En la primera parte de esta revisión sobre Cannabis sativa L. se incluyeron aspectos botánicos de la especie y sus principales componentes químicos, con especial referencia a los cannabinoides (composición química y biosíntesis). En este segundo aporte se considera el…

A pharmaceutical care program for dyslipidemic patients was designed, implemented, and assessed. The study was conducted during 32 weeks, at three Primary Health Care Centers. One hundred and forty two patients were selected. These patients were randomly assigned to intervention…

En razón de que los endulzantes de origen vegetal ofrecen amplias perspectivas como sucedáneos de sacarosa, se efectuó una recopilación de los conocimientos actuales sobre los mismos y sus potenciales aplicaciones., As plants with sweetening properties show great possibilities as…

La historia del conocimiento que el mundo mediterráneo, primero Grecia y luego Roma,
tuvo de la India, comienza en forma paulatina con la llegada, por ejemplo, de objetos de
marfil. A partir de la expedición de Alejandro, tiempo en el…

El concepto de misericordia divina ha pasado por diversos estadios en su evolución, pero las concepciones de la religión cristiana y de la religión pagana no siempre se oponen. En este artículo se examinan las fuentes filosóficas (Aristóteles, filosofía helenística),…

The effect of schooling on nutritional knowledge, attitudes and nutritional outcomes in Ethiopia was investigated. Data were obtained in late 1989 in Debre Birhan in Shoa province from three groups: 267 mothers, 114 clinic users and six primary schools with…

Stemming from the dialectical concepts of critical epistemology developed by feminism and Critical Theory (specifically, the Frankfurt School), this thesis attempts to articulate the political dimension of knowledge and to demonstrate how this dimension is incorporated into the liberatory pedagogical…

This thesis is about how medical knowledge is constructed by staff for patients and their families in a Japanese 'comprehensive care' facility for the treatment of epilepsy (the JEC). The thesis sets out to explain the possible reasons for differences…

A survey was undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices, with respect to malaria, of 300 women from six randomly selected rural communities in Central Ethiopia from December 1991 to February 1992. Eighty-five per cent were able to recognize…

Concept mapping in college-level physics was investigated. The study was carried out in three parts. First, an attempt was made to validate concept mapping as a method of evaluating student learning at the junior college level (ages 16-21). Several measures…