Evaluation of the response to treatment and clinical evolution in patients with burning mouth syndrome

Objective: the aim of this study is to investigate the clinical evolution, the spontaneous remission of the symptomatology and the response to different treatments in a group of burning mouth syndrome patients. Study Design: the sample was formed by a group of patients that were visited in the Unit of Oral Medicine of the Dentistry Clinic of the University of Barcelona, from the year 2000 to 2011. After revising the clinical records of all the patients that had been under control for a period of time of 18 months or longer, they were contacted by telephone. In the telephone interview, they were questioned about the symptomatology evolution and the response to the treatments received, noting down the data in a questionnaire previously performed. Results: the average duration of the symptoms was 6.5 years (+/-2.5 years). The most frequent treatments were: chlorhexidine mouthrinses, oral benzodiazepines, topical clonazepam, antiinflamatory drugs, antidepressants, antifungicals, vitamins, psycotherapy, salivary substitutes and topical corticoids. The specialists that were consulted with a higher frequency were: dermatologists (30%), othorrynolaringologists (10%) and psychiatrists (3%). In 41 patients the oral symptoms did not improve, 35 reported partial improvements, 12 patients worsened, and only in 3 patients the symptoms remitted. Conclusions: In three of the 91 patients studied the symptoms remitted spontaneously within the five years of treatment. Only 42% of the study population had improved the symptomatology significantly, and this improvement would reach 60% if clonazepam were associated to psychotherapy

Recognition of Cultural Pluralism in the Context of State Organizations: Mexican Case

Throughout history we have the existence of human groups with their own cultural manifestations in various territories of the planet that areknown as:cultures, cultural groups, ethnic, racial, indigenous or ancestral peoples, those with identity particularisms seen from the richness of political, economic, social, legal and cultural models have been dominated by peoples through war movements, called wars, conquests or colonizations giving rise to the invisibilization of these originating groups that have suffered from forced assimilation or their disappearance. From our environment we have a manifest interest in the ancestral peoples of Mexico, to form the original population that has given consistency to the characteristics or cultural identity of the Mexican population. Culture implicitly carries various factors of the person in his individuality at the same time as a collective of which he is a part, that is, all kinds of organization including the Legal systems themselves, that is, we make direct mention of legal pluralism from the cultural dimension

Deterministic Routing with HoL-Blocking-Awareness for Direct Topologies

AbstractRouting is a key design factor to obtain the maximum performance out of interconnection networks. Depending on the number of routing options that packets may use, routing algorithms are classified into two categories. If the packet can only use a single predetermined path, routing is deterministic, whereas if several paths are available, it is adaptive. It is well-known that adaptive routing usually outperforms deterministic routing. However, adaptive routers are more complex and introduces out-of-order delivery of packets. In this paper, we take up the challenge of developing a deterministic routing algorithm for direct topologies that can obtain a similar performance than adaptive routing, while providing the inherent advantages of deterministic routing such as in-order delivery of packets and implementation simplicity. The proposed deterministic routing algorithm is aware of the HoL-blocking effect, and it is designed to reduce it, which, as known, it is a key contributor to degrade interconnection network performance

Esclerosis tuberosa y manifestaciones orales: caso clínico

La esclerosis tuberosa (ET) es una anomalía congénita del desarrollo embrionario que se transmite de forma autosómica dominante y tiene diferentes formas de expresión clínica. Se clasifica dentro de las denominadas facomatosis (phakos 'mancha' y oma 'tumor'), que son anomalías del desarrollo, susceptibles de originar tumores y/o hamartomas del sistema nervioso. Es importante destacar que las lesiones del sistema nervioso se acompañan, prácticamente siempre, de anomalías cutáneas. En este trabajo presentamos el caso de una paciente de 55 años de edad, diagnosticada desde hace años de esclerosis tuberosa, que cursa con lesiones intraorales compatibles clínicamente con fibromas. Estas lesiones de aspecto fibromatoso se presentan sobre todo en el labio inferior y en ambas mucosas yugales, localización poco referenciada para esta manifestación en la enfermedad de base que nos ocupa. La anatomía patológica sugiere lesiones compatibles con angiomiolipoma. También repasamos los datos referentes a la ET, se describen las implicaciones orales de la misma y en base al resultado histopatológico obtenido se revisa el significado del término angiomiolipoma.Tuberous sclerosis (TS) is a congenital anomaly in the development of the embryo which is transmitted through the autosomal dominant gene. It has various forms of clinical expression. It is classified as one of what are known as Phacomatoses (phakos stain and oma tumour), which are development anomalies that can originate tumours and/or hamartomas in the nervous system. Lesions in the nervous system are nearly always accompanied by cutaneous anomalies. In this study we introduce the case of a woman patient aged 55, diagnosed several years earlier with Tuberous Sclerosis, who attended for intraoral lesions which were clinically compatible with fibromata. These lesions of fibrous appearance occurred above all on the lower lip and in both cheeks' mucous membranes, little mentioned in the literature as a site for such a manifestation of TS. The pathological anatomy suggested lesions compatible with Angiomyolipoma. In addition, the data referring to TS are reviewed; its implications for the mouth are described; and histopathological results are used to examine the significance of the word Angiomyolipoma

Susceptibility of adults of the cerambycid beetle Hedypathes betulinus to the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and Purpureocillium lilacinum

Fil: Schapovaloff, M.E.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Estudios en Parasitología y Vectores; ArgentinaFil: Alves, L.F.A.. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Laboratório de Biotecnologia Agrícola; BrasilFil: Fanti, A.L.. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Laboratório de Biotecnologia Agrícola; BrasilFil: Alzogaray, R.A.. Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas; ArgentinaFil: López Lastra, Claudia Cristina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Estudios en Parasitología y Vectores; Argentin

The supporting role of the teres major muscle, an additional component in glenohumeral stability? An anatomical and radiological study

Muscle coordination plays an important role in glenohumeral stability. The rotator cuff and the long head of the biceps are considered the primary dynamic stabilizers muscles. However, the fact that a subgroup of patients with a massive tear in the rotator cuff were able to keep a normal function, should make us question this traditional view. We hypothesize that the teres major which is also a monoarticular scapulohumeral muscle, although it is not part of the conjoined tendon of the rotator cuff, can play a role in glenohumeral stability by a direct support of the humeral head generated by the particular posteroanterior location of this muscle under the humeral head and which, as far as we know, has not been written up previously. This particular effect could appear while the arm is being lifted and the humeral head could be leaning on against the teres major muscle belly underneath it. An anatomical a radiological study was carried out to substantiate our hypothesis. Two cadaver specimens were used for the anatomical study. Frist body was studied through conventional dissection. The second body was analysed through sectional anatomy. Then a radiological study was carried out using magnetic resonance imaging in a healthy male volunteer. Both anatomically and radiologically, the anteroinferior surface of the humeral head was showed firmly resting against the muscle belly of the teres major, to the point of misshaping it from 110 degrees of arm elevation with external rotation. The specific contribution of this effect to the glenohumeral stability needs to be confirmed by further studies and can help us to prevent the high incidence of glenohumeral dislocations

Cebos molusquicidas y molusquicidas líquidos para el control de Deroceras reticulatum (Pulmonata: Stylomatophora), plaga en el cultivo de colza

Oil seed rape (Brassica napus) under No Tillage (NT) represents an alternative in the current crop rotationsystems. Deroceras reticulatum “gray slug” is a one of the present pest in this crop under NT. The aim of thisstudy was to evaluate combined action bait and liquid Metaldehyde as an alternative strategy control of the specie. Laboratory and fields traits were carried out with the following treatments: control treatment without chemicals, chemical co tro (4 kg ha-1 of Metaldehyde 4 %), 3, 4 and 5 kg ha-1 combined action bait (Carbaryl8 % y Metaldehyde 4 %) and 1, 2 and 3 l ha-1 of liquid formulations (20 % Metaldehyde). The number of dead individuals of D. reticulatum and the number of damaged and undamaged plants were evaluated. In the laboratory,up to 3 days after application (DAA) it was observed higher control rates at all doses of liquid formulationthan all solids treatment. In both, solid and liquid treatments did not have doses effect. The proportion of damaged plants did not differ between treatments. In the field, at 2, 8 and 14 DAA liquid treatments showed lower control rates compared with the Metaldehyde baits and combined action bait. Both treatments solids and liquids were no effect of dose. The proportion of damaged plants was higher than that observed in laboratoryconditions. There were not observed differences in the proportion of damaged plants under chemical treatments and in the control with slugs. The application of liquid formulations may be carrying out close to crops sowing, while baits should be applied before sowing

Líquenes de las rocas ultramáficas en la Sierra de A Capelada (A Coruña, NW de España)

SÁNCHEZ-BIEZMA SERRANO, M. J., ÁLVAREZ ANDRÉS, J. & LÓPEZ DE SILANES VÁZQUEZ, M. E. 2001. Líquenes de las rocas ultramáficas en la Sierra de A Capelada (A Coruña, NW España). Bot. Complutensis 25: 261-269. Se ha llevado a cabo un estudio ecológico y biogeográfico de la flora que se asienta sobre rocas ultramáficas en la Sierra de A Capelada (A Coruña, NW de España), a partir de un catálogo de 106 especies.SÁNCHEZ-BIEZMA SERRANO, M. J., ÁLVAREZ ANDRÉS, J. & LÓPEZ DE SILANES VÁZQUEZ, M. E. 2001. Líchens of ultramafic rocks in the Sierra de A Capelada (A Coruña, NW Spain). Bot. Complutensis 25: 261-269. An ecological and biogeographic study of the flore on ultramaphic rocks in the Sierra de A Capelada (A Coruña, NW Spain) was made from a catalogue of 106 species