Distracción osteogénica del maxilar y manejo ortodóncico integral en paciente con síndrome de Pfeiffer. Reporte de caso

Pfeiffer´s syndrome is an autosomal dominantly inherited craniosynostosis, its clinical features are both at craniofacial level and upper and lower limbs. The treatment must be carried out by a multidisciplinary team and represents a great challenge for health professionals. The aim of this article is to present the case of a teenage patient diagnosed with Pfeiffer´s syndrome, who had severe maxillary hypoplasia, class III malocclusion and negative overjet; treated by osteogenic distraction with a RED (rigid external distractor) associated with fixed orthodontic appliances. The results reached the patient’s therapeutic and esthetic expectations and showed stability at 20 months posttreatment.Síndrome de Pfeiffer es una craneosinostosis de herencia autosómica dominante, cuyas manifestaciones clínicas son tanto a nivel cráneofacial como en extremidades superiores e inferiores. El tratamiento para estos pacientes debe ser efectuado por un equipo multidisciplinario y representa un gran desafío para los profesionales de la salud. El objetivo de este artículo es exponer el caso de una paciente adolescente diagnosticada con síndrome de Pfeiffer, que presentaba hipoplasia maxilar severa, maloclusión de Clase III y overjet negativo; tratada con distracción osteogénica usando dispositivo RED (rigid external distractor) asociado a aparatología ortodóncica fija. Los resultados cumplieron con las expectativas terapéuticas y estéticas de la paciente, mostrando estabilidad en la evaluación 20 meses post tratamiento

genus & generatio. Rollenerwartungen und Rollenerfüllungen im Spannungsfeld der Geschlechter und Generationen in Antike und Mittelalter

Die Beiträge in diesem Band gehen zurück auf die dritte Nachwuchstagung des Bamberger DFG-Graduiertenkollegs „Generationenbewusstsein und Generationenkonflikte in Antike und Mittelalter“. Neben Aspekten der Generationenthematik stehen dabei vor allem Überlegungen zu den genderstudies und die Frage nach den Valenzen des Rollenbegriffs im Vordergrund, wodurch sich vielfältige interdisziplinäre Berührungs- und Schnittpunkte ergeben. Der Band umfasst Beiträge der Fächer Klassische Philologie, Geschichtswissenschaft, Romanistik und Germanistik in einem Untersuchungszeitraum von der Antike bis ins ausgehende Mittelalter

Stakeholders' perspectives on the operationalisation of the ecosystem service concept : Results from 27 case studies

The ecosystem service (ES) concept is becoming mainstream in policy and planning, but operational influence on practice is seldom reported. Here, we report the practitioners' perspectives on the practical implementation of the ES concept in 27 case studies. A standardised anonymous survey (n = 246), was used, focusing on the science-practice interaction process, perceived impact and expected use of the case study assessments. Operationalisation of the concept was shown to achieve a gradual change in practices: 13% of the case studies reported a change in action (e.g. management or policy change), and a further 40% anticipated that a change would result from the work. To a large extent the impact was attributed to a well conducted science-practice interaction process (>70%). The main reported advantages of the concept included: increased concept awareness and communication; enhanced participation and collaboration; production of comprehensive science-based knowledge; and production of spatially referenced knowledge for input to planning (91% indicated they had acquired new knowledge). The limitations were mostly case-specific and centred on methodology, data, and challenges with result implementation. The survey highlighted the crucial role of communication, participation and collaboration across different stakeholders, to implement the ES concept and enhance the democratisation of nature and landscape planning. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.Peer reviewe

ARTEFACTS: How do we want to deal with the future of our one and only planet?

The European Commission’s Science and Knowledge Service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), decided to try working hand-in-hand with leading European science centres and museums. Behind this decision was the idea that the JRC could better support EU Institutions in engaging with the European public. The fact that European Union policies are firmly based on scientific evidence is a strong message which the JRC is uniquely able to illustrate. Such a collaboration would not only provide a platform to explain the benefits of EU policies to our daily lives but also provide an opportunity for European citizens to engage by taking a more active part in the EU policy making process for the future. A PILOT PROGRAMME To test the idea, the JRC launched an experimental programme to work with science museums: a perfect partner for three compelling reasons. Firstly, they attract a large and growing number of visitors. Leading science museums in Europe have typically 500 000 visitors per year. Furthermore, they are based in large European cities and attract local visitors as well as tourists from across Europe and beyond. The second reason for working with museums is that they have mastered the art of how to communicate key elements of sophisticated arguments across to the public and making complex topics of public interest readily accessible. That is a high-value added skill and a crucial part of the valorisation of public-funded research, never to be underestimated. Finally museums are, at present, undergoing something of a renaissance. Museums today are vibrant environments offering new techniques and technologies to both inform and entertain, and attract visitors of all demographics.JRC.H.2-Knowledge Management Methodologies, Communities and Disseminatio

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

Greenhouse gas fluxes (CO2, N2O and CH4) from forest soils in the Basque Country: Comparison of different tree species and growth stages

Forest systems are considered quintessential terrestrial systems for atmospheric CO2 sequestration to mitigate the effect of global warming. Temperate forest soils also present the highest rates of methane uptake among all the natural systems, while may represent a significant source of N2O. Despite of the large area occupied by forest in the Basque Country, no data is yet available regarding greenhouse gas fluxes under these edaphoclimatic conditions. In this manuscript we present a 2-year study which determined the magnitude of CO2, N2O, and CH4 soil gas fluxes in radiata pine, beech and Douglas fir forests using a closed chamber technique. The magnitude of these gas fluxes was additionally compared between different growth stages of radiata pine and beech forest, and the edaphoclimatic parameters that control these gas fluxes in the different forest systems and growth stages were studied. Measured greenhouse gas fluxes were in a low range as already published elsewhere for temperate forest ecosystems. A nitrogen deficit appears to be responsible for these relatively low gas fluxes. Apparently, the different forest species play a key role as controllers responsible for the differences of soil gas-exchange fluxes between the three different forest type systems. The mature pine plantation soil was emitting the most CO2 (1.5 and 2.5 times more than the mature beech and the Douglas fir, respectively), while the Douglas fir forest soil was emitting the most N2O (3 and 17 times more than the mature pine and the mature beech, respectively) and the mature beech forest was the soil type showing the highest CH4 consumption rates (2 and 5.5 times more than the mature pine and the Douglas fir, respectively). The stage of growth and its usual management appear to be important concerning the soil gas-exchange behavior within one forest type. The young beech forest soil emitted 9 times more N2O than the mature, and the new pine and the mature pine plantation soils emitted 2.5 and 2 times more CO2 than the young, respectively. The ground vegetation cover percentage, the organic matter accumulation and the soil porosity seem to be factors which merit a closer look in future studies, as possibly responsible for the differences in gas fluxes among forest types and growth stages. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.This project was funded by the Spanish Government (AGL2009-13339-CO2-01) and by the Basque Government (K-EGOKITZEN ETORTEK 2010-2012 and GV-IT-526-10). Iskander Barrena is the recipient of a predoctoral fellowship from the Department of Education, Universities and Research of the Basque Government.Peer Reviewe