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Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) are a heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative disorders. Diffuse large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common NHL in adults, it accounts around 30-40% of all NHL. DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA: REAL-WORLD CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH RITUXIMAB PLUS CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, DOXORUBICIN, VINCRISTINE AND PREDNISOLONE IN CUBA. [Extracted from the article]

In conclusion, diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma found to have the higher incidence, combined treatment of CT+IFRT was the most prescribe treatment. Most of the patients were diagnosed in localized stages 73.2% (24 stage I, 42 stage II) Diffuse large B-Cell Lymphomas was the most common histologic subtype (65 patients, 67.0%), followed by peripheral T-cell lymphoma (8 patients, 8.2%) and mantle cell lymphoma (8 patients, 8.2%). Combined treatment of chemotherapy (CT) ± rituximab with involved field radiotherapy (IFRT) was the main therapeutic approach (51.2%), followed by CT ± rituximab in 40.1% of cases. [Extracted from the article]

Citizen Information is treated in the local media as a public well-being of upmost importance for the decisional makings of the citizens, and it is also relevant because of its impact on society. The weekly newspaper Tribuna de La Habana is a Cuban local press media of the city. The information published in its columns focuses on the needs and problems of the citizens. The present Diploma paper investigated specifically the social content which appeared in the columns «Variada» and «Opinión» of all the issues f the newspaper Tribuna de La Habana during the years 2008-2014. The research used the content analysis as main method to interpret the way citizen information was represented in the period covered by this investigation. Among the main results obtained was that from a total of three thousand fifty nine articles, two thousand three hundred fourteen included the theme of social life being the citizen information the core issue in them. This represents sixty five point five per cent of all the appearing articles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alecton Laporte, 1833, with four known species is the only firefly genus endemic to Cuba. Alecton discoidalis Laporte, 1833, is its most common species, distributed in the western half of the country. Unfortunately, much of its life history remains unknown, as with the rest of Cuban representatives of the family Lampyridae. Larvae are associated with adults of A. discoidalis through rearing, and observations on larval feeding habits of this species are presented. Thirteen species belonging to seven gastropod families are reported for the first time as prey of A. discoidalis larvae. Our data suggest that these are generalist predators of terrestrial snails. A remarkably close association exists between this lampyrid and operculate species of snails. The later represents the most abundant and diverse group of molluscs in limestone landscapes, where the beetles are commonly found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The present work is part of the project "Assessing the use of animal traction in Cuba", identifying current limitations and developing proposals to improve the efficiency and benefits of animal traction coordinated by the British Embassy and directed by Dr. Paul Starkey. The Group of Animal Traction Studies of the Department of Mechanization, School of Agricultural Sciences, at the Central University of Las Villas, carried out a thorough investigation in the three Central Provinces of Cuba (Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, and Sancti Spiritus). The study based on a survey submitted to different agricultural producers, through personal communication with the heads of the agricultural dependencies of the Ministry of the Sugar Industry in the thee provinces and utilized data obtained in the Statistics Departments of the Cuban Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ). At the same time, a detailed analysis of the current situation of the use of animal traction in the region is provided, specifying the number of oxen and farm tools available until 2000. Besides, other items like fuel saving due to animal traction and the availability of farm tools to guarantee the efficiency of tillage were considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mites of the family Phytoseiidae are the most common predators of the phytophagous mites on most plant species. The study of this family in Cuba began in the years 70 of the last century, when Cuban specialists started its taxonomic identification. Twenty genera and more than 60 species have been reported up today. In a chronological order, population studies in several crops of economic interest, such as citrus, banana, potato and rice, have followed making evident their impact on the regulation of phytophagous mite populations. In the decade of the 90's, the determination of the biological parameters of Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) was initiated. This phytoseiid mite showed its efficacy as a biological control agent of Tetranychus tumidus Banks and Panonychus citri (McGregor) in nurseries of banana and citrus, respectively. In the first years of the present century, the biological characterization of Amblyseius largoensis (Muma) on Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) was carried out evidencing its high predatory ability on broad mites in the protected production of pepper. The use of these predatory mites in inoculation strategies in the agricultural practice in Cuba have been limited by the scarce availability of these biological control agents, although different alternatives for their mass rearing with promising results have been evaluated. With the present review, it is intended to tackle the international tendencies in the commercial reproduction of predatory mites, to summarize the principal results obtained in Cuba, and finally, to examine the challenges and perspectives that the development of these biological control agents represent to our country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The finite elements method has been widely used in the simulation of the soil mechanical response. The constitutive models are the mathematical support core of this method and Duncan and Chan's is one of the most used. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to determine accuracy in the prediction of three Cuban clay soils' relationship strain vs. deformation. The soils mechanical properties are determined and the constitutive equations are made in the software Mathcad 14 to accomplish this goal. The results show the model has a large capacity to predict accurately the relationship strain vs. deformation of these soils when there is a plastic failure. However, the model is not able to predict the tensions changes caused by softening or hardening deformations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]