Confronting addictions through health promotion requires the joint action of professionals who have an impact on young people in the university community. Th e objective of this research consisted in diagnosing the way young university students act in the face of addictions in such a way that through health promotion, addictions can be prevented and thus promote a healthy culture in the Cuban university community of Villa Clara. Taking into account the methodological flexibility, inductive methods of qualitative-quantitative techniques were used from the theoretical to the empirical level. The research was developed in the Faculty of Health Technology and Nursing of the University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara, Cuba, during the months of February 2020 to March 2021. Th e results obtained from the diagnosis corroborated the predominance of tobacco and alcohol consumption over the com...

Several scientific articles have proposed hypotheses to associate the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus with periodontitis. Delving into the possible risk factors and indicators are essential elements to understand the role of the virus in the pathogenesis of periodontitis; they indicate the need for a joint work of physician and periodontologists in the protocol for the prevention and control of COVID-19. The relationship between these diseases is considered to be bidirectional, the effect of the virus on the immune system can aggravate periodontitis and, on the other hand, the effects of chemical mediators of periodontitis can make the patient more vulnerable once infected by SARS-CoV -2 to develop a co-infection. Key words: COVID-19 - periodontitis - SARS-CoV-2 - virus

Several scientific articles have proposed hypotheses to associate the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus with periodontitis. Delving into the possible risk factors and indicators are essential elements to understand the role of the virus in the pathogenesis of periodontitis; they indicate the need for a joint work of physician and periodontologists in the protocol for the prevention and control of COVID-19. The relationship between these diseases is considered to be bidirectional, the effect of the virus on the immune system can aggravate periodontitis and, on the other hand, the effects of chemical mediators of periodontitis can make the patient more vulnerable once infected by SARS-CoV -2 to develop a co-infection. Key words: COVID-19 - periodontitis - SARS-CoV-2 - virus

El trabajo investigativo consistió en la elaboración de un diccionario ilustrado de algunos términos más utilizados en Zoología en griego o latín y su etimología en español. La obra está dirigida fundamentalmente a los estudiantes que cursan estudios en la carrera de Licenciatura en Educación-Biología en la Universidad Central «Marta Abreu», de Las Villas, Cuba. La selección de los términos que se han incluido en este diccionario va más allá de lo que se pudiera entender como zoológicos propiamente dicho, partiendo de la opinión de que todos coadyuvan al entendimiento cabal de la Zoología. Se hizo corresponder las ilustraciones con los requerimientos pedagógicos e higiénicos, contribuyendo de esta manera a la educación estética de los estudiantes y a elevar el interés por el material didáctico y se tomó en consideración las sugerencias y argumentaciones realiz...

Th e dengue is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes aegypti mosquito infected with dengue virus and it constitutes currently the main arbovirosis in the word. Th e objective of this study was to describe the clinical-epidemic aspects of patients with dengue fever in the municipality of Cienfuegos, Cuba. Th is study was performed between January 6th and December 12th 2014. An observational cross-sectional study in a series of cases was carried out in the policlinic “Cecilio Ruiz de Zarate”, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Th e study included a total of 1861 diagnosed patients, according to the database of the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology. Th e 56.3% of the sample corresponded to the group formed by patients 15 to 49 years old, with females corresponding to 55% of the group. Th e Consejo Popular of highest risk was “Th e Gloria”, with 768. 2 x 10000 inhabitants, the...

El dengue se transmite mediante la picadura del mosquito Aedes aegypti infectado y constituye, por ende, la principal arbovirosis en la actualidad a nivel mundial. El objetivo del estudio consistió en describir aspectos clínico-epidemiológicos de pacientes con Dengue en el área II, del municipio Cienfuegos, Cuba. La investigación abarcó el periodo comprendido entre el 6 de enero al 12 de diciembre del año 2014. Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte transversal, con serie de casos en el policlínico “Cecilio Ruíz de Zárate”, Cienfuegos, Cuba. El universo de estudio comprendió un total de 1.861 pacientes diagnosticados, según base de datos del Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. El 56,3% correspondió al grupo de 15 a 49 años y predominó el sexo femenino con 55%. El Consejo Popular de mayor riesgo fue “La Gloria”, con 76...

 An analysis of the main beliefs, myths, uses and other social and cultural manifestations of mollusks (snails, slugs and others) in Cuba is presented, based on ethnological work carried out in different locations on the island of Cuba, from the 2010, until 2020. In order to carry out the research, methods of sociocultural research, such as those at the theoretical and empirical level, were used in their dialectical interrelation, among which the following stand out: historical - logical, analytical - synthetic, inductive - deductive, all from the theoretical level, and from the empirical level, the interview and documentary analysis. More than 500 residents throughout the national territory were interviewed and the answers to the questions that the authors considered the most significant were chosen. The presence of snails at different levels of the social and cultural life of the ...

 An analysis of the main beliefs, myths, uses and other social and cultural manifestations of mollusks (snails, slugs and others) in Cuba is presented, based on ethnological work carried out in different locations on the island of Cuba, from the 2010, until 2020. In order to carry out the research, methods of sociocultural research, such as those at the theoretical and empirical level, were used in their dialectical interrelation, among which the following stand out: historical - logical, analytical - synthetic, inductive - deductive, all from the theoretical level, and from the empirical level, the interview and documentary analysis. More than 500 residents throughout the national territory were interviewed and the answers to the questions that the authors considered the most significant were chosen. The presence of snails at different levels of the social and cultural life of the ...