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Authors: Saily Leo-González, Álvaro Celestino Alonso-Vázquez, Carlos Alonso-Echevarría

The concern for the environment has been present in humanity for generations. The effort to perceive and understand environmental problems becomes increasingly complex because it encompasses a greater degree of economic, ethical, political and social impact, depending on its solution, on human existence itself. The objective of this work is to expose the positive impacts that have made possible the mitigation of environmental problems in the "Semilla" community, based on the application of environmental education actions supported by the Green Map Methodology. Theoretical, empirical methods and tools were used for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the information. The protagonism of the social actors in the management of the environmental education process supported by the Green Map methodology; It becomes an effective tool to promote environmental education actions, imposing new challenges in the formation of socially friendly citizens with the environment. The activities developed allowed raising the level of knowledge and commitment in the integration of the work of the community. The actions of environmental education constituted a powerful instrument, from the direction of promotion, training and participation, in a creative way, acting in a committed, conscious and critical way, to achieve the transformation of their environment according to their needs and aspirations through the protagonist participation of people. This practice favored a construction-reconstruction of power that benefits the organization and functioning of the communities in a fair and equal way from the daily practice in their know-how and know how to behave in society.

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Authors: William Patricio Proaño-Ponce, Isabel Cristina Sánchez-Pazmiño

Ecuador lives decisive times in its history, educational institutions must face different challenges such as the management of the discipline. In this sense, academic performance is one of the main challenges for teachers, where the presence of adolescents with behaviors that are not in keeping with the demands of an educational institution and that hinder the normal development of the teaching-learning process is becoming more frequent. The purpose is to determine the influence of the factors of student behavior on academic performance; we worked from data obtained in a school in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Information needs were determined through primary and secondary information sources, based on scientific research methods and techniques that helped to diagnose precisions and limitations related to the student admission process, as well as to identify problems of family coexistence and quantify the periodicity in which parents are involved with the educational unit. The results found allowed to detect factors that affect the academic performance in the students of the higher basic level. In this sense, the benefit is to have qualified information to plan strategies such as a joint list of duties and rights, actions aimed at reducing behavior linked to low academic performance.

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Authors: María del Carmen Ferrer Sánchez

His present work addressed the problem that exists with the occupation of the free time of the young inmates that fulfill sanctions depriving of freedom, although it is certain that based on the most advanced programs of community intervention in a penal community, taking into account that this is a primary link in any participatory process. Therefore, the quality and the creation of a lifestyle in the penal population presuppose a dialectical relationship between the proper use of free time, the mental and physical health of each person. In recent times it has been addressed frequently in Cuba, given the particularities of these, age, functional needs and spiritual needs. It is a challenge to contribute to the full enjoyment of the occupation of free time of inmates aged 17-27 years deprived of their liberty. In order to find a solution to this problem, instruments were applied that allowed us to issue a diagnosis in the research, designing a system of workshops to be fulfilled by the community agents and factors, corroborating the effectiveness of the same that allowed the occupation of free time and provide community agents with an instrument for action based on the objectives set.

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Authors: Alfredo Rubén Bernal Marcelo, Daniel Alberto, Álvarez Lazo, Benito Filemón, Buendía Quispe

He research was conducted in the district and province of Oxapampa, Pasco Region, in order to evaluate new alternatives inputs feeding gorrinos growing in different production systems in the Valley of Oxapampa - Pasco, using as a basis the sweet potato forage. The research was experimental, completely randomized design. The experimental unit were gorrinos male 2 months of age, race crosses (Landrace x Pietrain), which were distributed 3 animals per treatment. The foods were weighed daily prior to delivery and weights were weekly, which allowed us to determine the study variables. The data were processed with the system analysis statistic. The use in the daily ration (in confinement and / or grazing), of the sweet potato association (root and forage) + balanced feed, constitute an alternative in the feeding of pigs in the stage of fattening and finishing by the positive effect in the increase in weight and feed conversion, replacing 70 % of the diet. The use of sweet potato in Peru can replace corn as a protein supplement, with favorable results. It was taken into consideration that the supply of sweet potato silage (root + forage), has limitations of use, because it has little palatability for the animal; however, the use of alternative local food resources such as sweet potato is recommended, under balanced conditions in the food mix, in the growth or end stage, due to its great contribution of protein and energy source in the pig.

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Authors: María Teresa Martínez Echevarría

The article shows the research carried out on the utilitarian values of the Cordia collococca species. The information was obtained through a list of all the possible uses provided by the interviewees, the value of the ancestral information made it possible to know the total use value of each part of the species. The participatory study was carried out in six of the 18 popular councils of the Pinar del Río municipality. Evaluate the species (Cordia collococca) Ateje under agroecological principles, from the sociocultural study made it possible to know its multifunctionality and the opportunity to extend the information to the local agroecosystems. The reliability of the sample according to the split halves method showed a strong correlation. The value of the Guttman Coefficient for shared halves is high (0.711). There were more than 20 utilitarian values that place the species with high contributions to the three dimensions of sustainability. It distinguishes its landscaping, ease of propagation, the nutritional contributions of its fruits, protective of the wild fauna, carrier of high contents in organic matter, it is a deciduous species and its leaves are rich in macroelements.