Demands of People with Disabilities and Empowerment of Resilient Strategies

The objective of the research is to identify the resilient strategies in people with disabilities of the Technical University of Manabí. The paper presents a conceptual analysis associated with disability in university students. Some points of view related to the strategies of attention to diversity are exposed. A conceptual analysis related to resilience is provided. The situation of disabled students who are enrolled in the different careers of the Technical University of Manabí is addressed, specifying the type of disability they have. An analysis of the population is made for the study and the selection of the sample. The data related to the measurement of resilience is exposed to disabled students, for which the method developed by (Saavedra & Villalta, 2008) was used, consisting of 60 items, divided into 12 specific factors of resilience. Finally, a vision related to the resilience strategy demanded by disabled students of the Technical University of Manabí is offered

Nut production in Bertholletia excelsa across a logged forest mosaic: implications for multiple forest use

Although many examples of multiple-use forest management may be found in tropical smallholder systems, few studies provide empirical support for the integration of selective timber harvesting with non-timber forest product (NTFP) extraction. Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) is one of the world’s most economically-important NTFP species extracted almost entirely from natural forests across the Amazon Basin. An obligate out-crosser, Brazil nut flowers are pollinated by large-bodied bees, a process resulting in a hard round fruit that takes up to 14 months to mature. As many smallholders turn to the financial security provided by timber, Brazil nut fruits are increasingly being harvested in logged forests. We tested the influence of tree and stand-level covariates (distance to nearest cut stump and local logging intensity) on total nut production at the individual tree level in five recently logged Brazil nut concessions covering about 4000 ha of forest in Madre de Dios, Peru. Our field team accompanied Brazil nut harvesters during the traditional harvest period (January-April 2012 and January-April 2013) in order to collect data on fruit production. Three hundred and ninety-nine (approximately 80%) of the 499 trees included in this study were at least 100 m from the nearest cut stump, suggesting that concessionaires avoid logging near adult Brazil nut trees. Yet even for those trees on the edge of logging gaps, distance to nearest cut stump and local logging intensity did not have a statistically significant influence on Brazil nut production at the applied logging intensities (typically 1–2 timber trees removed per ha). In one concession where at least 4 trees ha-1 were removed, however, the logging intensity covariate resulted in a marginally significant (0.09) P value, highlighting a potential risk for a drop in nut production at higher intensities. While we do not suggest that logging activities should be completely avoided in Brazil nut rich forests, when a buffer zone cannot be observed, low logging intensities should be implemented. The sustainability of this integrated management system will ultimately depend on a complex series of socioeconomic and ecological interactions. Yet we submit that our study provides an important initial step in understanding the compatibility of timber harvesting with a high value NTFP, potentially allowing for diversification of forest use strategies in Amazonian Perù

Arteritis de Takayasu : Etiología inhabitual de infarto cerebral. Reporte de un caso

La arteritis de Takayasu (AT) es una vasculitis crónica de grandes vasos que afecta a la aorta y a sus principales ramas. La presentación clínica inicial generalmente se manifiesta con síntomas constitucionales inespecíficos, pero de forma ocasional puede debutar con isquemia de un órgano determinado. Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 31 años de edad sin ascendencia japonesa, sin factores de riesgo vasculares, que presentó de forma súbita déficit motor en hemicuerpo derecho y alteración del lenguaje. Al examen físico se encontró ausencia de pulso en una arteria distal y una diferencia en la presión arterial en los miembros superiores. La angiografía por sustracción digital mostró oclusión de la arteria subclavia y carótida común izquierda, así como estenosis severa de la arteria subclavia derecha en su parte media. Se diagnosticó AT de acuerdo a los criterios diagnósticos del Colegio Americano de Reumatólogos de 1990 y los Criterios modificados de Ishikawa. La paciente recibió tratamiento médico y de la rehabilitación con buena respuesta. La AT debe considerarse como posibilidad etiológica en todos los pacientes jóvenes que presenten un infarto cerebral. Su diagnóstico precoz es crucial, ya que esta patología es sensible al tratamiento médico y se asocia con buenos resultados clínicos

New species of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae), with a key for the species of the megacantha clade

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China en América Latina y el Caribe : escenarios estratégicos subregionales

América Latina está inmersa en una etapa de transición, en el que confluyen distintos procesos en una lógica que no adquiere clara conceptualización. Se trataría de un período postliberal o una etapa post hegemónica que se puede imaginar desde la existencia de una serie de indicadores de un cambio en el escenario. Entre estos destacan la prioridad de la agenda política en el multilateralismo regional que agrupa al conjunto de América Latina y el Caribe y la visión de la integración comercial como un instrumento, no como un fin; la recuperación de la agenda del desarrollo; la asignación de un mayor papel al Estado; mayor énfasis en la agenda positiva de la integración

Antibody responses to influenza viruses in paediatric patients and their contacts at the onset of the 2009 pandemic in Mexico

Introduction: On April 2009, the Mexican Ministry of Health received notification of cases of severe pneumonia mostly affecting young healthy people; this was the beginning of the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century. The nature of the immune response to the influenza A(H1N1)2009 pandemic strain in Mexico at the beginning of the pandemic outbreak has not been completely defined. We describe the serological response to the 2009 pandemic influenza virus in paediatric patients with influenza-like illness, their household contacts (HHCs), and exposed health-care workers (HCWs) at the beginning of the pandemic outbreak in Mexico City. Methodology: thirty pre-epidemic and 129 epidemic samples were collected and serum antibodies were measured against A(H1N1)2009 pandemic virus and two non-pandemic swine influenza viruses by an haemagglutination inhibition assay. Results: 91% (29/32) of the convalescence samples from confirmed patients had an antibody titre ≥ 10 (GMT 25), 63% (41/65) of the HHCs (GMT 12), 41% of HCWs (GMT 6) and 13% (4/30) of pre-epidemic samples (GMT 6) for the pandemic influenza virus. Of the 32 confirmed cases, 60% had an antibody titre ≥ 40 for the pandemic strain, 53% for the A/swine/Iowa(H1N1) virus (GMT 62) and 43% for the A/swine/Texas(H3N2) virus (GMT 66). Conclusion: The antibody response to 2009 pandemic influenza virus was widespread in convalescence samples from patients with confirmed pandemic influenza infection but the GMT was below the protective titre. There was no evidence that antibodies to the swine influenza viruses had cross-protective effect against the 2009 pandemic influenza virus.</p