Basal Cell Carcinoma in the Southern Health Area of Tenerife. Key Clinical and Pathological Factors and Margin Status After Excision.

Background And Objective: Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Complete excision with clear margins is important for reducing the risk of recurrence. The aims of this study were to describe the characteristics of BCCs in our health care area, calculate the percentage of positive margins after surgical excision, and determine the risk factors for incomplete excision.

DRD2 Taq1A polymorphism modulates prolactin secretion induced by atypical antipsychotics in healthy volunteers.

Hyperprolactinemia mediated by antagonism of dopaminergic neurotransmission in the pituitary gland is a common adverse effect of antipsychotics. Recent studies have suggested that polymorphisms of dopamine receptors can affect the therapeutic response to antipsychotics. Thus, our aim was to evaluate whether 2 such polymorphisms (DRD2 Taq1A and DRD3 Ser9Gly) modulate prolactin release in healthy volunteers (n = 119) receiving a single dose of quetiapine (25 mg, n = 26), olanzapine (5 mg, n = 57), or risperidone (1 mg, n = 36).

[ROC and z-ROC parameters in word memory: experimental and pre-experimental effects].

In this study, ROC and z-ROC parameters are applied in word recognition memory, with words classified according to frequency and class. In doing so, unbiased techniques can be used to assess hits and false alarms and to obtain standardized distributions for each experimental condition. Our results confirm the existence of differences in word recognition memory for experimental exposition time, type of words and other pre-experimental effects.

Figure-ground perceptual organization and learning by three-year-old children.

We have elaborated a program for the instruction of 54 3-yr.-olds using visual aids (cards showing the graphic representation of a number printed on three different types of backgrounds). Analysis showed differences in the increase in scores obtained by the children before and after the application of the program depending on the type of background.

Effects of schematic organization on scientific contents learned by eight-year-old children.

This study is an extension of schematic theory on the acquisition of scientific contents by children. The variable, "importance of actions," considered functionally intensive in schematic organization, was categorized and scaled. Two retention intervals were also introduced to extend this research to the study of cognitive change over.