de oportunidades para una resiliencia socio-eco-sustentable duradera.ABSTRACT: The article reflects on different interdisciplinary postulates of territorial development immersed in the cultural, local sustainability and theoretical introspection towards a multifaceted institutionality and governance, which establishes strategies to generate windows-opportunity for a sustainable social-ecological resilience.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The research evaluated the opinion of those in charge of the administrative management of the log... more The research evaluated the opinion of those in charge of the administrative management of the logistics and supply chain of medical and pharmaceutical stocks of health care centers in the north of Chile and a potential improvement of their operations through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The identification of the problem arose from the empirical analysis, where serious deficiencies in the manual handling and management of the stock of medicines and hospital supplies were evidenced. This deficiency does not allow a timely response to the demand of the logistics and supply chain, causing stock ruptures in health centers. Based on this finding, we asked ourselves how AI was observed as the most efficient tool to solve this difficulty. The results were obtained through surveys of personnel in charge of hospital and pharmacy supplies. The questions focused on the level of training, seniority in positions related to the problem, knowledge of regulations, degree of innovation in...
Journal of Technology Management Innovation, 2006
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2021
Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyta) is a microalga with the greatest capacity to generate pure ... more Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyta) is a microalga with the greatest capacity to generate pure natural astaxanthin with powerful antioxidant properties, through special cysts, in response to disruptions caused by stress conditions. This research tested the design of a prototype for applying artificial light photoperiods controlled by light-emitting diodes on an industrial scale for generating forced stress in H. pluvialis cells during two seasons of the year (winter and spring 2019) in the Coquimbo region in Chile. Three different culture structures were used for the four stages of the alga production cycle. Two containers, A and B, were used for the first and second culture stages, while a raceway (large pool) was used for the third and fourth culture stages. Experiments with four different photoperiods (PP) that represent hours of light:darkness were conducted in two trials (spring 16:8 and winter 18:6) and two for control (spring 11:13 and winter 10:14). In the experiment, an e...
Fishes
The boom-and-bust trajectory of the Argopecten purpuratus industry in Chile shows the progression... more The boom-and-bust trajectory of the Argopecten purpuratus industry in Chile shows the progression from resource extraction (fishing) to production (aquaculture). This paper analyses the effects of environmental, economic, and scientific–technological factors. The influence of each factor on scallop production in Chile was reviewed for the period between the 1980s and 2020. The evaluation of the effects allows the visualisation of the industry’s productive evolution and reveals the current challenges. The occurrence of abrupt environmental disturbances, commercialisation under imperfect market configurations, and public and private efforts in scientific and technological advances have acted favourably on scallop production. However, an industry mainly focused on prices and high production volumes did not devote much effort to develop low-cost climate-resilient technologies. Today, economic challenges must be addressed by helping to reduce production costs and add economic value to pr...
Sustainability
Located in Central Africa, Cameroon is a country with strong social inequalities and fragile gove... more Located in Central Africa, Cameroon is a country with strong social inequalities and fragile governance and institutions. This has a direct impact on the sustainable development of its territory, communities, and native forest, which are subject to constant socio-environmental and economic pressures due to overexploitation. This research has three purposes: (1) to conduct a comparative theoretical/empirical diagnosis on the quality of Cameroon’s institutional framework, governance, and public policies related to territorial sustainability; (2) to assess the impact of the three clusters identified among the 44 stakeholders interviewed (forestry companies/certifiers; NGOs/communities; and banks/public institutions) on each other; and (3) to analyze the contribution of the use of cassava (Manihot esculenta) as an agro alternative to Cameroon’s socio-ecological resilience, sustainable development, and conservation of native forests. The research found: (1) the need for mixed governance ...
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2006
CURRENT OPINION: Article in Spanish The main support of every social organization is related to t... more CURRENT OPINION: Article in Spanish The main support of every social organization is related to the economic boost and to the technological competitivity of the nations, that must to be based in its capacities to set public and private policies of development, that must be supported in the knowledge in a sustainable way. To make reference to the cutting edge technology development as the biotechnology, is to mention those tools that will allow the creation and the maintenance of a beneficial context to it research and development
The natural resources play a very important role in the economy of the Latin America countries, b... more The natural resources play a very important role in the economy of the Latin America countries, but follow the classical models of resource exploitation and scale do not add much more value to the products or services like other knowledge-based indus-tries (biotechnology or IT). The cluster approach assembled around the pattern of innovation and entrepreneurship characte-ristics can help to improve these kinds of industries. Nevertheless, the “Natural Resource Clusters ” have a particular task and they are based primary in environmental characteristics. However, this type of clusters is very different from “Technology Clus-ters ” with a high innovation and entrepreneurship structure that needs explicitly more intellectual capacities and non-specific en-vironmental characteristics. The authors suggest that in Latin America, clusters, innovation and entrepreneurship based in the natural resources has a supplementary significance, but they need add much value based in the knowledge. Th...
Applied Environmental Research, 2018
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