Panama's Entrance into the Central American Common Market : The Macroeconomic Effects

ca´ceres, Luis Rene´ 세종대학교 국제경제연구소 1996 Journal of Economic Integration Vol.11 No.1

Panama and the Central American countries have discussed their economic integration for a long time, but thus far no viable mechanism has been agreed on. Their mutual trade remains based on preferential trade agreements on a reduce number of products. One factor that may inhibit advancing on their trade relationships is the lack of studies that quantify the impacts of deeper economic integration. This paper presents a six country interdependence model, representing each of the Central American countries plus Panama. Panama's entrance into the Central American Common Market is simulated by and increase in its marginal propensity to export to Central America. An equation that expresses the increment in the GDP vector due to such change is derived. The model is calibrated with 1992 national accounts and trade data. The results indicate that Panama and Central America would gain from establishing a reciprocal free trade regime in the framework of the Central American Common Market.

Comparison of Vehicle Control Systems Based on Multiple Features

Herná,ndez, Danilo Cá,ceres,Seo, Dongwook,Chae, Hyunuk,Jo, Kang-Hyun Taylor Francis 2015 Cybernetics and systems Vol.46 No.1

Thoracic Fetiform Teratoma: A Case Report of a Very Rare Entity in a Peruvian Hospital

Ludwig Cáceres-Farfán,Wildor Samir Cubas,Franco Albán,Jorge Mantilla-Vásquez,Johny Mayta-Rodríguez,Karen Mendoza-Guerra 대한심장혈관흉부외과학회 2023 Journal of Chest Surgery (J Chest Surg) Vol.56 No.4

Mature fetiform teratoma, or homunculus, is a term coined for a rare variant of teratoma with a prevalence of 0.01% of teratomas. There have been very few cases reported in the world, and its thoracic presentation is extremely unusual. We present the case of a 31-year-old female patient with a history of progressive chest pain in the left hemithorax, associated with dyspnea on moderate exertion and cough. Imaging studies revealed a large intrathoracic tumor visually compatible with a teratoma. Surgical resection by a clamshell approach was successful, and subsequent anatomopathological studies of the operative specimen concluded that the mass was a mature fetiform thoracic teratoma. The treatment of this entity is generally surgical and includes wide resection due to its large adhesive component to surrounding tissues. Thus, the cardiothoracic surgeon must know approaches that allow wide resection, making these cases true surgical challenges.

Thallium poisoning: a case report

( Oscar Jimenez ),( Hector Cáceres ),( Luis Gimenez ),( Luciana Soto ),( Micaela Montenegro ),( Jhon Alexander Avila Rueda ) 영남대학교 의과대학 2023 Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine Vol.40 No.4

Thallium poisoning is usually accidental. We present a case of a 51-year-old woman who was evaluated in June 2018 for myalgia, vertigo, asthenia, and abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed temporal-spatial disorientation, jaundice, and asterixis. The laboratory reported the following: bilirubin, 10.3 mg/dL; aspartate transaminase, 78 U/L; alanine transaminase, 194 U/L; albumin, 2.3 g/dL; prothrombin time, 40%; and platelet count, 60,000/㎣. Serology performed for hepatitis A, B, and C; Epstein-Barr virus; cytomegalovirus; and human immunodeficiency virus was negative, and a collagenogram was negative. Physical reevaluation revealed alopecia on the scalp, armpits, and eyebrows; macules on the face; plantar hyperkeratosis; and ulcers on the lower limbs. Tests for lead, arsenic, copper, and mercury were carried out, which were normal; however, elevated urinary thallium (540 μg/g; range, 0.4-10 μg/g) was observed. The patient was treated with D-penicillamine 1,000 mg/day and recovered her urinary thallium levels were within normal range at annual follow-up. Thallium poisoning is extremely rare and can be fatal in small doses. An adequate clinical approach can facilitate early diagnosis.

Thallium poisoning: a case report

( Oscar Jimenez ),( Hector Cáceres ),( Luis Gimenez ),( Luciana Soto ),( Micaela Montenegro ),( Jhon Alexander Avila Rueda ) 영남대학교 의과대학 2023 Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine Vol.40 No.3

Thallium poisoning is usually accidental. We present a case of a 51-year-old woman who was evaluated in June 2018 for myalgia, vertigo, asthenia, and abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed temporal-spatial disorientation, jaundice, and asterixis. The laboratory reported the following: bilirubin, 10.3 mg/dL; aspartate transaminase, 78 U/L; alanine transaminase, 194 U/L; albumin, 2.3 g/dL; prothrombin time, 40%; and platelet count, 60,000/㎣. Serology performed for hepatitis A, B, and C; Epstein-Barr virus; cytomegalovirus; and human immunodeficiency virus was negative, and a collagenogram was negative. Physical reevaluation revealed alopecia on the scalp, armpits, and eyebrows; macules on the face; plantar hyperkeratosis; and ulcers on the lower limbs. Tests for lead, arsenic, copper, and mercury were carried out, which were normal; however, elevated urinary thallium (540 μg/g; range, 0.4-10 μg/g) was observed. The patient was treated with D-penicillamine 1,000 mg/day and recovered her urinary thallium levels were within normal range at annual follow-up. Thallium poisoning is extremely rare and can be fatal in small doses. An adequate clinical approach can facilitate early diagnosis.

Gender Norms and Other Factors Explaining the Gender Gap in Students’ Entrepreneurial Inclination in Spain and Iceland

José Andrés Fernández-Cornejo,Lorenzo Escot,Eva Del Pozo-García,Juan Ignacio Cáceres-Ruiz 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구원 2018 Asian Women Vol.34 No.1

Young women still have a lower entrepreneurial inclination (EI) than young men in both a Latin society (Spain) and in a Nordic society (Iceland). Our data come from a survey conducted among university students who attended the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Iceland. After constructing a set of variables and indicators that served as explanatory variables, and after conducting a statistical and regression analysis, this study provides evidence about the determinants of this gender gap in EI. The EI of male students was more sensitive to having higher self-confidence than in the case of female students. In turn, the EI of female students was more sensitive to both positive (enrichment) and negative (conflict) perspectives about the work–family interface than in the case of males. Additionally, the EI of students was positively related with entrepreneurial family antecedents, and with the level of parental income; and it was negatively related with their tolerance for risk. Some cross-cultural differences were also found between the Spanish and Icelandic samples.

The Occurrence of Laminarionema elsbetiae (Phaeophyceae) on Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (Rhodophyta) from the Patagonian Coasts of Argentina: Characteristics of the Relationship in Natural and Experimental Infections, and Morphology of the Epi-endophyte in

M. Cecilia Gauna,Elisa R. Parodi,Eduardo J. Cáceres 한국조류학회I 2009 ALGAE Vol.24 No.4

The occurrence of Laminarionema elsbetiae (Ectocarpaceae, Phaeophyceae), as epi-endophyte of Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta), described from Santa Isabel, Rawson, Argentina. L. elsbetiae grows in the host tissues forming epi-endophytic relationship in the epidermal, cortical and medullar layers. Epiphytic thalli of L. elsbetiae were unbranched filaments emerging from hostís surface. Reproductive structures of L. elsbetiae on the host were absent. On the contrary, free cultured individuals formed different reproductive structures. Macrozoosporangia containing a single large motile zoospore originated from vegetative cells, they were conical to cylindrical in shape, 30-50 μm in length and 18-20 μm in wide. Uniseriate plurilocular zoosporangia were cylindrical shape, 40 μm in length and 10-13 μm in wide. Sexual fusion was not seen. In mixed cultures of L. elsbetiae with R. pseudopalmata fronds, L. elsbetiae infected the host, grew as in natural host and, formed macrosporangia between host subcortical cells. Gametophytes of L. elsbetiae were filaments with diffuse growth, branched with a branch pattern alternate or opposite. Gametangia were plurilocular, uni or biseriate and lateral. When mature they contained 2 to 6 isogametes. The presence L. elsbetiae on R. pseudopalmata could be defined as an epi-endophytic relationship. The percentage of infection of R. pseudopalmata thalli by L. elsbetiae was 34%.A25% of the infected thalli presented a low, non-symptomatic level infection, whereas a 62% and a 13% of them exhibited respectively moderate and high indexes of infection.

Oxidative response of neutrophils to platelet-activating factor is altered during acute ruminal acidosis induced by oligofructose in heifers

Claudia Concha,María Daniella Carretta,Pablo Alarcón,Ivan Conejeros,Diego Gallardo,Alejandra Isabel Hidalgo,Nestor Tadich,Dante Daniel Cáceres,María Angélica Hidalgo,Rafael Agustín Burgos 대한수의학회 2014 Journal of Veterinary Science Vol.15 No.2

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production is one of the mainmechanisms used to kill microbes during innate immuneresponse. D-lactic acid, which is augmented during acuteruminal acidosis, reduces platelet activating factor(PAF)-induced ROS production and L-selectin shedding inbovine neutrophils in vitro. This study was conducted toinvestigate whether acute ruminal acidosis induced by acuteoligofructose overload in heifers interferes with ROSproduction and L-selectin shedding in blood neutrophils. Blood neutrophils and plasma were obtained by jugularvenipuncture, while ruminal samples were collected usingrumenocentesis. Lactic acid from plasma and ruminal sampleswas measured by HPLC. PAF-induced ROS production andL-selectin shedding were measured in vitro in bovineneutrophils by a luminol chemiluminescence assay and flowcytometry, respectively. A significant increase in ruminal andplasma lactic acid was recorded in these animals. Specifically,a decrease in PAF-induced ROS production was observed 8 hafter oligofructose overload, and this was sustained until 48 hpost oligofructose overload. A reduction in PAF-inducedL-selectin shedding was observed at 16 h and 32 h postoligofructose overload. Overall, the results indicated thatneutrophil PAF responses were altered in heifers with ruminalacidosis, suggesting a potential dysfunction of the innateimmune response.

Inhaled Loxapine as a Rapid Treatment for Agitation in Patients with Personality Disorder: A Prospective Study on the Effects of Time

Marc Ferrer,Óscar Soto-Angona,María Soler-Artigas,Pol Ibáñez,Christian Fadeuilhe,Raúl Felipe Palma-Álvarez,Raquefet Lidai,Sebastian Vargas-Cáceres,María Ángeles Torrecilla,Anna López,Josep Antoni Ramo 대한정신약물학회 2022 CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE Vol.20 No.3

Objective: Agitation in patients diagnosed with personality disorders (PD) is one of the most frequent crises in emergency departments (ED). Although many medications have been tested, their effectiveness has been small or non-significant, and no specific drugs are supported by the available evidence. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Inhaled loxapine (IL) as a therapeutic option for agitated patients with PD. Methods: A naturalistic, unicentric, prospective study was carried out. Thirty subjects diagnosed with PD and attending the ED with episodes of agitation were recruited most of whom were women diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Subjects were treated with a single dose of IL (9.1 mg). Efficacy was assessed with the Clinical Global Impression scale, the Excited Component of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS-EC) and the Agitation-Calmness Evaluation Scale (ACES). Patients were followed 60 minutes after administration to measure IL effect and its duration. Results: IL exhibited an overall efficacy in managing mild to severe agitation, with a quick onset of effect and persistence. ‘Effect of time’, where IL efficacy is maintained over time, is more marked in higher-severity agitation. No additional treatments were needed to improve agitation during the follow-up time. Conclusion: Results suggest that IL could be a safe and effective option to manage agitation in PD.

Health-Related Quality of Life, Depression and Anxiety in Hospitalized Patients with Tuberculosis

( Ana Paula Cere Dos Santos ),( Tassia Kirchmann Lazzari ),( Denise Rossato Silva ) 대한결핵 및 호흡기학회 2017 Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Vol.80 No.1

Background: Much of the attention of tuberculosis (TB) programs is focused on outcomes of microbiological cure and mortality, and health related quality of life (HRQL) is undervalued. Also, TB patients have a significantly higher risk of developing depression and anxiety compared with those in the general population. We intend to evaluate the HRQL and the prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety in hospitalized patients with TB. Methods: Cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital in Brazil. Adult patients with pulmonary TB that were hospitalized during the study period were identified and invited to participate. HRQL was measured using the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) version 2. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to record symptoms of anxiety and depression. Results: Eighty-six patients were included in the analysis. The mean age of all patients was 44.6±15.4 years, 69.8% were male, and 53.5% were white. Thirty-two patients (37.2%) were human immunodeficiency virus positive. Twenty-seven patients (31.4%) met study criteria for depression (HADS depression score ≥11) and 33 (38.4%) had anxiety (HADS anxiety score ≥11). Scores on all domains of SF-36 were significantly lower than the Brazilian norm scores (p<0.001). Conclusion: The present study shows that TB patients may have a poor HRQL. Additionally, we found a possible high prevalence of depression and anxiety in this population. Health care workers should be aware of these psychological disorders to enable a better management of these patients. The treatment of these comorbidities may be associated with better TB outcomes.