Lilia Muñoz

• Doctor of Engineering
• Docente-Investigadora at Technological University of Panama

Meta4CBC is proposed as an innovative metamodel for competency-based curriculum design in higher education, addressing the critical need to adapt curricula to contemporary challenges driven by globalization, technological advancement, and climate change. Inspired by the Business Motivation Model and Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rul...

AutismAR Discovery focuses on the pre-development and validation of an augmented reality application aimed at supporting the education of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study utilized a prototype storyboard evaluation and the AttrakDiff survey with a sample of students studying special education at the university from a Panamani...

Introduction In the scientific research domain, the Open Science movement stands as a fundamental pillar for advancing knowledge and innovation globally. This article presents the design and implementation of the GITCE Open Data Ecosystem (GITCE-ODE) Research Data Management System (RDMS), developed by the Research Group on Emerging Computational T...

Visual impairment poses significant and varied challenges in the daily lives of those affected. It is estimated that around 2.2 billion people worldwide have some form of visual impairment, with causes ranging from eye accidents to congenital conditions and acquired diseases. Assistive technologies (AT) therefore play a vital role in improving thei...

The primary focus of research groups and centers is to develop sustainable solutions that address the problems faced by society. This article introduces a digital ecosystem platform that encompasses crucial areas like education, health, industry 4.0, and care environments, leveraging mobile and ubiquitous technology. The project aims to establish a...

Scientific and technological advances have brought about changes in society, making it possible to obtain data and manage large volumes of information with the simple movement of a finger or with a few clicks on our computer. The processes for acquisition of documents, such as education, especially the integration and intellectual development of ch...

Pastured poultry farming is a technique belonging to sustainable agriculture in which the natural rearing of birds is promoted on land covered by grass or other plant species that can provide them with nutrients. This rearing technique involves the daily movement of birds, inside structures such as mobile chicken coops and chicken tractors, from on...

Mental disorders affect more than 300 million people in the world, including mood disorders, whose main characteristic is an alteration of mood. The diagnosis of mood disorder is made in cases where sadness or euphoria are too intense, accompanied by other characteristic symptoms and the limitation of the ability to lead a normal life physically, s...

Currently, educational systems are undergoing changes in their methodologies, betting on the integration of new technologies such as hardware and software, thus causing the displacement or replacement of traditional educational methods. Being the case of technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), with which creates the coexistence between virtual...

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HTP) are, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), an important cause of severe morbidity, chronic disability and death among mothers, fetuses and newborns. Latin America does not escape from this reality; disorders such as preeclampsia and eclampsia account for approximately 26% of all maternal dysfunc...

Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies correspond to the deployment of electronic devices and digital tools to manage livestock production efficiently. This systematic review compiles the results of review studies on the use of PLF technologies in poultry farming, synthesizing the report of factors such as the technologies used, their appli...

Compendio de documentos de Educación Virtual y Covid-19

Compendio de documentos

Compendio de datos sobre Educación Virtual y Covid-19

Compendio de datos sobre Educación Virtual y Covid-19

Digital competence has gained a strong prominence in the educational context, being one of the key competencies that teachers must master in today's society. Although most models and frameworks focus on the pre-university level, there is a growing interest in knowing the state of digital competencies of university teachers, that is, the set of know...

Conceptos sobre didáctica e investigación en educación superior

Conceptos sobre Didáctica universitaria de la investigación

The areas of data science and data engineering have experienced strong advances in recent years. This has had a particular impact in areas such as healthcare, where, as a result of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus, technological development has accelerated. This has led to a need to produce solutions that enable the collection, integration...

Agricultural Big Data is a set of technologies that allows responding to the challenges of the new data era. In conjunction with machine learning, farmers can use data to address problems such as farmers’ decision making, water management, soil management, crop management, and livestock management. Crop management includes yield prediction, disease...

Agricultural Big Data is a set of technologies that allows responding to the challenges of the new data era. In conjunction with machine learning, farmers can use data to address different problems such as farmers' decision-making, crops, weeds, animal research, land, food availability and security, weather, and climate change. The purpose of this...

The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 and the consequent global COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the public administrations of different countries to establish health procedures and protocols based on information generated through predictive techniques and models, which, in turn, are based on technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learn...

El análisis de datos se define como el proceso de limpieza, transformación y modelado de data, con el objetivo de encontrar información que sea útil en la toma de decisiones para cualquier sector. El sector salud no cuenta con estadísticas básicas generadas por una plataforma y que puedan permitirle la interpretación por los tomadores de decisiones...

Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la comercialización y venta de productos de segunda mano utilizando un entorno de e-commerce, en donde se facilite le econ omía circular en Panamá. Se analizaron algunos trabajos relacionados y la importancia de la economía circular con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en el cuidado del medio ambient...

The different levels that comprise education seek to adapt techniques, practices, models, and strategies to complement teaching and learning generating knowledge in students; thus, in its different fields, it provides the basis for technology to develop software applications to assist with teaching and learning practices. Consequently, education un...

Con especial satisfacción, compartimos con la sociedad panameña y la comunidad científica mundial, los resultados de 10 años de investigación científica, con una muestra de investigaciones que han recibido apoyos económicos por parte de la Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (Senacyt) en distintas áreas del conocimiento. Este co...

Despite the volume of data generated, scientists cannot accurately predict how climate change will manifest itself locally and what measures should be applied to mitigate it effectively. On the other hand, Big Data is a new technology that faces the challenge of collecting, characterizing and analyzing a large amount of data, taking into account da...

Este proyecto trata de un robot que riega los cultivos mientras se moviliza con energía solar, que será almacenada en baterías, para que cuando el clima no le favorezca tenga energía para continuar trabajando. Además, tendrá la capacidad de detectar si hay personas en las parcelas, hacer un alto o cambiar la ruta y así poder evitar accidentes. El s...

The article is the product of the study “Development of innovative resources to improve logical-mathematical skills in primary school, through educational robotics”, developed during the 2019 school year in three public schools in the province of Chiriquí, Republic of Panama. The teaching-learning process in students is influenced by aspects inside...

The existing technologies, systems, or models in the hospital system, in certain aspects have, in terms of integrity, difficulties in carrying out an adequate, systematic, and automated record of patient data. To this end, the electronic health records (EHR) have been designed to provide updated information to the entire health system. This documen...

In our day to day, technology and robotics are increasingly present. Currently, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are undergoing a vertiginous development and this is affecting practically all fields of our society and education is no exception. On the other hand, the incorporation of robotics in the classroom aims to promote learnin...

RESUMEN-Actualmente la comunidad de sordos en Panamá afronta dificultades en el contexto educativo y profesional, así como en la integración a la sociedad, principalmente por la carencia de herramientas y facilidades en el entorno. Estas dificultades se presentan principalmente debido a la falta de conocimiento del lenguaje de señas por parte de la...

RESUMEN-En nuestro día a día, la tecnología y la robótica están cada vez más presentes. Actualmente, las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TIC) están sufriendo un desarrollo vertiginoso, esto está afectando prácticamente a todos los campos de nuestra sociedad y la educación no es una excepción. Por su parte, la incorporación de la robótica...

Interoperabilidad: el reto de las aplicaciones móviles en la salud en Panamá RESUMEN-Actualmente el desarrollo de aplicaciones móviles para la salud y el mercado de los dispositivos llevables (wearables), se extiende diariamente a cada uno de los usuarios finales en la población. Esto hace necesario la integración de la información biométrica recol...

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become one of the most widely research paradigms, having received much attention from the research community in the last few years. IoT is the paradigm that creates an internet-connected world, where all the everyday objects capture data from our environment and adapt it to our needs. However, the implementation of...

El Internet de las Cosas ha venido incorporándose a nuestras vidas de forma progresiva, trayendo consigo grandes beneficios para la humanidad como lo es disponer de infraestructuras y servicios más interconectados y eficientes, generación de empleo, reducción de costos operativos e incremento de ganancias. En este sentido, el desarrollo e instalaci...

One of the important problems faced by many countries in the world is environmental pollution, the lack of monitoring points for air quality is one of the main environmental and technological challenges. In this scenario, the following question is presented: How much do citizens of a city know about the levels of air pollution they breathe? The Int...

The work addresses a facet within Martian humanism that reflects its considerations in its struggle for the lands of America. Its postulates constitute an essential legacy to form in university students ethical values that turn them into better beings, human beings and professionals. On his journey from Mexico to Guatemala, the Apostle pretends to...

Resumen: El proceso de negocio de la empresa RednBlue, esta se dedica al servicio de compra por internet, Además está ubicada en una posición bastante buena, ya que la Universidad Tecnológica está cerca, y los Jóvenes e inclusive profesores utilizan este servicio. El servicio de compra por internet ofrece ventajas competitivas ya que los precios so...

The Internet of Things (IoT), the development and installation of advanced sensors for data collection, computer solutions for remote connection and other disruptive technologies are marking a transformation process in the industry; giving rise to what various sectors have called the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0. With this process o...

In the software development field, software practitioners expend between 30% and 40% more effort than is predicted. Accordingly, researchers have proposed new models for estimating the development effort such that the estimations of these models are close to actual ones. In this study, an application based on a new neuro-fuzzy system (NFS) is analy...

The gradual integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the economic activity will allow Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in particular to gain competitive advantages, to improve their processes and productivity and their incomes. However, if the potential for implementing them in daily activities is unknown, this competit...

That develop solutions that facilitate the development of therapy from home are a compelling factor in our social environment. In our country mobile technology is important as a support tool in the rehabilitation of people. This paper presents a proposal that allows the development of an application that helps develop a patient physiotherapy activi...

La sociedad evoluciona a pasos agigantados, integra la última tecnología en la vida cotidiana y exprime los beneficios de la innovación. A su vez, las Universidades siguen los mismos pasos, integrando en la formación y la gestión las grandes posibilidades que el desarrollo va brindando. En este sentido, los dispositivos móviles se han convertido en...

The use of geographic information has been widely developed around the world especially in the last decade, due in part to the development of communication technologies such as the Internet, mobile devices and the expansion of location-based services, influencing virtually any field of human activity. In recent years there has been a huge prolifera...

Society evolves at a rapid pace, integrates the latest everydays life technologies and squeezes the benefits of innovation. At the same time, universities follow these same steps, creating great possibilities by providing better services and formation as the result of this evolution. In this sense, mobile devices have become an instrument that allo...

En este artículo se presenta y analiza la robótica educativa como una herramienta de apoyo al proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, a nivel de pre-media, orientada principalmente a asignaturas complejas como la matemática, física e informática, entre otras. El estudio se limita a los colegios secundarios de la Provincia de Chiriquí, República de Panamá...

In data warehousing, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes are in charge of extracting the data from the data sources that will be contained in the data warehouse. Their design and maintenance is thus a cornerstone in any data warehouse development project. Due to their relevance, the quality of these processes should be formally assessed ea...

In a Data Warehouse (DW), ETL processes (Extraction, Transformation, Load) are responsible for extracting, transforming and loading data from the data sources into the DW. A good design of these processes in the early stages of a DW project is essential to avoid making bad decisions as a result of incorrect data. In this paper, we apply the method...

Data warehouses (DW) integrate different data sources in order to give a multidimensional view of them to the decision-maker. To this aim, the ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Load) processes are responsible for extracting data from heterogeneous operational data sources, their transformation (conversion, cleaning, standardization, etc.), and it...

In data warehousing, ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) processes take charge of extracting the data from data sources that would be contained in the data warehouse. Due to their relevance, the quality of these processes should be formally assessed since the early stages of development, in order to avoid making bad decisions as a result of incorrec...

In data warehousing, ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) processes are in charge of extracting the data from data sources that will be contained in the data warehouse. Due to their relevance, the quality of these processes should be formally assessed from early stages of development, in order to avoid making bad decisions as a result of incorrect da...

Extraction-transformation-loading (ETL) processes play an important role in a data warehouse (DW) architecture because they are responsible of integrating data from heterogeneous data sources into the DW repository. Importantly, most of the budget of a DW project is spent on designing these processes since they are not taken into account in the ear...