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Desde la época de los Reyes Católicos se deseaba la construcción de un nuevo puente en Ronda que comunicara con mayor facilidad los dos barrios principales de la población, la llamada  Ciudad que constituía el núcleo antiguo, y el Mercadillo.

La investigación se propuso documentar la gestión y quehacer constructivo del periódico cubano Prensa Libre en La Habana entre 1949 y 1960, mediante Planes de Regalos de inmuebles. Originalidad: Se estudia y documenta por vez primera el impacto de estos sorteos gestados por Prensa Libre en la arquitectura y el urbanismo de la ciudad. Metodología: La investigación se realizó mediante el análisis documental del diario y otras fuentes de archivo, y en el trabajo de campo para identificar las obras. Conclusiones: Los resultados muestran una labor constructiva y un proceso de gestión que dejó una huella importante en la expansión y consolidación de la urbe, como parte de la historia cultural cubana.

Introduction: People with a facial deformity are commonly exposed to criticism or pressure, placing the individual in embarrassing situations. The use of prostheses is an efficient solution to facial deformities since it avoids surgical complications and produces a good aesthetic result when surgical reconstruction is not possible or is preferred by the patient. Objective: To characterize clinically and epidemiologically patients with oral and maxillofacial alterations in Camagüey province. Methods: A case report type study was carried out taking the results of the databases, completion works of the Dentistry Prosthesis specialty between the years 2001 and 2019. The study was carried out in the period between March and December 2022. The results were reflected in tables using descriptive statistics for them. Results: Most of the cases were male patients, aged between 46 and 60; the most frequent defects found were the ocular ones. Regarding gender, a greater need for oral and maxillofacial prostheses was evident in men, and within these, ocular prostheses. Among the main causes of loss of structures were traumatisms and oncological lesions. Conclusions: Oral and maxillofacial defects have a negative impact on the quality of life of those who suffer from them; the causes that generate them, the regions where they occur most, the sex and the age in which they appear are elements to take into account for a correct prevention of said injuries but also allow the establishment of work guidelines aimed at providing multidisciplinary care for their prosthetic and integral rehabilitation. DeCS: MAXILLOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES/rehabilitation; MAXILLOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES/etiology; EYE, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PALATAL OBTURATORS.

Introduction: The principles on which the Cuban revolutionary process and its National Health System are based, is to try to provide a solution to the needs of the population, and Cuba within its development limitations, has produced changes in health conditions, through of its state policy. Objective: To describe the historical evolution of the bucomaxillofacial prosthesis in Camagüey. Methods: A review of the literature was carried out to collect the data on the history of the bucomaxillofacial prosthesis. A search of the literature was carried out in the Pubmed, Medline, Cochrane, SciELO, Hinari and written press databases where the available evidence on the history of oral-maxillofacial prostheses in Cuba and in the Camagüey province was exposed. Results: In Cuba, before the revolutionary triumph, maxillofacial prostheses were practically not performed. On June 14, 1999, the National Assistance Network for the Rehabilitation of the Face and Bucomaxillofacial Prosthesis was created, and in 2001 the Program for the Rehabilitation of the Face and Bucomaxillofacial Prosthesis, with coverage for all patients in the country with this need for care. In Camagüey, with the creation in April 1975 of the multidisciplinary Dentistry consultation, care began for patients with oral-maxillofacial defects. This made it possible to rehabilitate these patients at that time with the resources available. Conclusions: The analysis and the evaluations carried out determined that the prosthesis in Camagüey province has had a great development in terms of care, teaching and research, although there is no service dedicated to oral and maxillofacial prostheses, rehabilitation work has been carried out on patients with these defects, which have allowed them to recover their aesthetics, their functional mental state with a high degree of acceptance and satisfaction, and the achievement of their reincorporation into social life. DeCS: MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS/history; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; SURGERY, ORAL; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC.

Air pollution from human and industrial activities has been a major concern in recent years. Among the various pollutants found in the atmosphere, particulate matter (PM) and ozone (O3) show significant occurrences, with high concentrations in urban centers frequently associated with environmental and public health problems. Therefore, this study uses the analysis of variance (ANOVA) technique and Tukey’s test to investigate patterns related to the variability of maximum daily O3 concentrations and mean daily concentrations of PM with a diameter less than 10 μm (PM10), registered between 2007 and 2012 through six sites in the Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. To this end, the data were analyzed using ANOVA arranged in a factorial scheme (6 × 4 × 2) with four repetitions per treatment, followed by Tukey’s test. In the ANOVA and Tukey’s test, the first factor (A) represents the six air quality monitoring stations, the second (B) represents the seasons, and the third (C), the measurements carried out during working days and weekends. Seasonal variability patterns show higher concentrations of O3 in spring and of PM10 in winter. The values were 22.9 and 35.32% higher than the annual averages of O3 and PM10 concentrations, respectively. The mean values for working days and weekends showed different patterns for the two pollutants. PM10 concentrations were 11% higher during working days when compared to weekends. The O3 weekend effect was found only in one of the stations. The profiles of vehicular and industrial emissions have been identified as a potential factor leading to these results.

Studies of temperature and rainfall long-term variability in the context of climate change are important, particularly in regions where rainfed agriculture is predominant. Long-term trends of temperature and rainfall have been determined for Kolkata, India (a tropical region) using gridded monthly data from the Global Precipitation and Climate Centre (GPCC v. 7) with 0.5º × 0.5º resolution for the period 1901 to 2014. Precipitation concentration index, coefficient of variation, and rainfall anomaly have been calculated and Palmer drought severity index has been analyzed. Furthermore, the Mann-Kendall test and Sen’s slope estimate have been used to detect time series trend. Annual temperature and rainfall have increased at a rate of 0.0082ºC yr–1 and 0.03 mm yr–1, respectively. Most months show statistically significant increasing trends for temperature and rainfall. Rainfall with high precipitation concentration index (16-20) has been observed for the period 1951-1975 and 1976-2000. The number of years with dry conditions has increased. However, the intensity of dryness is very close to zero. The information from this study will be helpful for farmers to plan for resilient farming.

 The people of the Valles Region and specifically Ameca, Jalisco, México is a traditional society, apparently peaceful. However, in 2016 the Government of Jalisco State issued an Alert for Gender Violence against Women (AVGM), currently in force (https://www.jalisco.gob. mx/es/gobierno/ communications/alert-of-gender-violence-against-women, February 2016, paragraph 5). In addition to the above, there are factors such as gender inequality and the presence of cultural factors that promote stereotyped gender roles, found in the Diagnosis of Violence Against Women in Ameca (Municipal Institute for Women of Ameca -IMMA-, 2019 ) and the Situational Diagnosis of Women in Ameca (IMMA, 2019). With with the objective of raising awareness about the reality of violence experienced by women in Ameca, the need to increase their safety and to build new meanings a “Gender Studies Workshop for Women” was carried out a workshop. It consisted of ten work sessions implemented in virtual modality in which 29 women from the CUValles community participated integrated into two groups. Information about gender issues was provided and there was an exchange of opinions, experiences and perceptions between them. To obtain and record the information, we used Research-Action-Participatory (IAP), systematization and analysis of the process.

 The pandemic COVID19 implied drastic changes in the world, including educational institutions. According to the Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL), 32 countries closed schools disturbing the life of more than 165 millions students and, of course professors also. To find out how educators felt during the pandemic period, several questionnaires can be used: Effort-Rewards Imbalance, Engagement, Burnout syndrome and Perceived Physical and Mental Health. However, before reaching this knowledge, it was necessary to determine the construct and differential validity of instruments in a sample of 353 Peruvian teachers. The results indicate that the mentioned tests have construct validity, as well as the differential one validity.

 The objective of the research was to describe the styles of coping with stress in inmates of a penitentiary establishment in Peru, 2021, for this the methodology was a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional scope and a descriptive non-experimental design. The instrument used was the Multidimensional Coping Estimation Inventory, which was validated in Peru by Casuso (1996) and Cassaretto et al. (2016). The sample consisted of 288 inmates (215 sentenced and 73 prosecuted) of the Lurigancho penitentiary establishment, this sample was selected, by means of a non-probabilistic demonstration, of an intentional type. After processing the data, it turns out that the front style with the highest frequency of use is that focused on the task (27.4%). On the other hand, regarding the use depending on the circumstances, 58% use the problem-focused style, 58% use the emotion-focused style, and 50% use other styles, all of them regardless of the legal situation in the one that is found It is concluded that the task-focused coping style is the one most frequently used by the sample of this research.

The stricter guidelines for fine particles PM2.5 recently published by the World Health Organization also motivate smaller cities to assess the exposure levels. In this study, PM2.5 was assessed in the municipality of Vijes, an important lime production center in the Cauca River Valley, Colombia. The main objective was to determine PM2.5 concentration levels in the urban background of the city and to estimate the contribution from industrial sources located west of the urbanized area. The assessment of PM2.5 concentrations in a city without fixed air quality monitors, meteorological stations, and information on emission sources, was designed to be expedient and possible to perform with a very restricted budget. Four low-cost optical sensors and one low-cost meteorological station were installed during two separate campaigns, each three to four months long. The PM2.5 measurements were analyzed with the support of meteorological data and dispersion modeling. Mean levels of PM2.5 in the urban background were found to be below the Colombian limit value of 25 µg m–3, in the range of 14 to 19 µg m–3, and with lower levels in the city center. The monitor located in the westernmost urban area, closest to the industrial plants, registered a high 24-h mean level close to the national limit value. The industrial contribution to long-term PM2.5 concentrations in the urban background of Vijes was estimated to be within a maximum of 6 µg m–3, i.e., a minor fraction of the monitored PM2.5 mean levels in the urban background. The dominating part of the PM2.5 concentrations could be attributed to other anthropogenic sources within or east of Vijes, as well as originating from the regional background concentration characterizing the Cauca River Valley to the east of Vijes, where pre-harvest sugar cane burning is common.