Marianela Luzardo Briceño

The Voice of Scholarly Dispute in Medical Book Reviews, 1890–2010

It is now generally accepted that synchronic studies can benefit from, be enhanced and informed by diachronic considerations which help us understand why specialized languages have come to be as they are. ‘History is who we are and why we are the way we are’, said the US ‘celebrity’ historian, David McCullough. In that sense, Bazerman (1988) claims that it is necessary to understand why certain forms of expression arise, why they evolve and why they disappear. He further stresses that it is only through the analysis of language as a historical phenomenon that one can understand the rhetoric of today’s scientific discourse. Along the same lines, Atkinson (1996: 334) forcefully remarks that ‘the study of scientists’ communicative practices across historical times is a crucial aspect in the study of science’. Hyland (2000) echoes these opinions by asserting that diachronic analyses of scientific discourse are an important way of looking at the constitutive relationship between writers and their texts in the sense that they show that language and communities are mutually entailed and constituted.

Consumo de sustancias psicoactivas antes y después del ingreso a prisión en catorce centros carcelarios de Colombia

Objective: to describe the frequency of psychoactive substances and substances used before and after being admitted to prison, inmates in 14 prisons and detention facilities assigned to the Regional East Directorate of the Colombian National Institute Penitentiary and Prisons (INPEC). Methods: The study sample was made up of 323 inmates (men n = 303, women n = 20) who were administered the questionnaire “Epidemiological Monitoring of Use and Substance Abuse” (VESPA). Results: there is a statistically significant reduction of use, per drug, after being admitted to prison; quitting barbiturates and heroin consumption in its entirety. Conclusions: The use of illicit substances follows the global and national trend; which should concern the competent institutions, since the effects of the use and abuse of psychoactive substances constitute a risk factor preventing the re-socializing objective of deprivation of liberty.

Evaluación del manejo de residuos sólidos en la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana seccional Bucaramanga

La evaluacion del manejo de residuos solidos en la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana seccional Bucaramanga se desarrollo en cuatro etapas: caracterizacion de los residuos solidos que van a disposicion final, cuantificacion de residuos destinados a aprovechamiento, evaluacion de otros factores asociados a la gestion de los residuos solidos y el analisis estadistico de la informacion. Se encontro que el residuo mas generado es comida y jardineria, con una participacion del 37%, equivalente a 149 kg/dia. Se identificaron buenas practicas de aprovechamiento para papel, carton, metales y comida compostable. Por otra parte, para el ano 2012 se establecio una produccion per capita de 0,052 kg/persona.dia. Para el analisis estadistico se hizo una descripcion multivariante de la informacion y con ello se obtuvo un modelo que, ademas de cumplir con los supuestos estadisticos, explica el comportamiento del 85,9% de la informacion.