Misa por las mujeres y la vida

Homilía de Monseñor Oscar V. Ojea en la misa por las mujeres y la vid

Status of Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factor and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in an Urban Cuban Population—A Pilot Study

Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in Cuba, yet the prevalence of novel risk factors is not known. To examine the prevalence of risk factors of traditional and novel cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among an urban Cuban population, a cross-sectional pilot survey was undertaken in Havana city, Cuba. Ninety-seven adults aged 45-60 years registered to receive medical care at a policlinic. The prevalences of rates of CVD risk factors were: hypertension (≥140/90 mmHg) (53.6%), hypercholesterolaemia (total cholesterol >5.2 mmol/L) (47.0%), low high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (<1.03 mmol/L) (64.3%); diabetes (self-reported) (24.6%); metabolic syndrome (ATP III criteria) (58.2%); overweight and obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg/m2) (78.0%); current smoking (39.3%); elevated level of C-reactive protein (3 <value <10 mg/L) (32.1%), low lipid-standardized vitamin E levels (<5 μmol/mmol of total cholesterol) (69.6%); and high tHcy levels (>15 μmol/L) (11.1%). The total carotenoid status was independently associa-ted with waist-circumference and risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. In this small unrepresentative sample of people aged 40-65 years from Havana city, there was a high prevalence of traditional and novel CVD risk factors. The total serum carotenoid status appeared to be associated with an increased prevalence of CVD risk factors

Controlled Positioning of Nanoparticles on Graphene by Non-Invasive AFM lithography

Atomic force microscopy is shown to be an excellent lithographic technique to directly deposit nanoparticles on graphene by capillary transport without any previous functionalization of neither the nanoparticles nor the graphene surface while preserving its integrity and conductivity properties. Moreover this technique allows for (sub)micrometric control on the positioning thanks to a new three-step protocol that has been designed with this aim. With this methodology the exact target coordinates are registered by scanning the tip over the predetermined area previous to its coating with the ink and deposition. As a proof-of-concept, this strategy has successfully allowed the controlled deposition of few nanoparticles on 1 μm2 preselected sites of a graphene surface with high accuracy

Status of Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factor and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in an Urban Cuban Population\u2014A Pilot Study

Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in Cuba, yet the prevalence of novel risk factors is not known. To examine the prevalence of risk factors of traditional and novel cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among an urban Cuban population, a cross-sectional pilot survey was undertaken in Havana city, Cuba. Ninety-seven adults aged 45-60 years registered to receive medical care at a policlinic. The prevalences of rates of CVD risk factors were: hypertension ( 65140/90 mmHg) (53.6%), hypercholesterolaemia (total cholesterol &gt;5.2 mmol/L) (47.0%), low high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (&lt;1.03 mmol/L) (64.3%); diabetes (self-reported) (24.6%); metabolic syndrome (ATP III criteria) (58.2%); overweight and obesity (body mass index 6525 kg/m2) (78.0%); current smoking (39.3%); elevated level of C-reactive protein (3 &lt;value &lt;10 mg/L) (32.1%), low lipid-standardized vitamin E levels (&lt;5 \ub5mol/mmol of total cholesterol) (69.6%); and high tHcy levels (&gt;15 \ub5mol/L) (11.1%). The total carotenoid status was independently associated with waist-circumference and risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. In this small unrepresentative sample of people aged 40-65 years from Havana city, there was a high prevalence of traditional and novel CVD risk factors. The total serum carotenoid status appeared to be associated with an increased prevalence of CVD risk factors

Talleres educativos dirigidos a niños con diabetes tipo 1

Introducción: La educación terapéutica es un proceso continuo y esencial para los niños con diabetes. Muy importante para lograr un rol activo en el tratamiento de la enfermedad. Razón por la cual desarrollamos talleres educativos para los niños del HIAPE Superiora Sor María Ludovica de La Plata. Objetivo: Evaluar conocimientos, habilidades, HbA1C pre y post intervención. Material y Métodos: Se desarrollaron dos talleres de dos horas y media de duración cada uno, uno en un mes y el otro en el mes siguiente de agosto a noviembre inclusive de 2014.Los contenidos se abordados mediante juegos educativos: actividad física, insulinoterapia, importancia del control metabólico (hipoglucemia, hiperglucemia, variabilidad), identificación de nutrientes (selección y conteo de carbohidratos).La evaluación de estos temas fue a través de cuestionarios autoadministrados y la observación de la presencia de habilidades. Resultados: Se evaluaron 30 niños, todos con tratamiento intensificado. Encontrando diferencias significativas en conocimientos pre 13,20 ± 3,18 post 15,87 ± 2,85 (P 0,001) y la habilidad de rotar los sitios de inyección más de 4 pre 16,67 post 76,67 (P 0,009). No hubo diferencia significativa en la HbA1c de inicio y fin. Conclusión: Se requerirán intervenciones más frecuentes para poder potenciar y reforzar los beneficios obtenidos.Mesa 7. Educación física y salud.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Talleres educativos dirigidos a niños con diabetes tipo 1

Introducción: La educación terapéutica es un proceso continuo y esencial para los niños con diabetes. Muy importante para lograr un rol activo en el tratamiento de la enfermedad. Razón por la cual desarrollamos talleres educativos para los niños del HIAPE Superiora Sor María Ludovica de La Plata. Objetivo: Evaluar conocimientos, habilidades, HbA1C pre y post intervención. Material y Métodos: Se desarrollaron dos talleres de dos horas y media de duración cada uno, uno en un mes y el otro en el mes siguiente de agosto a noviembre inclusive de 2014.Los contenidos se abordados mediante juegos educativos: actividad física, insulinoterapia, importancia del control metabólico (hipoglucemia, hiperglucemia, variabilidad), identificación de nutrientes (selección y conteo de carbohidratos).La evaluación de estos temas fue a través de cuestionarios autoadministrados y la observación de la presencia de habilidades. Resultados: Se evaluaron 30 niños, todos con tratamiento intensificado. Encontrando diferencias significativas en conocimientos pre 13,20 ± 3,18 post 15,87 ± 2,85 (P 0,001) y la habilidad de rotar los sitios de inyección más de 4 pre 16,67 post 76,67 (P 0,009). No hubo diferencia significativa en la HbA1c de inicio y fin. Conclusión: Se requerirán intervenciones más frecuentes para poder potenciar y reforzar los beneficios obtenidos.Mesa 7. Educación física y salud.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Why a clearer ‘green industrial policy’ matters for India: Reconciling growth, climate change and inequality

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. To ensure a healthy growth of the economy particularly in the manufacturing sector, the Indian Government is more than ever focussed on promoting the use of sustainable and affordable energy resources. Recent initiatives such as the Solar Cities Development Programme are a good example. However, in order for these initiatives to gain legitimacy as part of a new ‘green industrial policy’, the Indian Government needs to do more, especially by bringing on board strategies for combating poverty within the gamut of this emerging ‘green industrial policy’ as well as to re-think India’s position on global conventions on climate change

Ki-67 and outcome in clinically localised prostate cancer: analysis of conservatively treated prostate cancer patients from the Trans-Atlantic Prostate Group study

Treatment decisions after diagnosis of clinically localised prostate cancer are difficult due to variability in tumour behaviour. We therefore examined one of the most promising biomarkers in prostate cancer, Ki-67, in a cohort of 808 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1990 and 1996 and treated conservatively. Ki-67 expression was assessed immunohistochemically, in two laboratories, by two different scoring methods and the results compared with cancer-specific and overall survival. The power of the biomarker was compared with Gleason score and initial serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Both methods showed that Ki-67 provided additional prognostic information beyond that available from Gleason score and PSA: for the semi-quantitative method, Δχ2 (1 d.f.)=24.6 (P<0.0001), overall survival χ2=20.5 (P<0.0001), and for the quantitative method, Δχ2 (1 d.f.)=15.1 (P=0.0001), overall survival χ2=10.85 (P=0.001). Ki-67 is a powerful biomarker in localised prostate cancer and adds to a model predicting the need for radical or conservative therapy. As it is already in widespread use in routine pathology, it is confirmed as the most promising biomarker to be applied into routine practice