Archaeology of Santa Marta, Colombia; the Tairona culture. -- / by J. Alden Mason --

v.20:no.3(1939)

Intraspecific and interspecific variation in the Cryptotis nigrescens species complex of small-eared shrews (Insectivora, Soricidae) : with the description of a new species from Colombia / Neal Woodman, Robert M. Timm.

n.s. no.74(1993)

Estudos sobre tuberculose: variações do poder catalasico do sangue na infeção tuberculosa e relações que esse poder mantem com a cráse morfolojica sanguinea

Fermentos oxidantes-Fermentos oxidantes diretos e indiretos. Peroxidases e catalases-Localização desses fermentos-Distribuição desses fermentos nos organs dos animais são e dos infectados por tuberculose cronica. Catalases do sangue-Catalase do sangue nos casos de tuberculose pulmonar-Tecnica de JOLLES-Variações do poder catalasico do sangue do coelho normal-Observações-Variações do poder catalasico do sangue do coelho com infeção tuberculosa aguda (tipo YERSIN). Observações. Conclusões. Bibliografia.

Poderá o carrapato transmitir a lepra?: isolamento e cultura dum bacilo acido-álcool resistente de sedimento de "Amblyomma cajennense" capturado em leproso: 2ª nota

In this 2nd note upon the possibility of transmission of human leprosy by ticks, the A. relates his stepps to obtain the collaboration of his colleagues working in leprosaria in various States of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay in such studies. Firstly the A. describes the positive results of examination of sediment of ticks, the cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1888), received from Paraná (Leprosário São Roque) , which were put on active lepers, two of them sucking during 9 days and one during 7 days. Two out of three were killed for examination and were very strongly positive for acid-fast bacilli. A series of tubes of Loewenstein medium was smeared with the sediment of such ticks. Secondly the A. relates his personnal experiment, carried out in Rio de Janeiro, trying to infect normal ticks in lepers. The experiment with Boophilus microplus was negative and was twicely positive the experiment with Amblyomma cajennense Fabricius, 1794. The experiment is being in progress and will be continued in other places of Brazil. Finally, after being given the general characteristics of Boophilus microplus, the A. describes the non-chromogenic culture of a acid-fast bacillus isolated by him from sediment of ticks (Amblyomma cajennense) captured in lepers from Colônia Santa Isabel (Minas gerais), which parasitism was spontaneous. The first isolation was obtained in Loewenstein medium after 62 days incubation at 37°C. The culture is pure and the bacillus is permanent acid-fast. The plate1, in full color, represents this culture in its four generations. The colonies are pearl-white in color, dry, elevated and rough, developing slowly and beginning as white pinhead points scattered upon the surface of the medium. The culture is not yet rich enough to be inoculated into laboratory animals, which will be done when possible.

Poderá o carrapato transmitir a lepra?: mais quatro amostras de culturas de bacilos acido-alcool resistentes obtidas de carrapatos (2 de "Amblyomma cajennense"e 2 de "Boophilus microplus") infectados em leprosos do Paraná: 3ª nota

The AA. carried out experiments in the leprosarium São Roque, State of Paraná, South Brazil, to verify if the cattle tick Boophilus microplus could be experimentally infected in lepers, which was true. The AA. Tried also to be ascertained if Boophilus microplus and Amblyomma cajennense could change of hosts during their feedings which was true, both ticks continue feeding, the last species for many days, after being transferred from one to another leper. The junior A. describes in full their experiments and also a dermatites caused by tick bites. The senior A. brought to Rio de Janeiro most of the infected ticks for examination, which revealed a very high positivity. He smeared the sediments of lots of both species of ticks in Loewenstein medium and after a variable periode of incubation at 37° C. he obtained four new samples of cultures of acid-fast organisms, two from Amblyomma cajennense and two from Boophilus microplus. These cultures are being studied and will be inoculated into laboratory animals. The senior A. inoculated new batches of white rats with sediments of many ticks infected in lepers. Various hypotheses of both previous notes upon the subject now are verified facts. The A. is accumulating facts to draw the conclusions in the future. He also suggested the leprosy workers in the interior of the country to cooperate with him in such important studies, specially in the habitat of lepers in the rural zones of various States.

El Bienestar del hogar y los funcionamientos elementales de la Infancia y juventud en edad escolar: aplicación de un Modelo de Estructura de Covarianza (MEC) al caso del departamento de Antioquia- Colombia

En la investigación planteo que el logro de las capacidades de los niños y jóvenes está sujeto a su entorno familiar, de manera que el bienestar del hogar en el espacio de los funcionamientos influye en los niveles de salud y de educación de los niños y jóvenes en edad escolar. La primera parte, es el marco basado en el enfoque de capacidades, donde se establece un soporte teórico entre el bienestar de la infancia y las capacidades. La segunda, es la aplicación de un Modelo de Estructura de Covarianza (MEC), aplicado al caso de Antioquia-Colombia. Palabras

Municipi, corts i monarquia. Una anàlisi comparada de les relacions de poder entre els regnes de la Corona d'Aragó

Estudi realitzat a partir d’una estada Istituto di Storia dell'Europa Mediterranea - CNR, Itàlia, entre 2006 i 2008. L’objectiu principal d’aquest projecte és profunditzar en el coneixement de les relacions de poder que es teixeixen entre la Monarquia, les assemblees de Corts i les ciutats de la Corona d’Aragó durant el regnat d’Alfons el Magnànim. La recerca ha permès elaborar un estudi comparatiu de les dites relacions entre els estats italians i els territoris peninsulars de l’esmentada Corona, donant un pes rellavant a la documentació urbana dels territoris italians, escassament estudiada fins al moment. Un altre punt clau d’aquest estudi és l’anàlisi de la figura del síndic enviat a corts, essent el representant municipal a les dites assemblees el nexe d’unió entre la ciutat, els tres estats i el rei. Des del punt de vista metodològic, s’ha prioritzat l’estudi documental i bibliogràfic sobre Sardenya, si bé també s'ha procedit a un estudi sobre les fonts del Regne de Sicília i de Nàpols. Els resultats d’aquest treball es concentren especialment en la posició econòmica, prosopografia i estratègies de poder de l’elit que controla el govern municipal de les ciutas reials, així mateix com en el tipus de relació que aquest grup social estableix amb la monarquia i l’administració reial. Les conclusions assenyalen que el poder de la monarquia sobre les seves ciutats a Sardenya durant aquest període és major respecte a altres estats ibèrics de la Corona, en especial Catalunya. D’altra banda, l’elit que controla el govern urbà presenta un grau d’enobliment també superior, lligat al fet de la recent conquesta de l’illa. Els sistemes electius dins del municipi són pràcticament idèntics als catalans (...)

Ecology of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)in a focus of Leishmania (Viannia) brasiliensis in northeastern Colombia

The phlebotomine sand fly fauna of two coffee plantations in a Leishmania-endemic area of Norte de Santander, Colombia was studied. Regular insect collections using a variety of methods were made for three and a half years. Information was obtained on diurnal resting sites, host range and seasonal abundance for 17 species, of wich five (Lutzomyia spinicrassa, Lu. serrana,Lu. shannoni, Lu. ovallesi and Lu. gomezi) were far more numerous than the others, anthropophilic and present throughout the year. The behaviour of these and the remaining 12 species is discussed in relation to their potential role in transmission of Leishmania (Viannia) brasiliensis in the area.