ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2025)
Published December 15, 2025

ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías is an international, multidisciplinary, diamond open-access scientific journal that publishes two issues per year (May and December) in English and Spanish. It publishes original research, reviews, and communications in sciences and engineering, promoting methodological rigor, transparent peer review, and open science practices. The journal prioritizes interdisciplinary contributions within STEM and aims to expand international knowledge exchange with broader social impact.

Before submission, authors must ensure that their manuscript aligns with the aims and scope of the journal.

ISSNe: 2528-7788

ISSN: 1390-5384 

Editorial: USFQ PRESS

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Submission Template Update

ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías has updated its submission template to strengthen our commitment to open science and academic integrity.
The new version includes a Data Availability Statement and a Generative AI Use Declaration.
The template is now available in the Journal Guidelines section.


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December 3, 2025

Editorial

Mateo Dávila-Játiva
An Act of Resistance: The Role of Local Journals
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.4072

Articles

Paulina Quirola Amores, Pablo Espinosa, Nelson Cevallos, Enrique Terán
Characterization of HIV drug resistance profiles in patients at a healthcare center in Quito: “A pilot study”
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v17i2.3298
Pablo Josue Rojas Yepes, Carlos Jaime Barrios Hernández, Oscar Carrillo, Frédéric Le Mouël
Towards a Definition of Computing Continuum
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v17i2.3697
Enea Mancellari, Ali Osman Topal, Franck Leprévost
PoI+NBU: A Feasibility study in Generating High-Resolution Adversarial Images with a Black Box Evolutional Algorithm based Attack
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.vi.3699
Jonathan Javier Sayavedra Delgado, Estefanía Haro-Viteri, Marielisa Bravo Cordero, José Álvarez-Barreto
Development of a proposal for the production of spirulina powder applying circular economy principles for industrialization.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.3739
Liliana Atencio Solano, Emiro Suarez Paternina, José Jaime Tapia Coronado, Yacerney Paternina Paternina, Wilson Barragan Hernández, Lorena Mestra Vargas
Effect of corn and cassava silage on the economic and productive performance of hair creole sheep (Ovis aries)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.vi.3748
Alberto Macancela-Herrera, Pedro X Astudillo, Byron Ortega-Pillajo
Validation of the empirical method for obtaining wood density of high Andean species
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.3775
Jonnathan Darío Santos, Luis Córdova Narváez, José Quichimbo
Mechanical characterization of mode I fracture toughnessin multidirectional printed continuous fiber laminates.: Investigation of fracture toughness in multidirectionallaminated composites
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.3806
Alonso Cartuche, Nikolay Aguirre, Roberth Yaguana, Roberto Bustillos, Vinicio Alvarado, Max Encalada, Josselyn Balcazar
Photosynthetic organisms and water quality in Amazonian rivers, case study Yacuambi, Zamora Chinchipe
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.3835

Review

Edwars Naranjo, Inés Hernández Guerra, Lourdes Orejuela-Escobar
Biopolymers and Nanotechnology: eco-friendly and sustainable alternative in Enhanced Oil Recovery
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v17i2.3424
Rolando Calero, Herrera Brunnet
From waste to biopolymers: anaerobic fermentation as a sustainable pathway for polyhydroxyalkanoates production
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.3678
Raymond Joseph, Viviane Kopp da Luz, Amanda Valentini Baseggio, Adriana Pires Soares Bresolin, Antonio Costa De Oliveira
The contribution of mutation induction to crop improvement: Addressing climate change and ensuring food security
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.3732

Communications

Elias Viteri-Basso, Johannes Ramirez Kastdalen, Jorge Carrión-Tacuri
First predation record of the Galapagos Hawk Buteo galapagoensis (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae), on a feral cat Felis catus (Carnivora: Felidae)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.3877
Gabriel Trueba
The real origin of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.3892
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