Productividad energética y financiera en fincas campesinas del departamento de caldas: tres estudios de caso / Enegetic and finnancial productivity in peasants' frms in the depaartment o f caldas: three case studies

Con el objetivo de estimar la productividad energética y financiera, se estudiaron tres fincas campesinas en los municipios de Filadelfia y Manizales en el departamento de Caldas (Colombia). Las fincas estudiadas se seleccionaron de los clústeres resultantes en la investigación: "Flujo de masas y energía en fincas campesinas de la zona cafetera: vínculos entre la racionalidad campesina y el flujo de materiales"5. Para realizar los análisis, se recabó información con base en entrevistas semiestructuradas aplicadas a cada una de las familias de dichas fincas. Con la información, se elaboraron modelos analógicos, que muestran las entradas y salidas del sistema café, componente principal de la unidad familiar. Se estimó la productividad energética y financiera de cada unidad. Se concluyó que la Finca 1 es la que presenta la mayor eficiencia energética y financiera, debido a su diversidad, reciclaje de materiales y uso de mano de obra familiar. En consecuencia, es la más sustentable.

Three peasants' farms in the municipalities of Filadelfia and Manizales, Caldas (Colombia) were studied with the purpose of estimating energetic and financial productivity. The studied farms were selected from the resulting clusters in the research project "Mass and energy flow in peasants' farms in the coffee triangle: links between peasants' rationality and materials flow"5. In order to perform the analysis, information was gathered through semi-structured interviews applied to each family from the above mentioned farms. With this information, analogical models were developed which show the coffee system income and expenditure, a main component in family unit. It was concluded that Farm 1 presents the highest energetic and financial efficiency because of its diversity, materials recycling process and use of family work force. Consequently it is the most sustainable one.

Elisa as a diagnostic test in human strongyloidiasis

The sensitivity and specificity of ELISA in human strongyloidiasis have been evaluated using delipidised larval antigen. Sera of 36 patients of parasitologically proven Strongyloides stercoralis infection, free individuals and 33 cases of different parasitic infections as controls have been tested. The test showed 94.4% sensitivity and 84.1% specificity