CIMAvax-EGF®, new therapeutic alternative for lung cancer: its application in Cienfuegos by Yoana Herrera Leiva, Teresita Sabatés Llerandi

“…In 2016, the EGF-Predictor Phase IV Clinical Trial Opening Workshop was held in Cienfuegos, sponsored by the Center for Molecular Immunology of Havana which coexist with other clinical trials. The overall objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the CIMAVAX-EGF therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of patients diagnosed with lung cancer in advanced stages of the disease and, within its specific objectives, to assess overall survival and the treated patients’ life quality.…”
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Hurricane Dennis' Impact on Cuban Agriculture by William A. Messina, Jr., Thomas H. Spreen

“…As a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale when it came ashore in central Cuba on July 8, Hurricane Dennis brought with it sustained winds reported at nearly 150 mph (240 kph) and wind gusts as high as 155 mph (250 kph), making it the strongest hurricane to strike Cuba in four decades (Havana Journal, July 10, 2005). This is EDIS document FE570, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. …”
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Macroaneurisma arterial retinal. Presentación de un caso. by Aimé Broche Hernández, Zailyt Morell Ochoa, Ilusimí Guillén Brizuela

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Hurricane Dennis' Impact on Cuban Agriculture by William A. Messina, Jr., Thomas H. Spreen

“…As a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale when it came ashore in central Cuba on July 8, Hurricane Dennis brought with it sustained winds reported at nearly 150 mph (240 kph) and wind gusts as high as 155 mph (250 kph), making it the strongest hurricane to strike Cuba in four decades (Havana Journal, July 10, 2005). This is EDIS document FE570, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. …”
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Poder, prestigio y propaganda: los cántabros de Cuba y la revista La Montaña by Enrique Rodríguez Pereda

“…The result of this process was La Montaña, published in Havana between 1915 and 1954. The magazine allowed the montañeses to exert a great influence in the Province of Santander, and its Cuban character made it an exception. …”
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Communicative-visual value of environmental art festival by Antonella Violano, Julio Cesar Perez-Hernandez

“…The considerations contained in the contribution are the result of many years of scientific collaboration between the two authors on the issues of the relationship between art and architecture, and deepen two strongly representative cases: the biennial Festival of Environmental Art Seminar Sogninterra in Maranola and the Havana Art Biennale.…”
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Ramas, familles, réseaux. Les supports sociaux de la diffusion de la santería cubaine (Cuba-Mexique) by Kali Argyriadis

“…Several contingent realities lurk behind this generic phrase, which we will attempt to refine and test by examining the situation in La Havana and the diffusion of santería in Mexico.…”
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Distance Education and its Relation to the New Information and Communication Technologies by Marianela Falcón Villaverde

“…Among the pioneer universities which have used this mode of education in Cuba, it is important to mention the Distance Education Department of the University of Havana, Marta Abreus University of Las Villas, Santiago de Cuba University, the Infomed Virtual Health University, the Higher Institute of International Relations, CITMA and other teaching institutions of the country. …”
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Guide of maxillofacial trauma intervention for diagnosis and treatment of facial burns by Eduardo Duarte Marrero, Patricia Cristina Jiménez Beato

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TRANSFER OF ARGOS-LIKE AND ATEXPA10 GENES INTO NONTRANSGENIC FORMS OF TOBACCO AND PHENOTYPIC EFFECTS OF THEIR CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSION by B. R. Kuluev, E. V. Mikhaylova, A. V. Chemeris

“…Hybrid plants were obtained by pollination of Nicotiana rustica and Nicotiana tabacum Black Cuban cultivar with pollen of transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants of Petit Havana SR1 cultivar bearing the ARGOS-LIKE and AtEXPA10 genes. …”
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Saline obtaining and time standardization of prothrombin using thromboplastin of human placenta. by María de Jesús Sánchez Bouza, Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Albert Vera Razumova, Miriam Soto González, Deysi González Sarría, Junior Jáuregui Solís

“…Hermanos Ameijeiras¨ Hospital in Havana City in a group of patients with and without anticoagulant treatment . …”
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Infectious Disease Management: Lessons from Cuba by Noni E Macdonald, Beth Halperin, Enrique Beldarrain Chaple, Jeff Scott, John M Kirk

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Hemorrhagic Bronchopneumonia in Adults with Chickenpox. A Case Report by Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Gloria Susana Fabra Aguirre, Maury Llana Rodríguez, Yovanis Iser Filtres

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Brain connectivity by single-photon emission computed tomography and graph theory: a mini-review by Carlos A. Sanchez-Catasus, Karla Batista-García-Ramó, Lester Melie-Garcia

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The employment of optic coherence tomography in the diagnosis of papilledema by Yaney González Yglesias, Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, Lillian G. León Veitía, Yosbelkys Martín Páez

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Universalization in the first course of Medicine studies: Experience during the first semester of 2004- 2005. by Margarita Roméu Escobar, Mayra Gil León, Raúl López Fernández

“…Its general design is part of a national design and the instruments ans techniques used were previously validated for a previous study developed in Havana city and gathered in a Nationa Workshop. These instruments and techniques are based on surveys to students and professors, direct observation and the achievement of focal groups with the performers of the process. …”
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René Laurentino Miní Rodríguez Cobre and Carlos Manuel Miní Llorens, first dentists in Lajas, Cienfuegos by Perla Margarita Pacheco Morffi, Melissa Villavicencio Nerey, Ana Belkys Hernández Millán, José Danilo Pacheco González, Félix Alberto Companioni Landín

“…Said legacy was assumed by his son, follower of his father's work, graduated from the Havana University. They remained in Cuba until 1972, when the whole family emigrated to Spain. …”
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Rhinoplasty in Mestizo and Black Noses by Bernaldo Canto Vidal, Tania Canto Vigil

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Cómo crear ediciones digitales académicas entre La Habana y Berlín. El caso de Proyecto Humboldt Digital (ProHD) by Antonio Rojas-Castro, Grisel Terrón Quintero, Alaina Solernou Ferrer, Tobias Kraft

“…To overcome this difficulty, the Project Humboldt Digital was born in 2019, a cooperation project carried out between Havana and Berlin, whose main objective is to publish a collection of texts related to Humboldt’s stay in Cuba. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Chronic Adenoiditis in Children by Daniel Reyes Concepción, Margarita Gómez Martínez

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive study with non-probability sampling was conducted in 98 children with chronic adenoiditis treated at the University Pediatric Hospital of Central Havana, between September 2009 and July 2011. The variables analyzed were age, sex, symptoms, signs and main clinical manifestations, personal medical history, family history, and major environmental and social risk factors. …”
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