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...

El manejo de especies cuyas poblaciones están siendo objeto de afectación por deterioro y desaparición de sus hábitats, es una necesidad real para lograr conservar la diversidad biológica en áreas de reducido tamaño superficial, como son los cayos. El objetivo de la investigación fue translocar al caracol endémico local Liguus fasciatus sanctamariae Sánchez-Roig, 1951 (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae) en el cayo Santa María, Villa Clara, Cuba. El estudio se realizó en el cayo de mayor extensión y con mayor número de formaciones vegetales. El método de colecta empleado fue el de remoción total en parcelas creadas y definidas para tales efectos, que contabilizaron todos los ejemplares colectados, y se organizaron por morfos y tamaños, para realizar estudios morfológicos y de marcaje con pintura indeleble. El método empleado fue el de Tratamiento de Activación Previo a...

El objetivo de la investigación estuvo dirigido a determinar la posible incidencia de algunas variables climatológicas sobre las entidades fasciolosis y angiostrongilosis en la provincia Villa Clara, Cuba durante los años 2014 y 2015. Se realizaron seis muestreos por cada año (bimestral) en 329 ecosistemas fluviales de los 13 municipios que conforman la provincia. El método empleado fue el de captura por unidad de esfuerzo durante 15 min. Los moluscos vivos recolectados fueron trasladados al Laboratorio de Malacología Médica de Villa Clara, para su identificación. Se identificaron 21 especies de moluscos; de las cuales, dos se clasificaron como endémica, 12 como locales y siete como introducidas. Las familias mejor representadas y distribuidas resultaron ser Planorbidae, Lymnaeidae y Ampullariidae. Las especies más abundantes y mejor representadas fueron Tarebia granifera, Phys...

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...

The objective of this investigation was to identify the entomofauna of mosquitoes existing in Sancti Spíritus and Villa Clara provinces, Cuba. Fluvial ecosystems were sampled which constitute the resting, oviposition and breeding sites of mosquitoes; artificial recipients in disuse, records/passive files, and existing maps in the provincial units were used. The investigation covered a period of 16 years (1999-2014). A total of 34 species of mosquitoes (49.27%) from nine genera of Sancti Spíritus province were identified, while in Villa Clara, the number increased to 43 species (62.31%) from 15genera, all this, taking into consideration the 69 species of mosquitoes recorded for Cuba. Thequalitative similarity of the entomofauna between Villa Clara and Sancti Spiritus was 60.42%. The most common species in both provinces were: Anopheles albimanus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Cx. nigripalpus ...

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 ...

El objetivo de la presente investigación fue evaluar las potencialidades del control biológico de peces y copépodos sobre mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) de importancia higiénica-sanitaria en la provincia Villa Clara, Cuba. Los principales criaderos permanentes de culícidos de los 13 municipios con que cuenta la provincia Villa Clara, Cuba fueron muestreados, con el objetivo de evaluar alternativas de control biológico. Los resultados mostraron que las especies de mosquitos mejor representados y distribuidas en la provincia correspondieron a Anopheles albimanus, chlerotatus mediovittata, O. taeniorhynchus, Psorophora confinnis, Culex quinquefasciatus y C. nigripalpus. En cuanto a los peces: Gambusia punctata, Girardinus metallicus, Poecilia reticulata, Limia vittata y Nandopsis tetracanthus fueron los mejor representados. Se corroboró in vitro, que el copépodo Mesocyclops asperico...