Screening of Impulse Control Disorders and Addictions

Introduction: The questionnaire for the screening of impulse control disorders and addictions is a screening scale of eight specific behaviors. Its validation and use is due to the need for a brief and reliable instrument for clinical screening in Cuba. Objective: Describe the results of research in which the questionnaire for the screening of impulse control disorders and addictions in Cuba has been used. Methods: A qualitative phenomenological study was carried out based on the documentary review and content analysis of the four research in which the questionnaire for the screening of impulse control disorders and addictions in Cuba was used Results: In the validation process, a Cronbach's alpha of 0.7502 and higher than 0.7 was obtained for all scales. Risk behaviors related to videogames were identified in about 25% of the participants, and the existence of a positive correlation between addictive risk and emotional dysregulation was verified. During the COVID-19 pandemic, men in the highest risk categories predominated in the alcohol abuse/dependence scale (70.8%).Conclusions: Between 2018 and 2022, four research was carried out in Cuba using the questionnaire for the screening of impulse control disorders and addictions. They included validation based on its adaptation to the Cuban sociocultural context, its use as a baseline in preventive interventions, and as an evaluation technique in a secondary level health care consultation © Este material es publicado según los términos de la Licencia Creative Commons Atribución–NoComercial 4.0. Se permite el uso, distribución y reproducción no comerciales y sin restricciones en cualquier medio, siempre que sea debidamente citada la fuente primaria de publicación

Teaching Microextraction Techniques During COVID-19 Pandemic through Remote Lab Strategy

Since the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent stage, the changes produced in the chemistry teaching process have allowed educators to use a wide range of strategies, methodologies, and tools to promote student learning. To carry out laboratory practices, some strategies reported include the use of simulators and educational software, as well as the development of remote lab activities. In recent years, the teaching of microextraction techniques and the greening of the sample treatment process represent an important topic in instrumental analytical chemistry courses, incorporating green chemistry topics in the curricula. In this context, a hands-on activity through a kit of materials, equipment, and reagents delivered to students for teaching microextraction techniques during the pandemic's learning conditions is presented. The activity was designed to extract a food coloring dye applying four microextraction techniques, including solid-phase extraction (SPE), solid-phase microextraction (SPME), in-tube solid-phase microextraction (IT-SPME), and micro polymeric magnetized bar adsorptive extraction (μ-PMBAE). Finally, for quantitative analysis, a colorimetry and absorbance-based experiment through image acquisitions and RGB analysis was used. The experiments were applied as extracurricular activities, and students' feedback was fruitful due to the enthusiasm that it produced in them to carry out laboratory tasks after so much time of confinement. Among the successful points of the activity, it is possible to mention the ease of carrying out the experiments from home and the application of green sample treatment techniques that minimize the use of materials and reagents. © 2023 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.

Practical manual COVID-19 For the prevention, detection, control and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Strategy for hospitalized patients and health workers in a pediatric hospital

The aim of this COVID-19 Practical Manual for the prevention, detection, control and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is to standardize and regulate the best strategy for the prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2 infections. All of this to provide better care quality to patients and their families/caregivers, and to promote a safe working environment for health personnel within the institution. The manual has been prepared with the aim of guiding health personnel in decision-making for the prevention, detection, control and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 infections. This document describes various multidisciplinary care algorithms in different scenarios, considering the recommendations for isolation, use of personal protective equipment, transfer within various services in the hospital, admission to procedures and recommendations for healthcare personnel. Copyright © 2022 Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez. Publicado por Permanyer.

Ventilation strategies to reduce airborne transmission of viruses in classrooms: A systematic review of scientific literature.

The recent pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2 has brought to light the need for strategies to mitigate contagion between human beings. Apart from hygiene measures and social distancing, air ventilation highly prevents airborne transmission within enclosed spaces. Among others, educational environments become critical in strategic planning to control the spread of pathogens and viruses amongst the population, mainly in cold conditions. In the event of a virus outbreak - such as COVID or influenza - many school classrooms still lack the means to guarantee secure and healthy environments. The present review examines school contexts that implement air ventilation strategies to reduce the risk of contagion between students. The analysed articles present past experiences that use either natural or mechanical systems assessed through mathematical models, numerical models, or full-scale experiments. For naturally ventilated classrooms, the studies highlight the importance of the architectural design of educational spaces and propose strategies for aeration control such as CO2-based control and risk-infection control. When it comes to implementing mechanical ventilation in classrooms, different systems with different airflow patterns are assessed based on their ability to remove airborne pathogens considering parameters like the age of air and the generation of airflow streamlines. Moreover, studies report that programmed mechanical ventilation systems can reduce risk-infection during pandemic events. In addition to providing a systematic picture of scientific studies in the field, the findings of this review can be a valuable reference for school administrators and policymakers to implement the best strategies in their classroom settings towards reducing infection risks.

Multisystemic inflammatory syndrome related to COVID-19, with latent tuberculosis in bone marrow, and satisfactory response to tocilizumab, in a 7-year-old boy.

Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS) or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a new acute-onset systemic inflammatory disease, which mainly affects children. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is characterized by the presence of immune sensitization to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in the absence of any clinical or radiological evidence of active disease. We present a child with MIS-C related to COVID-19, with latent TB in the bone marrow, and satisfactory response to tocilizumab. It is important to pay attention in the investigation of TB cases in countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis, especially when opting for immunusuppression.

School in quarantine: a project for the anthropological archive of educational memories during the covid-19 pandemic

Introduction: the paper presents an experience report about the project "School in quarantine: an anthropological archive of educational memories", originated in April 2020 and hosted on a virtual platform. This initiative has the aim of promoting social learning, the management of knowledge, as well as open and citizen science, during the period of the emergency remote teaching in Brazil, in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: the project is operationalized based on an ethnographic inspiration, which comes from its origins in the Anthropology of Education as a disciplinary subfield. Results: the initiative reached the mark of five hundred participants and has already generated more than a hundred shared contents. Also, it has achieved repercussions in the media. Conclusions: the expectation is that the project will be continued as long as the emergency remote education. Furthermore, in the future, it is expected that the virtual boundaries will be crossed to democratize the knowledge accumulated in other formats.

Teaching Instrumental Analytical Chemistry in the Framework of COVID-19: Experiences and Outlook

Significant changes in the teaching-learning process have occurred since the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV 2 coronavirus, due to the limited mobility and closure of university education centers. In this context, essential challenges were presented for teachers and to finish the academic courses by addressing the programmatic;contents without undermining the learning quality. Likewise,en the teaching of upper-division undergraduate. subjects with a high academic load in laboratory practices represents a greater difficulty, since these competencies are acquired in the classroom teaching system. In this communication, the authors present the experiences, difficulties, and results obtained in the teaching of instrumental' analytical chemistry and its applications for biological samples analysis, focused on the access to technology, learning of practical;skills, and evaluation of student learning of a public university, in the context of COVID-19 disease.

COVID-19: Initial experience of an international group of hand surgeons.

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected medical treatment protocols throughout the world. While the pandemic does not affect hand surgeons at first glance, they have a role to play. The purpose of this study was to describe the different measures that have been put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by hand surgeons throughout the world. The survey comprised 47 surgeons working in 34 countries who responded to an online questionnaire. We found that the protocols varied in terms of visitors, health professionals in the operating room, patient waiting areas, wards and emergency rooms. Based on these preliminary findings, an international consensus on hand surgery practices for the current viral pandemic, and future ones, needs to be built rapidly.