Diatoms, protein and carbohydrate sediment content as proxies for coastal eutrophication in Montevideo, Rio de la Plata Estuary, Uruguay

Foi realizado um estudo da salinidade e da composição das diatomáceas presentes no sedimento superficial em relação ao conteúdo de proteínas/carboidratos na Baía de Montevidéu e região costeira adjacente. Foram obtidas amostras sazonalmente durante um ano ao longo de um gradiente de impacto ambiental humano, e as condições tróficas foram determinadas através da análise da composição bioquímica da matéria orgânica do sedimento superficial. A coocorrência de espécies de diatomáceas marinhas-salobras, (Actinocyclus curvatulus, Actinocyclus gallicus, Coscinodiscus excentricus, Coscinodiscus radiatus, Hyalodiscus subtilis, Paralia sulcata) e diatomáceas indicadoras de águas doces (Aulacoseira granulata, Aulacoseira italica, Aulacoseira muzzanensis, Actinocyclus normanii, Amphora copulata, Cyclotella meneghiniana, Nitzschia linearis) sugerem condições mixohalinas estuarinas na área de estudo. As estações amostradas dentro da baía, próximas às fontes contaminadoras, apresentam condições hipertróficas apontadas pelos maiores valores de proteínas e pela alta abundância relativa de Actinocyclus normanii e Cyclotella meneghiniana, sendo que ambas espécies são consideradas cosmopolitas e indicadoras de degradação aquática. As concentrações de proteínas e carboidratos, bem como os pigmentos fotossintéticos registrados na região costeira adjacente sugerem condições meso-eutróficas e uma diluição dos níveis de contaminação do interior da baía rumo à região externa. A análise multivariada entre espécies de diatomáceas e parâmetros ambientais indica que o gradiente trófico possui hierarquicamente maior peso que a salinidade na explicação da distribuição das diatomáceas. Os resultados obtidos demonstram um aperfeiçoamento na habilidade de determinar a contaminação orgânica dentro da área de estudo, já que pela primeira vez tanto as variáveis orgânicas quanto os biopolímeros foram introduzidos como ferramenta para a determinação da relação degradação/saúde de uma das mais populosas regiões do Río de la Plata.A study on sediment surface diatom composition in relation to both protein/carbohydrate content and salinity was carried out in Montevideo Bay and the adjacent coastal zone. Samples were seasonally taken during one year along a human impact gradient, and the trophic conditions were assessed from the biochemical composition of the surface sediment organic matter. The co-occurrence of the marine-brackish (Actinocyclus curvatulus, Actinocyclus gallicus, Coscinodiscus excentricus, Coscinodiscus radiatus, Hyalodiscus subtilis, Paralia sulcata) and freshwater diatom flora (Aulacoseira granulata, Aulacoseira italica, Aulacoseira muzzanensis, Actinocyclus normanii, Amphora copulata, Cyclotella meneghiniana, Nitzschia linearis), suggests myxohaline estuarine conditions in the study area. The sampling stations located within the bay, close to several contamination sources, exhibited hypertrophic conditions as indicated by the highest levels of protein content, but also by the high relative abundances of Actinocyclus normanii and Cyclotella meneghiniana, as both diatom species are very well established cosmopolitan proxies of aquatic degradation. The levels of both protein and carbohydrate content, but also photosynthetic pigments, recorded in the adjacent coastal zone suggest meso-eutrophic conditions as contamination levels from the inner bay might become diluted off shore. Multivariate diatom species-environmental data relationships, indicate that the trophic gradient is hierarchically more important than salinity in explaining the diatom distribution. The present data imply an improvement in our ability of assessing organic contamination in the study area, since both biological and biopolymer variables were introduced for the first time as a tool for assessing the benthic health/degradation in one of the most populated regions of the Río de la Plata

Effectiveness of Tysuacril in aphthous stomatitis

Introducción: el Tisuacryl es un biomaterial empleado en la cirugía general y bucal, así como en el tratamiento de la estomatitis aftosa, considerada un proceso multifactorial y actualmente la enfermedad ulcerosa más común de la cavidad oral.Objetivo: determinar la efectividad del Tisuacryl con respecto a la terapia convencional en el tratamiento de la estomatitis aftosa en Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, en el período comprendido entre septiembre 2018 y marzo 2020.Métodos: se realizó un estudio observacional analítico de casos y controles a 90 pacientes con estomatitis aftosa en Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, en el período comprendido entre septiembre 2018 y marzo 2020. La información se obtuvo de las historias clínicas individuales de Periodoncia al obtener el consentimiento oral y escrito de los pacientes o sus tutores. Los resultados se obtuvieron por análisis estadístico que incluyó el porciento y la prueba no paramétrica de Cochran Q.Resultados: predominó el sexo femenino y el grupo etario de 10 a 19 años para el 46,7 % en grupo estudio y el 42,2 % en grupo control; la disminución del dolor y la cicatrización iniciaron en el mayor número de pacientes a las 72 horas de tratamiento con Tisuacryl para el 91,1 % y el 55,6 % respectivamente; a los cinco días de aplicación del medicamento la totalidad de ellos estaban asintomáticos y casi todas las aftas bucales cicatrizadas.Conclusiones: las lesiones aftosas en la cavidad bucal evolucionaron satisfactoriamente con la aplicación del Tisuacryl al ser esta una alternativa efectiva de tratamiento en comparación con la terapia convencional.Introduction: Tisuacryl is a biomaterial used in general and oral surgery, as well as in the treatment of aphthous stomatitis, considered a multifactorial process and currently the most common ulcerative disease of the oral cavity.Objective: to determine the effectiveness of Tisuacryl with respect to conventional therapy in the treatment of aphthous stomatitis in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, in the period from September 2018 to March 2020.Methods: an analytical observational case-control study was conducted on 90 patients with aphthous stomatitis in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, in the period from September 2018 to March 2020. Information was obtained from individual Periodontics medical records by obtaining oral and written consent from patients or their guardians. Results were obtained by statistical analysis including percent and Cochran Q nonparametric test.Results: female sex and age group from 10 to 19 years old predominated for 46,7 % in the study group and 42,2 % in the control group; the decrease of pain and healing started in most patients 72 hours after treatment with Tisuacryl for 91,1 % and 55,6 % respectively; being five days after application of the drug all of them asymptomatic and almost all the oral aphthae healed.Conclusions: aphthous lesions in the oral cavity evolved satisfactorily with the application of Tisuacryl being an effective treatment alternative in comparison with conventional therapy

Efectividad del Tysuacril en la estomatitis aftosa

Introduction: Tisuacryl is a biomaterial used in general and oral surgery, as well as in the treatment of aphthous stomatitis, considered a multifactorial process and currently the most common ulcerative disease of the oral cavity.Objective: to determine the effectiveness of Tisuacryl with respect to conventional therapy in the treatment of aphthous stomatitis in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, in the period from September 2018 to March 2020.Methods: an analytical observational case-control study was conducted on 90 patients with aphthous stomatitis in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, in the period from September 2018 to March 2020. Information was obtained from individual Periodontics medical records by obtaining oral and written consent from patients or their guardians. Results were obtained by statistical analysis including percent and Cochran Q nonparametric test.Results: female sex and age group from 10 to 19 years old predominated for 46,7 % in the study group and 42,2 % in the control group; the decrease of pain and healing started in most patients 72 hours after treatment with Tisuacryl for 91,1 % and 55,6 % respectively; being five days after application of the drug all of them asymptomatic and almost all the oral aphthae healed.Conclusions: aphthous lesions in the oral cavity evolved satisfactorily with the application of Tisuacryl being an effective treatment alternative in comparison with conventional therapy.Introducción: el Tisuacryl es un biomaterial empleado en la cirugía general y bucal, así como en el tratamiento de la estomatitis aftosa, considerada un proceso multifactorial y actualmente la enfermedad ulcerosa más común de la cavidad oral.Objetivo: determinar la efectividad del Tisuacryl con respecto a la terapia convencional en el tratamiento de la estomatitis aftosa en Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, en el período comprendido entre septiembre 2018 y marzo 2020.Métodos: se realizó un estudio observacional analítico de casos y controles a 90 pacientes con estomatitis aftosa en Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, en el período comprendido entre septiembre 2018 y marzo 2020. La información se obtuvo de las historias clínicas individuales de Periodoncia al obtener el consentimiento oral y escrito de los pacientes o sus tutores. Los resultados se obtuvieron por análisis estadístico que incluyó el porciento y la prueba no paramétrica de Cochran Q.Resultados: predominó el sexo femenino y el grupo etario de 10 a 19 años para el 46,7 % en grupo estudio y el 42,2 % en grupo control; la disminución del dolor y la cicatrización iniciaron en el mayor número de pacientes a las 72 horas de tratamiento con Tisuacryl para el 91,1 % y el 55,6 % respectivamente; a los cinco días de aplicación del medicamento la totalidad de ellos estaban asintomáticos y casi todas las aftas bucales cicatrizadas.Conclusiones: las lesiones aftosas en la cavidad bucal evolucionaron satisfactoriamente con la aplicación del Tisuacryl al ser esta una alternativa efectiva de tratamiento en comparación con la terapia convencional

Use of Petiveria alliacea Linn as palliative treatment of pulpal pain

Introduction: among the Cuban flora plants with medicinal properties is Petiveria alliacea Linn (anamú), a natural plant from tropical Americas that contains numerous active ingredients and to which multiple properties are attributed. The vast majority of reports refer specifically to its analgesic action, coming from its leaves and roots. Objective: to evaluate the therapeutic effect of 20% anamú tincture on the remission of pulpal pain in reversible serous acute pulpitis, during the period from September 2020 to September 2021. Method: a quasi-experimental study was carried out in patients with pain from the stomatological emergency room of the Policlínico Comunitario "Hermanos Martínez Tamayo". The population was made up of all the patients who attended the consultation for pain (No. 42) and were diagnosed with reversible serous acute pulpitis. They were included in the study using the intentional non-probabilistic method according to the order of reception in the dental office. The variables taken into account were: age, pain refraction time and therapeutic effect. The statistical processing of the data was carried out using descriptive statistics and the percentage was used as a summary measure. Results: in 64.3% of the cases studied, pain remission could be achieved in the first 5 minutes of applying the phytopharmaceutical. Conclusion: the tincture of Petiveria alliacea Linn (anamu) at 20% has a favorable effect on the remission of pain caused by reversible serous acute pulpitis

Género y Documentación: relecturas sobre fuentes y archivos

Fil: Vassallo, Jaqueline. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Archivología; Argentina.Fil: García, Noelia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Área Operativa y Mesa de Rntradas; Argentina.Hace varias décadas, el desarrollo de los estudios de historia de/con mujeres y de género significó la aparición de nuevas perspectivas desde las cuales mirar las disciplinas, que obligó a revisitar, releer y re interpretar las fuentes documentales y bibliográficas. Siguiendo este sentido, estas páginas tienen el cometido de hacer público un trabajo de largo aliento que un grupo investigadoras viene llevando a cabo en torno al eje mujeres, historia y archivos. Usamos el calificativo investigadoras porque somos todas mujeres que provenimos del campo de las ciencias sociales con formaciones interdisciplinarias que abonan un objeto común: problematizar la accesibilidad a los estudios de mujeres en perspectiva de género haciendo fundamental hincapié en las unidades de información y las fuentes. Por lo cual, en el cuerpo de este libro cristalizan una serie de ensayos que, con una prosa ágil y franca, dan cuenta del trabajo realizado.Fil: Vassallo, Jaqueline. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Archivología; Argentina.Fil: García, Noelia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Área Operativa y Mesa de Rntradas; Argentina.Otras Humanidade

The therapeutic relationship from the perspective of patients and nurses in the first days of admission: A cross‐sectional study in acute mental health units

The therapeutic relationship (TR) is essential in mental health nursing care and plays a fundamental role in the understanding and treatment of the patient's health status. Despite being a bidirectional construct, limited evidence is available to shed light on this issue in mental health units and even less so in the first days of admission. This study aimed to examine the association and differences between nurses' and patients' perspectives on the establishment of the therapeutic relationship in acute mental health units during the first days of hospitalization. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 12 Spanish mental health units. Data were collected from patients and nurses using the Working Alliance Inventory-Short (WAI-S) questionnaire. A total of 234 cases were analysed, including 234 patients and 58 nurses. The results showed a positive association between nurses' and patients' perspectives on the therapeutic relationship, but also revealed significant differences on each WAI-S dimension. Nurses assigned higher scores compared to patients on the perception of the quality of the therapeutic relationship. The dimensions with the greatest weight from the patients' perspective regarding the quality of the therapeutic relationship were the perception of greater agreement on goals and tasks among nurses. This study demonstrates the importance of establishing shared goals and tasks with nurses from the first days of hospitalization to improve the quality of the therapeutic relationship as perceived by patients. These findings underline the need to consider the different perspectives of both parties to promote a high-quality therapeutic relationship

Jardins per a la salut

Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona. Ensenyament: Grau de Farmàcia. Assignatura: Botànica farmacèutica. Curs: 2014-2015. Coordinadors: Joan Simon, Cèsar Blanché i Maria Bosch.Els materials que aquí es presenten són el recull de les fitxes botàniques de 128 espècies presents en el Jardí Ferran Soldevila de l’Edifici Històric de la UB. Els treballs han estat realitzats manera individual per part dels estudiants dels grups M-3 i T-1 de l’assignatura Botànica Farmacèutica durant els mesos de febrer a maig del curs 2014-15 com a resultat final del Projecte d’Innovació Docent «Jardins per a la salut: aprenentatge servei a Botànica farmacèutica» (codi 2014PID-UB/054). Tots els treballs s’han dut a terme a través de la plataforma de GoogleDocs i han estat tutoritzats pels professors de l’assignatura. L’objectiu principal de l’activitat ha estat fomentar l’aprenentatge autònom i col·laboratiu en Botànica farmacèutica. També s’ha pretès motivar els estudiants a través del retorn de part del seu esforç a la societat a través d’una experiència d’Aprenentatge-Servei, deixant disponible finalment el treball dels estudiants per a poder ser consultable a través d’una Web pública amb la possibilitat de poder-ho fer in-situ en el propi jardí mitjançant codis QR amb un smartphone

Combined Associations of a Polygenic Risk Score and Classical Risk Factors With Breast Cancer Risk.

We evaluated the joint associations between a new 313-variant PRS (PRS313) and questionnaire-based breast cancer risk factors for women of European ancestry, using 72 284 cases and 80 354 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Interactions were evaluated using standard logistic regression and a newly developed case-only method for breast cancer risk overall and by estrogen receptor status. After accounting for multiple testing, we did not find evidence that per-standard deviation PRS313 odds ratio differed across strata defined by individual risk factors. Goodness-of-fit tests did not reject the assumption of a multiplicative model between PRS313 and each risk factor. Variation in projected absolute lifetime risk of breast cancer associated with classical risk factors was greater for women with higher genetic risk (PRS313 and family history) and, on average, 17.5% higher in the highest vs lowest deciles of genetic risk. These findings have implications for risk prevention for women at increased risk of breast cancer