Desde la Sentencia 228 del 2002 la Corte Constitucional establece unos nuevos parámetros que orientarán los Derechos de las víctimas dentro del proceso penal. De igual manera un amplio espectro del precedente judicial se encarga de establecer un cambio de paradigma en el señalamiento de los Derechos y facultades que tienen las víctimas dentro del Sistema Penal Acusatorio Ley 906 del 2004. De esta análisis de cara a lo señalado en el Artículo 42 de la Ley 600 del 2000 que mediante precedente judicial entro a establecer las directrices dentro de ...

Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted by insects of the family Reduviidae. Since conventional treatments with nitroheterocyclic drugs show serious adverse reactions and have questionable efficiency, different research groups have investigated polypeptide-based approaches to interfere with the parasite cell cycle in other Trypanosomatids. These strategies are supported by the fact that surface players are candidates ...

This paper highlights the benefits of multihead weighing, a packaging process based on the sum of weights of several individual hoppers wherein total weight of the packed product must be close to a specified target weight while complying with applicable regulations. The paper details into performance analysis and optimisation of new strategies for setting-up the process to achieve an optimal configuration of the machine. Three strategies, designed to optimise the packaging process, are analysed and compared in terms of supplying products ...

Diesel engine exhaust (DEE) is a complex mixture of toxic gases, halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, alkyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene derivatives, metals and diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) generated from the incomplete combustion of diesel fuel. Many of the compounds in this mixture can cause oxidative damage to DNA and are considered carcinogenic for humans. Further, chronic DEE exposure increases risks of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Despite these pervasive health risks, there is ...

Patients who have experienced an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are at very high risk of recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Dyslipidaemia, a major risk factor for CVD, is poorly controlled post ACS in countries outside Western Europe and North America, despite the availability of effective lipid-modifying therapies (LMTs) and guidelines governing their use. Recent guideline updates recommend that low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), the primary target for dyslipidaemia therapy, be reduced by C 50% and to \1.4 ...

La enfermedad renal crónica representa un verdadero estado inflamatorio y está relacionada con múltiples factores de riesgo cardiovascular. La enfermedad arterial coronaria es una de sus principales complicaciones y usualmente ha sido asociada con factores de riesgo cardiovascular no clásicos o propios de pacientes urémicos como las alteraciones del metabolismo del calcio y el fósforo, entre otros. Evidencia clínica reciente muestra que el depósito de grasa órgano específico, como el tejido adiposo epicárdico, es un factor de riesgo adicional a ...

The design of accessible walking routes needs to take into account the different stakeholders’ preferences and factors affecting walking. It is a complex issue which policy-makers should deal with to foster sustainable mobility. A participatory multicriteria decision analysis approach is presented to help the planning and designing of pedestrian routes, based on a sound analysis of factors affecting walking behavior and the attributes of the roads, and a stakeholder-driven evaluation of the same. A group of different stakeholders has been involved ...

Background. Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that can cause invasive infections and healthcareassociated outbreaks. Here, we describe 34 cases of pediatric C. auris bloodstream infections (BSIs) identified during July 2014– October 2017 in 2 hospitals in Colombia. Methods. We conducted a retrospective review of microbiology records for possible C. auris cases in 2 hospitals in Barranquilla and Cartagena. BSIs that occurred in patients aged <18 years confirmed as C. auris were included in this analysis. Results. We ...

Antecedentes y objetivo: Los datos sobre la distribución de las dislipidemias en Colombia sonlimitados. El objetivo primario de este estudio fue describir la frecuencia de las dislipidemias; los objetivos secundarios fueron: la frecuencia de comorbilidades cardiovasculares, el uso de estatinas y otros hipolipemiantes, la frecuencia de intolerancia a estatinas, el porcentaje de pacientes en metas de c-LDL, y estimar la distribución del riesgo cardiovascular (RCV).Materiales y métodos: Estudio transversal con recolección de datos retrospectiva que ...

Objective: To implement clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the timely detection and diag-nosis of eating disorders in adolescents and adults in the priority outpatient department of apublic psychiatric hospital in Barranquilla, Colombia. Barriers to access to the implementedguidelines were identified.Methods: For the identification of evidence-based CPGs to be implemented, systematicsearches were carried out in international databases of development agencies or compilersof clinical practice guidelines, and in databases that contained scientific ...