Verónica Aguilar Esteva

Dr. Verónica Aguilar Esteva

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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29 January 2019 in International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making
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RARicardo Carreño Aguilera
Ricardo Carreño Aguilera
VEVerónica Aguilar Esteva
Verónica Aguilar Esteva
DPDaniel Pacheco
Daniel Pacheco
MAMarco Acevedo
Marco Acevedo
WYWen Yu
Wen Yu
MAMaría Acevedo
María Acevedo
Knowledge society blockchain is one of the most powerful and recent tools to make the internet environment safer and reliable. Manufacturing has traditionally been dominated by standard designs that are mass-produced, due to the fact, that custom production causes additional costs that make it less affordable than mass production. This paper proposes to develop a designer expert system for IoT installation layout designs, using blockchain distributed system based on a machine learning, with users entering data to the expert system by a smart bot software. This expert system will work using extreme learning machine as inference engine; therefore, this is a shell to develop any expert system with fast learning. The whole system is represented by a smart contract with a value linked to the value of the expert system, the more this expert system be quoted on the web, the more the shares of the smart contract will cost.

11 April 2023 in Sustainability
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VEVerónica Aguilar Esteva
Verónica Aguilar Esteva
AAAdán Acosta-Banda
Adán Acosta-Banda
RARicardo Carreño Aguilera
Ricardo Carreño Aguilera
MOMiguel Patiño Ortiz
Miguel Patiño Ortiz
In this paper, we aimed to investigate how sustainable development can be involved in educational contexts that use new trends in technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science (DS). To achieve this goal, we conducted a documentary Systematic Review using PRISMA research to find and analyze applications of sustainable development in these aforementioned contexts. In the results, we explain how some applications of both AI and DS, including Big Data and Learning Analytics among others, offer alternatives to substantially improve the educational process by allowing either education to be personalized, learning to be predicted, or even possible school dropouts to be predicted. We found that the COVID emergency sped up the introduction of these technologies in educational environments. Nevertheless, the inclusion of new technologies to develop better processes in education is still in progress and will continue to grow. In conclusion, we identified and analyzed some of the main applications found in the literature regarding new computing technologies. AI and DS have introduced new learning and teaching methods to solve different context problems that promote sustainable development while making educational environments more dynamic. On the other hand, we observed that the divide in many countries will continue due to their economic and technological situations. We describe some of the challenges that the incorporation of these technologies will bring in the near future.

21 February 2021 in Sustainability
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AAAdán Acosta-Banda
Adán Acosta-Banda
VEVerónica Aguilar Esteva
Verónica Aguilar Esteva
MOMiguel Patiño Ortiz
Miguel Patiño Ortiz
JOJulián Patiño Ortiz
Julián Patiño Ortiz
The construction and content validity of an instrument to evaluate the perception and social consciousness on renewable resources and energy sustainability was done. First, a review and analysis of the existing instruments in the literature was carried out. The instrument was constructed, then reviewed by three experts, and submitted to the judgment of nine experts. Finally, it was applied to a group of twenty people to evaluate instruction and question accuracy. The instrument is integrated with four dimensions: knowledge on renewable energy; the perception of benefits obtained from it; willingness to acquire renewable energy equipment and evaluation of the use of wind and solar energies importance; the degree of personal and social awareness on environmental care as well as information on specific habits on how important it is to promote and practice energy-saving and environmental sustainability. The experts’ revision process resulted in the approval of the instrument. Content validity (Aiken’s V > 0.75; VI > 0.50) was confirmed. The results of the pilot sample showed a favorable opinion, the understanding of the instructions and items, and the attainment of an optimal value in reliability (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.8553). It was concluded that the instrument is valid to evaluate the perception and degree of consciousness on renewable energies and energy sustainability constructs.

20 August 2025 in Urban Science
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AAAdán Acosta-Banda
Adán Acosta-Banda
VEVerónica Aguilar Esteva
Verónica Aguilar Esteva
LHLiliana Hechavarría
Liliana Hechavarría
EMEduardo Campos Mercado
Eduardo Campos Mercado
BMBenito Cortés Martínez
Benito Cortés Martínez
MOMiguel Patiño Ortiz
Miguel Patiño Ortiz
Rapid urban growth poses distinct energy and environmental challenges in various regions of the world. This study evaluated the technical and economic feasibility of a grid-connected photovoltaic system in Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, using Homer Pro software, version 3.14.2, to simulate realistic scenarios. The analysis incorporated local climate data, residential load profiles, and updated economic parameters for 2024. System optimization resulted in an installed capacity of 173 kW of solar panels and 113 kW of inverters, yielding a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of MXN 1.43/kWh, a return on investment (ROI) of 5.3%, an internal rate of return (IRR) of 8%, and a simple payback period of 10 years. The projected annual energy output was 281,175 kWh, covering 36% of the local energy demand. These results highlight the potential for integrating renewable energy into urban contexts, offering significant economic and environmental benefits. The integration of public policy with urban planning can enhance energy resilience and sustainability in intermediate cities. This study also supports the application of tools such as Homer Pro in designing energy solutions tailored to local conditions and contributes to a fair and decentralized energy transition.

11 March 2026 in Energies
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CMCarlos Javier Martínez-Hernández
Carlos Javier Martínez-Hernández
AAAdán Acosta-Banda
Adán Acosta-Banda
VEVerónica Aguilar Esteva
Verónica Aguilar Esteva
LHLiliana Hechavarría
Liliana Hechavarría
HMHugo Jorge Cortina Marrero
Hugo Jorge Cortina Marrero
JOJulián Patiño Ortiz
Julián Patiño Ortiz
Agrivoltaic systems integrate solar electricity generation with agricultural production on the same land and have emerged as a promising strategy to address land-use conflicts between food and energy systems. This PRISMA-based systematic review synthesizes evidence from 249 peer-reviewed studies published between 2010 and 2025, applying an integrated three-dimensional framework that simultaneously examines technical efficiency, environmental sustainability, and institutional governance. The results show that agrivoltaic systems consistently achieve superior land-use performance, with Land Equivalent Ratio values typically ranging between 1.2 and 1.8, indicating 20–80% greater territorial efficiency than separate agricultural and photovoltaic systems. In water-stressed regions, reported improvements in water-use efficiency commonly reach 15–30%, while life-cycle assessments indicate substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts. The integrated analysis also reveals important design-dependent trade-offs related to panel density, crop selection, and local agroclimatic conditions. Despite their demonstrated technical and environmental maturity, the large-scale deployment of agrivoltaic systems remains constrained by institutional barriers, including the lack of dedicated regulatory frameworks, fragmented agricultural and energy policies, and the strong geographical concentration of research in the Global North, with limited evidence from Latin America and other regions of the Global South. Overall, the findings indicate that agrivoltaic systems represent a credible component of integrated land-use and energy transition strategies, but their responsible scaling will depend primarily on advances in governance, policy alignment, and context-specific system design.

1 January 2021 in Revista Fuentes
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VEVerónica Aguilar Esteva
Verónica Aguilar Esteva
LJLuis Juárez-Hernández
Luis Juárez-Hernández
AAAdán Acosta-Banda
Adán Acosta-Banda
En este artículo de presenta una Rúbrica analítica con el objetivo de evaluar el avance del enfoque socioformativo en las prácticas docentes en Instituciones de Educación Superior en México (IES), para este fin se utilizó la metodología instrumental aplicando la validez de constructo mediante el Anlalisis Factorial Exploratorio (AFE)- También se analizó la confiabilidad mediante el Alfa de Cronbach. La rúbrica se aplicó a 150 docentes de IES. El análisis de confiabilidad mostró un valor de Alfa de Cronbach de 0.930, el cual se considera adecuado. La prueba Kaiser Meyer Olkin (KMO:0.907) y esfericidad de Bartlett (X2:997.351Gl:36;p<0.000) indicaron la pertinencia de los datos para ser analizados mediante el AFE, revelando que todos los ítems se encuentran dentro del modelo denominado trabajo socioformativo (factor mayor a 64% de la varianza). Se recomienda realizar nuevos estudios que aporten conocimiento respecto al grado de avance en la aplicación de los ejes esenciales de la socioformación hacia la sociedad del conocimiento como son: la resolución de problemas del contexto mediante el trabajo colaborativo; el fomento al emprendimiento generando impacto en el entorno; el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico, sistémico, analítico, creativo; y la aplicación del proceso metacognitivo para mejora continua; así como, el mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida mediante la apropiación de los valores.