Heavy metals contamination: implications for health and food safety by Reyes, Yulieth, Vergara, Inés, Torres, Omar, Díaz-Lagos, Mercedes, González-Jimenez, Edgar Emir

“…Contamination by heavy metals in water resources, soil and air poses one of the most severe problems that compromise food safety and public health at global and local level. In this review, the specific problem of contamination by mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in the environment and food is presented. …”

Intercultural education and teacher training by Lafuente Guantes, Maria Isabel

“…This work reflects, from the Philosophy of Education, on the situation of intercultural education in the global society. It is understood that neither philosophy nor the philosopher are exempt from interest, and have part in the turns: cognitive and linguistic. …”

Contributions of meaningful experiences gatherings to artistic education field by Bustamante Cardona, Bernardo

“…In order to understand the significance of these Gatherings, a short historical framework is explained in which global and regional processes of academic activities having an impact on the structure of the Artistic Education field are pointed out. …”

Knowledge management and connectivity: mainstay in turbulent times by Fonseca-Cifuentes, Gina P.

“…The profound global changes associated with the health, social and economic crisis, resulting from the new coronavirus COVID-19 (Du et al., 2020; Estalella, Zabalegui, and Guerra, 2020; Huang et al., 2020), have highlighted the barriers to innovation in healthcare systems, justified in weak knowledge and technological processes, uncertainty and people's rejection of modification in routine patterns, revealing in general terms aversion to change (García-Alegría and Gómez-Huelgas, 2020), however demonstrating the imperative need for a rapid response capacity in the face of these emerging or sudden changes, in a highly turbulent environment (Burnes, 2005; Sandoval Duque, 2014). …”

Glotto-politics approach to politic-linguistic of bilingualism in Colombia by Miranda Montenegro, Iván Ricardo

“…The analysis shows a clear tendency to consider both the legislative enactments and implementation decisions of bilingualism as politic-linguistic strategies that occur within a frame of a capitalist ideology that looks for the training of individuals in basic competences that favors the global market.…”

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS FOR A FEEDER OF AN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY IN ECUADOR USING THE MONTE CARLO SIMULATION METHOD by Moreira Sanchez, Cesar Uriel, Mena Vélez, Khisner Wilber, Peña Banegas, Diego Patricio, Laverde Albarracín, Cristian Samuel

“…The present study focuses on the analysis of the reliability indices for the distribution feeder belonging to an Ecuadorian electricity distribution company, reliability analysis is currently a topic of vital importance when making decisions in the area. technique for the electrical supply, in this way, in the first instance, a general evaluation of the feeder is carried out with the objective of collecting important information focused on; areas of influence, global indicators, failures and their causes. With the collection of information, we proceed to design a computational algorithm in the Matlab environment following the Montecarlo simulation methodology because this allows us to evaluate complex mathematical expressions with greater accuracy, concluding with results that allow us to estimate the reliability in the feeder. in order to take actions in the future in order to improve the reliability of the feeder.…”

Peace agreements between State-Guerrillas in Colombia, 1982-2016 by Villarraga- Sarmiento, Álvaro

“…In Colombia a global and simultaneous agreement was not reached between the national Governments and the different guerrillas that have led an armed uprising that surpassed half a century. …”

Una propuesta educativa en torno a las alternativas económicas sostenibles by Ochoa Gomez, Adriana Enid, Ochoa Gomez, Julian Andres

“…Spa: El presente artículo se propone dar a conocer el trueque y el banco como alternativas económicas al sistema de producción capitalista, el cual ha generado desde su consolidación una mayor desigualdad social y ha provocado múltiples problemáticas ambientales que van desde el calentamiento global y el efecto invernadero hasta la destrucción de ecosistemas y el agotamiento de recursos naturales no renovables. …”

Patrimonio cultural y seguridad alimentaria : tejiendo relaciones en torno a las cocinas tradicionales guayatunas by García Molano, Olga Judit

Young and outraged protesters? The Colombian social mobilization in 2011 by Acevedo Tarazona, Álvaro, Correa Lugos, Andrés David

“…One of the main ones is the consolidation of youth as a target population with civic and political conscience, and concerned about future, not only in their local realities but at a global level. Repression and silencing put into practice by the States under the excuse of the national security makes that phenomenon almost disappear in the following decades. …”

The torture is a crime against humanity. Analysis from international instruments by Alonso-Niño, Edwin Hernando

“…This analysis aims to take a global look at the various international instruments that are applicable to the crime of torture. …”

El concepto de interculturalidad en la formación de futuros maestros de idiomas: hacia un estado inicial de la cuestión by Ramos Holguín, Bertha, Aguirre Morales, Jahir, Torres Cepeda, Nancy María

“…Luego se revisan las fuentes documentales y se dilucidan las tendencias que ven la interculturalidad como proceso pedagógico que debe responder a exigencias globales y no como construcción social y situada, como lo étnico (estado) y no como la diversidad cultural (proceso). …”

Trend in Coffee Production and Consumption in Colombia by Ocampo Lopez, Olga Lucía, Alvarez-Herrera, Lina Maria

“…Identifying trends in coffee production was the object of this study that analyzed coffee statistics at global and national level considering reports of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), the Agricultural Information System, and Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (the latter is the association of Colombian coffee growers).  …”

Education and the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for teaching practices and identities in a Colombian teacher training college by Orozco Gómez, William

“…Originality/Contribution: the interest for understanding a global phenomenon that particularly affects teachers due to home schooling. …”

Land-use suitability zoning model for productive alternatives of the municipality of Rivera, Huila (Colombia) by Tamayo Quimbaya, Constanza Paola, Muñoz Velasco, Luis Alfredo

“…These alternatives were in line with global standards for the department; however, 12 were prioritized, and this work refers to 10 productive alternatives only due to the ease of access to cartographic and statistical information. …”

Socio-environmental governance in brazilian northeast coastal capitals by Medina Velasco, Miriam, Lima dos Santos, Hugo Vigas, Vieira Dantas, Clélia Maria

“…The proposed approach also contributes to the reflection on the challenges faced by the articulation between government and society in search of living conditions enhancement, indicating the concerns as to its incipient stage regarding the mobilization towards 2030 Agenda and emphasizing the potentialities of governance models in a country signatory to the Global Compact.…”

Education Policies in Venezuela (2000-2016): A Critical View by Rojas, Reinaldo, Mora García, José Pascual

“…   In this sense, we have approached the study of this political-educational process from the perspectives of the Social History of Education, which leads us to situate education in its global social context, since 1948, in the historical time of the implementation of the model of Mass Education in which the 1999 Constitution is inscribed and from which it guides the design of public policies in the education sector during 1999-2016.…”

Obstetric Violence, Forgotten History of Invisibilized Practices by Barrera Gutiérrez , Yesika Liliana, Díaz Gamboa, Luis Bernardo

“…For the development of this research, the analytical and descriptive methods were used, which allowed dividing the global concept, analyzing the historical, social and cultural factors that allowed its birth from obstetric violence, providing a detailed historical profile of the phenomenon.…”

School Scientific Argumentation: Model for the Defense of the Environment by Valenzuela-González, Adriana, Zuñiga-González, Laura

“…The conclusion indicates the importance of developing argumentative processes that contribute to overcoming the global climate crisis. This, through educational actions that strengthen the development of critical thinking, so that citizens can contribute in a participatory way to the mitigation of current environmental problems.…”

Strategic lines of sustainable action for health care centers in Colombian regions by Valencia Rivero, Karen Tatiana

“…Current situation of hospital sustainability at a global level will be taken as a starting point to propose strategies that allow improving health services in Colombia through the adoption of the most efficient and successful methods found, which together with Industrial and Biomedical engineering tools will open new paths to ensure a healthy life.…”