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This Net Irrigation Requirements for Florida Turfgrass Lawns series explains the process of estimating net irrigation requirements for Florida turfgrasses. The process used here gives a long-term (30-year) historical analysis of turfgrass monthly net irrigation requirements. This article shows the calculation of evapotranspiration for selected sites throughout the state (plus one in Alabama, to cover the west side of the Florida Panhandle). Written by Consuelo C. Romero, Bernard Cardenas, and Michael D. Dukes, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised August 2024.

The Net Irrigation Requirements for Florida Turfgrass Lawns series explains the process of estimating net irrigation requirements for Florida turfgrasses. The process used here gives a long-term (30-year) historical analysis of turfgrass monthly net irrigation requirements. This article explains how the weather data were gathered and checked for quality. Written by Consuelo C. Romero, Bernard Cardenas, and Michael D. Dukes, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised August 2024.

Improving irrigation efficiency can contribute greatly to reducing production costs of vegetables, making the industry more competitive and sustainable. This publication is intended to help growers to conserve water through the use of soil moisture sensors. Written by Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Michael D. Dukes, and Bernard Cardenas, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised August 2024.

The purpose of this publication is to familiarize irrigation managers, contractors, Extension agents, homeowners, and other interested persons with programming guidelines for an irrigation timer in Florida. Written by Michael D. Dukes, Bernard Cardenas, and Dorota Z. Haman, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised July 2024.

This publication aims to provide basic information about rain sensors when incorporated into automatic irrigation systems. Written by Michael D. Dukes and Bernard Cardenas, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised July 2024.

This publication discusses turfgrass and landscape irrigation recommendations from UF/IFAS. Written by Michael D. Dukes and Bernard Cardenas, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised July 2024.

This article points out deficiencies in present-day definitions of public health surveillance, which include data collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination, but not public health action. Controlling a public health problem of concern requires a public health response that goes beyond information dissemination. It is undesirable to have public health divided into data generation processes (public health surveillance) and data use processes (public health response), managed by two separate groups (surveillance experts and policy-makers). It is time to rethink the need to modernize the definition of public health surveillance, inspired by the authors’ enhanced Data, Information, Knowledge, Intelligence and Wisdom model. Our recommendations include expanding the scope of public health surveillance beyond information dissemination to comprise actionable knowledge (intelligence); mandating surveillance experts to assist policy-makers in making evidence-informed decisions; encouraging surveillance experts to become policy-makers; and incorporating public health literacy training – from data to knowledge to wisdom – into the curricula for all public health professionals. Work on modernizing the scope and definition of public health surveillance will be a good starting point.

Este ensayo toma como ponto de partida dos observaciones, vinculadas: actualmente no existe una pedagogía contemporánea; estamos asistiendo a un retorno de la barbarie y a nuevas formas de barbarie. Para comprender esta situación y vislumbrar un camino a seguir, el artículo desarrolla tres análisis. Primero: no hay pedagogía contemporánea, pero, al final, ¿qué es una pedagogía y qué nos falta actualmente? Segundo: no hay una pedagogía contemporánea, pero hay nuevos discursos sobre la Educación: sobre la calidad de la Educación, sobre el cerebro, sobre la cibercultura, sobre el transhumanismo. Tercero, hay que reintroducir al ser humano en el centro de la reflexión pedagógica, pero ¿qué ser humano? Desde un punto de vista científico,¿qué es un ser humano? Apoyándose en la paleoantropología, el autor responde: el Hombre es una aventura y, por eso, la Educación es un derecho antropológico absoluto.

Context: Solenostemma oleifolium is a Saharan plant part of the traditional pharmacopoeia to treat wound and gastric problems. This work supports the presence of active compounds in the essential oil of S. oleifolium, facilitating the healing process. Aims: To evaluate the wound healing and antiulcer effects of the essential oil of S. oleifolium (EOSO). Methods: EOSO was prepared and analyzed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The toxicity of the product was evaluated by an acute toxicity test and a skin toxicity test. A 1% EOSO cream was prepared and used. The percentage of wound contraction was monitored in an excision model in rats. A histopathological study was conducted on the damaged tissue throughout the experiment. For the ulcer study, two assays were performed in rats: the aspirin-induced gastric ulcer and the pyloric ligation-induced gastric ulcer assays. In the aspirin test, the ulcer index and the percentage of ulcer protection were calculated. Results: The major compounds of the EOSO were linalool (57.1%), terpineol (12.95%), and trans-geraniol (12.66%). EOSO was not considered toxic. In the excision rat model, from day 2 to day 10, the wound contraction was significantly higher (p

Conventional kidney replacement therapy (KRT) for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is associated with unmet medical needs, limited efficiency, poor patient outcomes, perception, and high costs. Advancements, including synthetic high-flux membranes, better-designed dialyzers, smart hemodialysis machines, and ultrapure dialysis fluid, have improved outcomes, but challenges persist. Online hemodiafiltration allows for tailored convective doses, which can enhance the removal of uremic toxins, particularly those in the middle and large molecular weight range. This approach has been consistently associated with improved intermediary outcomes and potentially better patient outcomes, although the latter remains under debate. Several cohort and interventional studies, including individual patient data meta-analysis, have suggested the superiority of high-volume HDF to high-flux hemodialysis in reducing mortality. The CONVINCE trial, supported by HORIZON 2020, demonstrated a 23% reduction in all-cause mortality with hemodiafiltration, representing a milestone study in the KRT field. While secondary outcomes show promise, further analysis is needed. Overall, hemodiafiltration marks a significant advancement in KRT, with the potential to shift the treatment paradigm in kidney patient care. In this special issue, a comprehensive review retraces the long journey of hemodiafiltration from concept to the achievement of CONVINCE and provides clues for successful implementation.

In 2017, ScanPyramids project (www.scanpyramids.org) published a paper in Nature (Morishima et al., 2017) revealing the discovery of a big void (ScanPyramids Big Void BV) observed with nuclear emulsion films (Muography), it has a cross-section similar to that of the Grand Gallery and a minimum length of 30 meters situated above the Grand Gallery. In addition, a geometrically non-identified void in the Northern Face of the Pyramid (ScanPyramids Northern Face Corridor SP-NFC) was detected as well in 2017 followed by further detailed and focused muography measurements up to 2022 (Morishima and Procureur et al., 2023). ScanPyramids SP-NFC corridor has been investigated in more detail with a wider set of non-destructive techniques. The result of GPR, Ultrasonic and image fusion detected precisely the location and shape of ScanPyramids SP-NFC (Elkarmoty and Rupfle et al.,2023). In this paper, we present overview on the application of Muography, Ground Penetrating Radar, Ultrasonic Tomography, and Electrical Resistivity Tomography on the Chevron of the Great Pyramid where ScanPyramids SPNFC is located behind. The objective of the NDT measurements is to detect the geometry, location, orientation, and extension of ScanPyramids SP-NFC with more than one NDT method. The paper addresses the validity and limitations of each method used providing the limitations of each technique in this particular case study.

Será que o ensino da Matemática é também um assunto ideológico e político, apesar da representação da Matemática como conjunto de ideias abstratas? O objeto matemático é instrumento na vida social e, muitas vezes, ele funciona como argumento implícito, em um uso retórico a serviço de um projeto ideológico e político. O artigo defende a tese de que a questão chave é a da relação com a Matemática, que tem implicações ideológicas, políticas e identitárias. Ele analisa três tipos de relações: com a Matemática do Céu, com a Matemática da Terra e com a Matemática do Sapiens. “Fazer matemática” pode ser aceder a um mundo de Ideias puras, descobrir as estruturas profundas do mundo ou, como se sustenta neste artigo, participar de uma atividade coletiva dos seres humanos, no decorrer da sua história. A atividade matemática é uma forma particular de se apropriar o mundo, de criar mundos simbólicos específicos e de se assumir como sujeito de saber, sujeito singular e membro de uma espécie chamada Sapiens. Portanto, obviamente, sempre a matemática é, ao mesmo tempo, uma atividade científica, social e antropológica.

¿La enseñanza de la Matemática es una cuestión ideológica y política, a pesar de ser representada como un conjunto de ideas abstractas? El objeto matemático es un instrumento en la vida social y a menudo funciona como argumento implícito, en un uso retórico al servicio de un proyecto ideológico y político. El artículo sostiene la tesis de que es clave la relación con la Matemática y que ella tiene implicancias ideológicas, políticas e identitarias. Analiza tres tipos de relaciones: con la Matemática del Cielo, con la Matemática de la Tierra y con la Matemática del Sapiens. “Hacer matemática” puede ser acceder a un mundo de Ideas puras, descubrir las estructuras profundas del mundo o, como sostiene este artículo, participar en una actividad colectiva de los seres humanos en el curso de su historia. La actividad matemática es una forma particular de apropiarse del mundo, de crear mundos simbólicos específicos y de asumirse como sujeto de saber, sujeto singular y miembro de una especie llamada Sapiens. Por tanto, obviamente, la matemática es siempre, al mismo tiempo, una actividad científica, social y antropológica.

RESUMO O artigo traz o interesse pelo nascimento do conceito de “qualidade da educação” e seu contexto internacional. É mostrado que o conceito nasceu a partir das reflexões sobre a reforma do ensino de Matemática e de Ciências nas décadas de 60, 70 e 80 do século XX, nos Estados Unidos e na Europa, e difundiu-se nos anos 80 e 90 do mesmo século enquanto componente educacional do movimento liberal de modernização e globalização, em um ambiente de intensa concorrência econômica, que mobiliza a Matemática e a Ciência como instrumentos de riqueza e poder. Levando em conta a ambiguidade do conceito, o artigo aponta para alguns problemas a serem enfrentados quando se tenta usar esse conceito.

Objectives. To document the underlying science of how the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) adapted the Hanlon method, which prioritizes disease control programs, to its wider range of program areas and used it to implement the PAHO Strategic Plan 2014 – 2019. Methods. In 2014, PAHO established a Strategic Plan Advisory Group (SPAG) with representatives from 12 Member States to work closely with the PAHO Technical Team to adapt the Hanlon method to disease and non-disease control programs. Three meetings were held in 2015 – 2016 during which SPAG reviewed existing priority-setting methods, assessed the original Hanlon method and subsequent revisions, and developed the adapted method. This project was initiated by Member States, facilitated by PAHO, and conducted jointly in transparent and horizontal technical cooperation. Results. From the original Hanlon equation, the PAHO-adapted method maintains components A (size of problem), B (seriousness of problem), and C (effectiveness of intervention), drops component D (PEARL – Propriety, Economics, Acceptability, Resources, and Legality), and adds component E (inequity) and F (institutional positioning). The PEARL score was dropped because it serves a purpose for pre-screening process, but not in the priority-setting process for PAHO. Conclusions. The PAHO-adapted Hanlon method provides a refined approach for prioritizing public health programs that include disease and non-disease control areas. The method may be useful for the World Health Organization and country governments with similar needs.

RESUMO Por um lado, indícios de volta da barbárie; por outro, debates sobre os direitos dos animais, de robôs e até de extraterrestres. Hoje, observa-se uma indeterminação crescente quanto à definição do que é um ser humano, ou seja, quanto à questão antropológica. Essa é uma questão fundamental para quem se interessa pela educação. O que os discursos sobre a educação nos dizem sobre o homem? Em um primeiro momento, interrogam-se as pedagogias “tradicionais” e “novas”, que repousam sobre discursos sobre a natureza humana. A seguir, constata-se que não existe hoje uma pedagogia “contemporânea”, com uma dimensão antropológica, mas bricolagens pedagógicas numa lógica socioeconômica da performance e da concorrência. Depois, esboça-se, do ponto de vista antropológico, a análise de alguns discursos contemporâneos, sobre a “qualidade da educação”, a “neuroeducação”, a “cibercultura”, o “transhumanismo”. Enfim, alguns ensinos da ciência contemporânea sobre o cérebro, os genes e a evolução possibilitam entender que o ser humano é uma aventura singular e coletiva e sonhar em uma educação da solidariedade e da dignidade que contribua com a luta contra a barbárie.

Akabea belongs to the Great Andamanese family, one of the two indigenous language families of the Andaman Islands. All that remains today of this family is a handful of “rememberers” of so-called Present-day Great Andamanese, based on the language furthest removed from Akabea. None of the traditional languages was the subject of professional linguistic documentation or analysis. However, two government officials collected extensive material, with Akabea being the language most thoroughly treated. Neither was a trained linguist, and one might wonder whether anything reliable can be derived from their documentation. We have worked in detail with the Akabea material, and conclude that while there are obvious gaps (e.g. in the phonetics), the overall picture is that of a very consistent and elaborate grammatical and lexical structure. We present two typologically unusual features of Akabea. One relates to the conceptual basis of the language’s lexicon, which makes extensive use of somatic (body-part) prefixes, e.g. Akabea aka- ‘mouth’. These are sometimes used literally (as in the word for ‘mouth’), sometimes by semantic extension (e.g. in words relating to food and speech). The other concerns an unusual grammatical feature of the language, namely verb root ellipsis. In English, it is possible to omit verbs under appropriate pragmatic conditions, e.g. in response to Is he reading? one can answer Yes, he is, with omission of the whole word reading, but not *Yes, he is -ing, with omission of just the root read. Precisely this bizarre non-existent English type is what is attested in Akabea.

La elisión de la raíz verbal es un fenómeno atestiguado inequívocamente solo en dos lenguas habladas en América y una familia lingüística de las Islas Andamán. Consiste en la elisión de la raíz del verbo, en primer lugar bajo condiciones de recuperabilidad, dejando solamente afijos (y eventualmente clíticos) y, de esta manera, sometiendo a prueba los límites de la teoría y de las posibilidades morfológicas. El fenómeno es aquí examinado en las lenguas pertinentes: inuktitut, kwaza y algunos miembros de la familia gran andamanesa. Se discuten paralelos formales y funcionales con otros fenómenos tales como la elisión del verbo (elisión de la palabra entera) y morfemas y alomorfos de raíces léxicas cero.

Resumo Introdução Este estudo busca compreender os limites e barreiras associados à prevenção e ao teste de diagnóstico do HIV entre profissionais do sexo feminino. Métodos Foram analisadas as narrativas sobre a relação entre práticas sexuais, prostituição, amor e família, associadas à prevenção das doenças sexualmente transmissíveis. Utilizou-se a metodologia qualitativa do Rapid Anthropological Assessment (Avaliação antropológica rápida). A população pesquisada foi de 37 mulheres profissionais do sexo com idade entre 18 e 50 anos de Fortaleza, Ceará. Resultados A análise apontou que a decisão de realizar ou não o teste anti-HIV está muito mais vinculada à construção subjetiva sobre quem é o parceiro, cliente ou não, do que ao risco de se ter uma relação desprotegida. A compreensão provocou junto às participantes uma reflexão sobre a necessidade de gerenciar seus riscos de modo integral. Conclusão Conclui-se que estudar a produção de sentido pode contribuir para uma maior adesão dessas mulheres a práticas que, ao mesmo tempo, sejam seguras e viáveis, independentemente do parceiro.

This article intends to delineate the evolution of South African rugby union elite teams since the end of apartheid in the 1990s, when racially inclusive sports appeared, particularly the involvement of black players in what was often described as an essentially “white man’s game”. By relying on theoretical work on the notion of “centrality” and extensive statistical analysis, this article describes the limited transformation of South African rugby, both quantitatively and qualitatively, as blacks are generally confined to the “peripheral” and arguably less-important positions of the teams. In contrast, whites keep a firm control over positions that are both symbolically and functionally central, a pattern known as “positional segregation” or “stacking”.

This article presents partial results of a research that seeks to understand the relationships that students of final years of elementary school establish with knowledge and the Full-Time School. The theoretical and methodological frameworks are the studies of Bernard Charlot on the relation to knowledge. The analysis highlights the binomial protection/education, and the relationship expansion of time and learning with its tensions and contradictions. The conclusions indicate that the full-time can not be a simple extension of the current school, but should be a space-time where learning makes sense, offer new cultural opportunities and not hinder institutional or individual projects that have real value of formation.

O artigo apresenta resultados de um estudo cujo objetivo é compreender as relações que estudantes dos anos finais do Ensino Fundamental estabelecem com o saber e a escola em Tempo Integral. Os marcos teórico e metodológico são os estudos de Bernard Charlot sobre a relação com o saber. A análise evidencia o binômio proteção/educação, e a relação ampliação do tempo e aprendizagem com suas tensões e contradições. As conclusões apontam que o tempo integral não pode ser uma simples ampliação da escola atual, mas deve ser um espaço-tempo em que aprender tenha sentido, ofereça novas oportunidades culturais e não inviabilize projetos institucionais ou individuais que têm um real valor de formação.

The purpose of this article is to show how the concepts and the methods of FSP can be applied to the diachronic study. By leaning on a corpus of Old French and Middle French texts, we observe at first the specificity of the communicative dynamism and the passage of Old French system, which gives the priority to the identification of the theme, to Middle French, which takes into account the degrees of rhematic phrases. The diverse thematic progressions and, in particular, the emergence, during Middle French are then studied, progressions with derived themes, connected to the expression of the background. Changes which affect constituent order, in particular the change of status of V2 order, are then put in connection with textual evolutions.

As universidades contemporâneas estão enfrentando desafios que despertam dúvidas sobre o seu futuro: será que "a universidade de Abelardo" ainda tem um futuro na época da classificação de Xangai? Tendo em vista que a formação dos professores foi o principal objetivo das universidades do século XX, qual será o seu destino em universidades incitadas a focalizar a pesquisa? Começa-se por esboçar o tipo ideal da universidade: o que nela deve permanecer para que ainda se possa falar de "universidade"? São propostas oito características remetendo aos professores, a suas atividades, a suas relações com os poderes, com o ambiente e com outras instituições de ensino. A seguir, evidencia-se que a formação do professor de ensino primário ficou fora das missões das universidades, até há pouco tempo, mas que a do professor de ensino secundário foi o projeto central das universidades nos tempos modernos. Por que essa diferença? Por fim, analisam-se as principais evoluções contemporâneas do ensino superior: internacionalização, mercantilização e diferenciação. Avançam-se algumas hipóteses sobre o que será a formação dos docentes naquelas universidades do século XXI.Contemporary universities are facing challenges that cause doubts about its future: "Abelard's University" still has a future at the time of the Shangai Ranking? In view of the fact that the teacher formation was the main objective of the universities of the 20th century, what will be its destination in universities that have to focus research? The articles starts with a sketch of the ideal type of the university: what in it must remain so that one still can speak of "university"? It considers eight characteristics, sending to the professors, its activities, its relations with powers, environment and others institutions of education. To follow, it is proven that the formation of the teacher of primary education was outside of the missions of the universities, until recently, but that of the teacher of secondary education was the central project of the universities in the modern times. Why this difference? Finally, the main contemporaries evolutions of superior education are analyzed: internationalization, mercantilization and differentiation. Some hypotheses are advanced on what will be the teacher formation in those universities of the 21st century.

A violência na escola é um fenômeno social. Para tornar-se objeto de pesquisa, esse fenômeno deve ser definido pelo pesquisador. Ademais, uma boa parte do esforço de pesquisa consiste em definir do que se fala. Este artigo analisa a maneira como os sociólogos franceses abordam a questão da violência e as distinções conceituais que eles propõem: a violência na escola, à escola e da escola; a violência, a agressão, a agressividade; a violência, a transgressão, a incivilidade, etc. Por baixo da violência como sintoma, é necessário estudar a tensão engendrada, ao mesmo tempo, pelas relações sociais e pelas práticas quotidianas da escola.Violence in schools is a social phenomenon. In order to become a research object, that phenomenon must be defined by the researcher. Besides, a great deal of the research effort consists in defining what one is speaking about. This article examines the way French sociologists approach the issue of violence and the conceptual distinctions they put forward: violence in the school, to the school and by the school; violence, aggression, aggressiveness; violence, transgression, incivility, etc. Behind violence as a symptom, it urges to study the tension simultaneously engendered by social relations and everyday school practices.

Revised! AE437, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Michael D. Dukes, Mary Shedd, and Bernard Cardenas-Lailhacar, is part of the Smart Irrigation Controllers series. It describes how soil moisture sensor systems work, rules for installation, setting the sensor threshold, and programming the irrigation timer. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, March 2009. AE437/AE437: Smart Irrigation Controllers: How Do Soil Moisture Sensor (SMS) Irrigation Controllers Work? (ufl.edu)

FCS-3274, a 10-page illustrated fact sheet by Melissa B. Haley, Michael D. Dukes, Stacia Davis, Mary Shedd, and Bernard Cardenas-Lailhacar, describes strategies and technologies for efficiency in home lawn irrigation systems. Includes references. One of an Energy Efficient Homes series. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, June 2008.

The Gujarat earthquake was a watershed for IFRCand more specifically for its Logistics and ResourceMobilisation Department. It was the first time thatall IFRC’s preparedness tools, mechanisms andpractices, developed to better manage emergencysupply chains, had come together.

SUMARIO: I. La tradición. II. EL futuro del gobierno parlamentario.

RESUMO Objetiva-se discutir as barreiras e os incentivos identificados pelas profissionais do sexo para a realização do teste HIV (Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana) relacionados com a organização das ações e serviços no Sistema Único de Saúde. Pesquisa qualitativa realizada por entrevista semiestruturada na cidade de Fortaleza de 2012 a 2014. Das mulheres que fizeram o teste na atenção primária (30%), a maior parte (64%) teve acesso a ele pela assistência pré-natal. Sobre a sua realização, 17% nunca tinham feito, 69% já tinham feito alguma vez na vida e 14% realizavam-no constantemente. Foram identificadas como barreiras a falta de vagas por demanda espontânea, preconceito e falta de sigilo.

Some Afro-Creole Musical Terms in French Colonial Texts of The Seventeenth and Eighteenth CenturiesThis article attempts to take stock of a number of terms referring to Afro-Creole music in ancient texts. Often cited in historical, ethnomusicological or musicological literature, these terms need to be put into context to better establish the legitimacy of their use.

The nutrient composition was investigated in wild vegetable products grown in the Argentine Chaco. The evaluated species were: Rumex sp., Amaranthus quitensis and Taraxacum officinale, as vegetable leaves; Morrenia odorata, Passiflora sp. (in two ripening stages) and Eugenia myrciantes as fruits; and the pollen of the flowers of Typha domingensis. Sampling was performed during three harvesting seasons. Values for protein, total lipid, crude fiber, ash, reducing and total sugar, starch, total pectin and computed energy value are given. Mineral values are reported for: calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, iron and phosphorus. Vitamin values are given for ascorbic acid and beta-carotene. Comparison of two means test was employed to test the significant differences among the means. In the wild leaves, higher concentrations of the macronutrients were found thean in commercially exploited cultivars such as swiss chard, spinach and chicory. Also higher energy value: 33-60 Kcal against 14-30 Kcal/100 g. Unusually high levels of calcium, iron and magnesium were found for Amaranthus quitensis (274.3, 6.4 and 136.2 mg/100 g, respectively) and 48.9 mg/100 g of ascorbic acid were found in Rumex sp. As a rule, all these wild fruits exhibited higher amounts of macronutrients and energy value than cultivated species such as apples (Mallus sp). The most interesting results were for T. domingensis pollen regarding its macro and micronutrient composition with an energetic value of 287.7 Kcal/100 g.

The authors present the clinical history of a 70-year-old male with arterial hypertension who sought medical advice because of dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea and episodes of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. The electrocardiogram showed left arterial hemiblock and abnormalities of ventricular repolarization compatible with a left lateral endocardiac lesion. Echocardiography revealed a hypertrophied left ventricle with a small ventricular cavity, compatible with an infiltrative-restrictive myopathy. Blood chemistry showed creatinine 4.9 mg/dl, BUN 133 mg/dl and alkaline phosphatase 204 i.v. The patient expired because of intractable heart failure. The histopathological examination of a piece of myocardium (authorized by the family) stained with Congo red confirmed the presence of abundant, diffuse deposits of amyloid, as had been suspected because of the echocardiographic findings.

The second autochthonous case of hepatic hydatidosos by Echinococcus vogelli is reported for the Republic of Panama. The patient was a 8 year old female living in the Province of Colon (Maria Chiquita). She claimed never to have traveled outside panamanian territory. The multichambered cysts with fertile, numerous protoscolices were identified from biopsied material obtained after exploratory laparotomy at Manuel Amador Hospital in Colon (Republic of Panama). The cyst appeared multiloculated mostly affecting the left lobe of the liver, beside a cystic lesion on the right lobe. The large rostellar hooks, in a count of 100 protoscolices, had a total length of handles and blades which average 41 microns in diameter, which coincide with those of E. vogeli, the most prevalent hydatid disease in man in South and Central America.