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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Leandro M. T. Garcia, Ruth F. Hunter, Kayla de la Haye, Christina D. Economos, Abby C. King
Summary: This article presents an action-oriented conceptual framework for preventing childhood obesity in Latin America and Latino populations in the United States, including six stages and ten principles. Each stage includes specific activities, methods, and examples that can be used as a guide for achieving the expected results.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Mireya Vilar-Compte, Arturo Bustamante, Nancy Lopez-Olmedo, Pablo Gaitan-Rossi, Jaqueline Torres, Karen E. Peterson, Graciela Teruel, Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Summary: International migration has economic and health consequences. Acculturation in the receiving country may be related to childhood obesity. Utilizing the Community Energy Balance (CEB) conceptual framework, the study examines the relationship between migration and childhood obesity in Mexican households with international migrants. The study suggests that children in migrant networks are at higher risk of developing overweight and obesity, indicating a significant relationship between childhood obesity and international migration in Mexican households. Binational health programs such as Ventanillas de Salud (VDS) show promise in addressing childhood obesity in a culturally sensitive environment.
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Philosophy
Alvaro Castro-Sanchez
Summary: This article reconstructs Gustavo Bueno's critique of anthropology as a science, aiming to demonstrate its limited epistemological status from a philosophical perspective. By analyzing Bueno's theoretical system and the institutional history of the discipline, it is shown that his arguments involve positions on institutional and political aspects.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
David Berrigan, S. Sonia Arteaga, Uriyoan Colon-Ramos, Lisa G. Rosas, Rafael Monge-Rojas, Teresia M. O'Connor, Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Elizabeth F. S. Roberts, Brisa Sanchez, Martha Maria Tellez-Rojo, Susan Vorkoper
Summary: Childhood obesity is a serious public health problem in Latin America and the United States. Improving measurement tools, enhancing collaboration, and increasing measurement accuracy are key in tackling this issue effectively.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Deborah Salvo, Diana C. Parra, Alejandra Jauregui, Eugen Resendiz, Armando Garcia-Olvera, Daniel Velazquez, Nicolas Aguilar-Farias, Uriyoan Colon-Ramos, Adriano A. Hino, Harold W. (Bill) Kohl, Michael Pratt, Andrea Ramirez Varela, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Juan A. Rivera
Summary: The study found that research productivity on childhood obesity is high in Latin America and among the Latino population in the United States, but research capacity in physical activity lags behind. It is recommended to invest in all domains of research capacity and in all relevant topics to achieve effective cross-border collaboration for childhood obesity prevention.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Gonzalo Magdaleno Marcos, Jose Martin Serradilla, Jesus Maria de Andres de Llano, Irene Andres Alberola, Francisco Emilio Per Contreras, Maria Eirin Feijoo, Carmen Fernandez Morado
Summary: This study analyzed the trends of hospital admissions for diabetic patients with neurological complications in the health area of Palencia from 1993 to 2017. The study utilized the information recorded in the Minimum Basic Data Set (MBDS) and conducted cross-association, descriptive, bivariate, multivariate analysis, and joinpoint regression analysis. The results showed that hospitalization of diabetic patients increased annually by 9.4% from 1993 to 2008, with a breaking point in 2008, and decreased annually by -0.3% from 2008 to 2017. Hospitalization of patients with neurological complications of diabetes increased annually by 3.4% from 1993 to 2014, with a break point in 2014, and decreased annually by -23.9% from 2014 to 2017.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Francisco Frances-Garcia, Daniel La Parra-Casado
Summary: This article aims to provide an operational proposal for designing, measuring, or describing the extent of participatory terms in health planning processes. The proposal elaborates six dimensions for measuring and assessing the participatory process: inclusivity, information flow, deliberative quality, decision making, institutional commitment, and community empowerment.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Carlos Ochoa Sangrador, Jose Ramon Garmendia Leiza, Maria Jose Perez Boillos, Fernando Pastrana Ara, Maria del Pilar Lorenzo Lobato, Jesus Maria Andres de Llano
Summary: This study evaluated the increase in mortality associated with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic in the autonomous community of Castilla y Leon, Spain. It found that there was an increase in mortality in March 2020 compared to previous years, with a 39% increase for men and 28% increase for women. Although the increase in mortality was general, it varied by sex, age group, and province.
Article
Anthropology
Jorge Pavez Ojeda
Summary: This article explores the violence and forced disappearances during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile from 1973 to 1990. It focuses on the war of images surrounding these atrocities, where attempts to normalize disappearances and hide violence are countered by efforts to make them visible and prevent erasure from historical memory. The article examines how the bodies of the victims become images in social memory through art, cinema, anthropology, and the law, and explores the manipulation of time and memory through concealment and the use of images. Drawing upon Walter Benjamin's concept of dialectical images, the article argues that images of the dead can challenge and disrupt the necropolitical control over memory.
JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ANTHROPOLOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jennifer Hoy
Summary: The specialized organization of ultraviolet-sensitive photoreceptors in the mouse retina optimizes the visibility of aerial predators within the upper visual scenes experienced by mice, demonstrating how visual systems evolve to extract salient information from natural scenes.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Leslie Folleco Calixto, Wilson Alexander Zambrano-Velez, Leticia Alexandra Morales Delgado, Carla Guillermina Mendoza Arce
Summary: Neurodidactics plays a crucial role in the teaching-learning process, but its incorporation into education has been hindered by a lack of knowledge and planning. However, strategic actions based on neuroscientific knowledge can greatly improve student learning outcomes.
REVISTA UNIVERSIDAD Y SOCIEDAD
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Cristina Garcia-Bravo, Rosa Maria Martinez-Piedrola, Sara Garcia-Bravo, Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas, Marta Perez-De-Heredia-Torres, Domingo Palacios-Cena
Summary: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of parents with children diagnosed with Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (SPMD) in relation to the diagnostic process, treatment, and medical care. Through in-depth interviews and researcher observations, five themes were identified: diagnostic process, treatment expectations, family planning, disability world, and family economy. These results can be used by healthcare professionals to assist and support parents.
DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marietou Niang, Mahaman Moha, Valery Ridde, Lara Gautier
Summary: This article presents a case study of a capacity-building project to reduce malnutrition in Niger, revealing both risks and opportunities for sustaining health interventions in vulnerable contexts. The findings show a low level of sustainability of the project activities due to local realities and the short-term focus of the project implementation.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Usama Bilal, Pedro Gullon, Javier Padilla-Bernaldez
Summary: Studies reviewing the evidence have consistently shown that the closure of hospitality venues is one of the most effective measures in reducing the impact of COVID-19. Measures such as limiting capacity and improving ventilation should also be considered when reopening these venues.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Marco Lopez Zubizarreta, Rosa Cordovilla Perez, Aldo Mateo Torracchi, Virginia Guevara Velazquez
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the reliability of PET/CT in a population exposed to mining activities who had undergone endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) for the diagnosis and/or staging of lung cancer. The results showed that lymph nodes larger than 1 cm and PET/CT uptake with maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) over 2.5 were independent risk factors for malignancy in non-exposed patients, but not in exposed patients. Therefore, PET/CT has diagnostic limitations for lung cancer in individuals with occupational exposure to mining.
