Juan J. Bravo-Suárez Centro de Investigaciones en Catálisis, Escuela de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Industrial de Santander, A.A. 678 Bucaramanga, Colombia and Environmental Catalysis and Nanomaterials Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0211 Edgar A. Páez-Mozo Centro de Investigaciones en Catálisis,...

1 Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, Max Planck Tandem Group in Computational Biology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, Center for Genome Sciences and ...

1 Laboratory of NeuroPsychiatric Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Research Group, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia, 2 PhD Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia, 3 Global Drug Development, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America, 4 Department of Pharmacy, Universit...

CFD Modelling of Nanoparticles Dispersion in a Dust Explosion Apparatus Carlos Murillo, Olivier Dufaud, Omar López, Laurent Perrin, Alexis Vignes, Felipe Muñoz. Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Laboratoire des Sciences du Génie Chimique (LSGC), Nancy-Université, CNRS 1, rue Grandville, BP 20451, 54001 Nancy, France. Mechanical Engineering Department, Universi...

This paper describes the isolation and characterisation of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) in Colombia. The virus was isolated from a nasal swab and an aborted foetus of a pregnant mare imported from Argentina, with clinical signs of rhinopneumonitis. The new strain was characterised through culture and morphological, serological and immunocytochemical studies. Polymerase chain reaction and DNA re...

We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 912 in Colombia and Sweden, two countries differing in gender equality according to macro indices. We include four types of tasks that vary in gender stereotyping when looking at competitiveness: running, skipping rope, math and word search. We find that boys and girls are equally competitive in all tasks ...

Phylogenetic analysis of partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase c subunit I (COI) and nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences were used to evaluate initial identification and to investigate phylogenetic relationships of seven Anopheles morphospecies of the Arribalzagia Series from Colombia. Phylogenetic trees recovered highly supported clades for An. punctimaculas.s., An. calde...

A study of microfungi associated with living Eucalyptus leaves and leaf litter revealed several novel and interesting taxa. Cladoriella eucalypti gen. et sp. nov. is described as a Cladosporium-like genus associated with litter collected in South Africa, while Fulvoflamma eucalypti gen. et. sp. nov. is newly described from leaf litter collected in Spain. Beta-conidia are newly reported for spec...

Colombia simultaneously faces the challenge of controlling both the communicable and non-communicable diseases. Information provided by the population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) of Colombia1-4 indicates that cancer is a major cause of morbidity in our region. Based on the information provided by the PBCRs of Colombia and taking into account mortality data from cancer, the Colombian Nationa...

OBJECTIVE The main goal of this research was to determine the frequency of hantavirus-specific antibodies in rodents from the municipality of San Marcos in the Sucre department of Colombia. METHODS 144 rodents were captured in San Marcos' urban and rural areas using Sherman traps between December 2007 and July 2009. "Virus sin Nombre" (SNV)-specific antibodies were detected in plasma samples ...