Public perception of individuals who commit Child Sexual Abuse Material offences: Exploring the impact of demographic variables and cross-national differences.

BACKGROUND: Lay perceptions of persons who download and distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) is an underexplored subject. There is a need for understanding the factors that influence perceptions as the public perceptions have implications for endorsement of sex offender rehabilitation that in turn can influence the availability of treatment programs and stigma for help-seeking. OBJECTIVE: To explore public perceptions of individuals that commit child sexual abuse offences, to compare the results to those obtained in a large US sample, and to explore associations between demographic variables, general perceptions and endorsement of imprisonment and treatment for individuals that commit CSAM offences. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: An online survey were distributed in Norway in February 2023. 618 individuals responded, 76 % were female, mean age 34.99 (SD = 14.23), the majority (>70 %) had higher education, and 44 % had children. RESULTS: Consistent with prior research, the public perceptions overestimated the risk of future contact offences and recidivism. Women overestimated the percentage of risk of contact offences and pedophilic interest more than men. The overestimation was significantly less in this sample compared to the US sample (d = 0.39-0.96). Those working with online child abuse had perceptions of persons committing CSAM offences that were more aligned with empirical findings. Demographic variables were only marginally associated with endorsement for treatment and imprisonment, except for having children, which was associated with endorsement of imprisonment. Perceived risk of contact offences, pedophilic preference, and assumed childhood sexual victimization were associated with perceptions of individuals committing CSAM offences as different than those committing physical sexual abuse and both endorsement of treatment and imprisonment. CONCLUSIONS: The perceptions of those who commit CSAM offences showed a stronger association with endorsement for treatment and imprisonment than demographic variables.

A 65-year old female with synchronous HIV and Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of Maxillary sinus.

Extramedullary plasmacytoma in the head and neck region is a rare malignant neoplasm comprising approximately 3% of all the plasma cell neoplasms and less than 1% of head and neck tumors. This extraskeletal lesion is a unifocal, monoclonal, neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells. Some investigators believe that this lesion represents the least aggressive part of the spectrum of plasma cell neoplasms which extends to multiple myeloma. Therefore, plasmacytoma is believed to have clinical importance. We report a case of extramedullary plasmacytoma in the right maxillary sinus of a 65-year-old HIV positive female as a clinical rarity with review of the relevant literature.

Hernioplastía incisional video laparoscópica. Ciudad de Guatemala, en los años 2009 al 2011 / Video laparoscopic incisional hernia repair. Guatemala City in the years 2009 to 2011

Estudio prospectivo que pretende describir la evolución de los pacientes operados de hernioplastía incisional video laparoscópica asi como su observación a corto mediano plazo en tres años de práctica clínica. Material y Métodos: Se realizó un análisis prospectivo de enero del 2009 a diciembre del 2011. La técnica que se utilizó fue americana, tres puertos laterales y uno opcional contralateral, uno de ellos de 10mms y los otros de 5 mms. La malla que se utilizó fue la de poliester con cubierta de colágeno, fijada con sutura mas tackers, se utilizó una boleta par recolección de datos durante los tres años del estudio...

Manejo de las fístulas interlocutoras / Management enterocutaneous fistulas

Estudio retrospectivo, descriptivo, que tiene como propósito describir el actual manejo de pacientes con Fístula Enterocutánea. Material y Métodos: se realizó un análisis retrospectivo, descriptivo, en el Seguro Social en los años 2009 a 2011, se evaluaron los siguientes aspectos: estado nutricional del paciente, características de la FE, manejo que se le proporcionó con respecto a apoyo nutricional, uso de hormonas, terapia presión negativa, cuidados de la piel, evolución de los pacientes según el tratamiento utilizado, si presentó cierre espontáneo, intervención quirúrgica o complicaciones, se realizó un instrumento para recolectar los datos mencionados...

Novel synthesis of 2-arylbenzothiazoles mediated by ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN).

[reaction: see text] Cyclization of the intermediate radical formed after initial oxidative coupling between thiophenols and aromatic nitriles leads to the synthesis of a wide range of 2-arylbenzothiazoles.