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The consideration of the service life of reinforced concrete in the different stages of the life cycle assessment LCA of a structure, as a differentiating element, when proceeding with the performance design associated with the in-place aggressive conditions of the environment, has generated new construction challenges. In addition with the development of new regulations that include innovative engineering materials, the incorporation of performance tests and modeling processes to estimate the development of concrete deterioration over time, and construction processes that ensure adequate Quality Assurance and Quality Control QAQC. This has led to infrastructure that could even exceed their period of use, maintenance serviceability levels for more than 100 years. Such is the case, for example, of the Chacao Bridge project, currently underway, in southern Chile. In this paper, the different stages of a project are reviewed considering a holistic approach, concentrating on those aspects that should be inherent to all planning, including complementary to the design and construction process. The stage of control of the deterioration levels through diagnostics, with a defined frequency, and monitoring if relevant, to support at any moment the Structural Health Management SHM. Some cases of service life design of real cases made with own created models are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acquired brain injury (ABI) could cause physical, motor, neuropsychological, and generate a disability on affected people. The holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation attemps to reduce cognitive, behavioural, emotional and social sequels. Holistic approach propose a combined work of individual and grupal interventions, training in environments the most real as possible, as well as the family and vocational interventions. The goal of this rehabilitation is to generalise the achieved results to the patient's daily life to increase their functional, autonomy and their quality of life. The aim of this study was to analyse and compare the cognitive performance, and quality of life, before and after to follow a holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation program that included activities on real environment. A sample of 20 persons with ABI was studied. Neuropsychological assessment tests of attention, memory, executive funcions and quality of life were apply. Results showed statistically significant differences on attention, memory and executive functions performance and in quality of life. These findings suggest that holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation, that included the work on real environments, could contribute to generalizing the cognitive outcome to daily life and help to increase quality of life of ABI persons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus infection and its consequence of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, emerged in the early 1980s, associated with a group of gay men who were diagnosed with a set of infections of opportunistic type only observable in individuals with severe immune deficiencies; many of them would inevitably die from these diseases. Once discovered the causative agent and transmission forms, a series of recommendations were issued to avoid contagion by way of acting on the sexual behavior of individuals. It is clear that such recommendations and measures taken since the instrumental-positivist logic have not yielded the expected results; so pandemic has not been controlled, despite the advent of new drugs that have allowed a prolonged survival of infected patients. We believe that the confrontation of thus evil can only have better results once the need for a holistic approach that values the environment in which HIV infection occurs is recognized, knowing that it involves complex behaviors influenced by multiple factors ranging from a person's knowledge of the disease, attitudes, emotions and perception of risk, up to the power dynamics of couples, access to health services, socio-economic inequalities, criminalization and stigmatization of infected persons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this research can be summarized in an analysis of the formation and integration of management for decision -making, from a complex, holistic and interdisciplinary vision, and its role in the changes needed in today's organizations. The methodology used is a strategic approach to descriptive field that allowed highlight the most important aspects of managerial training as well as various current approaches to decision making , finding a submerged management in a complex environment of knowledge, must make room for the efficiency with management theories of different streams of management thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are microorganisms that are beneficial to plants and are used in specific ways to enhance the germination and growth of crops. The benefits are more if, instead of one specific microorganism, groups of them are inoculated in the substrate to reduce the incidence of diseases induced by phytopathogens that affect the roots. The objective of this study (that has an holistic approach), was to evaluate the variables of height and seedling emergence in the nursery and the incidence by reintroduction of antagonists to Phytophthora capsici in groups of 8, 16, 24 and 32 isolates of microorganisms in the germination substrates of chili pepper (Capsicum annuum) and velvet bean (Mucuna deeringiana). The treatments with groups of antagonists presented at least one of the expected beneficial effects, compared with the control l group, by increasing seed sprouting, seedling height, and showing a lower incidence of P. capsici in the greenhouse. The treatments with greater seedling height in the nursery were the groups with 18, 24 and 32 antagonists that included the group of eight actinomycetes. The best treatment was the group with eight isolates of actinomycetes, which had the highest seedling emergence for both crops in the nursery and the lower incidence of P. capsici in chili pepper in the greenhouse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After Afghanistan, Colombia has the highest number of Weapons Contamination victims in the world, and if today the peace agreements were signed, it is estimated that it may take decades or even centuries to eradicate the problem. Consequently, the aim of this conference is to propose a legal, political and practical analysis of the situation of the victims related to this phenomenon in the framework of the Law 1448 of 2011. To fulfil this purpose, the authors will rely on fieldwork as well as national and international research experiences. The methodology will consist in adopting a comparative approach with other countries affected in order to highlight the achievements and the complexities of a holistic approach to the victims of Weapons Contamination in Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]