Sistema Regional de Información
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el Caribe, España y Portugal

This work regards the possible historical sources used by Domingo de San Anton Muñon Chimalpahin to conform the figure of Ecatepec as altepetl during the Postclassic and the first half of the 16th century. This idea is registered in four of his works: The third and seventh relations of the different original stories, The Brief memorial about the founding of the city of Colhuacan, and his Diary. Besides, this work explains the type of altepetl Ecatepec was according to the information offered by Chimalpahin; and what could be the reason that prompted him to integrate this locality into the stories to be preserved for future generations.

The old question of “pre-Columbian contacts” is reconsidered on the basis of an ecumenical and not a Eurocentric perspective. The contact zones between the Old and the New World (Northern Asia, North Atlantic, South Atlantic and South Pacific) were frequented for centuries by nearby peoples. The greater interaction between literate civilizations after the Mongol invasions of the 13th century meant that their local experiences could be compared with each other by experts, who managed to achieve a better knowledge of the world’s geography. The Columbian enterprise is tributary of such global processes.

The memorial space emerges as a terrain of symbolic legitimization of memories and images of the past with a presentist vocation, which seeks to modulate the representations of the time lived. The political uses of the past are not a novelty and collective memory has regulated the memories of communities for centuries thanks to the performance of different frameworks or, in Nora's words, memory spaces. This paper attempts to approach the mechanisms of memorial reproduction, in order to explain why Cuba has become the repository of a Napoleonic memory and at the same time the disseminator of the golden legend of the Great Corsican. From collectionism, operated at different scales, to the pantheonization of a legendary image with the creation of a public museum, the text also aims to explain the factors that have encouraged the reproduction of the Napoleonic myth in Caribbean waters. The research relies on a diversity of sources ranging from the latest theoretical approaches to the subject to archival sources, files of pieces from museum collections, press of the time and audiovisual media. The complexity of a phenomenon such as memory and, in particular, Napoleonic memory, makes this interdisciplinary approach necessary, combining efforts from history, sociology, the arts and collectionism, to understand the origin and the plenitude of a phenomenon that has its roots in the nineteenth century.

In this paper, we explore the relations of the Bolivian National Revolution (1952-1964) with the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc (including Cuba) seeking to understand the implications for the structuring of discourses andhegemonic and counter-hegemonic power blocs in the political struggle, and, thus, for the developmentalist approach to planning. Our aim is to shed light on little-studied aspects of the Bolivian National Revolution. Research included revising primary sources (archives of the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bolivian and Unites Stats (US) newspapers, technical and scientificdocumentation from Bolivian, US, and ussr institutions) as well as secondary sources (Bolivian historiography and opinion essays).On this basis, we discuss how, in the process of developing relations with both hegemonic blocs, the US and the USSR, Bolivia ended up complying with the former at the expenses of the latter. We argue that the reasons for this option are not only political but also economic, particularly, the actual content of the ussr development offers. Our analysis reveals that the relations with the USSR bloc played a key role in the self-determination of historically subalternactors, and subsequent processes / forms of development planning.

Introduction: despite the scientific efforts to eliminate tuberculosis, it is currently considered as a reemerging disease. In Guantánamo province, no research closely related to the subject was found. Objective: to describe the clinical-epidemiologic aspects of patients with tuberculosis in Guantánamo province, period 2013-2018. Method: a descriptive, retrospective cross-sectional study of patients with tuberculosis was carried out. The study involved a total of 103 patients (N꓿103) recorded in a database manages at the Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología of Guantánamo. The variables studied were as follow: age, sex, risk group, municipality to which patients belong and, clinical forms. The absolute and relative frequencies were used as summary statistics method. Results: the highest number of patients with tuberculosis was found in 40 to 49 years age group (28.16%), and the male sex stood out in the group of age 50 to 59 (15.53%). The municipality with the highest number of cases was Guantánamo with 67 patients (65.04%), followed by Jamaica municipality with 10 patients (9.70%). Forty three of all the patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (50,0%) were addicted to smoking, 19 (22,10%) addicted to alcohol, and 11 (12,79%) in malnutrition state. As a result in the study, it was found in 72 patients (69.90%) presence of pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in 31 active patients (30.10%). Conclusions: despite of an adequate network of diagnosis, treatment and tuberculosis follow-up in the province of Guantánamo, there are several factors that determine the presence of the disease: for instance, the inadequate use of socioeconomic, sanitary and individual factors, including also aspects like overcrowding, malnutrition, and alcoholism.

Health is the truth of life, it is a fundamental quality of the human being that is expressed in each of its four dimensions (biological, ecological, social and spiritual) and defines human nature. The knowledge to be mobilized to understand the health-disease concept in its complexity is in Neutrosophy, it must come from a dialogue and reconciliation between the life sciences, the social sciences and the behavioral sciences.

Introduction: valproic acid is a drug used in the treatment of various diseases, including epilepsy. Although it is considered a safe drug, it presents different adverse effects, among them the most common is the considerable increase in body weight. Objective: to identify the relationship between the use of valproic acid in patients with antiepileptic treatment and weight gain. Method: systematic review carried out at the Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Argentina, in which an exhaustive search of studies was carried out in the PubMed database with MeSH terms on Valproic acid AND weight gain. Once the articles were selected after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 17 remained, which were useful to carry out this research. Results: the information from the articles found reveals that the mechanisms through which valproic acid can generate this increase in body weight are still not fully clarified. Several hypotheses have been proposed; the most frequent in the literature are: hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance, as well as hyperleptinemia and leptin resistance, among others. Patients who present weight gain have important health consequences, particularly the development of obesity and the association with dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis. In addition, by generating changes in body image, it can bring depression, decreased self-esteem and self-confidence, which causes non-compliance and abandonment of treatment. Conclusion: the causal relationship of valproic acid on weight gain in patients with epilepsy is observed.

Introduction: among the Cuban flora plants with medicinal properties is Petiveria alliacea Linn (anamú), a natural plant from tropical Americas that contains numerous active ingredients and to which multiple properties are attributed. The vast majority of reports refer specifically to its analgesic action, coming from its leaves and roots. Objective: to evaluate the therapeutic effect of 20% anamú tincture on the remission of pulpal pain in reversible serous acute pulpitis, during the period from September 2020 to September 2021. Method: a quasi-experimental study was carried out in patients with pain from the stomatological emergency room of the Policlínico Comunitario "Hermanos Martínez Tamayo". The population was made up of all the patients who attended the consultation for pain (No. 42) and were diagnosed with reversible serous acute pulpitis. They were included in the study using the intentional non-probabilistic method according to the order of reception in the dental office. The variables taken into account were: age, pain refraction time and therapeutic effect. The statistical processing of the data was carried out using descriptive statistics and the percentage was used as a summary measure. Results: in 64.3% of the cases studied, pain remission could be achieved in the first 5 minutes of applying the phytopharmaceutical. Conclusion: the tincture of Petiveria alliacea Linn (anamu) at 20% has a favorable effect on the remission of pain caused by reversible serous acute pulpitis.

Introduction: tibioperoneal syndesmosis injuries are frequent both in isolation or associated with posterior malleolus fractures. Clinical diagnosis is confirmed on imaging studies. Fixation methods might be rigid or dynamic as well. Objective: provide new aspects related to tibioperoneal syndesmosis injuries in terms of diagnosis, fixation methods and the use of arthroscopic procedure. Method: search and analysis of information needed were carried out in a period of 61 days (from October 1 to November 30, 2022) and the following words were used: syndesmosis injury, ankle syndesmosis instability, syndesmosis instability AND tight rope ankle instability, posterior maleolar fracture. Based on the information obtained, a bibliographic review of the total of 258 articles published in the PubMed, Hinari, SciELO and Medline databases was carried out using the search engine and reference manager EndNote. Development: it was expressed in the study aspects related to clinical management used in diagnostic and classification on the types of CT scan for fracture associated with posterior malleolar fracture. The rigid and dynamic fixation methods and its characteristics were mentioned as well. The arthroscopic approaches and its advantages for both diagnosis and treatment were presented. Conclusions: distal tibioperoneal syndesmosis injuries are frequent ankle injury. Tomographic studies offer some advantages for determining how large the posterior malleolus fracture is. The arthroscopic approach offers multiple diagnostic and therapeutic advantages too.