La política de las políticas públicas: propuesta teórica y metodológica para el estudio de las políticas públicas en países de frágil institucionalidad

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New alternative for human identification. Investigator IDplex Kit - QIAGEN® reproducibility: Latin American interlaboratory study

In 2010 QIAGEN® launched to eight kits of different combinations of STRs, including the Investigator IDplex Kit. This kit allows amplification in one PCR 16 markers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of Investigator IDplex Kit among Latin America laboratories. In the framework of the 'III International Theoretical-Practice Course in Populations Genetic and Biologicals Filiations' in Medellín-Colombia, all participants were invited to evaluate the reproducibility of this kit, they were provided of the necessary materials for the study. The results reported by participating were tabulated for the study the reproducibility. Results and comments were received on the agreed date of 12 of the 22 laboratories registered, one participant submits comments only. Some laboratories reported greater sensitivity Investigator IDplex Kit compared with other kits containing similar markers, also highlight the easy adaptability to existing conditions in laboratories, without involving major changes to its implementation. This paper shows the high reproducibility of Investigator IDplex Kit, a new tool offered by QIAGEN® for all laboratories that perform human identification testing and biological relationship testing using DNA markers. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.

El problema de la habitación en los países capitalistas periféricos: sobre sus causas reales y sus posibles soluciones

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Especial instrumentos de política y estrategias

Evolución de políticas y agendas nacionales de TIC en la región. Columna de opinión: Desafíos para crear instrumentos de política y estrategias. Se inicia programa @LIS2, con 3 proyectos para impulsar la Sociedad de la Información. Se realizará la primera reunión del eLAC2010, en Santiago este abril. Columna de opinión: Diplomacia no gubernamental como herramienta política para el cambio social. OSILAC lanzará sistema estadístico en línea para apoyar el diseño de políticas en TIC. eLAC2010 enfrenta la problemática de los residuos tecnológicos. Desafíos para la implementación de políticas nacionales en TIC. Guatemala por lanzar su primera política nacional en TIC. Autoridades firman acuerdo regional de Innovación en la CEPAL. Presupuesto participativo resulta en telecentros para Medellín. Noticias breves del mundo de las TIC. Últimas publicaciones sobre políticas y estrategias TIC.

Contaminación microbiana en las líneas de agua de las unidades odontológicas

Introduction and Objective: Microorganisms are responsible for multiple infections and pathologies; this is why it is important to control microbes that can be found in the triple syringe used for irrigation in different dental procedures. The aim of this study was to identify cultivable species of microbes (fungus and bacteria) found in some dental units water lines of a private dental clinic from Medellín, Colombia. Materials and Methods: Random samples were taken from 11 chairs from a total of 89; a sample of water of 500ml was collected from the triple syringe of each selected chair. The study aim to search for the presence of total coliforms, filamentous fungi and leavened Results: the average presence of microorganisms was between 40CFU and more of 200 CFU. Microorganisms such as Aeromona salmonicida, Actinobacilus sp and Pseudomona maltophil were isolated. No total coliforms neither fecal coliforms were found. Conclusions: the high levels of contamination suggest that there is a mature biofilm in somewhere of the dental unit water line, but the absence of total and fecalis coliforms suggest that the water had been treated.

La pesca continental en Colombia: entre la diversidad y la pobreza

Doctor en Biología por la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canari. Es profesor titular del Departamento de Ciencias forestales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Medellín).