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Objective: To evaluate the COVID-19 vaccination status and related characteristics of Turkish healthcare workers practicing chest medicine. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among the Turkish Thoracic Society members. The survey was started on May 17, 2021, and kept open for seven weeks. The 39-item survey included the COVID-19 vaccination status and demographic, clinical, and occupational characteristics. Results: Of 378 healthcare workers participated in the survey, 354 (93.7%) reported receiving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 323 (91.2%) healthcare workers received CoronaVac vs. BioNTech/Pfizer in 31 (8.8%). In the CoronaVac group, 77 (23.8%) contracted COVID-19 when not fully vaccinated, and 13 (4.0%) when fully vaccinated; however, 16 (51.6%) healthcare workers in the BioNTech/Pfizer group got COVID-19 when not fully vaccinated, but any fully vaccinated participants did not contract COVID-19 (P=0.003). Regarding vaccine dosing, 328 (86.8%) were fully vaccinated, while 50 (13.2%) were not. Multiple regression analysis for being a non-fully vaccinated healthcare worker demonstrated a significant relationship with having any SARS-CoV-2 infection history (adjusted OR 9.57, 95% CI 3.93-23.26, P

Marta Peri,1 Nicola Fazio2 1Medical Oncology, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; 2Division of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology and Neuroendocrine Tumors, European Institute of Oncology, IEO, IRCCS, Milan, ItalyCorrespondence: Nicola Fazio via Ripamonti 435, Milan 20141, ItalyTel +390257489439Fax +390294379224Email nicola.fazio@ieo.itAbstract: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of the lung are well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) with a heterogeneous clinical behaviour. Unlike gastroenteropancreatic NENs where therapeutic armamentarium clearly increased over the last decade, everolimus represented the only clinical practical innovation for lung NET patients over the last years. Therefore, for lung NETs, a multidisciplinary discussion within a dedicated team remains critical for an adequate decision-making. Although the main regulatory authorities considered the everolimus-related evidence is enough to approve the drug in advanced lung NETs, several clinical features deserve to be discussed. In this review, we systemically and critically analysed the main clinical studies including patients with advanced lung NETs receiving everolimus. Furthermore, we reported the biological and clinical background of everolimus in lung NET setting. The purpose of this review is to help clinical community to contextualize evidence and experience for a personalised use of this drug in clinical practice in the context of advanced lung NET patients.Keywords: lung NET, typical carcinoid, atypical carcinoid, everolimus, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, targeted agents

Objective: To evaluate the COVID-19 vaccination status and related characteristics of Turkish healthcare workers practicing chest medicine. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among the Turkish Thoracic Society members. The survey was started on May 17, 2021, and kept open for seven weeks. The 39-item survey included the COVID-19 vaccination status and demographic, clinical, and occupational characteristics. Results: Of 378 healthcare workers participated in the survey, 354 (93.7%) reported receiving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 323 (91.2%) healthcare workers received Corona Vac vs. BioNTech/Pfizer in 31 (8.8%). In the Corona Vac group, 77 (23.8%) contracted COVID-19 when not fully vaccinated, and 13 (4.0%) when fully vaccinated; however, 16 (51.6%) healthcare workers in the BioNTech/Pfizer group got COVID-19 when not fully vaccinated, but any fully vaccinated participants did not contract COVID-19 (P=0.003). Regarding vaccine dosing, 328 (86.8%) were fully vaccinated, while 50 (13.2%) were not. Multiple regression analysis for being a non-fully vaccinated healthcare worker demonstrated a significant relationship with having any SARS-CoV-2 infection history (adjusted OR 9.57, 95% CI 3.93-23.26, P<0.001) and being a non-physician healthcare worker (adjusted OR 5.86, 95% CI 2.11-16.26, P=0.001), but a significant negative relationship with full-time working at the time of survey (adjusted OR 0.13,95% CI 0.03-0.56, P=0.006). Conclusions: Although a majority of healthcare workers were fully vaccinated, occupational and non-occupational characteristics were related to being non-fully vaccinated. Active surveillance regarding the COVID-19 vaccination in healthcare workers is necessary to address specific parameters as barriers to vaccination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Hidalgo (UICEH) fue fundada en 2012 y está ubicada en el municipio de Tenango de Doria Hidalgo en México. Dentro del modelo de universidades interculturales que rige a estas Universidades Interculturales (UIS) se establece que este tipo de Instituciones deben incorporar los saberes de las comunidades indígenas donde inciden, en este caso la UICEH ubicada en la Región Otomí-Tepehua con la tarea de producir diferentes materiales que incorporan conocimientos indígenas y occidentales. En ese tenor, este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación de un material titulado: “Diálogo de saberes. Comunidades indígenas y universitarios”, cuyo objetivo principal es analizar cómo a través del material “Diálogo de saberes, comunidades indígenas y universitarios” se construyó un tercer espacio de producción de interculturalidades para los estudiantes de la UICEH. Para la elaboración de esta investigación, las metodologías utilizadas fueron la etnografía digital y la doble reflexividad. Entre algunos de los resultados obtenidos, se encontró que los estudiantes vivieron procesos de reflexividad en la producción de este material, lo que les permitió conformar una interculturalidad desde el saber de sus territorios, pero vinculado al saber universitario, estableciendo así “diálogos vivos”. y posicionarse ética y políticamente. Además, esta experiencia de producción de materiales como “tercer espacio productor de reflexividades e interculturalidades” podría ser una forma de generar “terceros espacios cómodos” para que los estudiantes de la UICEH aprendan a gestionar aprendizajes y reflexividades diversas, especialmente aquellas vinculadas a la recuperación de saberes comunitarios e indígenas.

O artigo objetiva apresentar a médica Zilda Arns como mulher intelectual e sua relação com a Pastoral da Criança e a Educação Popular. Para tal compilação, será apresentada a trajetória de vida de Zilda Arns articulada ao contexto histórico da Pastoral da Criança e da Educação Popular. A pergunta norteadora da pesquisa é: Qual a relação da intelectual Zilda Arns com a Pastoral da Criança e a Educação Popular? O aporte teórico está centrado em Paulo Freire (1967; 1970; 1982; 1989; 2005; 2007), Zilda Arns (1996; 2003; 2000; 2010), Brandão (1984; 2005), Orlando (2021), Sapiro (2012) e Batalha (2003). O método utilizado para o desenvolvimento do estudo foi a hermenêutica fenomenológica, com abordagem qualitativa. Os resultados apontaram que Zilda Arns foi uma intelectual militante, que aproximou sua visão de mundo ao pensamento de Paulo Freire, teórico prático da Educação Popular, e assim implementou a Pastoral da Criança, por meio do diálogo e conscientização.

African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment by John Pemberton III Northampton MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 2008. 224 pp., 170 color illustrations, 27 b/w or sepia illustrations, maps, bibliography. [...]