Abstract:All over the world there is a huge complex problem caused by the sting of poisonous animals. In many countries all around the orb there are some animal species hazardous for human beings. A case from a Mexican University R&D institute-Private firm innovation project about scorpion's antivenins health area is presented. The scientific-technological allied participant organizations performed a long life cycle innovation project, which includes research and development, knowledge transference, antivenin product d… Show more
A 3-year-old, female Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus) was evaluated for acute obtundation, muscle rigidity and ptyalism. Clinical signs worsened over 24 hours and were compatible with scorpion envenomation. Endoscopy confirmed the presence of an Arizona bark scorpion (Centuroides sculpturatus) within the stomach and scorpion antivenom, Alacramyn (Instituto Biolon, Mexico), was administered intravenously. The patient was hospitalised and required supportive care for 2 weeks. Clinical signs and mobility markedly improved by 6 weeks and the monitor appeared normal at 8 weeks. Significant disease secondary to scorpion envenomation is uncommonly reported in animals. This case highlights the clinical presentation and treatment approach in a reptile, with a successful outcome.
A 3-year-old, female Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus) was evaluated for acute obtundation, muscle rigidity and ptyalism. Clinical signs worsened over 24 hours and were compatible with scorpion envenomation. Endoscopy confirmed the presence of an Arizona bark scorpion (Centuroides sculpturatus) within the stomach and scorpion antivenom, Alacramyn (Instituto Biolon, Mexico), was administered intravenously. The patient was hospitalised and required supportive care for 2 weeks. Clinical signs and mobility markedly improved by 6 weeks and the monitor appeared normal at 8 weeks. Significant disease secondary to scorpion envenomation is uncommonly reported in animals. This case highlights the clinical presentation and treatment approach in a reptile, with a successful outcome.
The objective of this work is to propose a rapid methodology called Overview Case Analysis (OCA) to analyze in a synthetic and simple form, the tremendous amount of information that is created through the years in a technology transfer project. Using OCA analyst can rapidly detect the project highlights along its critical path of the technology transfer project. At the end of the evaluation process, qualification of the project performance is performed using a coarse scale to measure the technology transfer capacity of the participant organizations. To prove the methodology proposed, we explore the economic and social impact results of some technology transfer projects developed by academic groups of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, by its Spanish acronym). The conclusion is that in order to have a successful TTP, at least three conditions are necessary: (a) the project must be handled by an efficient technology transfer team (T 3); (b) the technology transferred must be mature; and (c) the technology transferred must have economic and social impacts for the final organization or other users inside the receiver country.
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