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In the last decade, forensic odontology has focused on the development of age estimation (AE) methodologies due to the great request in identification processes. Among these techniques, the tooth cementum annulation (TCA) count method has offered promising but also contradictory results, raising questions about its accuracy and reliability. The aim of this work was to characterize, establish the scope, and identify the limitations of the TCA count method according to the current normative and methodological standards. A scoping review was carried out for TCA count methods for AE, including experimental studies and technical notes in the PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of Science (WoS) and Embase databases. The terms "estimation", "age" and "cementum" were used, with a complementary manual search in Google Scholar. Reviews, studies in archaeological collections, radiological studies and letters to the editor were excluded. The search yielded a total of 273 articles, selecting 27 of them that met the inclusion criteria. Most of the studies were published in Asia, particularly India (n=21). Only 6 articles declared the total number of individuals, types of teeth, and histological sections, with the premolar being the most studied. Only two articles evaluated the quality of the sample to be analyzed through the legibility of the cuts obtained. The most widely used test to assess the precision of the method was the Pearson correlation coefficient (n=21). These findings expose the high heterogeneity reported in EE methodologies by counting TCA, so there is still no standardized process that covers in all its stages and delivers reliable results following current legal standards for scientific evidence. More control of the detected technical limitations will increase the value as evidence in a legal or forensic identification context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The heterogeneity identified in the symptomatology of people diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has caused the detection process to be imprecise and increases the chances of false positives, which has generated the need to detect parameters that allow more accurate clinical evaluations. The aim of this research was to explore the predictive capacity of the Theta/Beta ratio in central-frontal regions with respect to ADHD symptomatology. We worked with 69 children and adolescents (both sexes) with academic difficulties, who underwent electroencephalographic recording which was cross referenced with the results of an observational questionnaire answered by parents and teachers based on the parameters indicated by the DSM-5. Regression tests were performed, showing that the Theta/Beta ratio is a weak but significant predictor of the variability of inattention symptoms, although the same does not occur with hyperactivity elements. The results lead to consider that this neurophysiological variable allows identifying variations in attentional functioning, but the size of the effect on prediction suggests that there are multiple factors influencing the appearance of symptomatology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: The Alagille Syndrome is an autosomic dominant disorder with variable expression. Chronic cholestasis, characteristic facial appearance and abnormalities heart, skeleton, eye, kydnes with hypoplasia of the biliary ducts. Initial description in France, with mundial distribution her frecuence is 1/100000. Objective: To describe the clinical characteristic and evolutions of fourteen patients with diagnosis Alagille Syndrome in Medellín Colombia. Materials and methods: Descriptive retrospective study with variables obtained from clinical records of patients with diagnosis Alagille Syndrome. Results: Eight boys and six girls. The age at diagnosis varied two months at nine years. Complete syndrome was present in 28%. The most frecuent alterations were valvular stenosis pulmonary artery and failure of anterior vertebral arch fusion (butterfly vertebrae) 79%. The clinical evolution was variable, death occurred in three patients 21%, one girl post liver transplantation. Nine children had chronic hepatopathy controlled with medical treatment and two girls had liver transplantation with satisfactory evolution. Conclusions: In Colombia, the poblational incidence is not defined it is necessary to know the distribution of syndrome at future study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The neuromuscular desprogramation plane is a removible displaced device on the teeth of maxilar and its objective is to obtain the position in mandibular centric relation to make an orthodontic diagnosis with gnatologics principles. The clinical case in a patient who used a neuromuscular desprogramation plane, with the objective is reported of eluding the behavior to neuromuscular abnormal that was generated when existing a centric sliding, demonstrating that a difference between centric relation and centric occlusion exists, which can modify the diagnosis and plan of treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. Describe health outcomes for men based on analysis of their interrelationship with masculinities, which will make it possible to identify actions to improve health outcomes of men, women, and children. Methods. Update and expansion of the findings stated in the report on Masculinities and Health in the Region of the Americas, published by the Pan American Health Organization in 2019, which was based on a targeted, up-to-date search for secondary data on men's health and other research addressing the topic. Results. Men's and women's health is different, not only because of biological factors, but also because of gender constructs and inequalities, and the intersection of social determinants. Considerable differences are seen in mortality and morbidity patterns by sex over the life course, including men's over-mortality from preventable causes such as violent deaths, road accidents, and use of alcohol and other drugs (cocaine, cannabis, and amphetamines, among others). Several causes of mortality and morbidity are linked to expressions of the hegemonic model of masculinity, which endangers the overall health of men and people close to them. Conclusions. We propose the adoption of coordinated and intersectoral policies with a relational and intersectional gender perspective that includes men, in order to generate health actions in all policies aimed at men in all their diversity, with positive consequences as well for children, adolescents, and women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]