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In the public health framework, different ways of thinking the category of territory and its association with some social results and answers about health issues can be observed. The territory has been understood as an administrative division, either as a risk receptacle or continent, as a generator of threats, which, in interaction with the people's characteristics brings about some consequences to their health. Due to the preferred shortsighted views about the risk in health —under a mainly probabilistic approach— and the territory, there is a need to broaden the understanding of the territory-risk-health relationship. In this vein, a proposal is set out herein to change from the idea of risk geographies to a territorialized risk approach. This is a bid to achieve situated risk analyses without ignoring the context dimensions. This is carried out under a scalar perspective involving different enunciation places. The statements herein are intended to illustrate the Colombian case of the mining industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Tis study explores whether Colombian mutual funds deliver abnormal risk-adjusted returns and delves on their persistence. Trough traditional and downside risk measures based on Modern Portfolio Teory and Lower Partial Moments, this article evaluates the performance of 146 mutual funds categorized by investment type and fund manager. Tis assessment suggests that mutual funds underperform the market and deliver real returns. Similarly, bond funds underperform equity funds, and investment trusts underperform brokerage firms as managers. Furthermore, bond funds and funds managed by investment trusts exhibit shortterm performance persistence. Tese results suggest that investors may pursue passive investment strategies, and that they must analyze past performance to invest in the short-term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of the structural adjustments during the 1990s in Mexico as well as the climate change have caused an increased vulnerability in the subhumid tropic agriculture. Studying this process required the application of both in-depth surveys and interviews. In addition, a documentary review was performed. The results show that in this study zone they have quit the cultivation of native corn to replace it with enhanced corn, whose production is intended to satisfy both the domestic and foreign demand. All this brought about an individualization process in the production that undermined the social confidence and solidarity, both of them valuable resources to cope with the climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Between 1950 and 1980 the Colombian state institutions underwent an accelerated modernization process reflected on the bureaucratic reorganization and public policies that had a deep impact on society and shaped the future of the relationship between government and citizens. In this article we will focus our attention on a power supply policy related to cooking on gasoline-powered stoves which had a painful impact on Colombian society, as it led to over four decades of burn victims. The text covers a study with a topic and approach which articulate social and anthropological perspectives that make evident the physical and moral costs of the modernization of the nation. We aim to develop a critical approach based on the notion of device regarding a phenomenon that, until now, had not been studied in Colombia. For this purpose we carried out a qualitative analysis that had the press of the time, interviews with surviving actors, and statistical data as primary sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article addresses the issue of risk in the field of drugs from a genealogical and discursive perspective, using the concept of governmentality as a category of analysis. The meaning, use and connotations of risk in the regulation of drugs in Chile between 1990 and 2013 are examined within this context. Although this is primarily a socio-historical construct, it has usually been conceived in ahistorical terms and expressed in a depoliticized speech. This examination does not limit risk management to the sphere of the State, but rather inserts it into the structural mesh of the government of a State and the techniques of government themselves. Thus, focus is it shifted from the problem of drugs to the construct of drugs as an issue. In this regard, the analytical tools used enable visualizing the ways in which the so-called drug problem has become an objective of government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on a systematic review of empirical studies published between 2000 and 2011, it is identified homicide risk factors against women in the context of couple relationships, from 17 researches in USA, Australia, Spain, the UK and Netherlands. In particular, it is analyzes and discusses findings regarding to the risk factors from the focus of the perpetrator, the victim, the couple relationship and its context. Finally, it is concludes the need to identify and determinate specific risk factors for the Latin American context, discussing about the impact of public policies on violence against women and its influence on the level of life risk they experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Periodontitis is a chronic infectious disease of the supporting structures of the teeth that cause a chronic inflammatory response and, in recent years, has been associated with cardiovascular events. Objective: Determine if periodontal disease is a risk factor for endothelial dysfunction in patients with an age range between 40 and 80 years through a systematic review of the literature. Methods: Eight databases were searched to identify related literature including patients in the age range aimed. Results: We identified five articles of which four were about randomized trials and cohort study. Two studies evaluated flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery, which showed improvement six months after periodontal treatment improves (IPT) (7.1% to 8.4% and 4.12% to 11.12%). Serum levels of IL-6 decreased but only one study reported statistically significant decrease (1.3 pg/ ml to 0.8 pg/ml six months after the IPT). As serum levels of CRP only one study reported statistically significant decrease six months after IPT (1.8 mg/l at 1.1 mg/l). One study reported on the first day of increased levels of inflammatory biomarkers (IL-6 and PCR). Conclusion: We found no articles linking periodontal disease as a risk factor for endothelial dysfunction. However, the findings of this review we conclude that IPT improves long-term endothelial function, but the degree of improvement does not correlate directly with changes in inflammatory biomarkers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we intend to show that security and efficiency in the production of energy from nuclear power stations is an important discursive component which is mounted on a scientific truth built by experts on nuclear energy. In the article we will attempt to show the joints and linkages in the arena of social power of a discourse produced by experts that legitimates nuclear power generation. Based on analysis of newspaper articles, scientific papers and the corporate site of the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), we aim to expose the construction of this discourse in Argentina. Thus, we assume that the truth is the product of struggles and conflicts within specific power relations-definition (Beck, 2008) and conclude that a nuclear lobby has achieved an effective staging that excludes risks and that links the economic efficiency of this industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to determine the response capabilities of local authorities to the rainy season emergencies of 2010 and 2011, using the quality-quantitative method of analysis. The results showed that the region had never been so affected by flood phenomena before, that there was a frail institutional network, permissibility from the government to settlements in high risk areas, and that the responsibility for the rainy season emergency care rested solely on institutions for disaster prevention, when in fact it is a responsibility of all stakeholders. In conclusion, the rainy season was an opportunity to draw the attention of all agencies of the National System for Disaster Prevention and Response (SNPAD, for its acronym in Spanish) to take corrective measures, engage and act in a coordinated fashion in the phases associated with the integrated risk management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this paper I discuss the relevance of the program of social critical theory to examine the demands for justice in public health from a non-reductionist perspective —that is, a not sectorial one— that accounts for the intimate relationship between health and social arrangements and allows further exploration of the fundamental question about the necessary conditions for human self-realization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is assessed the properties of an instrument to detect risk factors for the attempt of committing suicide in 500 students attending high school (mean age 16.5 years). Proposed four-factor solution (suicidal behavior, satisfaction, sense of life, and negative affection) accounts for a 58 % of the variance. Internal consistency for the factors and for the total scale is good (Cronbach's Alpha is 0.95 for the total scale). Regression analyses suggest that the best predictive variable for the "attempt-of-committing-suicide" behavior corresponds to suicidal behaviors (suicidal ideation and planning). The scale shows suitable psychometric properties to assess the risk for the attempt of committing suicide, differentiating between those who have made attempts of committing suicide and those who do not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This short article intends to conduct an analysis regarding the application of legal institutions from the protection of international investments laws in Colombia, based on two main hypotheses: the enactment of measures by the State that have as purpose or effect the harm of an investment in a port concession under a Free Trade Zone regime. Hence, from the institutions of expropriation and minimum standard of treatment, we'll study the possibility to invoke a bilateral investment treaty to obtain compensation from the State. We'll include some other local legal institutions with the purpose of studying the implications of the risk clause in Colombian port concessions contracts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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There is a world trend to reinforce the regulation of financial markets and of public sector enterprises, as a means to protect the interests of the principal. One way to reduce investor exposure is to improve corporate governance practices in businesses which use public funds. This article analyses the following questions in the light of the agency theory: Will best corporate government practices protect investors? Are there differences in the short and long term? Does regulation designed to improve corporate government help to improve and capital structure? In the long- and short-term in the Mexican financial market, and globalization, privileged information and convergence between Mexican businesses and their foreign counterparts seem to have an influence on risk and yield. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Current topics such as modernization, economic globalization, climatic change, and others are usually treated by the political, economic, and academic high classes without taking into account the perception of the most vulnerable social groups. These phenomena are risk sources particularly for the most vulnerable social groups: this is the case of the rural communities in the Paramo of Sonson Region in the Department of Antioquia, where this study took place. This is the place where the paramo ecosystem is located, and it was declared a special management area in 1995. This study's objective was to analyze Paramo Region farmers' perceptions and adaptation techniques to socio-environmental risks. Field work was based on qualitative methodology with semi-structured interviews to 22 farmers. Cultural Risk theory by Mary Douglas and Risk Society theory by Ulrich Beck guided the research. Three types of farmers were identified coffee growers, extractors and diversified. Significant differences in risk perception and adaptation techniques among the three types of farmers were evident. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This work reflects on the changes geopolitics has undergone on the previous centuries, from the Eurocentric colonial model to US hegemony. Particularly, it lays an emphasis on geopolitical turns produced by the emergence of manifold issues and agents mediating on a worldwide scale, shaping a contemporary order characterized by plural power relationships and by strains overcoming the nation-states regulating role and intertwining on various scales, from the international to the regional and local levels. Geopolitics appears to be linked today both to the political management of individuals' life and control over their bodies, through landscape ranking and nature control, as well as to care and diffusion of collective security producing techniques. In the end, a reflection is suggested on the potential consequences of these hegemonic discourses on Panamazonian territorial planning and on its traditional dwellers' life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Counterfactuals are statements that raise alternatives to past events (Roese, 1997). The objective of the present research was to analyze if functional connections between counterfactuals and behaviour were observed, when humans subjects were exposed to an election task with risk. An experimental preparation was designed in which the elaboration of counterfactuals was promoted or blocked. The study was carried out with college students. The results showed that most of the participants exposed to conditions that promoted the elaboration of counterfactual statements, modified their behaviour from an experimental condition to the other one, whereas the majority of individuals exposed to conditions that interfered with counterfactual elaboration did not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Financial instruments for protection against risks include protection options when faced with variations in the price of an underlying asset and insurance and reinsurance operations that give coverage against the risk derived from the occurrence of a loss. This article presents the existing equivalencies between risk coverage with options and the coverage generated with insurance operations. In addition, it shows how the similarity becomes evident in the case of reinsurance operations carried out by insurance companies that operate within the Colombian health system. In that manner, the authors prove that the coverage provided through high-cost illness reinsurance operations in the Colombian health system may be replicated through the acquisition of options and that the option valuation theory may be used to estimate insurance and reinsurance premium values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents reflections and questions involving environmental perspectives, public health and, anthropogenic actions related to the recent consume instigated by the modern world. The precautionary approach arises from recognition of the extent to which scientific uncertainty and inadequate evaluation of the full impacts of human activities have contributed to ecological degradation and harm to human health. It can be used to help address these circumstances, bringing together ethics and science, illuminating their strengths, weaknesses, values, or biases. The discussion here proposed can contribute as a guide in evaluating the impacts provoked by human activities at the environment and provide a framework for protecting the public health, and life-sustaining ecological systems now and for future generations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It's presented reflections and questions involving environmental perspectives, public health and, anthropogenic actions related to the crescent consume instigated by the modern world. The precautionary approach arises from recognition of the extent to which scientific uncertainty and inadequate evaluation of the full impacts of human activities have contributed to ecological degradation and harm to human health. It can be used to help address these circumstances, bringing together ethics and science, illuminating their strengths, weaknesses, values, or biases. The discussion here proposed can contribute as a guide in evaluation the impacts provoked by human activities at the environment and provide a framework for protecting the public health, and life-sustaining ecological systems now and for future generations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of an investigation into the application of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) in the Colombian capital market. To construct optimal portfolios, CAPM optimization techniques were used that were based on the monthly performance of shares on the Colombian Stock Exchange between 1993 and 2003. The optimum portfolios were then valued, and their profitability was compared with the Colombian market average. Comparing this profitability with the market portfolio for different samples and periods gave uncertain results. It was also found that the optimum portfolio model is little used in Colombia. The paper concludes that improving the application of the optimum portfolio model depends on a higher level of profundización and efficiency in the Colombian capital market. Similarly, the proper use of optimizers by portfolio administrators, added to their experience and intuition, will improve their performance in the capital market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]