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The work was carried out with the objective of updating the weed flora associated with sugar cane in Cuba. Weed identification surveys corresponding to 2023 were carried out in all sugarcane production units in the country. Identification was carried out by walking the field along its diagonals, with the help of catalogs to the identification of the species. Families' diversity index, the relative frequency of the species at the field and the relation of interference for morfotipo they were determinated. The frequency was determined and classified into the categories of: Accidental; Uncommon; Moderately common and Very common. The surveys showed the existence of seven families, of which two belong to the class Liliatae (Monocotyledons) and five to the Magnoliatae (Dicotyledons). The Poaceae family presented the highest relative diversity index (54.2%), followed by Fabaceae and Mimosaceae with the same value (12.5%). twenty one genera were distinguished, 11 from the class Liliatae and 10 from the Magnoliatae. The most frequent were Brachiaria and Sorghum, both from the Poaceae family, with three and two meanings, respectively. The floristic inventory revealed the existence of 24 species of weeds associated with sugar cane as the most frequent at the national level, with frequency values above 1%, of which 14 belong to the class Liliatae and 10 to the Magnoliatae. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary objective of this work is to present a general vision of the distribution of the lexicon in the different Hispanic countries. The data come from the Diccionario de Frecuencias Léxicas, incorporated into version 1.1 of CORPES, built on 180 million words from the press texts of this corpus. The results obtained, which are also based on the dispersion indices, show a high degree of congruence, based on the frequency of use (type frequency), compatible with the expected difference between the varieties, based on the frequency of inventory (token frequency). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: acute surgical scrotum is one of the most frequent emergencies in pediatric age. Objective: to describe epidemiological, clinical and surgical aspects of children with acute scrotum. Methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional investigation was carried out in the Pediatric Surgery Service belonging to the "José Luis Miranda" University Pediatric Hospital of Villa Clara. The population was made up of a total of 117 children with a diagnosis of acute scrotum during the period from 2017 to 2021. Documentary analysis of medical records was used in data collection and descriptive and inferential statistics in the analysis. Results: the age group 10 to 18 years (52.99%) and those from the Municipality of Santa Clara (58.12%) prevailed. The most frequent clinical manifestations were pain (97.44%) and flushing (99.15%). Hydatid torsion (54.55%) and testicular torsion (58.82%) predominated in the adolescent and the evolution time ranged from six to 24 hours. 75.21% were diagnosed by the clinical method and treated with scrototomy and excision of the hydatid. Conclusions: currently the management of acute scrotal syndrome is a challenge. It is a pediatric emergency that requires timely medical action to avoid complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The constant passage of time has rendered the Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curve maps for the province of Villa Clara outdated. Specifically, the municipality of Caibarién lacks them, so the ones outlined in the Cuban standard NC 1239:2018, are used to build hydraulic works in the area. A study is conducted with the primary objective of developing IDF curves associated with convective rainfall events in this locality, and proposes a procedure for elaborating such curves. To achieve this, novel techniques of fitting to distribution functions and parametric equations are used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the analysis of spinopelvic imbalance in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty has gained significance in recent years, being recognized as a risk factor for instability. Few reports exist regarding the prevalence of spinopelvic alterations in Latin American literature. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of spinopelvic imbalance in our patients and to associate them with functional outcomes. Material and methods: 29 patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty using a lateral approach (32 arthroplasties) were included. All patients completed clinical outcome questionnaires preoperatively. Twelve months after surgery, they underwent anteroposterior pelvic and lateral pelvic X-rays, both standing and sitting, and clinical outcome questionnaires were completed. The radiographic parameters examined were: pelvic incidence, lumbar lordosis, sacral slope, anterior pelvic plane and pelvic femoral angle. Functional outcome was assessed with the Harris Hip Score and WOMAC scales. Patients were classified according to their spinopelvic alteration and statistical analysis was performed to identify significant differences between the groups and the correlation with functional outcomes. Results: there was a high frequency of spinopelvic balance alterations (46.8%); 6.2% (n = 2/32) presented isolated spinal stiffness (group 1B), 37.5% (n = 12/29) spinal deformity without spinal stiffness (group 2A) and 3.1% (n = 1/29) spinal deformity associated with stiffness (group 2B). We found no improvement in HHS and WOMAC scores in the groups with spinal stiffness (1B and 2B) (p = 0.98 y 0.15). There is association between spinal stiffness (ΔSS < 10°) and poor functional outcomes (p = 0.02). Conclusions: the frequency of spinopelvic balance alterations was high. While there was no observed rise in prosthetic dislocations, the existence of spinal stiffness, defined by a ASS of less than 10°, was associated to poor outcomes on functional scales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The work was carried out with the objective to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of the species Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth in the areas planted with sugar cane in Cuba. The information was taken from the surveys of identification of weeds carried out in 2016-2020 period by the Weeds Integral Control Service (WICS) of the Sugar Cane Research Institute (SCRI). The identification was made by the visual method, crossing the field by its diagonals, with the use of manuals or catalogs in digital format o impressed. The magnitude of the infestation through frequency and the area plagued were evaluated. The results showed that in 2016-2020 period the specie showed frequency values within the category Accidental, with an increasing tendency. The bigger frequency found at the occidental region and the larger area plagued at the central one. The surveys evidenced the presence of this specie in all development phases and cycles of harvest of sugar cane. It is recommended to develop a management strategy that contributes to the reduction of infested areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper presents the developments that have been carried out in Uruguayan institutions regarding standards of the quantities of time and frequency. The period analyzed covers about 80 years. Therefore, the technologies were very diverse, from oscillators based on quartz crystals and vacuum tube electronics, to modern cesium clocks, based on the transition of their electronic levels. The relative stabilities, then, cover several orders of magnitude, from 10-7 to 10-13, which demonstrates the great progress that the development of this physical quantity has had in Uruguay. The current state of the National Standard of Uruguay, based on cesium clocks, has reached uncertainties that are low enough to be admitted as part of the international system that defines the time, UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vector-borne pathogens commonly known as "haemoparasites" are hemotropic organisms that range from nematodes, protozoa, viruses, and bacteria. This is a retrospective study of the databases of 3,300 dogs that aims to evaluate the frequency by qPCR for 9 hemotropics in the city of Medellín between June 2021 and March 2022, and the correlation of the presence of these agents with the Clinical manifestations and hemoleukograms of 20 positive dogs. Of the total dogs tested, 60% were positive to one or more agents. The number of animals infected with one, two, or three agents was 42.9% (1416/3,300), 17.7% (583/3,300), and 1.3% (42/3,300), respectively. In order from highest to lowest presence of haemoparasites, the number of dogs positive for a single agent was: Anaplasma spp. (14.1%), Mycoplasma spp. (13.9%), Ehrlichia spp. (6.1%), Hepatozoon spp. (5.4%), Babesia spp. (1%), filariae (0.9%), and Bartonella spp. (0.6%). The main clinicopathological alterations in 9 of 20 dogs positive for some haemoparasite and with nonspecific clinical signs (fever, anorexia, myalgia, lethargy) were anemia and/or thrombocytopenia, with or without an inflammatory leukogram. However, the absence of clinicopathological alterations in 11/20 positive animals does not rule out the presence of infection since the animals had a normal blood count. Experimental and field studies have shown that many dogs positive by serology and/or qPCR are clinically normal, and although they do not present an active infection, they may be asymptomatic carriers of haemoparasites. In this study the results are discussed and compared with others carried out in Colombia for the main haemoparasites of dogs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aimed to determine the species of insects associated with cowpea (Vigna unguculata (L.) Walp.) in agroecosystems of Pinar del Río, Cuba. Samplings were carried out during the vegetative and reproductive phases of the cultivars 'INIFAT 93' and 'INIFAT 94'. The frequency of appearance in the two cultivars was determined, as well as their relationship by means of linear regression. The classification criteria of Mason and Bryant were also followed. There were 21 insect species, including phytophagous (61.9%) and beneficial (38.1%), grouped into 14 families and five orders, with the highest representation of Coleoptera and Hemiptera. The families with the highest species richness were Chrysomelidae and Coccinelidae., Of the identified species, 71.4% were observed on the two cowpea bean cultivars. A frequency of occurrence greater than 50% was shown by Empoasca kraemeri Ross & Moore, Liriomyza trifolii Burgess in Comstock, Epitrix cucumeris (Harris), Aphis craccivora Koch, Coleomegilla cubensis (Casey), Condylostylus sp., and Diglyphus sp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The CoVid-19 pandemic drastically changed different aspects of the daily lives of millions of people, generating an increase in the use of the internet for maintaining social contact, teleworking or online studies. this study explores the extent to which the internet connection pattern changed during the CoVid-19 confinement in a sample of adults from four latin american countries, considering gender and age. a descriptive study was carried out, including a non-probabilistic convenience sample design. the final sample was comprised of 1488 participants. this analysis shows that internet habits changed in terms of frequency, duration, and time of use. We observe differences when it comes to gender and age. in women, the increases in use are greater for the different variables analyzed, especially for the frequency of connection at night. in terms of age, the younger the age, the greater the increase in internet connection time throughout the day and connection time at night. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The work was carried out with the objective of determining the spatial and temporal distribution of Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth species in sugarcane areas in Cuba. For this purpose, the information contained in the database generated by the weed identification surveys carried out in the period 2016-2020 by the Integral Weed Control Service (SERCIM) of the Instituto de Investigaciones de la Caña de Azúcar (INICA) was used. The surveys were conducted by the visual method, walking the field along its diagonals, with the use of manuals or catalogs in digital or printed format. The magnitude of the infestation was evaluated through the frequency and area infested. The results showed that in the period 2016-2020 the species presented frequency values in the Accidental category, with an increasing trend. The highest frequency was found in the western region and the largest plagued area in the central region. The surveys evidenced the presence of this species in all stages of development and harvest cycles of sugarcane. It is recommended that a management strategy be developed to help reduce infested areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Water scarcity in areas with abundant rainfall due to drought is, in a sense, contradictory; however, the effects of such a situation can have dramatic consequences on the productivity and development of communities. This work, derived from a finished research and financed with resources of the authors, evaluated the threat by drought in the department of Cordoba, Colombia, by means of the Standardized Index of Precipitation (SPI), for a critical scenario defined by the maximum intensities of events with occurrence of two years of return, using the information of 40 meteorological stations; evaluating the SPI to scales of 3 and 6 months and characterizing this index in terms of intensity, duration, frequency and magnitude. The results show the occurrence of droughts of moderate intensity, with frequency of 58 % and 56 % in quarterly and semestral scale respectively, resulting in threat by drought in medium and high categories for some areas of the department; which indicates that, although on the study area there are registered abundant rainfalls, it can be presented scarcity of the resource in the long term caused by droughts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. Trauma is a general term that includes all internal and external injuries caused by previous violence, contusions, abrasions, wounds and fractures, are the most representative in the facial region. Objective. To know the incidence of maxillofacial trauma in patients who attended a trauma emergency hospital in Mexico City in the period from November 2000 to November 2021. Methodology. All the patients attended by the maxillofacial surgery specialty in one year were evaluated, from November 1, 2000 to November 30, 2001, at the Hospital de Urgencias Traumatologicas "Dr. José Manuel Ortega Domínguez" Delegation 3 Southeast of IMSS of Mexico City, to know the incidence of maxillofacial trauma: most frequent injuries, age, sex, cause and place of the trauma accident. Results. A total of 340 patients (100%); 234 men (68.82%) and 106 women (31.18%). 308 patients (90.58%) were attended on an outpatient basis with treatment under local anesthesia; and 32 (9.41%) were hospitalized for surgery under general anesthesia. The mean age was 32 years (± 17.25) (standard deviation) with age limits from two to 88 years. The most frequent patient injuries were: blunt trauma 149 (43.82%), fractures 136 (40%) and soft-tissue wounds 55 (16.18%). Of the fractures, the most frequent were: nasal 63 (46.32%), mandible 37 (27.21%), orbicular 23 (16.91%), malar zygomatic 5 (3.68%), Le Fort II 2 (1.47%), Fx. TMJ 2 (1.47%), maxillary 2 (1.47%) and dentoalveolar 2 (1.47%); and the sites where they occurred: public roads 205 (60.29%), home 60 (17.64%), workplaces 31 (9.12%), recreational places 20 (5.88%), schools 11 (3.24%), and others 13 (3.82%). The highest incidence was due to: assaults with aggression 84 (40.98%), car accidents 44 (21.46%), fights 42 (20.49%), falls from the supporting plane 32 (15.61%), blows with objects 2 (0.98%) and by stray bullet 1 (0.49%). Conclusions. The incidence of assaults with violence stands out, followed by automobile accidents (a cause that years ago occupied the first place). Social-cultural, geographic and occupational factors are considered in this study group, which differ from others due to their nature; it is expected that with preventive campaigns in the public sphere, improvement in road safety and technological development in automobiles (seat belts, air bags, ABS brakes, etc.) and with guidance on accident prevention and protection of the maxillofacial region by maxillofacial surgeons, the incidence will decrease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To describe the behavior of neoplasms presentation of the central and intracranial nervous system, in a Mexican health institution specialized in neurosurgical sufferings. Methods: A descriptive study was carried out in a sample was made up of 7768 patients with histopathological diagnosis neoplasms of central and intracranial nervous system. They were assisted at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, from Mexico City, from 2006 to 2017. The variables studied were the incidence and year of presentation of tumors, type of tumor, sex and age of presentation. Depending on the morphological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of tumors, these were categorized in accordance with the classification of tumors by 2007 WHO Central Nervous System. Simple frequencies were obtained; the incidence reason was calculated for each category. The trend over time was analyzed with the Pearson correlation coefficient; a p= 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The general incident rate was 70.2 x 100 biopsies-year. The most frequent tumors were neurepithelial tissue (30.8%) and meninges (27.6%), with predominance in women (p <0.05). An increase in embryonic tumors (p <0.005) was evidenced. Conclusions: A tendency was not found in the increase of tumors of the central nervous system over the period studied. However, the incidence of this type of neoplasms is high. They cause high mortality and disability in those who have them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introducción: la encefalitis autoinmune (EA) se presente en 1/100,000 personas al año, siendo la encefalitis autoinmune por anticuerpo anti-NMDAR la más frecuente (36%). Los criterios de Graus, et al., (2016) son los más utilizados para el abordaje diagnóstico de pacientes con encefalitis autoinmune posible (EAP). Objetivo: describir la frecuencia, características clínicas y pronostico funcional en pacientes ingresados al servicio de urgencias con diagnóstico de EAP. Material y métodos: (registro 168/22) estudio cohorte ambispectiva. De los pacientes atendidos en Urgencias del instituto en el año 2022, se revisaron los pacientes con diagnóstico de ingreso de neuroinfeccíon/encefalitis, seleccionándose aquellos que cumplían criterios diagnósticos de Encefalitis Autoinmune Posible según Graus, et al. Se describió la frecuencia, características clínicas y paraclínicos al ingreso (laboratorios, determinación de anticuerpo anti-NMDAR y citoquímico en LCR) y diagnóstico y pronostico al egreso hospitalario. Definimos pobre pronóstico como una puntuación =3 puntos en Escala de Rankin. Resultados: De 9046 pacientes, 201 (2.2%) se catalogaron al ingreso como neuroinfeccíon/encefalitis y 48 (0.5%) de estos cumplieron criterios de EAP. Género femenino 48%, edad 33.2±16.5 años; estancia hospitalaria (mediana) 28 (RIQ14-51) días. Síntomas/signos frecuentes: psicosis 69%, crisis epilépticas 60%, fiebre 46%, cefalea 40%. Diagnósticos al egreso: encefalitis NMDAR definida 19 (39.6%), EAP con resultado de anti-NMDAR negativo en LCR 12 (21%), encefalitis viral 9 (12.5%); 3 pacientes fallecieron. Los pacientes con Rankin =3 puntos presentan: mayor edad (40±19 vs 29±14, p=0.03), IMC (kg/m2) (24.7±3.6 vs 20.6±8.0, p=0.04), estado epiléptico (44% vs 6.6%, p=0.003), EAP con anti-NMDAR negativo (44% vs 13%, p=0.03), albumina (4.2±0.6 vs 4.7±0.5 grs/dl, p=0.01). Al comparar grupos (EA anti-NMDAR definida vs EAP anti-NMDAR negativo vs encefalitis viral) las siguientes variables tuvieron diferencia significativa: estancia hospitalaria (p=001), psicosis (p=0.018), catatonia (p=0.002), movimientos anormales (p=0.03) y recuento de células en LCR (p=0.04) (Tabla 1). Conclusión: la frecuencia de EAP fue del 0.5%; los síntomas psicóticos estuvieron presentes en 69% de los casos; Encefalitis anti-NMDAR definida fue el diagnóstico más frecuente al egreso. Mayor edad, estado epiléptico, EAP anti-NMDAR negativo y menor concentración de albumina son características asociadas a pobre pronostico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article show thin films of vanadium dioxide were grown on glass and sapphire substrates by the pulsed-dc sputtering technique. To obtain the correct composition and crystal structure required the exploration of a range of conditions for deposition parameters, since there are no previous reports of VO2 growth by pulsed-dc sputtering. The crystal structure of the samples was analyzed by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and their electrical properties were characterized measuring resistance as a function of temperature. The monoclinic VO2 phase was obtained with a 90 sccm argon flux, total sputtering pressure of 6.03mTorr, oxygen partial pressure of -0.33 mTorr, gun power of 300 W, 150 kHz frequency, inverse time of 2.5 µsec and substrate temperature of 550º C. Films grown on sapphire exhibited better crystal quality and their resistance change during the transition was greater than three orders of magnitude, with a narrow (3º) hysteresis curve, while those grown on glass exhibited a resistance change of over two orders of magnitude and a broad (12º) hysteresis curve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. To determine the prevalence of antibodies against Neospora caninum (PSA) in beef and dual-purpose cattle from the Central and Southern Gulf of Mexico regions, as well as to evaluate its association with the reproductive status (RS) of the cow (pregnant, not pregnant). Materials and methods. Blood samples were taken from 422 cows. Antibodies were detected with a commercial ELISA kit. PSA was analyzed with a logistic regression model that included state, township nested within state, and ranch nested within township. Results. The states of Tabasco, Puebla and Veracruz had similar PSA (p>0.05). The mean PSA for the three states was 24.0%. The PSA varied from 7.8 to 43.3% across townships. In Puebla, the PSA in cattle from San José Acateno township was more than two-fold greater than that in cattle from Hueytamalco and Nauzontla townships (p<0.05). In Tabasco, Cunduacán, Huimanguillo and Ranchería El Puente townships showed similar (p>0.05) PSA. In Veracruz, cows from Cotaxtla and Medellín de Bravo townships presented higher (p<0.05) PSA than those from San Rafael township. The RS of seropositive females was similar (p>0.05) to that of seronegative females. Conclusions. The three states had similar PSA. All the herds had antibodies against N. caninum, suggesting that this parasite is amply distributed in the three states. In addition, great variation existed among herds and among townships; finally, the presence of N. caninum antibodies was not associated with the RS of the cow. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the study was to determine the viral frequency and clinical-epidemiological characteristics in the episodes of acute respiratory infection in patients of the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San Borja in Lima, the information of the episodes of patients who required at least one direct Immunofluorescence test from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018 was analyzed. 1153 episodes were identified in 707 patients. The median age was 1 year and 55% were male. The viral frequency was 13.4%; respiratory syncytial virus was identified in 10.7% of the episodies. The viral frequency was higher in children under 1 year of age (16.2%); in those with congenital disease respiratory (38.9%) and during the autumn (24.2%). The most common symptoms were cough (70.3%) and fever (53.4%); and the main diagnoses, viral pneumonia (31.8) and bronchiolitis (23.4%). It is concluded that the respiratory viral rate was related to age, seasonality and pre-existing pathology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Menopause is a complicated stage in itself because of psychosocial connotations on the one hand, and because it occurs at a moment in life associated with symptoms that get evidenced or exacerbated on the other. Some such conditions start during this stage, and others have been accompanying women practically always. The purpose of the present study was to identify the presence, severity and frequency of symptoms in a sample of 257 post-menopausal patients of Mexico's Institute of Perinatology. Results revealed that, of the 12 most frequent symptoms, five correspond to emotional factors: sadness, depression, apathy, irritability and fatigue, and six to symptoms associated with old age: "bone pains", back pain, muscle pain, joint pain, dry skin and gastrointestinal problems. Only one symptom belonged to well documented hormonal decline factors: insomnia. It is concluded that post-menopausal symptoms must include explanations beyond hormonal decline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En Cuba existen pocos estudios encaminados a recomendar dosis y frecuencia de fertilizante mineral NPK para el establecimiento de plantaciones forestales, estas se usan de forma incorrecta sin tener en cuenta las consecuencias negativas que puede acarrear su aplicación tanto en exceso como en defecto. Por ello, la presente investigación estudió la respuesta de diferentes dosis y frecuencia de la fertilización mineral aplicada de forma fraccionada durante los primeros cinco años de establecida una plantación de Pinus caribaea. La investigación se realizó en la Estación Experimental Agroforestal de Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Se investigó diferentes dosis y frecuencias de NPK, a partir de un diseño de bloques al azar. Se establecieron siete tratamientos diferenciados por las dosis de NPK y regímenes de aplicación, más un tratamiento testigo sin fertilización. Se hicieron mediciones de altura y diámetro en diferentes edades con las cuales se determinó el volumen y se le dio seguimiento durante 41 años, y se estimaron las funciones de crecimiento mediante regresión multinivel para todo el período se determinó que la aplicaciones de 600 g árbol-1, 800 g árbol-1 y 1000 g árbol-1 en régimen alterno o continuo de (NPK) fueron superiores con respecto al testigo; el tratamiento de la aplicación de una dosis única de 300 g árbol-1 de (NPK) provocó valores inferiores con respecto al testigo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper analyzes whether children are sensitive to Spanish spelling regularities, that is, whether they store and access high frequency sub-lexical units like syllables. A spelling test was administered to 259 argentine children from 4th through 7th grades. The test included 26 low frequency words containing the syllables /be/, /bi/, /siar/ and /sia/ in both their possible forms (/, /, / and /), forms that vary in their frequency levels in the Spanish orthographic system. Results indicate that children are highly sensitive to syllable frequency. This seems to indicate that for transparent orthographies, such as Spanish, learners initially rely on grapheme-phoneme conversion, which leads to the storage of sub-lexical units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wind generated waves are a very random phenomenon and it is one of the main environmental disturbances that affect the operation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) navigating in shallow waters and coastal zones. In order to attenuate the undesirable effect of the ocean waves on the control system of AUVs, the measurements from the sensors need to be filtered out, using the estimated wave encounter frequency. Developing an estimator capable of providing the encounter frequency in real time using the Algebraic Identification method, is fully reported in this paper. In the design of the proposed algebraic estimator, a linear differential equation to represent the waves spectrum is used, which simplifies the mathematical procedure. The simulations carried out with simulated data and with real data from an experiment at sea, show the excellent results of the estimator in terms of precision in the final value and estimation time. In addition, its show the use of the wave encounter frequency estimation to adjust the filtering techniques previously implemented for the vehicle in a proper way, which results in a reduction of vibrations and energy consumption of the vehicle's rudder system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brucellosis, leptospirosis, bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) and bovine infectious rhinotracheitis (IBR) are abortive diseases that compromise productive efficiency in cattle. In different municipalities of Oaxaca, Mexico, reproductive problems suggestive of these diseases have been observed. This study determined the frequency of DVB, IBR, brucellosis and leptospirosis in dual-purpose cattle herds in different regions of Oaxaca Mexico. A total of 2,691 blood samples were collected from 127 bovine herds to diagnose brucellosis serologically using the rose bengal and Rivanol tests; microscopic agglutination test (MAT) with a battery of six Leptospira serovars; ELISA by blocking and indirect for BVD and IBR respectively. The apparent overall frequency of herd was brucellosis: 2.3%, leptospirosis: 86.6%, IBR: 65.4% and BVD: 56.7%. The real frequency for brucellosis, leptospirosis, IBR and BVD was -9.1% (CI95 = -10.1, -7.9%), 64.3% (CI95 = 62.5, 66.1%), 40.1% (IC95 = 38.2, 41.9%) and 33.2 % (IC95 = 31.4, 35.0%) respectively. In the Costa region, the highest percentage of animals with antibodies against Leptospira, IBR and BVD was observed. The present study showed serologically the presence of antibodies against brucellosis, IBR, DVB and six serovars of Leptospira in bovine herds double purpose of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Children's Succinylcholine 100mg, is manufactured in the Liorad Laboratories Base Business Unit, it is the objective of this work to characterize the adverse reactions to succinylcholine in the Cuban child population during the usual clinical practice. A review of the scientific literature was carried out, in the period that it is evaluated, there are no publications of suspected reactions of the national product, a claim received for failure of effectiveness was evaluated, which did not proceed, there was no withdrawal of this product and in postproduction visits its use was positively evaluated. A descriptive, cross-sectional observational study was carried out; As a series of cases, based on spontaneous reports of adverse reactions to the National Database, other information related to the patient and the product that appears therein was taken into account. The study universe consisted of 91 notifications sent from June 2015 to june 2019. Suspected reactions were classified according to frequency, intensity and imputability. The highest percentage of reactions reported corresponds to bradycardia, the cardiovascular system was the most affected. The highest number of adverse reactions was classified as: occasional (91.2%), which corresponded with serious reactions with favorable evolution (no fatal outcome was reported) and with the classification of probable. The adverse reactions reported are those described for this drug. It is concluded that the present work allowed characterizing the adverse reactions to succinylcholine 100mg in the Cuban child population, describing its introduction in the national market as safe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In order to determine the frequency and severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (MD), a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 3,239 patients of the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology in the city of Trujillo, La Libertad region, Peru. After pupil dilation, trained personnel took two photographs of each eye, centered on macula and optic nerve. The frequency of DR was 25.9%, with a higher proportion in men with DR (28.2%) and in those with more than 10 years of MD disease (49.0%). Most patients had mild to moderate non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) (79.3%); 10.1% had severe NPDR, and 9.7% had proliferative DR. We conclude that DR occurs in one in four patients and about 20% in advanced degrees. There is a need to expand screening coverage from the time of diagnosis of DM and to implement preventive measures such as metabolic control and periodic ocular fundus exam. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introducción: se ha reportado alta frecuencia de vitamina D sérica en rangos no-suficientes en pacientes con enfermedades autoinmunes o inflamatorias del sistema nervioso; en el síndrome de Guillain-Barré (SGB) existe poca información. Objetivo: describir los niveles séricos de vitamina D en pacientes con SGB y sus características clínicas y electrofisiológicas. Material y métodos: estudio observacional prospectivo de pacientes consecutivos con diagnóstico de SGB por criterios de Ausbury durante un año, en un centro. De los pacientes incluidos obtuvimos características clínicas y paraclínicas; realizamos la determinación de niveles séricos de vitamina D (ng/mL) al ingreso y fueron clasificados de acuerdo con los niveles de vitamina D: suficientes >30ng/mL, insuficientes 20-30 ng/mL y deficientes <20ng/mL. Pobre pronóstico fue considerado como marcha no independiente a tres meses de seguimiento. Resultados: Se incluyeron un total de 56 pacientes, 85.7% género masculino, edad 46.1±15 años, índice de masa corporal 27.2±4.2 kg/m2, MRC score al ingreso 30±16.6 puntos. La variante electrofisiológica más frecuente fue AIDP 50%. Los niveles de vitamina D de la población fueron de 19.4±8 ng/mL, clasificándose en valores: suficientes 9% (IC95% 01-19%), insuficientes 32% (IC95% 20-45%) y deficientes 59% (IC95% 46-72%). En el análisis de correlación no hubo diferencias significativas entre niveles de vitamina D con: edad, puntuación MRC score, escalas EGOS modificada y EGRIS al ingreso. En el análisis comparativo entre los grupos de niveles de vitamina D, el antecedente de diarrea presentó diferencia significativa (p=0.042), pobre pronóstico no fue significativo (p=0.28). Conclusión: Se observó que el 91% de los pacientes diagnosticados con síndrome de Guillain-Barré presentan niveles de vitamina D séricos en rangos no-suficientes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Antecedentes: Toxoplasma gondii es un parásito intracelular obligado que afecta una amplia gama de especies y un importante agente zoonótico. Los perros son reservorios en áreas urbanas‚ y los felinos‚ huéspedes definitivos que cumplen un rol importante en el ciclo vital del parásito. La toxoplasmosis es reconocida como una enfermedad oportunista‚ donde diferentes autores han discutido la aparición de infecciones combinadas por Toxoplasma gondii y otros agentes infecciosos‚ enfatizando que los signos clínicos son más severos y el pronóstico más pobre en animales con coinfecciones. Objetivo: evaluar la frecuencia de Toxoplasma spp. en caninos y felinos de diferentes centros veterinarios de Medellín y su coinfección con otros agentes hemotrópicos. Metodología: se realizó un estudio retrospectivo de las bases de datos de muestras de sangre enviadas al laboratorio Testmol S.A.S‚ para el diagnóstico de Toxoplasma spp. y hemotrópicos en caninos‚ felinos mediante qPCR‚ de diferentes centros veterinarias de Medellín durante mayo 2022- mayo 2023. Y se hizo un análisis estadístico descriptivo y bivariado de variables demográficas mediante Jamovi 2.3.21‚ con un valor p < 0,05. Resultados: la frecuencia de Toxoplasma spp. evidenciada fue del 43‚3 %‚ siendo el 77‚2 % caninos‚ y el 22‚8 % felinos. con una asociación estadísticamente significativa de la presencia de Toxoplasma spp. y el sexo‚ donde el 68‚4 % de los positivos fueron machos y el 31‚6 % hembras. De los individuos positivos a Toxoplasma spp.‚ el 62‚3 % presentaba co-infección con hemotrópicos‚ siendo un 26‚3 % Ricketsiales‚ 23‚7 % Mycoplasma spp.‚ 21 % Ricketsiales y Mycoplasma spp. ‚ 7‚89 % Ricketsiales‚ Mycoplasma spp. y Babesia spp.‚ 10‚5 % Ricketsiales‚ Mycoplasma spp. y Hepatozoon spp.‚ 5‚26 % Ricketsiales y Hepatozoon spp.‚ 5‚26 % Hepatozoon spp.‚ 2‚6 % Mycoplasma spp. y Bartonella spp.‚ y un 2‚6 % Bartonella spp. Conclusiones: el presente estudio evidencia la presencia de Toxoplasma spp. en caninos y felinos de la Ciudad de Medellín‚ en co-infección con diferentes agentes hemotrópicos‚ confirmando lo evidenciado por otros autores. Hace falta más estudios para evaluar la asociación clínica con la co-infección de Toxoplasma spp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]