Trends and development of research on diabetes mellitus and osseointegration through its literature

Cartel presentado en la Segunda Conferencia Internacional de Comunicación en Salud, celebrada el 23 de octubre de 2015 en la Universidad Carlos III de MadridThe purpose of the present study is to analyse and map trends in research on diabetes mellitus and osseointegration by applying bibliometric methods to the scientific literature published until to 2014. Data were obtained from SCOPUS database. The aim is to determine the volume of scientific output, the countries involved and the trends in the subject matters addressed. Significant growth is observed in scientific production since 2007 and particularly in the period 2007–2014. The countries found to have the highest output are United States, United Kingdom, China, Switzerland and Germany. Authors collaboration networks show that research groups are forming around this subject matter. The bibliometric maps showed an increase in the publishing activity in the last periods and subjects like tooth-implantation, dental-implants and diabetes mellitus were the most productive

El Sindrome de Möbius y sus repercusiones bucofaciales

Cartel presentado en la Segunda Conferencia Internacional de Comunicación en Salud, celebrada el 23 de octubre de 2015 en la Universidad Carlos III de MadridIntroducción: El síndrome de Möbius es muy raro, se han diagnosticado hasta 2008 unos 500 casos en el mundo, se caracteriza por parálisis facial (pares craneales VI y VII) desde el nacimiento. Puede aparecer parálisis de otros pares craneales como trigémino (8%), hipogloso (30%) o glosofaríngeo. Presenta sintomatología múltiple con anomalías en miembros superiores o inferiores (agenesias digitales, pies zambos, agenesia en músculos pectorales….. Son muy características las manifestaciones bucofaciales refiriendo los pacientes tener sensación de tirantez como si usase una máscara facial. Un pequeño porcentaje además presenta retraso mental. Objetivo: Mostrar la importancia del conocimiento del síndrome de Möbius por parte del odontólogo para mantener un adecuado estado de salud bucodental en el paciente. Material y método: Revisión bibliográfica usando bases de datos on-line (Scielo, Pubmed). Artículos en español o inglés posteriores a 2007. Resultados: Entre las anomalías del Síndrome de Möbius están las bucofaciales con trastornos oculares (estrabismo, ptosis palpebral…), sordera, parestesias faciales, atrofia lingual, paladar ojival, asimetría facial, fisura palatina, úvula bífida, oligodoncia, propensión a la caries dental, disfagia…. La patología bucodental muy frecuente. Aparecen caries y gingivitis dada la dificultad para realizar una adecuada higiene, con el resultado final de pérdida total de piezas dentarias y repercusión en su calidad de vida. Al llegar el paciente a la consulta dental por lo general está diagnosticado ya Conclusiones: Dado el riesgo de padecer problemas bucodentales es importante un adecuado control del paciente por el odontólogo, prestando gran interés en la prevención mediante técnica de higiene adecuada por parte del paciente o familia y revisiones frecuentes. El tratamiento debe ser lo más precoz y conservador posible. Todo ello consigue mejorar la calidad de vida de estos pacientes

Collaborative Learning Based on Harry Potter for Learning Geometric Figures in the Subject of Mathematics

Nowadays, education requires changes in the teaching and learning processes, through the implementation of innovative and motivating pedagogical actions, owing to the existing needs in society. Education, owing to the current needs of society, requires changes in the teaching and learning processes through the implementation of innovative and motivating pedagogical actions. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the collaborative method, based on the Harry Potter theme, with respect to the traditional method in the first year of Obligatory Secondary Education for the learning of geometric figures in the subject of mathematics. For this purpose, a quasi-experimental, quantitative, descriptive, and correlational study has been designed, using a standardized questionnaire as a technique to collect information. The sample is composed of 236 students from the first year of Obligatory Secondary Education distributed in eight groups (four control and four experimental) from a public high school in the city of Cádiz (Spain). The tests carried out show that collaborative learning generates improvements in the attitudes and mathematical dimensions. Therefore, the collaborative method, developed by means of the Harry Potter theme for students in the first year of Compulsory Secondary Education in the subject of mathematics, causes a better attitude of the student towards the teaching and learning process. Furthermore, it facilitates the acquisition of mathematical contents related to geometry, which does not directly affect the students’ grades because, although those of the experimental group are better than those obtained by the control group, the differences between the two are minimal

Mejora de la comunicación e información en el programa de atención dental infantil

Cartel presentado en la Segunda Conferencia Internacional de Comunicación en Salud, celebrada el 23 de octubre de 2015 en la Universidad Carlos III de MadridIntroducción: Una de las principales quejas recogidas en la consulta de Odontología de un centro de salud de Atención Primaria es que el dentista no les explicó el programa de atención de los menores, sus coberturas ni cuando debían volver a consulta. Es por ello que se decidió escoger esta oportunidad de mejora en la comunicación con el paciente. Objetivos: Mejorar la comunicación con los pacientes y padres que acuden a la consulta del dentista de atención primaria de un centro de salud, dentro del programa de atención dental infantil. Mejorar a su vez la atención y la seguridad en el paciente. Metodología: Un grupo de trabajo formado por odontólogos de atención primaria y auxiliares de enfermería recogió las principales quejas de los pacientes. En función de estas quejas y las expectativas de los mismos y especialmente de sus padres se decidió qué información debería darse como mínimo a los pacientes en cada una de las visitas, en qué momento y la forma de registrarlas en la historia clínica de los menores para poder llevar a cabo posteriormente una auditoría de las mismas. Se valoró la validez facial, de contenido y de criterio de los indicadores seleccionados. Se hizo una primera evaluación sobre el cumplimiento de los criterios en 60 historias clínicas del año 2014, posteriormente se compararon con 60 historias clínicas de menores atendidos en 2015. Resultados: Se obtuvo una mejora relativa y absoluta en todos los indicadores seleccionados. Conclusiones: El trabajo en equipo utilizando la recogida de opiniones y quejas y elaborando indicadores válidos sobre comunicación con los pacientes permitió una mejora de la comunicación e información a menores y padres en el proceso

Influencia de los campos electromágneticos en la expresión génica

Debido a la creciente utilización de la electricidad en la vida cotidiana, el ser humano está cada vez más expuesto a los campos electromagnéticos (CEM) que son generados por diversos aparatos, líneas de conducción y sub-estaciones eléctricas. Desde hace algunos años, ha surgido el interés sobre los efectos de estos campos en los sistemas biológicos. Se ha hecho énfasis en que los CEM son potencialmente capaces de afectar a nivel de síntesis de ADN, ARN y proteínas, además de la proliferación celular, y más recientemente se ha visto, que se puede alterar la expresión génica. Sin embargo, se han encontrado resultados variables, por lo que, hasta el momento, no se puede dar una conclusión definitiva sobre los efectos de este factor físico a los niveles antes mencionados. En este artículo, se presenta información general acerca del efecto biológico de los CEM, en particular en la expresión génica, incorporando además los últimos hallazgos al respecto que hemos obtenido en nuestro laboratorio. No se pretende una revisión exhaustiva del tema, sino más bien mostrar evidencias que indican que la expresión de diversos genes puede ser modificada por la radiación electromagnética, especialmente por la de frecuencia extremadamente baja (CEM), y que es ahora muy común en ciudades industrializadas

CARACTERIZACIÓN ESTADÍSTICA DE PESO, TALLA Y MEDIDAS DEL CORDÓN UMBILICAL DE UNA MUESTRA DE 100 NEONATOS EN PUEBLA MÉXICO

Objective. Calculate statistical parameters and variables, concerning the weight, size and umbilical cord measures taken from 100 infants, 48 female and 52 male, to create standard curves are used to predict genetic disease. Material and methods. Measurements under medical protocol in 100 newborns in the hospital Spanish Beneficence of Puebla it performed. Umbilical cords it measured with a fiberglass tape, medical use for this work and in a time of less than ten minutes after delivery. Results. The calculated values of the measures of central tendency are very similar. The kurtosis and asymmetries it varied, but very close to the standard normal curve. Conclusions. Data from samples taken from 100 infants obey the normal curve shows both male and female

Deserción estudiantil en las carreras de ciencias de la salud en el Perú

Background: The dropout rate in students of health sciences careers is scarcely investigated in our country. The university dropout in general is multifactorial in origin and implications, and includes individual, family, institutional and social factors. It causes huge economic losses to the country and to the region. Objectives: To determine the frequency of desertion during undergraduate training in medicine, nursing, obstetrics and dentistry in nine universities in Peru. Design: Retrospective observational cross-sectional study. Institution: Department of Management of Human Resources Development, Ministry of Health of Peru. Location: 4 universities of Lima and 5 universities of provinces. Methods: Record the number of students who withdrew during their training period in health sciences careers, and structured interviews to determine the conditioning factors. Main outcome measures: Number of deserters and conditioning factors. Results: The dropout rate was 10.20% in medicine, 11.11% in obstetrics, 9.91% in nursing, and 5.64% in dentistry. The most important factors influencing dropout were vocational and economic. Conclusions: The dropout rate in students of health sciences careers was 10% on average. The predominant reasons were vocational and economic. Universities emphasized monitoring of academic achievement, but they did not follow-up closely those who underperformed. Universities training students in the health field lack plans to assess for potential dropouts.Introducción: La deserción estudiantil en ciencias de la salud es un tema poco investigado en nuestro país. La deserción universitaria en general tiene un origen multifactorial e implicancias individuales, familiares, institucionales y sociales. Asimismo, origina pérdidas económicas ingentes en nuestro país y en los de la región. Objetivos: Determinar la frecuencia de deserción durante la formación profesional en medicina, enfermería, obstetricia y odontología, en nueve universidades del Perú. Diseño: Estudio observacional retrospectivo de corte transversal. Institución: Dirección General de Gestión del Desarrollo de los Recursos Humanos MINSA, Perú. Lugar: 4 universidades en Lima y 5 universidades de provincias. Métodos: Registro del número de estudiantes con deserción universitaria según carrera de ciencias de la salud, así como entrevista estructurada para determinar los factores condicionantes. Medidas de resultados: Número de desertores y factores condicionantes. Resultados: La deserción estudiantil para las carreras de ciencias de la salud de las nueve universidades peruanas fue de 10,20% en la carrera de medicina humana, 11,11% en la carrera de obstetricia, 9,91% en la carrera de enfermería y 5,64% en la carrera de odontología. Los factores más relevantes que incidieron en la deserción universitaria fueron de índole vocacional y económico. Conclusiones: La deserción estudiantil en carreras de ciencias de la salud alcanzó en promedio 10%, cuyo origen predominante fue vocacional y económico. El énfasis en las universidades es en el seguimiento de rendimiento académico, mas no en quienes adolecen de él. Las universidades formadoras de profesionales en el campo de la salud no tienen planes para potenciales desertores

Evaluating the impact of existing legislation in Europe with regard to Female Genital Mutilation

The Spanish Report on the evaluation of existing legislation with regard to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the result of a research project supported by the European Commision Daphne Programme. The project Evaluating the impact of existing legislation in Europe with regard to female genital mutilation, has been coordinated by the International Centre for Reproductive Health of Ghent University (Belgium) from january 2003 to march 2004. The project included as partners the Foundation for Women’s Health, Research and Development (FORWARD, United Kingdom); Lund University (Sweden); Commission pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles, (CAMS, France), the Centre of Studies on Citizenship, Migration and Minorities of the University of Valencia (GECIM, Spain), and the above mentioned ICRH (Ghent University, Belgium) . The Spanish report is an interdisciplinary research done by the Centre of Studies on Citizenship, Migration and Minorities (University of València), directed by professor Javier De Lucas, and which counts with researchers and collaborators both, from the University of Valencia and other Universities such as University of Barcelona and University Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona; in the fields of Law (Penal Law, Constitutional Law, Theory and Philosophy of Law), Sociology and Antropology. The Group of researchers includes as well lawyers and public prosecutors. Practice of Female Genital Mutilation in Spain, like other european countries, address this rite that is introduced by immigrants from countries where the practice is prevalent (as we may see in chapter 3), as a violation of women’s rights and consider that such violation cannot be justified by respect of cultural traditions or initiation ceremonies. The increasing of immigration in Spain, has been a fact in last years, and it would be an important issue in future, increasing too the number of girls at risk in our country. In Spain, since october 2003, we have anew specific legislation, but before Female Genital Mutilation was liable too under the general offence of injuries in the Penal Code. In this Report, like in the other of the project, we have examined the possibilities and difficulties in the implementation of the spanish national legislation, in order to recommend a legislative and political strategy through Europe. page4image1440 The research methodology, common to all reports, was designed by the ICRH in its cooordination task, but was as well discussed by all the partners along the six steering commitee meetings we have had. The structure and content of report reflects the answers to following questions: 1. What is the legislation with regard to FGM in your country? Description of the legislation.; 2. What is the number of published court cases/suspected cases related to FGM in your country? What is the number of “hearsay” cases?; 3. Brief description of the practising community and the corresponding jurisdiction: number of Africans per country in the geographic area where the cases that you describe are located; 4. What is the procedure to be followed in case of a legal intervention to prevent or to penalise the performance of FGM?; 5. Is legislation applicable on FGM being implemented?; 6.What are the obstructing (favouring) factors for the implementation of legislation applicable to FGM? First of all we have compiled information about legislation applied with regard to FGM: not only general or specific criminal law, (in the case of Spain both because we have a change of law since october 2003), but also child protection procedures. In chapter 1, you may find the result: a Constitutional analysis, changes in Criminal Law, ans an introduction to Minor protection Laws. The second issue was the knowledge of court cases, police and judicial investigation in order to study how justice works. In this part, we contact key-informants, review archival records and study other reports: usually sociological, anthropological and health reports. In chapter 2 we have selected and summarized seven court cases in which we hace found enough relevant information to other parts of the report. At the same time, we need to identify the practicing communities to estimate the prevalence of women with FGM and the number of girls at risk of FGM. This was interesting not only to limit the research but to focus on a territory where there was a probability of cases in Court. We have choosen Catalonia: a community with court cases (in Barcelona and Girona) and prevalence of FGM; and Valencia, a territory without known cases and with no prevalence of FGM. This analysis is shown in chapter 3. In order to detect factors that hamper the implementation of existing legisaltion we need to know how procedures works at different levels: health services, social assistance, police, prosecution office and courts. Examining procedure laws, referral procedures, guidelines or ruled practices was not enough. We had to know what happen, who know a case, which institution examine it, which real mens they have.... To complete this, we have performe a study, interviewing key-informants with an standard interview: police, prosecutors, judges, doctors, nurses, social assistants and immigrants. Interviews were fulfilled in Valencia, Tarragona, Barcelona and Girona. Results are in Chapter 4 (procedure followed); Chapter 5 (implementation of appllicable legislation) and Chapter 6 (obstructing and favouring factors for the implementation of legislation). We had three main meetings to design the research and discuss texts and provissional results. Some of conclusions of provissional spanish report were discused in two seminars: “Ciudadania europea y conflictos culturales”, [european citizenship and cultural conflicts] (Valencia, 29, 30 and 31 october 2003); and “Violencia de género: instrumentos jurídicos en la lucha contra la discriminación de las mujeres”[Gender violence: legal instruments fighting agains women discrimination] (Valencia, 26, 27 and 28 november 2003) The study was financed by the European Commission, Daphne programme, and ran from January 2003 to March 2004 (EC-CONTRACT no 02/058/WYC). In additon, in the period we have done this study, the Centre of Studies on Citizenship, Migration and Minorities was financed with other projects related: “Indicadores y medidas para el desarrollo de políticas públicas de integración social de los inmigrantes y la garantía de sus derechos en la Comunidad Valenciana”, [indicators and measures to develop public policies for social integration of immigrants and the protection of their fundamental rights in the Land of Valencia], Project I+D “Generalitat Valenciana”; 2002-2003; "Los derechos fundamentales en las sociedades multiculturales" [fundamental rights in multicultural societies], project I+D, Subdirección General de Proyectos de Investigación, Dirección General de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, november 2002-october 2005; “Los derechos de participación como elemento de integración de los inmigrantes” [participation rights as a element of the integration of immigrants], II Convocatoria de Ayudas a la Investigación en Economía, Demografía y Estudios de Población y Estudios Europeos de la Fundacion BBVA; 2004-2005. We wish to thank all who have collaborated in this study, specially we remark the collaboration and contributions of Elena Gascón Sorribas (Sociology of Law Laboratory; University of Zaragoza); María Heras García (Public Prosecutor); Dolores Gisbert Millet (Doctor, Health Service, Valencia); Ignacio de Lucas (Public Prosecutor); Laura Matilla (Lawyer, city council of Cullera); Joan Mayoral Simón (Justice Evaluating the impact of existing legislation with regard to Female Genital Mutilation..Spanish National Report. Daphne Programme Department, Regional Government of Catalonia); Xavier Montagud (Social Services, Regional Government of Valencia); and Dolores Sabater Collado (Court Secretary). With the results of the five National Report analysis and the information about legislation in all European Union member States, the coordinators, Els Leye and Jessika Deblonde, have elaborated A comparative analysis of the different legal approaches in the 15 EU Member States, and the respective judicial outcomes in Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom (ICRH, 2004)

El Pino Canario: Un superviviente entre volcanes

El pino canario constituye una singularidad dentro del conjunto de pinos, ya que presenta una amplia gama de estrategias que permiten su persistencia y que han sido adquiridas a lo largo de su evolución en un ambiente volcánico. Todos los pinos son especies que presentan adaptaciones frente al fuego y de centran en dos estrategias: 1) una eficiente dispersión posincendio basada en una gran capacidad dispersiva y en la presencia de piñas serótinas; y 2) la resistencia individual, con cortezas gruesas que les permiten alcanzar gran longevidad

Plant characterization of genetically modified maize hybrids MON-89Ø34-3 × MON-88Ø17-3, MON-89Ø34-3 × MON-ØØ6Ø3-6, and MON-ØØ6Ø3-6: alternatives for maize production in Mexico

Environmental risk assessment (ERA) of genetically modified (GM) crops is a process to evaluate whether the biotechnology trait(s) in a GM crop may result in increased pest potential or harm to the environment. In this analysis, two GM insect-resistant (IR) herbicide-tolerant maize hybrids (MON-89Ø34-3 9 MON-88Ø17-3 and MON-89Ø34-3 9 MON-ØØ6Ø3-6) and one herbicide-tolerant GM hybrid (MON-ØØ6Ø3-6) were compared with conventional maize hybrids of similar genetic backgrounds. Two sets of studies, Experimental Phase and Pilot Phase, were conducted across five ecological regions (ecoregions) in Mexico during 2009–2013, and data were subject to meta-analysis. Results from the Experimental Phase studies, which were used for ERA, indicated that the three GM hybrids were not different from conventional maize for early stand count, days-tosilking, days-to-anthesis, root lodging, stalk lodging, or final stand count. Statistically significant differences were observed for seedling vigor, ear height, plant height, grain moisture, and grain yield, particularly in the IR hybrids; however, none of these phenotypic differences are expected to contribute to a biological or ecological change that would result in an increased pest potential or ecological risk when cultivating these GM hybrids. Overall, results from the Experimental Phase studies are consistent with those from other world regions, confirming that there are no additional risks compared to conventional maize. Results from Pilot Phase studies indicated that, compared to conventional maize hybrids, no differences were detected for the agronomic and phenotypic characteristics measured on the three GM maize hybrids, with the exception of grain moisture and grain yield in the IR hybrids. Since MON-89Ø34- 3 9 MON-88Ø17-3 and MON-89Ø34-3 9 MONØØ6Ø3- 6 confer resistance to target insect pests, they are an alternative for farmers in Mexico to protect the crop from insect damage. Additionally, the herbicide tolerance conferred by all three GM hybrids enables more cost-effective weed management