How and why to study mountains: topics and types of research between limits and opportunities by Laura Bonato

“…The research conducted in the Piedmontese highlands, despite their differences in terms of assumptions and concretisation, in fact highlights the predominant thematic strands through which mountains are studied in this area. …”
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Interstitial Nephritis in a Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Payaswini Vasanth, Michelle Parmley, Jose Torrealba, Tamim Hamdi

“…Various aspects of this theory have been challenged with a potential role for the underlying autoimmune disorder. Steroids are the mainstay of treatment and mycophenolate mofetil might be an effective alternative. …”
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Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in Two Pediatric Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Dongning Wu, Kenneth Bromberg, Roberto Jodorkovsky

“…We report two patients with SLE who were treated with steroids and immunosuppressive medication and then developed invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infections. …”
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Récits de la lutte contre le VIH/sida en Algérie by Amel Zertal, Othmane Bourouba, Adel Zeddam

“…Three major actors of this history retrace it in broad strokes. Its emergence followed a political change that made the creation of non-governemental organizations possible. …”
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Ecuadorian University Students’ Perception and Attitude Regarding Vaccination against COVID-19 by Lexter Mihalache, Jhonatan Miguel Siguencia Muñoz, Álvaro Paúl Moina Veloz

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> COVID-19 has had a strong impact on global Public Health and has sparked a wide debate about how preventive measures, for example, vaccination, are perceived and approached. …”
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New Device for the Oral Cavity by Virginia Pentón García

“…<strong>Background</strong>: Apart from the instruments used to work and develop adequate treatments, there are some other instruments in General Dentistry and in Orthodontics in particular, called auxiliary instruments or accessories that help to get a better view of surgical field. …”
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Sleep quality according to academic progression in Chilean Obstetrics students by Fanny López Alegría, Juan Carlos Oyanedel Sepúlveda, Gonzalo Rivera-López

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> sleep is recognized as an indicator of quality of life and, in a student´s daily life, it acquires great importance for its relationship with cognitive functioning and academic activities.…”
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Relationship between Motives of Constructing Ethnic Identity and Individual Values among Russian High Schoolers from the Central and Far Eastern Regions of Russia by N.V. Murashcenkova, V.V. Gritsenko, E.V. Kulesh

“… <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective. </strong>The aim of the study is to verification the hypothesis about the regional specificity of the relationship between the motives of constructing ethnic identity and individual values among Russian high schoolers from the central and far eastern regions of Russia. …”
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Educational intervention applied in children from 5 to 11 years of age with deforming oral habits by María de los Santos Haces Yanes, Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Nicolás Ramón Cruz Pérez, Ivette Alvarez Mora

“…<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family: Tahoma;"><strong>Background:</strong> Habits are complex neuromuscular patterns learnt by frequent repetition and act as unnatural forces that may cause dental maxillofacial defects. …”
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Diagnostic utility of rapid tests to detect IgG/IgM antibodies against COVID-19 by Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Dayamí García Torres, María de Jesús Sánchez Bouza, Gippsy Mendoza Cartaya, Mavis Portela Sánchez

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: Rapid tests for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 are attractive options due to their simplicity, speed and cost-effectiveness; but they have different degrees of sensitivity and diagnostic specificity.…”
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The patient safety’s culture in the health staff of the Canoa Health Center by Jesús Alejandro Bajaña Romero, Mayra Leticia Ortiz Orobio

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the quality and safety in patient care is the service providers’ technical and ethical obligation through the processes and results transparency of the actions carried out by the aforementioned health systems.…”
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Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions by Juan Luis Figueredo Tornés, Anierka Lanz Rodés, Marely Figueredo Fonseca, Magaly Hidalgo Rodríguez, Maricel Figueredo Fonseca, Laritza Benítez Téllez

“…<strong>Background:</strong> among the problems faced by family caregivers of patients with oncological diseases is the fact that they take care of their relatives without the specific knowledge or skills required for the exercise of care, which generates an overload in them. …”
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Maxillofacial fractures in patients treated at the Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone by Juan Carlos Quintana Díaz, Carlos Alberto Botella Suarez, Evis Johnson Montero, Raquel Rojas Bruzón

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: Fractures of the maxillofacial complex constitute about half of all fractures, and in a large number of patients they are associated with other fractures and injuries. …”
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Caracterización histopatológica del melanoma maligno cutáneo. Provincia de Cienfuegos. 2009-2011 by Zuria Elisa Ayala Reina, Martha R. González Debén, Janet Villafuerte Reinante, Yarisdey Corrales Hernández, Galia Ivis Pérez Rumbaut, Daimy Nualla Bolufé

“…<strong>Fundamento:</strong> el melanoma maligno es causante de la mayoría de las muertes por cáncer cutáneo y su pronóstico depende en gran medida de la estadificación al momento de su diagnóstico. …”
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Weighted Mortality Method According to Multiple Causes of Death by Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, Carlos Antonio Rodríguez García

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> mortality study usually shows death as a single-caused phenomenon, so it is considered necessary to discuss methods which include in the analysis, all diseases recorded in medical death certificates. …”
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Gender Conditioning and Socio-economical Condition: its Association with Some Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis by Ana Mary Fernández Milán, Daysi Antonia Navarro Despaigne, Jorge Bacallao Gallestey

“…<strong>Introduction:</strong> the process which determine health-disease processes do not affect similarly women and men. …”
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The maternal morbidity behavior during the puerperium. Cienfuegos, 2020 by Dayami Elizabet Díaz Hurtado, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Luciano Nuñez Almoguea, Yuliemi Basso Basso Mora

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> during the puerperium there are causes of maternal complications that compromise the woman’s life, a stage that requires continuous monitoring and successful action by health professionals. …”
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Designing a Web Page to Improve Tutors’ Role in Nursing Students Formation by Juan Carlos Alvarado Peruyero, Zulema Bos Rodríguez, Nancy Ester Sosa Botana, Lourdes Montenegro Arias, Ariel Barceló Bos

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Higher Medical Education in Cuba is based on a work-related educational and pedagogical model. …”
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Shorten tables of estimated mortality for Cienfuegos province in 2014-2016 and 2017-2019 by Yenisvel Yut Vidal, Alfonso Farnós Morejón

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: the calculation of life expectancy at birth and at different ages acquires certain relevance in socio-demographic contexts such as the Cuban one, where the lengthening of survival is one of the fundamental characteristics of demographic dynamics.…”
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Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in the Female Population by Yoenny Peña García, Maikel Maceo González, Diamela Ávila Céspedes, Licet Utria Velázquez, Yohandra Más López

“…<strong>Introduction:</strong> breast cancer is the excessive growth of malignant cells in the breast tissue. …”
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