Systematic Review of Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors in Children Reported from Developmental Criminology.

Background/objectives: Evidence indicates that persistent transgressive behaviors often begin early in development and increase around age twelve, and warns that children who exhibit transgressive behaviors in childhood or early adolescence tend to develop criminal behaviors in adulthood which makes childhood a critical unit of analysis for timely intervention. The study examines risk and protective factors in childhood related to illegal behavior, through the perspective of developmental criminology. The observation of risk and protective factors in early stages allows us to design interventions that prevent social adjustment problems in children from becoming more complex by maintaining the transgression of social norms over time.

Inflamma-miRs Profile in Myelodysplastic Syndrome Patients.

Etiological factors involved in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) include immunologic, oxidative stress and inflammatory factors, among others, and these are targets for microRNAs (miRNs). Here, we evaluated whether some miRNs may affect tumor development comparing untreated and 5-azacitidine (5-AZA) MDS-treated patients. Peripheral blood samples were collected from 20 controls and 24 MDS patients, and selected miRNs related to redox balance and inflammation (inflamma-miRs), including miR-18a, miR-21, miR-34a and miR-146a, were isolated and measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRTPCR).

Fracture Resistance Comparative Analysis of Milled-Derived vs. 3D-Printed CAD/CAM Materials for Single-Unit Restorations.

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the fracture resistance of a single-unit fixed prosthesis, using a CAD/CAM PMMA material and two printed materials (3DPPa and 3DPPb). A typodont with a specific preparation for a full crown was used; a digital impression was made with a state-of-the-art scanner (PrimeScan, Dentsply-Sirona, New York, NY, USA), and a full coverage restoration was designed using a biogeneric design proposal by means of specific software (InLAB 22.1, Dentsply-Sirona, NY, USA).

Status of the neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in Latin America.

Background: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) is an increasing diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in Latin America (LATAM). Despite the heterogeneity of this population, ethnic and socioeconomic commonalities exist, and epidemiologic studies from the region have had a limited geographic and population outreach. Identification of some aspects from the entire region are lacking.

Meta Salud Diabetes for cardiovascular disease prevention in Mexico: a cluster-randomized behavioural clinical trial.

Background: Healthy lifestyle interventions offered at points of care, including support groups, may improve chronic disease management, especially in low-resource populations. We assessed the effectiveness of an educational intervention in type 2 diabetes (T2D) support groups to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Methods: We recruited 518 participants to a parallel, two-arm, cluster-randomized, behavioural clinical trial across 22 clinics in Sonora, Mexico, between August 2016 and October 2018.

Oxygen saturation as a predictor of mortality in hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19 in a public hospital in Lima, Peru.

Introduction: Peru is among the top ten countries with the highest number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases worldwide. The aim of the study was to describe the clinical features of hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19 and to determine the prognostic factors associated with in-hospital mortality.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study among adult patients with COVID-19 admitted to Hospital Cayetano Heredia; a tertiary care hospital in Lima, Peru.

Behavioral and subjective health changes in US and Mexico border residing participants in two promotora-led chronic disease preventive interventions.

Chronic diseases are the primary health burden among Mexican-origin populations and health promotion efforts have not been able to change negative population trends. This research presents behavioral and subjective health impacts of two related community health worker (CHW) interventions conducted in the US-Mexico border region. Pasos Adelante (United States) and Meta Salud (Mexico) are 12-13 week CHW-led preventive interventions implemented with Mexico-origin adults.

How to rewire the host cell: A home improvement guide for intracellular bacteria.

Intracellular bacterial pathogens have developed versatile strategies to generate niches inside the eukaryotic cells that allow them to survive and proliferate. Making a home inside the host offers many advantages; however, intracellular bacteria must also overcome many challenges, such as disarming innate immune signaling and accessing host nutrient supplies. Gaining entry into the cell and avoiding degradation is only the beginning of a successful intracellular lifestyle.

Dynamic Remodeling of the Magnetosome Membrane Is Triggered by the Initiation of Biomineralization.

Unlabelled: Magnetotactic bacteria produce chains of membrane-bound organelles that direct the biomineralization of magnetic nanoparticles. These magnetosome compartments are a model for studying the biogenesis and subcellular organization of bacterial organelles. Previous studies have suggested that discrete gene products build and assemble magnetosomes in a stepwise fashion.

Conceptual basis for an integrated system for the management of a protected area. Examples from its application in a mediterranean area.

Improving the efficiency of management in protected areas is imperative in a generalized context of limited conservation budgets. However, this is overlooked due to flaws in problem definition, general disregard for cost information, and a lack of suitable tools for measuring costs and management quality. This study describes an innovative methodological framework, implemented in the web application SIGEIN, focused on maximizing the quality of management against its costs, establishing an explicit justification for any decision.

Changes in health behaviors and self-rated health of participants in Meta Salud: a primary prevention intervention of NCD in Mexico.

Background: Meta Salud was a community health worker-facilitated intervention for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in Northern Mexico.

Objectives: This analysis examined changes in perceived health, eating habits, and physical activity immediately and 3 months after the intervention. The impact on the resulting behavioral and psychological factors are reported.

Evaluation of the community-based chronic disease prevention program Meta Salud in Northern Mexico, 2011-2012.

Introduction: Meta Salud is a community health worker-facilitated intervention in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and was adapted from Pasos Adelante, a similar evidence-based intervention developed for a Latino population in the United States-Mexico border region. The objective of this study was to examine outcomes for Meta Salud and compare them with outcomes for Pasos Adelante.

Methods: This pretest-posttest study took place during 13 weeks among low-income residents of an urban area.

Compartmentalization and organelle formation in bacteria.

A number of bacterial species rely on compartmentalization to gain specific functionalities that will provide them with a selective advantage. Here, we will highlight several of these modes of bacterial compartmentalization with an eye toward describing the mechanisms of their formation and their evolutionary origins. Spore formation in Bacillus subtilis, outer membrane biogenesis in Gram-negative bacteria and protein diffusion barriers of Caulobacter crescentus will be used to demonstrate the physical, chemical, and compositional remodeling events that lead to compartmentalization.

Data mining in psychiatric research.

Mathematical sciences and computational methods have found new applications in fields like medicine over the last few decades. Modern data acquisition and data analysis protocols have been of great assistance to medical researchers and clinical scientists. Especially in psychiatry, technology and science have made new computational methods available to assist the development of predictive modeling and to identify diseases more accurately.

Effect of Agave tequilana age, cultivation field location and yeast strain on tequila fermentation process.

The effect of yeast strain, the agave age and the cultivation field location of agave were evaluated using kinetic parameters and volatile compound production in the tequila fermentation process. Fermentations were carried out with Agave juice obtained from two cultivation fields (CF1 and CF2), as well as two ages (4 and 8 years) and two Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strains (GU3 and AR5) isolated from tequila fermentation must. Sugar consumption and ethanol production varied as a function of cultivation field and agave age.

Place, positionality, and priorities: experts' views on women's health at the Mexico-US border.

Improving health care in the Mexican-US transborder region presents challenges not only of harmonization of systems but differences in values and expectations for policies. We explore the contrasting and overlapping views of health experts in both countries regarding the ways in which geographic location, scale, and professional roles shape their notions of the region, priorities for women's health, and interpretations of the socio-cultural concept of gender in relation to health. The study is based on interviews with legislators, health administrators, health advocates, and researchers on each side of the border.

Bodyweight gain to predict treatment outcome in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Peru.

Setting: Tuberculosis control programmes of two health care centres in the central rainforest of Peru.

Objective: To evaluate if bodyweight gain (BWG) predicts treatment outcome in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).

Design: Retrospective cohort study of adults with PTB diagnosed between 1995 and 2004.

[Medical care in 7 Chilean cities].

Background: In countries with an intermediate development level such as Chile, health care is the main factor that improves the health status of the community.

Aim: To inform the results of morbidity and medical care surveys performed in the Chilean cities of Antofagasta, La Serena, Concepción, Temuco, Llay Llay, Tiltil y Lampa-Batuco.

Material And Methods: A random sample of 951 dwellings with 4,192 people was selected and studied three times, in 1995 and 1996.

[Characteristics and management of morbidity in seven Chilean cities].

Background: Health population inquiries give information about morbidity as perceived by people, the quality of medical care and the costs of diseases.

Aim: To inform the results on morbidity and medical care surveys performed in the Chilean cities of Antofagasta, La Serena, Concepción, Temuco, Llay Llay, Tiltil y Lampa-Batuco.

Material And Methods: A random sample of 951 dwellings with 4.

[Smoking in Santiago, 1993-94].

The aim of this work was to study smoking habits, alcohol and drug use and living standards in a random sample of 1000 dwellings and 4700 people of Santiago through periodic surveys during 1993 and 1994. Forty nine percent of dwellings had at least one inhabitant that was a daily smoker and 73% had at least one occasional smoker. Thirty seven percent of subjects older than 15 years were smokers (40% of men and 35% of women), 27% were presumably addicted to tobacco and 16% former smokers.

[Development of products for the elderly population: vitamin enriched pudding].

An instant dessert powder, pudding type was developed to be consumed at lunch or dinner time. The dessert was designed to be prepared in skim milk and meets the nutritional needs of elderly people. The dessert contains modified starch, carragenine, vegetal fat, sacharose.

[Medical care in Santiago, 1993].

Results of morbidity and medical care surveys performed in Santiago in 1993-94 are presented in this paper. The study has been done in an aleatory population sample of 4,700 people coming from 1,000 dwellings. Main results are as following: The Health National Fund (FONASA) is the most important financing medical care's agency in Santiago (49% out of total population).

[Characteristics and management of morbidity in Santiago 1993].

Results of morbidity and medical care surveys of the Santiago's population are presented in this paper. A random sample of 1,000 dwellings with 4,700 people was selected and studied 3 times, in 1993 and 1994. All health events (acute and chronic morbidity, health examinations, dental care) and main features of medical care were registered in the interviews which covered a 2-week period each time.

[Attitudes and behaviour concerning tobacco use among physicians from Santiago].

The aim of this work was to study the prevalence, behavior and opinions towards smoking in a sample of 288 physicians from Santiago, stratified according to sex and specialty. The WHO Europe questionnaire was applied and smoker was defined as the person that consumed one or more cigarettes per day. Thirty six percent of the sample (40.

[Work absenteeism in a mining company: trends in 1985-1988].

The magnitude of medical and non medical absenteeism among male workers performing rotative shifts in a high altitude mining company was studied. There was a general rate of absenteeism of 8.8 absent days per 100 labor days, which means that 31.