Five new species of Euplocania from Colombia belonging in four species groups are here described and illustrated. They increase to 22 the number of species described in the genus, thirteen of which are endemic to Colombia, with one species shared with Brazil and Peru. Three new species groups of Euplocania are here diagnosed. A key to the identification of males of Colombian Euplocania is inclu...

Claudia Zea was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1961. Graduated in 1988 as a Systems Engineer from EAFIT University with a Master’s degree in Technology in Education from the Antioquia University, awarded in 1994. She has participated in many international research projects such as the Horizon Project, RELPE, REPEAL, ALFA, CYTED and REDAL, as well as local projects envisioned towards the improvem...

About the theory and empirical analysis of " the persistence of profit " and its applicability to Colombia Abstract. This paper looks into the application of the theory of " the persistence of profits " and how it can be used to model manufacturing industries in Colombia. By explaining where the theory of " persistence of profits " comes from, what it is, and what its determinants are brief des...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between decentralization and equity of resource allocation in Colombia and Chile. METHODS The "decision space" approach and analysis of expenditures and utilization rates were used to provide a comparative analysis of decentralization of the health systems of Colombia and Chile. FINDINGS Evidence from Colombia and Chile suggests that decentralization, u...

The role of Anopheles triannulatus as a local vector has not yet been defined for malaria-endemic regions of Colombia. Therefore, the aim of this work was to detect An. triannulatus naturally infected with Plasmodium spp., as an approximation to determining its importance as malaria vector in the country. A total of 510 An. triannulatus were collected in six malaria-endemic localities of NW and...

The region of Antioquia in northeastern Colombia has the highest number of reported leptospirosis cases in the country. It also shows high seroprevalence indexes in the general population and socio-environmental conditions favourable for the transmission of the disease between humans and animals. In this study, 25 Leptospira isolates from Colombia's Antioquia department were identified to the s...

Southwestern Colombia and northern Ecuador were shaken by a shal-low-focus earthquake on 12 December 1979. The magnitude 8 shock, located near Tumaco, Colombia, was the largest in northwestern South America since 1942 and had been forecast to fill a seismic gap. Thrust faulting occurred on a 280- by 130-kilometer rectangular patch of a subduction zone that dips east beneath the Pacific coast of...

The frequencies of four mitochondrial Native American DNA haplogroups were determined in 1526 unrelated individuals from 11 Departments of Colombia and compared to the frequencies previously obtained for Amerindian and Afro-Colombian populations. Amerindian mtDNA haplogroups ranged from 74% to 97%. The lowest frequencies were found in Departments on the Caribbean coast and in the Pacific region...

The new genus Paraedessa is proposed, to include four species previously placed in Edessa. The new genus is characterized by males with the pygophore showing a lateral expansion of proctiger, and females with gonocoxites 8 reduced; gonapophyses 8 exposed and sclerotized. The species are very similar and their identification is possible only by comparing genitalia. New combinations proposed are ...

This paper focuses on the problem of rural energization in isolated regions of Colombia (Not interconnected zones – NIS). Using the Sustainable Livelihood approach we assess the situation of isolated communities before and after energization. Systems dynamics is used for simulating and evaluating energy policies. We apply our approach to the municipality of Jambaló in the Cauca Department, Colo...