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    Integrating Value Creation and Core Technology Infrastructure into Cybernetic Governance in Short Food Supply Chains: The Case of Queso Tenate in Mexico
    (MDPI AG, 2026) ;
    Vilalta-Perdomo, Eliseo
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    Michel-Villarreal, Rosario
    Short food supply chains (SFSCs) have gained attention as mechanisms for strengthening local food systems and enhancing producer value. However, many SFSCs involving traditional artisan dairy products struggle to remain viable in competitive markets characterised by industrial production and weak market positioning. This study examines the viability of the SFSC for queso tenate, a traditional artisan cheese from central Mexico, through a cybernetic perspective using the Viable System Model (VSM) and the Viplan method. Accordingly, an integrative framework is proposed that combines cybernetic organisational design with a value chain perspective and a core infrastructure of food technology practices. The SFSC is analysed through the focal enterprise as the primary coordination and integration point for production, coordination, control, intelligence, and governance functions. The analysis incorporates technical and managerial activities, including food technology practices, production operations, and market-related processes. Using the Viplan method, the study represents systemic functions within the SFSC. The results identify structural weaknesses affecting viability, including fragmented coordination, limited technological validation, and insufficient market differentiation. The findings suggest that the configuration of systemic functions, as defined by the VSM, may be associated with organisational conditions shaping system functioning in traditional artisan food systems. The proposed framework provides a structured basis for diagnosing areas where viability may be strengthened. Limitations are acknowledged regarding the conceptual approach, the single-case study design, and the generalisability of the results. Future research may extend this work by examining diverse traditional cheese supply chains, exploring viability across multiple recursion levels, strengthening core infrastructure and market development activities, and incorporating stakeholders’ perspectives within SFSCs. © The authors © MDPI.
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    Repensando la evaluación del aprendizaje: una perspectiva desde la reingeniería de la gestión
    (Universidad de Guadalajara, 2020)
    Los modelos de gestión en la educación superior se han estructurado en forma de burocracias profesionales y maquinales de acuerdo con el modelo planteado por Mintzberg (1984). Esto ha propiciado que sus procesos, incluidos aquellos relacionados con la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, se organicen desde una visión fabril estandarizante, orientada a la obtención de productos tangibles, en un contexto estable. No obstante, el presente y futuro de la universidad se sitúa en un entorno incierto, lo cual insta cambios sustanciales al interior de las instituciones de educación superior. El presente ensayo aborda una propuesta de reingeniería para un proceso de evaluación del aprendizaje, con la finalidad de que este contribuya a la formación de los y las estudiantes, evitando que la evaluación se convierta en un fin en sí misma. Para ello, se establece la necesidad de implementar de un modelo holístico orientado hacia la gestión del conocimiento, el cual sea capaz de motivar el aprendizaje dentro de la institución.
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    Bit Independence Criterion Extended to Stream Ciphers
    (2020)
    Evaristo José Madarro-Capó
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    Carlos Miguel Legón-Pérez
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    Raisa Socorro-Llanes
    <jats:p>The bit independence criterion was proposed to evaluate the security of the S-boxes used in block ciphers. This paper proposes an algorithm that extends this criterion to evaluate the degree of independence between the bits of inputs and outputs of the stream ciphers. The effectiveness of the algorithm is experimentally confirmed in two scenarios: random outputs independent of the input, in which it does not detect dependence, and in the RC4 ciphers, where it detects significant dependencies related to some known weaknesses. The complexity of the algorithm is estimated based on the number of inputs l, and the dimensions, n and m, of the inputs and outputs, respectively.</jats:p>
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    Viable and Sustainable Model for Adoption of New Technologies in Industry 4.0 and 5.0: Case Study on Pellet Manufacturing
    (MDPI AG, 2025-01-17)
    Pavel Solano García
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    Oswaldo Morales Matamoros
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    Ana Lilia Coria Páez
    This manuscript presents the development and testing of a novel model designed to help organizations, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), address the challenges of integrating new technologies within the frameworks of Industry 4.0 and 5.0. The proposed model is a metamodel that evaluates organizational and contextual vulnerabilities concerning both existing technologies and potential external technologies under consideration for adoption. It synthesizes three foundational frameworks: the Viable System Model (VSM), the principles of viable and sustainable systems, and the Technology, Organization, and Environment (TOE) Model. The findings demonstrate the practical applicability of this model in an SME context, showcasing its ability to facilitate the gradual and sustainable adoption of new technologies. By aligning business needs with technological solutions and leveraging insights from computer science and organizational cybernetics, the model adapts to varying levels of technological adoption, integrating organizational dynamics and business evolution to support the implementation of emerging technologies.
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    Factors to improve job performance and school effectiveness
    <jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>Identify some of the most relevant factors that trigger a private school's workforce to foster a sustainable competitive advantage by reinforcing the intrinsic job satisfaction and the levels of teacher self-efficacy, engagement and job performance.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>Surveys were applied to private school teachers to assess their perception concerning the studied variables, data were tested at a confirmatory level using the partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>Teachers with a high sense of self-efficacy and possessing elevated intrinsic satisfaction tend to be highly productive and results-oriented. Intrinsic job satisfaction is a key factor that influences more than extrinsic job satisfaction in the previously mentioned relationship.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Research limitations/implications</jats:title><jats:p>Although the obtained results are constrained and apply to the Mexican context, we suggest that virtual limitation can be overcome by extending the study due to the proposed construct that can be applied in other regions or organizations.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Practical implications</jats:title><jats:p>Principals will need to develop mainly the intrinsic job satisfaction in the teaching staff, to improve the job and organizational performance. This should be accompanied, secondly, by factors that encourage extrinsic satisfaction such as fair pay or recognition.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>Open up an alternative explanation, based on the evidence of this study, to the theory of social exchange, since the factor that most influences teacher’s citizenship behaviours is not extrinsic but intrinsic satisfaction. That is, it is not what the employee receives from the institution, but what the employee does or gives to the institution the source of satisfaction that will encourage greater job performance.</jats:p></jats:sec>
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    Selecting an Effective Entropy Estimator for Short Sequences of Bits and Bytes with Maximum Entropy
    (2021)
    Lianet Contreras Rodríguez
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    Evaristo José Madarro-Capó
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    Carlos Miguel Legón-Pérez
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    <jats:p>Entropy makes it possible to measure the uncertainty about an information source from the distribution of its output symbols. It is known that the maximum Shannon’s entropy of a discrete source of information is reached when its symbols follow a Uniform distribution. In cryptography, these sources have great applications since they allow for the highest security standards to be reached. In this work, the most effective estimator is selected to estimate entropy in short samples of bytes and bits with maximum entropy. For this, 18 estimators were compared. Results concerning the comparisons published in the literature between these estimators are discussed. The most suitable estimator is determined experimentally, based on its bias, the mean square error short samples of bytes and bits.</jats:p>
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    Avances en nuevos modelos del turismo en México: Sustentabilidad, cultura e inclusión como ejes del desarrollo endógeno
    (Universidad Panamericana, 2024) ;
    Ilia Alvarado-sizzo
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    Pablo Álvarez Icaza Longoria
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    Karla Rosalba Anzaldua-soulé
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    Rebeca Elizabeth Contreras López
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    Adaptive Market Hypothesis: Evidence from the Mexican Stock Exchange Index
    (2018) ;
    Semei CORONADO
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    Francisco VENEGAS-MARTÍNEZ
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