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Turismo Estético, Un Riesgoso Viaje Que Puede Convertirse En Una Pesadilla Legal, Michael Krumholtz

Capstones

Plastic surgery tourism has grown into a lucrative, international industry as patients travel from the US to Latin American countries for cheaper surgeries with more exaggerated results. Through our reporting, we’ve found that patients are at risk when entering a limbo between countries where insurance policies are vague or non-existent and surgeons guilty of malpractice are rarely held accountable. Complications from plastic surgeries abroad that include diseases and disfigurations leave patients

Link: https://medium.com/@michael.krumholtz/turismo-est%C3%A9tico-un-riesgoso-viaje-que-puede-convertirse-en-una-pesadilla-legal-f7d32ef3326a

Cultivating Hope, Weaving Peace: Colombian Educators Building Pathways To Teach About The Armed Conflict, Laura Vesga Villalba

Master's Theses

Communities affected by conflict require additional educational support in order to adequately reflect on their situation and learn peacebuilding skills. Research is needed to examine how peacebuilding education is being approached through an intergenerational lens, to address the trauma that is carried throughout generations and the healing and reconciliation that may be brought about through successful critical peacebuilding education programs. The purpose of this study is to analyze the formal and informal educational approaches to teaching about the armed conflict in Colombia. The research methodology for this study was phenomenological research conducted through semi-structured interviews. Results illustrated that educational approaches …

Access To Antibiotics Without Prescription For Travelers And Colombian Citizens At Community Pharmacies In Bogota, Colombia, Marie Kasbaum

Dissertations & Theses (Open Access)

The misuse of antibiotics has been shown to exacerbate the global antibiotic resistance crisis, which could have major consequences on public health worldwide (Auta et al., 2018). In Bogotá, Colombia, the non-prescription sale of antibiotics still occurs in pharmacies despite national regulations requiring a prescription from a physician or health agency before dispensing antibiotics to a patient (Vacca et al., 2011). The purpose of this study was to investigate the non-prescription sale of antibiotics in community pharmacies to foreign travelers and Colombian citizens in Bogotá, Colombia. Trained Simulated Clients (SCs) gathered experimental data in pharmacies distributed throughout 20 geographic districts …

On The Need For Human Rights To Constitute Structural Change: Lessons For Colombia From The Arab Spring’S Failures, Anthony Chase

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Transitional processes have nowhere failed as spectacularly than in the wake of the Arab Spring's "revolutions." Contrary to popular expectations, these revolutions gave way to counter-revolutions rather than transitions to democracy and pluralistic politics. This article argues that, by settling for transitions to mere formal democracies, an opportunity was lost to engage in necessary structural change. While understandable that transitional processes shied away from addressing controversial issues -- including how to translate diversity in religious, gender, sexual, and ideological domains into the foundation of new political communities -- not doing so was a fatal error as it left untouched preexisting …

Linkages To The Mining Sector In Colombia, Nicolas Maennling, Perrine Toledano

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications

At the request of the Colombian Government and with the support of GIZ, CCSI prepared a policy brief focused on linkages from the mining sector in Colombia. The brief gives an overview of existing regulatory requirements, government policies and company programs to foster economic and infrastructure linkages. Based on the findings, the brief provides suggestions for next steps if the government is to develop a more comprehensive linkage creation program.

Análisis De Los Lineamientos Metodológicos De La Comisión Para El Esclarecimiento De La Verdad, La Convivencia Y La No Repetición En Colombia, Mauricio Hernández Pérez

Revista de la Universidad de La Salle

A causa del conflicto armado interno, Colombia ha implementado prácticas memoriales y de verdad que se pueden identificar como tecnologías políticas de la verdad y la memoria. Con base en esto, en el artículo se analizan los lineamientos metodológicos de la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No Repetición (CEV). Se procede mediante un enfoque cualitativo de orden descriptivo, interpretativo y analítico para abordar el documento Lineamientos metodológicos. Escuchar, reconocer y comprender para transformar de la CEV (2019). Desde el aspecto metodológico, se identifica hasta qué punto la CEV contribuirá a complementar las “zonas grises” …

Vocación Del Investigador: Llamado A La Solución De Los Problemas Del Entorno, Luis Carlos Villamil Jiménez

Revista de la Universidad de La Salle

La labor del investigador desde la perspectiva lasallista constituye el punto central del presente artículo. Se expone la cronología del trabajo de La Salle en Colombia desde fines del siglo XIX, con énfasis en hechos y personajes que marcaron un hito en la investigación biológica, como el hermano Apolinar María; también la labor en la educación, con énfasis en la Universidad de La Salle y sus objetivos misionales, para los que el quehacer del profesor se convierte en una opción de vida que posibilita ver lo extraordinario de lo cotidiano, pensar con innovación, aprender por descubrimiento y lograr, mediante su …

Banco Terminológico De Series Y Subseries Documentales Para El Sector Judicial Colombiano, Caso. Altas Cortes Corte Suprema De Justicia, Consejo De Estado, Corte Constitucional Y Consejo Superior De La Judicatura, Victor Manuel Aponte Lopez

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

No abstract provided.

El Cubio Como Una Alternativa Productiva Sostenible En Condiciones De Agricultura Urbana De Bogotá, Santiago Sáenz-Torres, Alfredo López-Molinello, Lena Prieto-Contreras, Tulio Rodríguez

Equidad y Desarrollo

El cubio (Tropaeolum tuberosum) es una especie vegetal nativa que representa posibilidades de valor agregado como alternativa de reconversión productiva agroindustrial para pequeños productores en los frágiles ecosistemas de la alta montaña colombiana y de los habitantes urbanos de Bogotá. Como las otras especies de raíces y tubérculos andinos, el cubio es poseedor de una gran riqueza nutricional superior a los productos agrícolas tradicionales. Los resultados indican un buen comportamiento de la especie en condiciones edafoclimáticas adversas, la tolerancia al ataque de plagas y enfermedades y una excelente calidad y productividad del producto cosechado. Fue mayor la producción con la …

Changes To Landscape And Its Effects On Environmental Sustainability, Angela Maria Cortes-Gomez

English Language Institute

Since about the 1960´s the changes in landscapes have been more intense and have affected biodiversity due to society becoming increasingly urbanized. At the same time natural ecosystems have deteriorated (Metzger et al., 2006, Laurance et al. 2014). Reducing environmental change is one of the most important sustainability pillars of our world because all societies and businesses depend on the natural system for well-being. The complexity of this problem, arises as a result of diverse cultural, political and social factors. In this poster, I focus on how agriculture has transformed landscapes and decrease global sustainability.

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts and Humanities News (2012-2023)

• Student participates in Volunteer Teachers for the Countryside program
• Georgia Southern students immerse themselves in the Barranquilla culture

A Taxonomic Revision Of The Genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) In Ecuador, Brock Mashburn

Theses

The genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) consists of approximately 120 species of herbaceous trailing shrubs, found mostly in cloud forests from Guatemala to Peru. Taxonomic work is difficult for the genus because of its relatively recent diversification (5–12 mya) and the morphological lability of its species. The last monograph for the genus was completed in 1943, followed periodically by country-level treatments. For Ecuador, the most recent treatment of Burmeistera was nearly 40 years ago, in Stig Jeppesen’s 1981 treatment in the Flora of Ecuador. Jeppesen’s treatment recognized 32 species and subspecies. Since then, nine new species have been described and hundreds of …

A Case-Study Approach To Investigate Transmission, Co-Infection, And Clinical Sequelae During Epidemics Of Dengue And Ebola Virus Disease, Jennifer Elizabeth Giovanni

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

From within their ecologic niches, zoonotic viruses emerge from animal reservoirs into the edges and centers of human habitation to exploit opportunities for unabated transmission within immunologically–naïve populations. Our understanding of where, in whom, and how these viruses emerge is under direct challenge, driving the evolution of modern infectious disease epidemiology within a rapidly-connected global community. The studies presented herein are based on analyses of both aggregate and case-level data, which, we argue, provide unique insight into the complexities of transmission, co-infection, and clinical sequelae occurring within, and arising from, epidemics of emerging zoonotic viruses. In Chapter II, we investigate …

Avocado Root Rot: Steep, Rocky Terrain And Biodiversity Help Protect Small Farmers In Post-Conflict Colombia, Morgan Frankel

Master's Theses

In recent years, small avocado producers in coastal Colombia returned to their farms after decades of war to discover they must battle the pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi devastating their trees. While this disease is well-described in the U.S., Australia, and Europe, no previous research has examined environmental correlates of P. cinnamomi in avocado in the diverse tropical agroecosystem of the Colombian Montes de Maria. I used agroecosystem inventory, in-field diagnostics, and disease observations to describe avocado agroecosystem diversity and identify relationships among P. cinnamomi presence, root rot disease, slope, pH, soil compaction, elevation, and distance to the household in remote smallholder …

Estudio Variacionista Sobre Las Formas De Tratamiento En Buga, Colombia, Diego Vargas Barona

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

En el español actual existen variedades que exhiben un sistema tripartito compuesto por las formas de tratamiento tú, usted y vosque abreviamos FTt, FTv, FTu. En Colombia se muestra una variación mayor en el uso de estas formas de tratamiento. En este estudio se examinan las formas de tratamiento en el español que se habla en Buga, Colombia, particularmente las variables sociolingüísticas externas e internas que influyen en el uso de la FTu y la FTv. Los datos para el presente trabajo fueron recogidos a través de grabaciones de emisiones de habla espontánea y real. El Paquete Estadístico y data …

El Reajuste De La Derecha Colombiana. El Éxito Electoral Del Uribismo, Laura Gamboa Gutierrez

Political Science Faculty Publications

Objetivo/contexto: este artículo busca explicar el éxito electoral de Iván Duque en las elecciones de 2018. La victoria del candidato uribista es paradójica por dos razones. Primero, Duque hizo campaña contra el proceso de paz, uno de los logros más importantes en la historia reciente colombiana y un paso importante para reducir la violencia y fortalecer la democracia del país. Segundo, Duque era el candidato más inexperto de la derecha. Logró derrotar a políticos más visibles, con más trayectoria y mejor acceso a maquinarias electorales. Metodología: El texto presenta un estudio de caso que triangula información de fuentes primarias y …

Interweaving Personal And Community Transformation In A Capability Approach: An Education For Development Case Study In Colombia, Stephanie M. Pirroni

Doctoral Dissertations

Due to the rise of unemployment and underemployment among growing youth populations in conflict-affected areas in the Global South, education systems that prepare young people for the worlds of work in both the formal and informal economies are gaining prominence in international development agendas. The rationale that underlies many agencies that make of use of education for work programs is rooted in a belief that work opportunities will deter people from violence. Research points out, however, that such programs often framed in outdated modes of development, narrowly focused on economic growth, are not conducive to dignified working opportunities for young …

Oral Interview With Catherine Guerrero Rivera Waters, Julia Reichley

Latino Voices in the Community: Latino Oral History Project

The interview with Catherine Waters was done by Zoom, an online video conferencing software. The interviewee was in her home in Fort Wayne, IN and the interviewer was in her apartment in Cincinnati, OH at the time of the interview. Catherine Water’s spouse was with their children. Catherine Water’s story is one of love that caused her to immigrate to the United States. Now, she is a wife and a mother to three children and continues to practice the importance of family in her new home in the United States.

Geospatial Modeling Of Land Cover Change In The Chocó-Darien Global Ecoregion Of South America; One Of Most Biodiverse And Rainy Areas In The World, José Camilo Fagua, R. Douglas Ramsey

Ecology Center Publications

The tropical rain forests of northwest South America fall within the Chocó-Darien Global Ecoregion (CGE). The CGE is one of 25 global biodiversity hotspots prioritized for conservation due to its high biodiversity and endemism as well as threats due to deforestation. The analysis of land-use and land-cover (LULC) change within the CGE using remotely sensed imagery is challenging because this area is considered to be one of the rainiest places on the planet (hence high frequency of cloud cover). Furthermore, the availability of high-resolution remotely sensed data is low for developing countries before 2015. Using the Random Forest ensemble learning …

Pobreza En La Infancia: Enfoques Y Aproximaciones Conceptuales, Henry Laverde Rojas, John Jairo Gómez Ríos, Alexander Sellamén Garzón

Equidad y Desarrollo

Este artículo presenta una aproximación al estado de la cuestión a partir de la revisión de literatura nacional e internacional sobre el origen y la evolución del concepto pobreza en la infancia en el marco de la calidad de vida. De la misma manera, se desarrolla una reseña sobre las aproximaciones al estudio de la pobreza en la infancia en Colombia, los enfoques teóricos y las metodologías empleadas para su medición. El documento concluye con algunas posiciones crítico-constructivas para el desarrollo de futuras investigaciones.

The Democratization Of Suffering Through Art Practices, Laura Kanost, Lucía Garavito

Center for Engagement and Community Development

Colombia has experienced nearly six decades of violent confrontations between agents of the State, the paramilitary, guerrilla groups, and narcotraffickers. Between 1958 and 2018 there were 4,210 massacres, 214,584 civilians and 46,675 combatants killed, 79,245 civilians “disappeared,” and over seven million internally displaced individuals.

Almost 70% of this violence has occurred in rural areas, far from urban centers where the population is concentrated. This cartography correlates to polarization between sectors that experienced armed conflict, and sectors that witnessed these events mainly through the media. These contrasting experiences shape views on peace and reconciliation.

Art can bridge these “two Colombias” through …

The Effects Of Rurality And Cost Of Transportation On Time Of Evolution And Disease Complexity At Diagnosis For Cutaneous Leishmaniasis In Colombia, Miguel Paredes

Public Health Theses

Patients in Colombia affected by cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) face significant geopolitical and socioeconomic barriers to accessing diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to understand how the geosocial characteristics of a patient’s area of residence affect time to medical consultation and disease status at consultation. An observational cross-sectional study was performed of individuals with CL who consulted at a local clinical referral center (CIDEIM) in Cali and Tumaco, Colombia. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariable simple and ordinal logistic regression analyses were done to examine how area of residence (urban or rural) and cost of transportation to the nearest urban center may influence …

Dándoles Más De Lo Que Pidieron: La Justicia Epistemológica En El Abrazo De La Serpiente De Ciro Guerra, Ryan Bradley Pinchot

ETD Archive

Tras la nominación de El abrazo de la serpiente de Ciro Guerra a mejor película extranjera en los premios Óscar en 2016, muchos críticos periodistas colombianos celebraron el filme, a menudo enfatizando el cuidado con el que el director retrató a los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía. Es cierto que la obra plasma un diálogo muchas veces didáctico entre personajes arquetípicos—dos científicos de Occidente y un chamán indígena—y que Guerra retrata en la diégesis, así como provoca en el público, un evento políticamente productivo, lo que el estudioso Boaventura de Sousa Santos denomina una “ruptura epistémica”. Por otro lado, el …

Cartagena De Indias, Fabian Asdrubal, Gabriel Williams, Alvaro Regalado

History from Below: Memorialization Projects

This memorial depicts a pedestal which is supporting a wide pan of sugarcane and gold coins. At the bottom of the pedestal is a set of handcuffs that are wrapped around the pedestal. This memorial relates back to the overall project as it is a figurative representation of slavery in Colombia.

El Esclavo De Caribe, Kanise Triplett, Makenzie Bailey, Amaris Daniels, Jasmine Harris

History from Below: Memorialization Projects

Focusing on the Caribbean aspect of the slave trade, Columbia was one of the most prominent locations that held enslaved people. Over 4,877,836 enslaved peoples were taken to the Caribbean.

This memorial is at the la quinta de san pedro in Santa Marta Colombia. This place is an old hacienda that that was worked on by slaves.

Ciudadanos: Constructing The Nation At The Margin Of The State In Venezuela, Colombia, And Mexico, 1846-1870, Duncan Riley

Departmental Honors Projects

Recently, there has been significant historical inquiry into the political role plebeians played in early republican Latin America. However, the role of plebeians in liberal nation-building efforts in the early 19^th century has received far less attention. This study addresses this question through case studies of Ezequiel Zamora in Venezuela, Ramón Mercado in Colombia, and Juan Álvarez in Mexico. Each of these men, as local leaders of liberal societies in rural areas, interacted directly with plebeians in their efforts to build national liberal political movements, acting as mediators between national liberal parties and their plebeian supporters. Through this interaction …

Wonderedge, Grace E. Butler

Oswald Research and Creativity Competition

In the city of Medellín, Colombia, Library Parks were formed as a way of promoting inclusive urbanism. A total of ten parks were produced, one being Biblioteca España. Placed on a steep slope, Biblioteca España had structural failure that caused its collapse. WonderEdge was created as a solution for the replacement of Biblioteca España.

Medellín is known as the “City of Eternal Spring” with an average temperature of 70 degrees occuring year-round. Using this knowledge, WonderEdge was formed to promote the outdoor experience and with that, the view that is produced by the slope. WonderEdge is about the experience that …

Análisis Bibliométrico Del Repositorio Digital Redalyc Sobre El Narcotráfico En Colombia Y México (2010-2016), Yeimmy Patricia Cruz García, John Jairo Gómez Castro

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

La presente exploración surgió de la necesidad de instruirse en la calidad de la producción científica, teniendo en cuenta que en la actualidad la masificación de esta recopilación se considera que crece exponencialmente. El objeto de estudio que se eligió fue el repositorio digital de acceso libre Redalyc; a su vez este se abordó a través de un análisis bibliométrico partiendo de aquellos artículos indexados que respondieron a la temática del narcotráfico en un periodo comprendido entre los años 2010 al 2016, esto con la finalidad de poner en práctica algunos de los indicadores bibliométricos (producción, circulación, circulación e impacto); …

Cambios Estructurales En El Mercado Laboral Y Su Incidencia En Los Niveles De Pobreza Y Desigualdad Para El Sector Rural Colombiano 2002 - 2016, Kelly Yanory García Gómez

Maestría en Estudios y Gestión del Desarrollo – MEGD

Este documento analiza los cambios estructurales en el mercado laboral rural colombiano ocurridos entre 2002 y 2016, así como su incidencia en los niveles de pobreza monetaria y desigualdad del ingreso durante este período. Para ello se emplean microdatos de la Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares para el dominio rural con los cuales se modela econométricamente la estructura del empleo y las remuneraciones del mercado de trabajo en el año base 2002. Siguiendo la metodología desarrollada por Isaza-Castro (2018), los coeficientes obtenidos para el mercado de trabajo en 2002 se aplican a la estructura sociodemográfica de la población rural presente …

A Compendium Of Opera In Spain And Latin America, Michelle S. Smith

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Spain and Latin America have a rich operatic tradition, however this opulent body of operatic work is mostly overlooked or ignored in mainstream histories of opera. This document focuses on opera in Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. Opera was both composed and performed in Spain and Latin America, and both regions demonstrate the development of national opera traditions. Spanish drama was closely linked to the beginnings of national opera, and Italian influence is evident in opera compositions from both regions. The output of national operas varies by country, with Spain, Mexico, and Argentina claiming the majority of …