Estrategias didácticas aplicadas en enseñanza de las actividades prácticas de asignaturas relacionadas con la macroscopia del cuerpo humano, en distintas carreras de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la UNLP

La Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la UNLP forma profesionales en diferentes campos de la salud. En los planes de estudio de las carreras, que forman a dichos profesionales, se encuentran como asignaturas básicas las Ciencias Morfológicas. La Anatomía se instala como asignatura, del área de las Ciencias Básicas, en las distintas carreras de formación de las Ciencias de la Salud. Este trabajo tiene como intención referir la percepción de los docentes, de los trabajos prácticos de Anatomía, de distintos programas de Anatomía de diferentes carreras de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, incluyendo la EURHES.Facultad de Ciencias Médica

Estrategias didácticas aplicadas en enseñanza de las actividades prácticas de asignaturas relacionadas con la macroscopia del cuerpo humano, en distintas carreras de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la UNLP

La Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la UNLP forma profesionales en diferentes campos de la salud. En los planes de estudio de las carreras, que forman a dichos profesionales, se encuentran como asignaturas básicas las Ciencias Morfológicas. La Anatomía se instala como asignatura, del área de las Ciencias Básicas, en las distintas carreras de formación de las Ciencias de la Salud. Este trabajo tiene como intención referir la percepción de los docentes, de los trabajos prácticos de Anatomía, de distintos programas de Anatomía de diferentes carreras de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, incluyendo la EURHES.Facultad de Ciencias Médica

The potential risks and impact of the start of the 2015–2016 influenza season in the WHO European Region: a rapid risk assessment

Background: Countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region are reporting more severe influenza activity in the 2015–2016 season compared to previous seasons. Objectives: To conduct a rapid risk assessment to provide interim information on the severity of the current influenza season. Methods: Using the WHO manual for rapid risk assessment of acute public health events and surveillance data available from Flu News Europe, an assessment of the current influenza season from 28 September 2015 (week 40/2015) up to 31 January 2016 (week 04/2016) was made compared with the four previous seasons. Results: The current influenza season started around week 51/2015 with higher influenza activity reported in Eastern Europe compared to Western Europe. There is a strong predominance of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 compared to previous seasons, but the virus is antigenically similar to the strain included in the seasonal influenza vaccine. Compared to the 2014/2015 season, there was a rapid increase in the number of severe cases in Eastern European countries with the majority of such cases occurring among adults aged < 65 years. Conclusions: The current influenza season is characterized by an early start in Eastern European countries, with indications of a more severe season. Currently circulating influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses are antigenically similar to those included in the seasonal influenza vaccine, and the vaccine is expected to be effective. Authorities should provide information to the public and health providers about the current influenza season, recommendations for the treatment of severe disease and effective public health measures to prevent influenza transmission

Travel-associated Legionnaires disease in residents from England and Wales travelling to Corfu, Greece, August to October 2011.

Fourteen cases of Legionnaires’ disease were confirmed in residents from England and Wales with history of travel to Corfu, Greece, in the 14 days before symptom onset. These cases were reported to the Health Protection Agency national surveillance scheme for Legionnaires’ disease in residents of England and Wales between August and October 2011. In addition, one case in a Greek national and a case of non-pneumonic legionellosis in a resident from Scotland were also reported. Few cases shared the same accommodation site in Corfu during their incubation period. Epidemiological investigations and microbiological analysis of clinical and environmental samples excluded a single source but rather implicated several accommodation sites as sources of sporadic infection. Control measures have since been implemented at these accommodation sites and no further cases have been reported. This incident highlights the value of epidemiological typing and the importance of effective international response to control and prevent legionella infection

On the green roof system. Selection, state of the art and energy potential investigation of a system installed in an office building in Athens, Greece

A detailed and integrated presentation of the green roof systems is provided in the present paper. Aiming to analyse a specific urban case study, we describe the basic architectural and scientific principles that characterize its performance and efficiency. Furthermore, a state of the art presentation of the system is provided, including the presentation of several case studies as well as a selection and description of plants that usually are extensively used in the green roof system all over the world. Energy and environmental investigation data of the green roof system performance in an office building located in the greater Athens area are provided. The energy efficiency was examined by calculating the energy savings through an accurate dynamic mathematical model. The thermal performance investigation showed a significant reduction of the building&apos;s cooling load during the summer period arriving at approximately 40%. Moreover, the influence of the green roof system in the building&apos;s heating load was fount insignificant, and this can be regarded as a great advantage of the system as any interference in the building shell for the reduction of cooling load leads usually to an increase of its heating load. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Estrategias didácticas aplicadas en enseñanza de las actividades prácticas de asignaturas relacionadas con la macroscopia del cuerpo humano, en distintas carreras de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la UNLP

Fil: Susacasa, Sandra. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.Fil: Rosella, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.Fil: Azanza, Marisa. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.Fil: Candreva, Anna. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina

Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among high school students in Greece

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the requirements and practical steps for screening of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) transmission among high school student populations in two regional high schools of central Greece. Case-matched control populations from other regional schools were included. Methods: Case study of two indexed cases, 61 close contacts, 212 casual contacts and 369 controls were investigated. Detailed questionnaires, tuberculin-skin test (PPD test), chest radiography, medical evaluation and DNA fingerprinting of sputum isolates were used. Results: In case A, three (1.97%) of 152 close and casual contacts developed tuberculosis, and a further 25 (16.4%) were classified as infected. In contrast, none of the 121 close or casual contacts investigated for Case B developed tuberculosis or were classified as infected. None of the control populations contained infected individuals. Contacts of case A had a much higher risk (3.08 &lt; RR = 22.29 &lt; 161.69, P &lt; 0.001) of being infected than contacts of case B. Two different strains of MTB were found responsible for these outbreaks. Conclusion: There was a considerable difference in the infectivity of the two cases presumably due to environmental and clinical factors, although two different MTB strains were responsible. It is proposed that the extent of case investigation should be individualized with particular emphasis placed among close contacts

Pilot study of the completeness of notification of adult tuberculosis in Athens, Greece

SETTING: Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital (SCDH), a referral hospital in Athens, Greece, 2012. OBJECTIVE: To assess the completeness of the mandatory notification system for tuberculosis (TB) at the SCDH, and compare the observed and estimated annual incidence rates. DESIGN: Record linkage and the capture-recapture method were applied. Data sources were the registers from the national mandatory notification register (Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention [HCDCP]), the National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria (NRLM) and SCDH records. The log linear model with the lowest Akaike information criterion was selected as the most valid statistical model. RESULTS: The observed and estimated TB underreporting rates at the national level were respectively 55% (95% CI 49-60) and 75% (95% CI 71-78). The observed completeness of the HCDCP, NRLM and SCDH registers were respectively 45% (95 %CI 40-51), 66% (95%CI 61-71) and 36.5% (95%CI 31-42). The estimated TB incidence rate was 15 cases per 100 000 (range 13-19/100 000), compared to the 4.9/100 000 rate officially notified. CONCLUSION: Adult TB incidence has been largely underestimated, and the TB burden is likely to be much higher than officially notified in our setting. A thorough review of the notification system should be carried out. The implementation of a network-based notification system and retraining of all relevant personnel is advised