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This is a testimony of the impact caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in educational and family settings and affairs, from the perspective of the teacher and the student: lockdown, distance learning, the isolation effects on family and school health. Was it a general deterioration/cognitive impairment or a challenge to learn in some other way? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

César Rodríguez Chicharro was a poet-teacher man pertaining to the Young Hispanic-Mexican group of people arriving to Mexico as a consequence of the Spaniard Civil War. Afterwards, Rodríguez Chicharro devoted his life to Literature. Event though, he worked in several literary branches, Rodriguez Chicharro shaped up as a poet and essayist. Professionally, he dedicated his life to teaching and literary research, as well as a prominent bibliophile. Notwithstanding the quality and originality of his poetic work, it is not well known and has not been collected in one single volume. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Federico Patan (Gijon, 1937) is a writer/author pertaining to the Spanish Mexican group of writers from the mid xx Century. He has perfectly combined his literary outcome, with teaching and the academic research. Federico Patan works include poetry, essays, tales, novels, memories, translation and cultural journalism. He is generally highly recognized by his narrative works, though his poetry is as important and meaningful as Patan has widely exercised it since youth. It represents the literary outcome that better describes his literary and intellectual work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Survival of children with pineal region tumors has increased significantly in the last decade; these tumors have an insidious outcome associated with endocrine disorders with high morbidity and mortality, especially after gross resection. The objective was to report the survival, outcome, morbidity and mortality according to type of surgery, histology and treatment in children with pineal region tumors. Methods: This retrospective study included all patients of 17 years or less with diagnosis of pineal region tumor, who went over a period of 10 years to a children’s hospital. A histopathological review was made, and the extent of resection was determined. The survival was also estimated. Results: Forty-six patients were included, out of which 36 had complete medical records and adequate pathologic material. Gross resection was performed in 24 (66.6 %), and biopsy in 12 (33.3 %); 23 (88 %) patients died; hydroelectrolytic imbalance was the cause of 14 deaths (60 %) and the other nine (39.1 %) were secondary to tumor progression. Ten-years survivals among patients treated with gross resection and biopsy were 52 and 75 %, respectively (p = 0.7). Endocrine alterations were observed in 13 patients (36.1 %); in 10 of these (76.9 %) the total resection was performed. Conclusion: Pineal region tumors in children can be treated with diagnostic biopsy, followed by adjuvant treatment consisting of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Cytogenetics has revealed that the development of brain tumors might be induced by molecular alterations. The association of chromosomal imbalances with survival will allow for the prognosis and treatment of these tumors to be assessed. The objective of this study was to determine chromosomal imbalances and overall and disease-free survival in pediatric patients with astrocytoma and the association between chromosomal imbalances and survival. Methods: Medical charts of patients diagnosed with astrocytoma according to records from 1995 to 2005 were reviewed. Paraffin blocks were retrieved in order to extract tumor material and a comparative genomic hybridization technique was used to search for chromosomal gains and losses. Results: Out of 35 patients, 31 had at least some alteration in chromosomes 1, 5, 9 or 18, the latter with gains or losses in 65.7 % of the patients. By histology, 7/9 pilocytic astrocytomas had alteration of chromosome 9, and in 5/6 anaplastic astrocytomas, of chromosome 18. Patients with alterations in these chromosomes had a worse survival. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that there is an association between the anaplastic histology and chromosome 18 alterations, as well as between diffuse astrocytoma and alterations in chromosome 5, which could be relevant in the Latin American population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]