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Crisis in Venezuela, Solitude of Latin America, the Old Future (베네수엘라 위기와 라틴아메리카의 고독 그 오래된 미래)

  • Choi, Myoung-Ho
    • Iberoamérica
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.83-114
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    • 2019
  • Now Venezuela is the most attentional country in Latin America not only in our country but also all world. Unfortunately, the current crisis is a danger that threatening the venezuelan people's right to live, so most of the news is negative. Some analysts in Korea insist that everything is the result of invasion by US imperialism, others say it is a state of default due to excessive populism. The others also described as a power game of the powers of the world by the new Cold War. But most essential thing is that Sovereign of Venezuela, Venezuelan people are marginalized in this process. Venezuela's crisis seems to have been both a combination of internal and external factors, but internal factors been a main cause. The internal factors are the dictatorship and corruption of crony capitalism of nepotism which are considered historical ailments in Latin America. Chávez criticized the oligarchy, but paradoxically, the Chávezian or current ruling forces became another oligarchy. Unfortunately, Western powers such as the United States and the EU and Venezuela's current ruling powers are at an extreme confrontation, so can be seen using cliff-edge tactics. The best solution is the free and peaceful reelection of the president. After the patriarchal winter, which spring will come the Venezuelan people must decide.

Bienestar Sustentable y su Medición. Ensayo para América Latina.

  • Perdomo, Jhoner;Phelan C, Mauricio;Levy-Carciente, Sary
    • Iberoamérica
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.33-77
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    • 2021
  • Starting from the capabilities approach, this work develops the concept of Sustainable Wellbeing, which highlights the importance of incorporating temporal sustainability in the analysis of wellbeing, with intergenerational justice. For its measurement, 12 dimensions are identified and defined, based on the philosophical approach of Central Capabilities of Martha Nussbaum. The measurement is applied to 18 Latin American countries, with 116 indicators and using a multiple correspondence analysis (MCA). The results show the viability of operationalizing the capabilities approach and its potential to support the formulation of associated policies.

Geological Characteristics of Extra Heavy Oil Reservoirs in Venezuela (베네주엘라 초중질유 저류층 지질 특성)

  • Kim, Dae-Suk;Kwon, Yi-Kyun;Chang, Chan-Dong
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.83-94
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    • 2011
  • Extra heavy oil reservoirs are distributed over the world but most of them is deposited in the northern part of the Orinoco River in Venezuela, in the area of 5,500 $km^2$, This region, which has been commonly called "the Orinoco Oil Belt", contains estimated 1.3 trillion barrels of original oil-in-place and 250 billion barrels of established reserves. The Venezuela extra heavy oil has an API gravity of less than 10 degree and in situ viscosity of 5,000 cP at reservoir condition. Although the presence of extra heavy oil in the Orinoco Oil Belt has been initially reported in the 1930's, the commercial development using in situ cold production started in the 1990's. The Orinoco heavy oil deposits are clustered into 4 development areas, Boyaco, Junin, Ayachoco, and Carabobo respectively, and they are subdivided into totally 31 production blocks. Nowadays, PDVSA (Petr$\'{o}$leos de Venzuela, S.A.) makes a development of each production block with the international oil companies from more than 20 countries forming a international joint-venture company. The Eastern Venezuela Basin, the Orinoco Oil Belt is included in, is one of the major oil-bearing sedimentary basins in Venezuela and is first formed as a passive margin basin by the Jurassic tectonic plate motion. The major source rock of heavy oil is the late Cretaceous calcareous shale in the central Eastern Venezuela Basin. Hydrocarbon materials migrated an average of 150 km up dip to the southern margin of the basin. During the migration, lighter fractions in the hydrocarbon were removed by biodegradation and the oil changed into heavy and/or extra heavy oil. Miocene Oficina Formation, the main extra heavy oil reservoir, is the unconsolidated sand and shale alternation formed in fluvial-estuarine environment and also has irregularly a large number of the Cenozoic faults induced by basin subsidence and tectonics. Because Oficina Formation has not only complex lithology distribution but also irregular geology structure, geological evolution and characteristics of the reservoirs have to be determined for economical production well design and effective oil recovery. This study introduces geological formation and evolution of the Venezuela extra heavy oil reservoirs and suggest their significant geological characteristics which are (1) thickness and geometry of reservoir pay sands, (2) continuity and thickness of mud beds, (3) geometry of faults, (4) depth and geothermal character of reservoir, (5) in-situ stress field of reservoir, and (6) chemical composition of extra heavy oil. Newly developed exploration techniques, such as 3-D seismic survey and LWD (logging while drilling), can be expected as powerful methods to recognize the geological reservoir characteristics in the Orinoco Oil Belt.

Glutamate dehydrogenase antigen detection in Plasmodium falciparum infections

  • Dominguez, Neira-De;Alexis, Rodriguez-Acosta
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.239-246
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    • 1996
  • The usefulness of malaria diagnosis by Plusmodium JaLcipawn-GDH (NADP+), obtained by affinity chromatography. is demonstrated in ELISA assays, testing IgG antibodies against GDH (NADP+) from patients with acute malaria, who have had two or more episodes of malaria. or from sera of hyperimmune patients. GDH (NADP+) thermal stability was demonstrated in a high heat resistance assay. The immunofluorescence assay demonstrated that anti-culture (P. falciporum) supernatant serum and anti-GDH (NADP+) of Proton app. recognized epitopes in Venezuelan isolates and Colombian and Brazilian malarial strains. The antigen is soluble, with high specificity is a potent imnlunogen and is thermoresistant. Key words: antigenic enzymes. glutamate dehydrogenase, malaria diagnosis, Plasmodium berghei, Plcswlodium ccthemelum, PlusmoniumJnlcipnmm, Plosmonium uiuox. soluble antigens.

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OYSTER SETTING IN THE RESTINGA LAGOON IN VENEZUELA (베네주엘라국 RESTINGA호의 굴 채묘)

  • CHO Chang-Hwan;FRIAS Jose A.
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.287-292
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    • 1979
  • 남미 Venezuela국에 있는 면적 약 $26.6\;km^2$, 수심 약 6m의 함수호인 Restinga Lagoon에서 1979년 9월, 10월 2개월간 그곳 자연산 굴인 Crassostrca rhizophorae의 채묘시험을 실시하였다. 채묘성적은 St.2(Fig.2)에서 우수하여 채묘기 $100cm^2$당 약 45개체가 발견되었는데, 부착치패는 조차범위인 약 30cm중 중간 10cm 부분에서 가장 많았고 저조선하에선 각종 부착생물이 다량 부착되었을 뿐 굴 치패는 거의 발견되지 않았다. 따라서, Restinga Lagoon에서의 채묘적지는 St.2가 적합하였고 채묘기 설치위치는 약 4시간 노출선인 저호선위 $15\~10\;cm$가 최적이었다.

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기로에 선 OPEC

  • Korea Petroleum Association
    • Korea Petroleum Association Journal
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    • no.2 s.60
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    • pp.106-108
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    • 1986
  • 1962-63년에 걸쳐 석유수출국기구(OPEC)의 베네수엘라대표를 역힘하였으며, 현재 Petroleos de Venezuela Corp의 부사장인 Humberto Penaloza씨는 최근 약화되고 있는 OPEC의 생산조정자로의 역활과 가격결정력에 대하여 상황을 진단하고 회생을 위한 처방을 제시하고 있다. 이를 번역ㆍ전재한다. <편집자주>

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On the Seedling Time of the Mangrove Oyster, Crassostrea rhizophorae, in the Lagoon of Cocineta in Venezuela (Venezuela국 Cocineta호산 Mangrove oyster의 채묘시기)

  • YOO Sung Kyoo;CHO Chang Hwan;YOO Myung-Suk
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.281-285
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    • 1976
  • An investigation on the breeding time of the Mangrove oyster, Crassostrea rhizaphorae, in the lagoon of Cocineta which is located in the northwestern part of Venezuela was carried out from February through May in 1976. Surface water temperature was high, over $25^{\circ}C$ and specific gravity was around 1.0258. Transparency to water depth varied between 29 and $80\%$. The range of water content of the oysters increased from February through May. However, the averge monthly range of water content varied only slightly from 80.67 to $82.25\%$. From the numbers of matured planktonic larvae together with total numbers of planktonic larvae found, we may assume that the best seedling period is from late April through early May. We may also assume that the best area is around stations 4 and 3, station 3 being slightly better than station 4.

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