a Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia b Programa de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia c Faculty of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg and Stendal, Germany d Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases, Leipzig University Medical Center, Germany e...

1 General Surgery Resident at the Universidad de la Sabana in Chia, Colombia [email protected] 2 Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Endoscopy at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (National Cancer Institute) in Bogotá, Colombia 3 Department of Oncological Pathology at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología in Bogotá, Colombia 4 Specialist in Training Gastrointestinal Surgeo...

1 Biodiversity and Biocultural Conservation Laboratory, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America, 2 Environmental Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America, 3 Laboratorio de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Departamento de Zoologı́a, Instituto de Biologı́a, Facultad de Medicina, Doctor...

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...

Human behavior plays a key role in the dynamics of dengue transmission. However, research on the relationship between human movement and dengue transmission within endemic countries is limited. From January 2008 to December 2011, the authors of this study conducted a retrospective analysis of imported dengue infections in Bogotá, Colombia. Bogotá is a vector-transmission-free city that is also ...

* Full Time Professor at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá (Colombia). E-mail: [email protected] ** Full Time Professor at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia. E-mail: [email protected] *** Electronic Engineer, Full Time Professor at Universidad de Pamplona (Colombia). E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper...

1Neurosurgeon-Critical Care, RED LATINO, Latin American Trauma & Intensive Neuro-Care Organization, Bogotá, Colombia 2Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico 3Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 4Department of Neurosurgery, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 5Nurse, Universidad Popular del Cesar, Valledupar, Colombia 6Department...

BACKGROUND The situation of abdominal sepsis secondary to colonic perforation sometimes forces treat the patient with multiple interventions in the open abdomen (OA) context. Correct management of OA is important to restore the patient's clinical situation and to avoid further complications of the abdominal wall. Delayed primary closure of the abdomen using a dynamic and progressive traction is...

This essay presents an analysis of the evolution of environmental health management in Colombia, covering the period from the introduction of the Colombian Healthcare Code (1979) to laws 99 and 100 in 1993 and the introduction of Environmental Health Policy in Bogotá DC (2011). It proposes a conceptual model for environmental health management at three levels: proximal (physical, chemical and b...