"It feels like we're going back in time": rights of children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome and their caregivers in the face of two epidemics

Over the past few months living and facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the fact that the virus and its spread are not democratic has already been proven: the most common profile among victims of the new disease are black, indigenous, and poor people. In addition, it is also racialized and people on the periphery have been experiencing the greatest economic and social impact of the pandemic. COVID-19, in this sense, seems to be consistent with other documented health crises, making its way along the wide avenues of inequality. In this article, we seek to describe how the paths of inequality traced by COVID-19 intersect with the paths of another epidemic, which is now almost invisible in the public eye: that of the Zika Virus. Based on field diaries from research carried out in Recife / PE between 2016 and 2020, we seek to show how families previously affected by Zika now face COVID-19, pointing to structural factors common to the two health crises that put the same people at greater risk of exposure.

Do Youth Want Psychosocial Screenings in Diabetes Clinic? Profiles of Acceptability

Aims Psychosocial screenings are recommended and increasingly common in pediatric subspecialty clinics, though little is known about their acceptability. This study seeks to uncover profiles of acceptability and assess demographic and clinical correlates among adolescents with diabetes. Methods A sample of 124 adolescents (57.7% female) ages 12–21 years (M = 16.2 ± 2.3) completed screenings during routine diabetes appointments. K-means clustering of responses to acceptability items derived profiles; Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square tests assessed correlates. Results Adolescents with the most common profile (72.6%) placed high importance on medical providers’ awareness of their emotions and reported no difficulties/discomfort with the screener. These youth had moderate depressive symptoms, low diabetes distress, and low A1c. Those who fit a less common profile (18.5%) were uncomfortable with the screener and had the highest depressive symptoms and lowest A1c. Youth who fit a smaller profile (6.5%) endorsed technical difficulties and had high depressive symptoms and lowest diabetes distress. The smallest profile (2.4%, N = 3) had difficulty understanding and experienced discomfort with the screening and had the lowest depressive symptoms and the highest diabetes distress and A1c. These differences in depressive symptoms (F = 3.54, p = .017), A1c values (F = 4.03, p = .009), and diabetes distress (F = 3.27, p = .036) were significant though differences in age, gender, and diabetes duration were not. Conclusions Most youth responded favorably to in-clinic psychosocial screenings. Youth who were less satisfied were at increased risk for psychosocial and medical complications. Findings highlight areas of need, such as enhanced support with and an emphasized rationale for screenings, which may improve patient experience in subspecialty care.

Attempt to indicate the key success factors of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector (SME) – research report

The author of the report made an attempt to conduct a diagnostic survey to indicate the basic success factors of small enterprises from the Jelenia Góra region. The main research question was whether it is possible to generate a common profile of success for several companies. The basis of the survey was an interview carried out in eleven companies and addressed to senior management and specialists – engineers. The questionnaire “Key success factors in the company in the SME sector” was used in the interview. The report describes the results of the interview.

Gambaran Status, Derajat dan Profil Merokok serta Ketergantungan Nikotin pada Pasien Perokok yang Dirawat di Bangsal Paru RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang

Smoking was still health major problem in the word that lead 7.1 million smoking related deaths annually. Prevalence smoking in Indonesia was fifth in the world. Based on Riskesdas in 2007 and 2010 showed an increase number of smokers from 29% - 34.7%. <strong>Methods: </strong>This is Descriptive-prospective study in 177 patients who were treated in pulmonary ward of Dr. M. Djamil Padang from November 2016 to January 31, 2017. Data were collected through interviews patients with closed questions and validated questioner. <strong>Results: </strong>This study found total 177 patients that consist of 128 (72.4%) males with an average age of 52.5 ± 15.57 SD years. History of smoking were 63 smokers (35.6%), 67 nonsmokers (37.8%) and former smokers 47 (26.5%). Smoker patients have been found most in bronchogenic carcinoma patients 24 (38%), with profile for stress 34 (54%), and the Brinkman index grade was severe. Former smokers were mostly in patients with pneumonia 11 (23.4%) and COPD 10 (21.2%). The nicotine dependence is low to moderate 13 (56.5%) in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and low dependence 10 (53%) in TB patients. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients that were treated in the pulmonary ward more than third were smokers. The most common profile was for pleasure and nicotine dependence mostly low to moderate could give opportunity for educational intervention.

Update on Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Morphological, Molecular, and Genetic Features of the Most Aggressive Thyroid Cancer

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is the most aggressive form of thyroid cancer. It shows a wide spectrum of morphological presentations and the diagnosis could be challenging due to its high degree of dedifferentiation. Molecular and genetic features of ATC are widely heterogeneous as well and many efforts have been made to find a common profile in order to clarify its cancerogenetic process. A comprehensive review of the current literature is here performed, focusing on histopathological and genetic features.