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This is a Colombian case study which demonstrates the relationship. We applied a household survey and took measures of temporary preference and risk aversion to a sample of inhabitants of Barranca de Upía (Meta). I find that i. Age is associated with the time preference revealed, but not risk aversion is revealed; ii. Women are more risk averse, and iii. The fact that they have come to the village in the last five years, whether looking for economic opportunities or žfleeing armed conžflict, the revealing of a high temporal preference and a low risk aversion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The case report of a 4 years child is described assisted initially in the Pediatrics Service of the Social Security Ecuadorian Institute Hospital of Ibarra in Ecuador Republic and then in the Vascular Surgery Service, where she was diagnosed Parkes Weber syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An observational and descriptive study of case series was conducted in 14 patients with aortoiliac peripheral artery disease, operated through direct vascular procedures at the Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Provincial Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from January 2010 to October 2012, to characterize them according to some clinical and surgical parameters and evaluate the effectiveness of the surgical treatment. Among the main results it was obtained that the total number were men over 50 years of age in whom the Doppler ultrasound was selected as imaging technique; all patients with occlusions were smokers and 50% of them underwent bypass surgery, whereas all patients with aneurysms had hypertension and 62.5% of them underwent vascular replacement surgery. It was concluded that occlusive aortoiliac peripheral artery disease has an increasingly early onset, abdominal aortic aneurysms are not diagnosed early, and angiography and CT studies are needed to decide the surgical treatment, and surgical parameters such as time of aortic clamping, diuresis during clamping, urine output and surgical time had no serious implications in the postoperative period or survival of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. This paper introduces the results of a research work made in Pereira and Dosquebradas, in the Risaralda province, about the economic and mechanic feasibility of the conversion of internal combustion engines to flex fuel systems. For the study, a sample of taxi drivers was chosen in the region, given the high consumption of fossil fuel they require for every day of work. Objective. To determine the economic and mechanic feasibility of converting the internal combustion engines taxis in Pereira and Dosquebradas have, to flex fuel systems. Materials and methods. In order to have reliable estimated data, in the cities mentioned, a systematic sampling model in twelve specific places with more than 10 taxis parked was used. 5 taxis were surveyed in each place, completing a 348 taxi drivers surveyed. Results. Results demonstrate that, even though conversion is feasible under mechanic terms for mixtures below E-85, and also brings a significant increase in the control of pollutant emissions to the atmosphere, it is not economically feasible in Colombia, given the current market conditions. Conclusion. Even though the research work was made in two cities in the Colombian coffee crops zone, it can be concluded, with a 95% of reliability that results in any other Colombian town will be the same, demonstrating an economic unfeasibility to convert engines to flexible systems countrywide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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