The Heliciculture in Colombia: Regulatory Reform and Productive Delay by Lopez Palechor, Leydy Evonne, Ruano Ibarra, Elizabeth del Socorro, Brisola, Marlon Vinicius

“…A document review was conducted, which included the application of a structured questionnaire from the variables: legislation, productive structure and associativity. …”

Comparative analysis of granular neighborhoods in a Tabu Search for the vehicle routing problem with heterogeneous fleet and variable costs (HFVRP) by Escobar, John Wilmer, Adarme-Jaimes, Wilson, Clavijo-Buriticá, Nicolás

“…Heuristic algorithms based on local searches use simple movements (neighborhoods) to generate feasible solutions to problems related to route design. In this article, we conduct a comparative analysis of granular neighborhoods in a Tabu Search for the HFVRP, in terms of the quality of the obtained solution. …”

Evaluation of Agronomic Traits and Severity of Foliar Disease of Three Commercial Hybrids and Five Advanced Triple Hybrids of Hard Yellow Maize by Cabascango-Paucar, Ruth Angélica, Valverde-Pérez, William Mauricio, Bolaños-Carriel, Carlos, Basurto-Zambrano, Julio César, García-Calderón, Erwin Alexander

“…Field experiments were conducted to evaluate agronomic traits and response to foliar fungal diseases of five advanced triple hybrids of hard yellow maize (Zea mays L.) and three commercial hybrids. …”

Humanitarian logistics management in the previus stages to the disaster: systematic review of the literature by López-Vargas, Juan Camilo, Cárdenas-Aguirre, Diana María

“…For this, a systematic review of the literature was conducted using application Tree of Science of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Manizales. …”

Análisis de propulsión iónica en condensadores asimétricos / Analysis of Ion Propulsion in Asymmetric Capacitors by Cubides Alfonso, Fredy Yamith, Lancheros Quiroga, David Leonardo, Chacón Cardona, Cesar Alexander

“…Additionally, in order to conduct a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the electromagnetic levitation phenomenon, thermography studies were performed by comparing the behaviours resulted from each signal type (AC and DC). …”

Structure and AC impedance analysis on nanostructured LaFeO3 Perovskites by Gómez Cuaspud, Jairo Alberto, Neira Guío, Ariatna Yizel

“…Typically, porous cermets of nickel and yttria stabilized zirconia (Ni/YSZ) have been extensively studied for several years and represent the current state of art of anodic materials for solid oxide fuel cells, due to its low cost, high electrical conductivity, chemical stability, and thermal expansion coefficient. …”

Examining Braille Material and its Support in the Academic Process by Candia Roa, Nicolás Andrés, Niño Rodriguez, Karen Dayan

“…In order to examine this issue, surveys and semi-structured interviews were conducted to cover the different perspectives and the familiarity of students with functional diversities, the teachers responsible for them, and the librarians in regard to these materials. …”

Didactic Implications Promoting the Learning of French in Children whit Asperger’s Syndrome by Arellano Calva, Esther

“…We have developed teaching and learning strategies tailored to a 7-year-old child with this autism spectrum disorder, in collaboration with teachers, a neuropsychiatrist, and a psychologist. The interviews conducted and the observations made throughout this research have deepened our understanding of the spectrum, the peculiarities, and the care of these children. …”

A look at the radio show “ondas” in san andres island: pedagogical and social contributions by Duarte Torres, Paula Andrea, Hernández Vásquez, Jenifer C, Medina, Jairo Humberto

“…This evaluation was conducted in 2011 by a fieldwork in seven educational institutions of the island, where through three lines of analysis (coverage, educational and social) the process results are presented. …”

Women Education in Colombia at the end of the nineteenth century: Santander and the Educational Project of the Regeneration by González Rey, Diana Crucelly

“…This article studies the discourse related to the strengthening of moralism in the students as a way to reach civilization, and how, this worked on as a political demonstration against the liberal radicalism. It was conducted a review of the speeches published in the Escuela Primaria journal, as well as, the reports of the Governors of province and official responsible for the surveillance of public instruction. …”

Mechanical characterization by CVD-FBR aliminium coatings on austenitic stainless steel and the steam oxidation resistance by Pérez-Muñoz, Diego, Marulanda-Arévalo, José Luddey, Meza-Meza, Juan Manuel

“…The coatings mechanical characterization was conducted by means of microhardness, nano indentation, in order to konow how were affected the coating and the substrate’s mechanical properties (particularly the hardness and the Young’s modulus) after being subjected to oxidation at high temperature. …”

Non-destructive techniques in concrete elements for bridges’ evalutation by Cruz, Ricardo Alfredo, Quintero-Ortiz, Luz Amparo, Galán-Pinilla, Carlos Andrés, Espinosa-García, Elkin Javier

“…In this work the Non-Destructive Techniques of Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV), Infrared Thermography and Rebound Hammer, used in concrete bridge elements to determine their applicability in situ, were evaluated. The study was conducted in two phases: the design and development of a concrete bridge representative elements, and their non-destructive testing application.The UPV technique showed a great capacity to assess the concrete matrix uniformity and quality, with low sensitivity to identify the reinforcements’damages. …”

Evaluation of the audible noise level on distribution transformers using the Sound Pressure Method by Mina-Casaran, Juan David, Navas, Diego Fernando, Echeverry Ibarra, Diego Fernando

“…This paper presents the results of audible noise measurements on ten no-load distribution transformers, using the sound pressure method. The tests were conducted in the Audible Noise Laboratory of Universidad del Valle, according to the requirements described in the Colombian Technical Standard NTC 5979. …”

Pasto in the context of the formation of the Republic of Gran Colombia (1821-1831) by Chaves Martinez, Ingrid Viviana

“…In this study, the following topics are approached: the characteristics of the city’s social structure, hierarchized by criteria related to ethnic and class origin, and the economic characteristics marked by a period of crisis, given the duration of the war and fiscal repression, imposed by the new governmental order. The study was conducted based on social history, which allows us to see the changes, analyse the form of organization and the economic implications in the society of the time. …”

Quality, fruit retention and ecophysiology of 'Hass' avocado grown at two altitudes in the Andean tropics of Colombia by Arias-García, Juan Sebastián, Ruden, Sebastián, Cruz, Valentina, Hurtado-Salazar, Alejandro, Ceballos-Aguirre, Nelson

“…Evaluations were conducted on four five-year-old 'Hass' avocado trees per orchard. …”

Modelo de cálculo de consumos energéticos con el cambio en la composición química del mineral en Cerro Matoso S.A. by Rincón Pérez, Mercy Yulieth

El habla y la pedagogía: particularidades en la interacción de una clase idiomas by Tiria Sotelo, Yohan Sneider, Prieto Wilches, Erika Alexandra

“…For data to be gathered, a language lesson conducted in a public university with adult students was video recorded, divided in chunks and transcribed. …”

Educational management and technical efficiency with official secondary schools in Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia by Pardo-Rozo, Yelly Yamparli, Cabrera-Gasca, Leonel, Pinzón-Hermosa , Luis Eduardo

“…The research is of a mixed type and the technical efficiency indicator was determined in a sample of 18 IEM, based on the analysis of the data envelope. An interview was conducted with the Directors of the IEMs and a DOFA (Weaknesses, Opportunities, Strengths, Threats) matrix was constructed. …”

Impact of characteristics of the urban homes on greenhouse gas emissions in Ibagué, Colombia by Sierra-Ramírez, Erika, Andrade-Castañeda, Hernán Jair, Segura-Madrigal, Milena Andrea

“…A semi-structured survey was conducted in 1,816 households in the city of 170,170. …”

An English Language and Methodology Course for Training Content Area Teachers by Sabogal Patiño, Francisco Javier

“…This research was conducted with ten elementary school content teachers from a private educational institution in the department of Quindío in order to determine the influence of a language and methodology course on the development of teachers' professionalism and English language proficiency. …”