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This article presents the results of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) conducted to explore how maker culture has been implemented in educational contexts. Maker culture draws on the idea that anyone can build and create their objects from technological artefacts. Therefore, maker culture has increased educators’ interest in providing students with the possibility of associating curricular content with practices to make students protagonists in the construction of their knowledge. The SLR protocol was used to respond to three research questions: What infrastructures and tools are most used? Which methodologies are most used? What are the main advantages and disadvantages? Educational experiences occur, above all, in school spaces and the so-called FabLabs. The 3D printer and the arduino kit are the most used tools. Project-based learning is the most used methodology. The main advantage lies in fostering cooperative and collaborative work. The most significant disadvantages are the lack of infrastructure and of specific teacher training programs through which to approach the innovative learning ecologies typical of the Information Society in which we live. Maker educational practices are experiences that go beyond the classroom walls. These practices empower young people, giving them time and voice to be builders and transformers of their realities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Medium and short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency is a rare cause of impaired mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. We present a case report of a patient with hyperinsulinism and homozygosity for a novel mutation causing a kinetic variant of the enzyme. The diagnosis was initially inferred by abnormal newborn screening acylcarnitine analysis with elevated C4-hydroxyacylcarnitine. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]