Women as users and dealers of inhalants in the streets of Mexico city: A study on empowerment, cooperation, and trust at the margins.

Introduction: People who live on the streets in Mexico commonly use inhalants to induce psychoactive effects. Research on the distribution, sale, and consumption of these substances is scarce and mostly focuses on men, which limits the understanding of their use and possible public policies. Our ethnographic research concentrates on women who live and work on the street under marginalized conditions in Mexico City.

[Adiposity and muscle strength level in pre-scholars according to the educational level and socio-demographic characteristics of their parents].

Introduction: The educational level of the adult population is related to obesity, but there is little knowledge regar ding the relationship of parents' educational level with the obesity and muscle strength of Chilean pre-school children.

Objective: To describe the levels of adiposity and muscular strength of pre schoolers, according to the educational level and socio-demographic characteristics of their parents.

Patients And Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional study with participation of pre-schoolers from kindergartens and their parents (n = 99).

Social and Cultural Elements Associated with Neurocognitive Dysfunctions in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 Patients.

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2) is a rare genetic disorder producing cerebellar degeneration and affecting motor abilities. Neuroimaging studies also show neurodegeneration in subcortical and cortical regions related to emotional and social processes. From social neuroscience, it is suggested that motor and social abilities can be influenced by particular cultural dynamics so, culture is fundamental to understand the effect of brain-related alterations.