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Evaluation of community - based strategies for Aedes aegypti control inside houses
(Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2009)Introduction: Dengue viruses transmitted principally by the urban mosquito Aedes aegypti, cause one of the major public health problems confronting tropical cities. Insecticide spraying has been the mainstay of mosquito ... -
Evaluación del triflumurón y la mezcla de Bacillus thuringiensis más Bacillus sphaericus para el control de las formas immaduras de Aedes aegypti y culex quinquefasciatus en sumideros en Cali, Colombia
(Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2008)Introduction. In Cali, Colombia, catch basins (streetside storm drains) are one of the main larval habitats of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus. Since 1999, these mosquitoes have been controlled by the Secretaría ... -
Validación del método analítico para la determinación del valsartán en plasma humano por HPLC/UV con adición de estándar empleando losartán como estándar interno
(Universidad del Valle, 2007)The validation concept refers to the statistical evaluation of the results obtained in the application of analytic technics, by appropriately documented and demonstrative tests that a method is sufficiently reliable to ... -
Seroprevalencia de infección por Leptospira en habitantes de barrios periféricos de Cali
(Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2006)Introduction. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with varying modes of transmission and clinical expression, which affects humans inhabiting urban and rural areas worldwide, In Colombia, little is known regarding ... -
Estudio comparativo, cruzado, doble ciego, al azar para determinar la bioequivalencia entre dos formulaciones de Valsartán en tabletas y cápsulas
(Universidad del Valle, 2006)Introduction: Bioequivalence or compared equivalence studies are used to demonstrate claims that the new product, named generic product, will have the same bioavailability as the reference product, named brand product. ... -
Disponibilidad de la información ¿un cuello de botella para la investigación y evaluación en políticas de salud?
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2005)Does the lack of availability of information represent a bottleneck for research and evaluation in health policy? Objectives This article describes the difficulties encountered in obtaining information about health ... -
Infección por Bordetella pertussis en contactos domiciliarios de casos de tosferina en el suroccidente de la ciudad de Cali Colombia 2006 - 2007
(Universidad del Valle, 2011)Introduction: Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough or convulsive cough, a contagious and immune-preventable disease. It is one of the 10 leading causes of death among children younger than one year of age, when not ... -
HIV testing and counselling in Colombia : evidence from a national health survey and recommendations for health - care services
(SAGE Publications, 2012)The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of, and the factors associated with HIV testing and pre- and post-test counselling (PPTC) in Colombia. Cross-sectional data from the National Health Survey carried ... -
Pensamiento en salud pública de los precursores "sabios" de la independencia Colombiana
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2010)Objective Ascertaining the "learned" forerunners of Colombian independence's thoughts about health problems in Nueva Granada's population during the last years of colonial Spanish government. Methodology Historical ... -
Derecho a la salud, justicia sanitaria y globalización : un debate pendiente
(Universidad de Antioquia, 2011)This paper, as a theoretical review, presents an approach to the issue of the right to health within the framework of health justice in today’s globalization. To this end, some of the effects of globalization on people’s ... -
Determinantes del trabajo infantil y la escolaridad : el caso del Valle del Cauca en Colombia
(Universidad de Manizales, 2014)A Colômbia, como a maioria dos países latino-americanos e consciente das repercussões sociais e econômicas negativas conseqüentes do trabalho infantil, se tem comprometida na luta para a erradicação deste fenômeno. Uma ... -
El capital social organizacional de la pequeña empresa innovadora : Un ensayo de medición en la ciudades de Cali y Medellín
(Universidad Icesi, 2013)This paper applies the concept of social capital in organizations. A tool for measuring the cultural aspects of this intangible capital is proposed using a Likert-type scale. A questionnaire was applied to a sample of small ... -
Factores que inciden en la creación de Born Global en Colombia
(Universidad Icesi, 2009)This research paper examines the factors and conditions that affect the expansion of Born Global firms in Colombia and how they can be assured of success in this national market. The author uses a model of ... -
Cómo una microempresa logró un desarrollo de productos ágil y generador de valor empleando Lean
(Universidad Icesi, 2014)This paper presents an example of a small company transforming its product development system tomake it more agile, flexible, and value-generating using Lean. We used the generic product developmentsystem, the traditional ... -
Influencia de la capacidad de absorción sobre la innovación : un análisis empírico en las mipymes Colombianas
(Universidad Icesi, 2014)This article presents the absorptive capacity as a multidimensional construct, and aims to determine thepresence of this capacity in Colombian SMEs and its relationship with innovation, being one of the firststudies in ... -
Los determinantes de la orientación exportadora y los resultados en las pymes exportadoras en Colombia
(Universidad Icesi, 2014)tBased on the concept of market orientation defined in the field of international marketing, this articleanalyzes the determinants of export orientation and its influence on the business performance of expor-ting SMEs in ... -
Las pymes manufactureras de la CAPV ante el reto de la internacionalización
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Factores que influyen en el desarrollo exportador de las pymes en Colombia
(Universidad Icesi, 2014)The purpose of this article is to identify the factors influencing export development of small and mediumenterprises (SMEs) with early internationalization in Colombia. Through the use of the information inclu-ded in the ... -
Community socioeconomic context and its influence on intermediary determinants of child health : evidence from Colombia
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)Intermediary determinants are the most immediate mechanisms through which socioeconomic position shapes health inequities. This study examines the effect of community socioeconomic context on different indicators representing ... -
Individual and local level factors and antenatal care use in Colombia : a multilevel analysis
(Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014)This paper examined the association between individual and local level factors and the number of antenatal care visits completed by women in Colombia using data from the 2010 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey and ...
