En este texto se revisa la articulación entre el proceso de formulación de las políticas públicas y la participación sociopolítica a partir de una investigación sobre tres consejos asesores presidenciales en Chile durante el gobierno de Michelle Bachelet. En el…

Both in Chile and in other countries, managing municipal solid waste (MSW) is a difficult problem, due to the various variables explaining it. Several background data suggest that the possibilities of solving the problem are associated to the education and…

The Environmental Management System (EGS), was constituted at the University of Antioquia in order to improve the environmental conditions, health and well being levels of the community; promoting the efficient use of resources, involving cultural changes in consume patterns, knowledge…

The improvement or design of a solid waste management system in any locality should be based on the knowledge of the solid waste characteristics, such as generation per capita, density and composition; depending on the type of treatment that is…

To solve the several problems caused from the deficient solid waste management in many of our municipalities, must be considered 4 substantial items: planning, legislation, the most citizen participation and the financing aspect. Failing in any of those subjects is…

The objective of this paper is the development of a mathematical model of anaerobic digestion that simulates the principal control variables in the process, and helps the planning and operational phases in normal and particular situations of operation in the…

Introduction: Orthopedics is one of the specialties with a high risk of lawsuits due to professional responsibility; this is so mainly because road, industrial and home accidents have dramatically increased. Yet, some variables inherent to the personnel, patients, equipment, supplies,…

Reseña de: BAOFU, PETER. (2008). The future of post-human knowledge: a preface to a new theory of methodology and onto-logy. England: Chandros & Oxford Publishing. 287 p.

Objetivo: evaluar el impacto de una intervención educativa del programa PREVENIMSS en el estilo de vida y nivel de conocimientos sobre el autocuidado de la salud en hombres de 20 a 59 años. Material y métodos: investigación cuasi-experimental. Se incluyeron…

Este trabajo de investigación se basa en las publicaciones producidas en una década por investigadores del estado de Chihuahua, México; el análisis es predominantemente cuantitativo y se llevó a cabo a través de técnicas bibliométricas teniendo como objetivo examinar la producción del…