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AbstractThis project was made as a final project of the Master in Industrial Organization and Markets. The main objective of the document is to finnd the empirical behavior of banks in input market (deposits) and output market (loans) and identify possible imperfections that may arise at each...
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Microbial pollution of water is one of the principal causes of life-threatening diarrheal diseases in the developing world. Ultraviolet (UV) light is increasingly recognized as a viable alternative for the disinfection of drinking water and wastewater in developed countries, but its feasibility in...
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 Resumen: La presente investigación es un trabajo que pretende hacer un acercamiento a la crítica política de la representación mediante un estudio de casos de sujetos pertenecientes al contexto social de Colombia. La construcción del presente escrito esta guiada por los...
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Avoding cost overruns in construction projects in the United Kingdom Thought the years, there have been improvements in the management of construction projects; however, the problems of cost overruns are still a critical issue in the construction industry. For this reason, this paper...
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Benefit-effort analysis as a decision making methodology in the provision of water and sanitation in rural communities in developing countriesThe benefit-effort analysis methodology was designed as a decision making tool in the provision of water and sanitation in rural communities in developing...
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The representation of architectural and urban atmospheres in the advertisement of projects : analysis of the de role of human figuresThis report focuses on the representation of architectural and urban atmospheres in the advertising of architectural projects. The primary objective is to...
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Pigmento azul ultramar : caracterización del proceso y productoEl trabajo de fabricación de azul llevado a cabo permitió vislumbrar una serie de diferencias, principalmente de coloración (azules de aspecto verdoso y rojizo), las cuales podrían tener alguna relación con la estructura cristalina del...
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Preferential tariffs and export diversification: the G3 Free Trade Agreement caseExports concentration in a reduced number of economic sectors has been always a concern for trade policy makers, mostly in developing countries. According to the economic theory and some recent empirical evidence,...
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Exchanges : city, art, and architectureThis research aims to find relationships through a comprehensive set of themes between four art museum spaces designed in four different cities, in four different years, by four different architects. The relationships highlight the complexities of...
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El origen de la novela en AntioquiaEl conflicto y la tradición letrada republicana que en Antioquia no concurrieron sino hasta finales del siglo XIX, permitieron que se diera un debate letrado en el marco del cual la novela sirvió como un arma simbólica propia de esta contradicción. El anverso de...
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Ethnic identity and political mobilization : the Afro-Colombian case. In: Afro-Descendants, identity, and the struggle for development in the Americas. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, 2012The Afro-Colombian identity has been characterized for being notoriously strong in certain areas...
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Food price surge : household welfare impacts in urban ColombiaFrom 2006 to 2008 the world was hit by major food price increases. The effects of these were felt worldwide and have been studied in several countries. The objective of this dissertation is to assess the specific impacts on urban...
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Smallholders agricultural cooperatives and rural development in ColombiaCurrent living conditions and the bottlenecks that restrain agriculture’s progress in Colombia justify the exploration and implementation of public policies aimed at rural development. This dissertation focuses on rural...
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Energy management of a hybrid electric vehicle: an approach based on type-2 fuzzy logicOne of the effects of the globalisation of our society is that people travel more covering longer distances, live far from their work place and consume goods from all around the world. Therefore, it is no...
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El periodismo de attachment en Colombia Esta investigación se basa en un seguimiento realizado a 200 artículos de opinión de reconocidos columnistas en prestigiosos medios escritos colombianos entre los años 2005 y 2007. Se intenta demostrar cómo aunque los autores dicen querer y promover la...
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Appropriation and representation of native knowledge through the ethnobotanical collecting of Richard Evans Schultes in Northwestern Amazon for the Harvard Botanical MuseumRegarding the Amazon environment as a complex world defined by the interaction of natural and human elements, the aim of this...
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Identificación y evaluación de amenazas a la seguridad de infraestructuras de transporte y distribución de electricidadEl tema de aseguramiento del suministro energético, especialmente en lo concerniente a la protección de las infraestructuras energéticas, ha suscitado especial interés en los...
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Cross-border M&A and the impact of cultural differences. The Latin American caseOver the last decade, the Latin American Cross-Border M&A activity experienced a significant increase in terms of volume, value, and complexity. Between 2002 and 2011, 1483 M&A announcements involving Latin...
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Measuring sustainability: a systems perspective on sustainability reporting frameworks = Midiendo la sostenibilidad: una perspectiva de sistemas sobre los esquemas de reportes de sostenibilidadThe paper is a critical revision of the sufficiency of sustainability reporting frameworks to represent...
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Applicability of the Passivhaus Standard for social housing in urban tropical climates (Colombia)The Passivhaus Standard is a construction concept based on affordably achieving the best indoor conditions with the lowest energy demand. If adopted, it could contribute to fulfil the...
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The American Dream’s Sojourn in Latin America: the dynamics of irregular and mixed migration flows through Ecuador and ColombiaScholars generally agree that irregular migration is the direct consequence of the restrictionist and containment policies that have been used by states to keep...
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Perception and production of the vowel schwa /Ə/ by Colombian Spanish speakers of L2 EnglishThis study assessed the performances of a group of speakers of English as a second language (L2) when perceiving and producing the English vowel Schwa. In addition, it also aimed to evaluate the hypotheses...
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Documentos de transporte marítimo como prueba de la entrada al transportador. ¿Cuál es el documento más seguro?Los documentos de transporte marítimo son pieza fundamental en las relaciones contractuales que surgen entre las partes intervinientes en este tipo de contrato. Si bien estos...
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Estudio de la prevalencia de la parasitación por Demodex spp en el perro mediante una técnica de PCR en tiempo real.El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar la prevalencia de la parasitación por Demodex en el perro mediante una técnica de PCR en tiempo real (RT-PCR). Fueron utilizados 100...
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Effective engagement of the private mining sector in the construction of democratic governance environmentsThe governance perspective provides a methodical approach to identify key actors and trends affecting public authority in specific contexts. This paper looks at private mining companies, which...
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Intra and intergenerational transfers : the case of The Netherlands for the first pillar of pensionsResumen: Since the creation of the Old Age Pension scheme (Algemene Ouderdomswet, henceforth; AOW) in 1957 some important changes in its regulation have taken place.The purpose of this study...
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Feasibility of health technology assessment as a tool in making decisions on health in ColombiaThe growing concern of continuous increases in health care expenditure, particularly due to high-cost medicines’ reimbursement, as well as international trends, promotes the feasibility...
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Periodismo móvil: la prensa mexicana y su incursión en plataformas móviles. Casos El Universal y El NorteLos medios de comunicación, y en el caso específico de la prensa mexicana generalista, se han sumado a la creciente tendencia mundial de generar contenidos para los diferentes dispositivos...
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Brain-machine interface for decoding imaginary limb movementsIn this thesis two different studies are presented separately because each study has a different purpose even though the two studies are complementary. For the first study an available dataset for BCI is used. This dataset is...
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Une théorie physicaliste de la conscience phénoménaleCette thèse propose une théorie métaphysique de la conscience phénoménale, que j'appelle « ephysicalisme ». Elle part d'une attitude réaliste face à l'expérience subjective: il y a des entités telles qu'il y a quelque chose...
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A Physicalist Theory of Phenomenal ConsciousnessThis thesis advances a theory in the metaphysics of phenomenal consciousness, which I label “ephysicalism”. It takes a realist stance towards subjective conscious experience: there are some entities such that there is something it is like...
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River dolphins as indicators of ecosystem degradation in large tropical riversFreshwater ecosystem degradation in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins is increasing due to rising human population numbers, and large water development projects. Therefore, monitoring ecosystem condition in these rivers...
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Socioeconomic conditions, social inequalities and violent mortality in Turin, Italy 2001-2008 Background: This study assessed the contributions of individual and characteristics of area of residence-level to socio-economic inequalities in violent mortality in a metropolitan Italian region....
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Sustainability Indicators in Catalan University Degrees / Competencias en Sostenibilidad en Universidades CatalanasPor: Adriana Carolina CortésAs UNESCO indicates "The Decade of the United Nations for the education with a view to the sustainable development tries to promote the education as...
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Sustainability Competences in Catalan University Degrees = Competencias en Sostenibilidad en Universidades CatalanasPor: Adriana Carolina Cortés CardonaConsidering that higher education should play a vital role in promoting peace, mutual understanding and tolerance, and in creating mutual...
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Por: Sandra María OrtegaEste ensayo hace una lectura del personaje Calibán, en la obra la Tempestad como uno de los ‘otros’ en las obras de Shakespeare, y de ninguna manera adopta una posición radical o una visión unidimensional  que establezca que “él es un habitante de x o...
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Construcciones del Estado Violento: El caso de las ejecuciones extrajudiciales de civiles cometidas por las Fuerzas Armadas del Estado en Antioquia, Colombia = Constructions of the Violent State: The case of Extrajudicial Executions of civilians by state military forces in Antioquia, ColombiaPor:...
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The Protection of Foreign Energy Investment in Latin American Countries: A Comparative Analysis = La protección de la inversión extranjera en los países latinoamericanos: un análisis comparativoPor: Pilar Victoria Cerón ZapataThe current state-of-the-art of the foreign energy investment in...
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Research and Museum : Museum of Natural History of Colombia 1822-1830 = Investigación y Museo: Museo de Historia Natural de Colombia 1822-1830 Por: María Paola Rodríguez Prada La Constitución Política de Colombia, reformada en 1991, explicita la noción de patrimonio como “bien...
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Adapting a tool in Poland for the measurement of the physicians’ career satisfaction[Adaptando un instrumento en Polonia para la medición de la satisfacción profesional de los médicos]Por: Juan Nicolás PeñaObjective. To adapt in Poland an instrument to measure physicians’ career...
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Por: José Fernando Gómez RojasEl presente documento analiza los casos de Bangladesh y México en lo concerniente a la defensa de derechos laborales, de acuerdo con el capítulo del libro “A decade later- Assessing advocacy’s effects over time” (Hertel, 2006). El autor usa un marco...
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The following document seeks to elaborate a framework analysis to the practices of Evaluation of Programmes of the National Planning Department of Colombia (DNP) which have been framed in external models and thus, are not entirely accurate for measuring different views of development. This essay...
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AbstractThis is the final result of an investigation. This paper seeks to engage in a general exploration about some possible theoretical understandings about indigenous peoples’ rights, since there is the concern that their group rights have been systematically neglected by the nation-state...
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The UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples: frame analysis of the contentious views = La Declaración de Naciones Unidas sobre derechos de los pueblos indígenas: análisis marco sobre las posiciones confrontadasPor: José Fernando Gómez RojasResumenEste artículo pretende analizar el...
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Responses and Proposals to the Risk of Flooding of the Colombian Cities - Respuestas y propuestas ante el riesgo de inundación de las ciudades colombianasDebido a la inadecuada conjunción de riqueza hídrica y desarrollo urbano, vivimos en constante tragedia, gastando enormes recursos en continuas...
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Caimaré: un camino de encuentro en la música colombiana / Caimaré: The Saxophone at the Crossroads of Colombian MusicPor: Esnedier Valencia HernándezLa obra colombiana “Caimaré” (1949) del compositor Luis Uribe Bueno (1916-2000) es un ejemplo inusual de música escrita para saxofón...
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Volunteer tourism, development and education in a postcolonial world: Conceiving global connections beyond aid = Voluntariado turístico, desarrollo y educación en un mundo poscolonial: concibiendo conexiones globales mas allá de ‘ayuda’Por: Carlos PalacioResumenEste artículo contribuye...
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Hybridization of cognitive models using evolutionary strategiesPor: Óscar J. Romero López / Angélica de Antonio JiménezIntroductionIn the last fifty years, the study of artificial cognitive systems have involved a number of disciplines such as artificial intelligence, cognitive science, psychology...