Research on migraine time-series features classification based on small-sample functional magnetic resonance imaging data / 生物医学工程学杂志

The extraction of neuroimaging features of migraine patients and the design of identification models are of great significance for the auxiliary diagnosis of related diseases. Compared with the commonly used image features, this study directly uses time-series signals to characterize the functional state of the brain in migraine patients and healthy controls, which can effectively utilize the temporal information and reduce the computational effort of classification model training. Firstly, Group Independent Component Analysis and Dictionary Learning were used to segment different brain areas for small-sample groups and then the regional average time-series signals were extracted. Next, the extracted time series were divided equally into multiple subseries to expand the model input sample. Finally, the time series were modeled using a bi-directional long-short term memory network to learn the pre-and-post temporal information within each time series to characterize the periodic brain state changes to improve the diagnostic accuracy of migraine. The results showed that the classification accuracy of migraine patients and healthy controls was 96.94%, the area under the curve was 0.98, and the computation time was relatively shorter. The experiments indicate that the method in this paper has strong applicability, and the combination of time-series feature extraction and bi-directional long-short term memory network model can be better used for the classification and diagnosis of migraine. This work provides a new idea for the lightweight diagnostic model based on small-sample neuroimaging data, and contributes to the exploration of the neural discrimination mechanism of related diseases.

Safety profile of G?CSF in chemotherapy?induced neutropenia: A prospective observational study in Eastern India

Background: Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is used in cancer patients to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN). However, G-CSF poses few risks. Despite the regular use of G-CSF in CIN management, there is a paucity of published data on its safety profile in the management of CIN in India. Hence, the present study was designed to demonstrate the safety profile of G-CSF in patients with CIN. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted over a period of 5 months enrolling 100 cancer patients aged from 18 years to 70 years. Patients with a diagnosis of CIN who received G-CSF were included. Patients were followed up for 15 days. Adverse events (AEs) were graded according to US National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0. The system organ class and preferred term of Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) were used for reporting the AEs. Causality assessment was done by using the WHO-Uppsala Monitoring Centre scale. Results: The most frequently reported AEs were musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders which included bone pain, myalgia, arthralgia, and pain in the extremity. Other AEs reported were general disorders and administration site conditions, and gastrointestinal disorders. The highest grade of toxicity reported was of grade 3 among all AEs. The majority of AEs had a “probable” type of causality relationship with G-CSF. Conclusion: G-CSF has a safety profile consistent with previous G-CSF studies.

O grande valor de um dicionário sobre Ética Global / The great value of a dictionary on Global Ethics / El gran valor de un diccionario de Ética Global

Trata-se de resenha da obra intitulada Dictionary of Global Bioethics que se destina a apresentar termos, conceitos e teorias relacionas à bioética global. Reúne mais de 500 verbetes, divididos em quatro categorias distintas: i) organizations; ii) documents; iii) persons; e iv) topics. É uma obra voltada não apenas para estudantes, mas para todos os profissionais que desejam conhecer e compreender os verbetes mais relevantes utilizados no campo da bioética global, constituindo-se em importante ferramenta de promoção e introdução ao tema.

It is a review of a work entitled Dictionary of Global Bioethics that is intended to present terms, concepts and theories related to global bioethics. It gathers more than 500 entries, divided into fourdistinct categories: i) organizations; ii) documents;iii) persons;and iv) topics. It is a work aimed not only for students, but for all professionals who wish to know and understand the most relevant terms used in the field of global bioethics, constituting a valuable toolfor promoting and introducing thesubject.

Es una revisión de un trabajo titulado Dictionary of Global Bioethics que pretende presentar términos, conceptos y teorías relacionados con la bioética global. Reúne más de 500 inscripciones, divididas en cuatrocategorías distintas: i) organizations; ii) documents; iii) personsy iv) topics. Es un trabajo dirigido no solo alos estudiantes, sino a todos los profesionales que deseen conocer y comprender los términos más relevantes utilizados en el campo de la bioética global, constituyéndose en una importante herramienta para promover e introducir el tema.

Compatibility Rules of Prescriptions Containing Forsythiae Fructus in Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions and Anti-inflammatory Mechanism： An Exploration Based on Data Mining and Network Pharmacology / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective:To analyze the compatibility rules of prescriptions containing Forsythiae Fructus based on data mining and explore the anti-inflammatory mechanism of Forsythiae Fructus based on network pharmacology，so as to provide reference for the rational clinical application of Forsythiae Fructus and the development of health foods and new Chinese medicines. Method:The prescriptions containing Forsythiae Fructus in the<italic> Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions</italic> were collected，based on which a clinical prescription database was constructed. The Chinese herbs combined with Forsythiae Fructus and the corresponding indications were subjected to frequency statistics，association rule analysis，and complex network analysis using SPSS Statistics 26，IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0，and Gephi 9.2. The active components and targets of Forsythiae Fructus for anti-inflammation were retrieved from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform （TCMSP），BATMAN-TCM，and SEA，and the targets related to anti-inflammation from GeneCards，Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man （OMIM），CTD，and GenCLiP3. Following the analysis of protein-protein interactions （PPI） with STRING，a PPI network was constructed. The enrichment analysis was performed using Metascape，and the active component-anti-inflammation target-signaling pathway network of Forsythiae Fructus was constructed by Cytoscape 3.8.2. Result:According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria，2 245 prescriptions containing Forsythiae Fructus were harvested，involving 512 Chinese herbs，with a total usage frequency of 27 314. The Chinese herbs that were most frequently combined with Forsythiae Fructus （>800 times） were Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma （1 483 times），Scutellariae Radix （964 times），and Angelicae Sinensis Radix （842 times）. Hence，the herbal pairs "Forsythiae Fructus-Scutellariae Radix" and "Forsythiae Fructus-Angelicae Sinensis Radix" were further explored. The prescriptions containing Forsythiae Fructus could be utilized for the treatment of 29 kinds of diseases，and three representative disease categories including "carbuncle，gangrene，sores and ulcers"，"ophthalmic diseases and syndromes" and "epidemic diseases" are selected for data mining. There were 19 association rules obtained with "Forsythiae Fructus-Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma-Lonicerae Japonicae Flos-Angelicae Sinensis Radix" as the core herb combination for "carbuncle，gangrene，sores and ulcers". The clustering analysis revealed one multi-herb clustering group，four herbal pairs，and single herb Lonicerae Japonicae Flos，the complex network analysis four herbal modules，and the factor analysis six common factors. There were 23 association rules obtained with "Forsythiae Fructus-Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma-Scutellariae Radix-Angelicae Sinensis Radix" as the core herb combination for "ophthalmic diseases and syndromes". The clustering analysis revealed two multi-herb clustering groups and four herbal pairs，the complex network analysis four herbal modules，and the factor analysis five common factors. There were 28 association rules obtained with "Forsythiae Fructus-Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma-Menthae Haplocalycis Herba-Lonicerae Japonicae Flos" as the core herb combination for "epidemic diseases". The clustering analysis revealed three multi-herb clustering groups，one herbal pair，and two single herbs Forsythiae Fructus and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma，the complex network analysis four herbal modules，and the factor analysis five common factors. As demonstrated by network pharmacology-based analysis，the core anti-inflammation components of Forsythiae Fructus were quercetin，luteolin，and kaempferol，and the core targets were phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 1 （PIK3R1），protein kinase B 1 （Akt1），and epidermal growth factor receptor（EGFR）. The biological pathways were mainly concentrated in proteoglycans in cancer，pathways in cancer，and PI3K/Akt signaling pathway，with such functions as inhibition of transcription factors，regulation of enzyme activity，and inflammation-related gene expression involved. Conclusion:This study employed a variety of data mining techniques to objectively，intuitively，and scientifically uncover the compatibility rules of Forsythiae Fructus in the treatment of high-frequency diseases. It has been found that Forsythiae Fructus is often combined with heat-clearing herbs，tonifying herbs，exterior-releasing herbs，and blood-activating and stasis-resolving herbs for diverse diseases and syndromes. Under the premise of clearing heat and removing toxin，reinforcing healthy Qi and dredging stagnation are also emphasized. According to the degree of internal heat exuberance，the heat-clearing herbs with different merits are combined. This study has revealed the unique advantages of Forsythiae Fructus in the treatment of specific diseases and syndromes as well as its multi-component，multi-target，and multi-pathway mechanisms in anti-inflammation，breaking through the limitations in modern clinical and experimental research of Forsythiae Fructus. These findings are of great significance for guiding the rational clinical application of Forsythiae Fructus and the development of health foods and new Chinese medicines，thus better accelerating the development of Chinese medicine health industry.

Analysis of medication regularity of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for gastropyretic excessiveness diabetes based on data mining / 中国中药杂志

To analyze the medication regularity of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) prescriptions for gastropyretic excessiveness diabetes recorded in Chinese Medicine Prescriptions Dictionary. A total of 103 eligible prescriptions were input into the system platform, and the Apriori algorithm was used to analyze their medication regularity. The 103 prescriptions for gastropyretic excessiveness diabetes were selected from the system, and 29 herb medicines were found with frequency of usage more than 8. Totally 33 commonly used herbal pairs(support degree≥10), twenty-three 3-herb core combinations(support degree≥8, confidence values≥0.5), and twenty-one 4-herb core combinations(confidence values≥0.5) were discovered after the medication regularity analysis by Apriori algorithm. The herbal medicine combinations with the highest correlation degree were discovered after the association rule analysis on the 103 prescriptions(support degree≥10, confidence values≥0.5). The four properties, five tastes, channel distributions and frequency of dose of the 103 prescriptions were also obtained after the corresponding analysis. According to the analysis and summary of the above data, the combination of Trichosanthis Radix, Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, Coptidis Rhizoma and Ophiopogonis Radix could reflect the medication regularity of TCM prescriptions for gastropyretic excessiveness diabetes to a certain degree, which is of great significance in guiding value in clinic.

Glosario médico inglés-portugués: experiencias sobre su aplicación en una misión internacionalista en Angola / English-Portuguese Medical Glossary: experiences on its implementation in an internationalist mission in Angola

RESUMEN La colaboración internacional es un rasgo distintivo de la política emprendida por el Estado cubano y materializada por su Ministerio de Salud Pública. Los autores suman sus experiencias adquiridas en el cumplimiento de misiones internacionalistas por profesionales cubanos en el campo de la educación médica, a otras ya publicadas en EDUMECENTRO; esta vez refieren la confección de un glosario inglés-portugués con más de 600 términos médicos, el cual constituyó una fortaleza para la calidad del proceso docente educativo al ser utilizado como medio de enseñanza en la hermana República Popular de Angola.

ABSTRACT International collaboration is a distinctive feature of the policy undertaken by the Cuban State and materialized by its Ministry of Public Health. The authors add their experiences acquired in the fulfillment of internationalist missions by Cuban professionals in the field of medical education, to others already published in EDUMECENTRO; this time they refer to the preparation of an English-Portuguese glossary with more than 600 medical terms, which constituted a strength for the quality of the teaching-learning process to be used as a teaching aid in the sister Republic of Angola.

Study on relevance mining of "core drug action target" in Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions / 中国中药杂志

Based on the database of "Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions", high-frequency herbs of Xiaoke disease is mined by traditional Chinese medicine inheritance support system, and core herbs and combinations are discovered through association rules and cluster analysis. On this basis, based on the integrative pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine to explore the herb-disease relationship, the "herb-compound-target" network is constructed and enriched for the analysis of key target gene functions, metabolic pathways, and their "core herb-target interactions". In order to explore the molecular mechanism of its prevention and treatment of diabetes, 341 diabetes prescriptions are collected, organized, and tapped in the Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions. Herb frequency statistics show that Licorice was the most commonly used, followed by Ophiopogonis Radix, Poria, Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Coptidis Rhizoma, etc., the medicinal properties are mostly cold, warm and ping, and the medicinal taste tends to be pungent, bitter, and sour, and they were attributed to lung meridian, stomach meridian, spleen meridian, etc. Among them, the 17 herbs were closely related. Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Ophiopogonis Radix, Poria and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma were the core Chinese herbs. Ophiopogonis Radix was the key node of Coptidis Rhizoma, Trichosanthis Radix and core Chinese medicine, and Ophiopogonis Radix was the key node for the connection between Coptidis Rhizoma and Trichosanthis Radix and the core Chinese herbs. Using integrated pharmacology platform analysis, 10 crucial core targets for the prevention and treatment of diabetes were obtained, including the known disease targets (PLCD1, PIK3R1, ENPP1), and potential herb targets(GNB1, ADCY1, AKT1, RAC1, PRKAA1, RHOA) , common target (GCK). There were seven similar targets in the 10 crucial core targets predicted with the combination of "Ophiopogonis Radix, Coptidis Rhizoma and Trichosanthis Radix", including PLCD1, PIK3R1, ENPP1, ADCY1, AKT1, PRKAA1, GCK. These genes were mainly located in the cytosol, plasma membrane, etc., involved in adenosine triphosphate binding, protein binding, platelet activation, etc., mainly involved in the endocrine system, signal transduction, chemokine signaling pathway, cancer pathway, and other metabolic pathways, and it is speculated that these genes were potentially associated with diabetes. In this study, Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Support System and Integrative Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine are used to analyze the prescription law of Xiaoke prescription, and the correlation of "core herbs-functionary targets" is excavated, which provided the basis and reference for the screening and development of TCM prescriptions for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

Impact of medical diagnostic data quality on diagnosis-related groups / 中华医院管理杂志

Objective To regulate standardized ICD-10 case classification name and coding,and common clinical diagnosis name or expression of mapping rules,to systematically improve the quality of DRGs key data,and to assess the impact of medical diagnostic data quality on DRGs and the indicators based on the DRGs.Methods Extension of the glossaries of clinical diagnosis synonyms or near-synonyms,and establishment of a standardized maintenance procedure of ICD-10 dictionary.Adjustment of the impact extent of DRGs disease makeup on case classification,comparison of the consistency of principal diagnosis classification,and the consistency of DRGs grouping,as well as changes of such indicators as DRGs grouping reduction in variance (RIV) and case mix index (CMI).Results Data of the obstetrics,gynecology and pediatrics disciplines of a maternity and children hospital from 2012 to 2013 (72 005 cases)and 2014 to 2015 (77 705 cases) were chosen for prior-after comparison.The encoding consistency rate was 59.60％ before the improvement,with the improved standardized consistency rate rising to 66.38％afterwards;beforehand the DRGs grouping consistency rate was 69.30％,with the improved standardized consistency rate rising to 88.00％ afterwards;beforehand the cost RIV was 0.515,with the cost RIV rising to 0.576 afterwards;the CMI variations of individual campuses of healthcare institutions appear more reasonable.Conclusions Diagnostic quality control and improvement project can improve the data accuracy of coding.This empowers the RIV and CMI indexes calculated on such basis to better describe the complexity of clinical settings,conducive to establishing a value-oriented prepayment system which is more transparent,fair and reasonable.

Application of《Classification of Chinese Library》in semantic tagging of library resources / 中华医学图书情报杂志

《Classification of Chinese Library》and《MeSH》 were reconstructed by analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of《Classification of Chinese Library》in semantic tagging of library resources.Ontology of dermatology was constructed and its semantic dictionary was edited on the semantic metadata-aided platform according to the theory of semantic tagging resources with skin diseases as an example in order to achieve semantic tagging resources.

Influences of Dictionary of Occupation on the Career Development of Medical Representatives in China / 中国药师

Objective:To analyze the profound influence of the Dictionary of Occupation on the career development of medical rep-resentatives in our country. Methods:The relationship of the Dictionary of Occupation and the career development of medical represent-atives was discussed, and then the influence of including the dictionary on medical representatives was analyzed. Results and Conclu-sion:The Dictionary of Occupation puts forward higher requests to the code of conduct, professional ability and professional ethics of medical representatives, which plays important roles in the career development of medical representatives. And as a professional stand-ard with clear definition and description, the Dictionary of Occupation also leads to the direction of sustainable and healthy development of medical representatives.

Data mining analysis of regularity of formulas containing Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma-Carthami Flos medicin pair in Dictionary of Chinese Medicine Prescription / 中国中药杂志

In this study, formulas containing Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma-Carthami Flos in the database of Dictionary of Chinese Medicine Prescription (DCMP) were extracted by using traditional Chinese medicine inheritance support system (TCMISS). The drugs pairs and formula composition rules were analyzed with data mining methods, such as association rules, improved mutual information method and complex system entropy clustering. Totally 39 formulas were included in this study and involved 280 Chinese medicines. The top 5 Chinese medicines most frequently used were Danggui (Angelica sinensis), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum chuanxiong), Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma), Baishao(Radix Paeoniae Alba), Taoren(Prunus persica) and Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Recens). Six core medicinal pairs were obtained through clustering analysis, namely Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma)-Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma)-Honghua (Carthami Flos), Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma)-Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba)-Honghua (Carthami Flos), Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma)-Danggui (A. sinensis)-Xiagnfu (Cyperi Rhizoma)-Honghua (Carthami Flos), Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma)-Danggui (A. sinensis)-Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba)-Honghua (Carthami Flos), Honghua (Carthami Flos)-Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma)-Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba)-Danggui (A. sinensis), Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma)-Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba)-Honghua (Carthami Flos)-Danggui (A. sinensis). The support degree was set at 11 (38.46%), with a confidence coefficient of 80%, and then 38 associated pairs were screened. These results suggested that Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Carthami Flos is often combined with herbs for activating blood and promoting circulation of qi to treat gynecopathy, stasis blood pain syndrome, stroke and other syndromes.

Analysis on composition principles of formulae containing Gardeniae Fructus in dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions / 中国中药杂志

Gardeniae Fructus, which is widely used in health foods and clinical medicines, is a type of edible food and medicine. Dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions provides good materials for prescription analysis and the R&D of traditional Chinese medicines. The composition regularity of formulae containing Gardeniae Fructus in dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions was analyzed on the basis of the traditional Chinese medicine inheritance support system(TCMISS), in order to provide reference for clinical application and the R&D of new drugs. TCMISS was applied to establish a database of prescriptions containing Gardeniae Fructus. The software's frequency statistics and association rules and other date mining technologies were adopted to analyze commonly used drugs, combination rules and core combined formulae containing Gardeniae Fructus. Totally 3 523 prescriptions were included in this study and involved 1 725 Chinese herbs. With a support degree of 352(10%) and confidence coefficient of 90%, 57 most commonly used drug combinations were screened. Drugs adopted in core combinations were relatively concentrated and selected according to definite composition methods. They were used to mainly treat 18 diseases. Gardeniae Fructus have often been combined with herbs for heat-clearing and detoxification, expelling pathogenic wind, relieving exterior syndrome, invigorating the circulation of blood and gas and promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis to mainly treat jaundice, typhoid, headache and other syndromes.

Study on Automatic Word Segmentation for Traditional Chinese Medical Record Literature / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To study the automatic word segmentation scheme suitable for traditional Chinese medical record literature. Methods Hierarchical Hidden Markov Model was used as segmentation model. Totally 300 ancient medical record literature and 300 modern medical record literature were set as experimental subjects to establish the dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine and the test corpus, with a purpose to segment the words and evaluate of the results. Results Without using dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine, the word segmentation accuracy of two kinds of medical record literature was about 75%;the part-of-speech tagging accuracy of ancient medical literature was 56.74%, the modern medical literature accuracy was 64.81%. By using dictionary of tradition Chinese medicine, the word segmentation accuracy of ancient medical record literature was 90.73%, the modern medical record literature accuracy was 95.66%;the part-of-speech tagging accuracy of ancient medical record literature was 78.47%, the modern medical record literature accuracy was 91.45%, which was obviously higher than that of ancient medical record literature. Conclusion The current word segmentation scheme has initially solved the problem of word segmentation of traditional Chinese medical record literature and part-of-speech tagging of modern medical record literature. Part of speech tagging is basically correct, but part-of-speech tagging of ancient medical record literature tagging needs further study for many influencing factors.

Species and Use of Current Chinese Minority Medicine / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

This article was aimed to survey the use of Chinese minority medicine, in order to provide differences and similarities among different Chinese minority medicine, and to analyze the relations among species resources, using range, functions and indications. It provided a basic scientific platform for the development, research and use of minority medicine. The books and journals published since the late 1970s (the country after the reform and opening up) had been collected, classified. And reference books on current Chinese minority medicine had been compiled. The results showed that the first draft of the book had been completed and delivered to the press. The dictionary had cited 53 traditional medicine used by minority groups. The total number of minority medicine was 7 734. The total characters amount in the book was 1 700 000 words. It was concluded that the species of minority medicine were various. There was rich information on their harvest, medicinal parts, functions and indications with prominent features. The existing major problems were to clarify the standard of the species as well as their major functions and indications.

Comments on Translation of Acupoints inA Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine / 中国中医药信息杂志

This article made comments on the English translation of acupoints inA Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine. It found that its main translation strategy was literal translation supplemented with transliteration and free translation, which made contributions to the reservation of the features of TCM culture and helped western learners grasp the knowledge of acupuncture and moxibustion. It proposed unification of the translation of the same word in different acupoints, and analyzed some misinterpretations due to polysemy and Chinese interchangeable characters, with a purpose to promote the establishment of an international standard for the translation of acupoints.

Implementación del Diccionario bilingüe ilustrado de morfofisiología en inglés/español y español/inglés en el proceso pedagógico profesional de enfermería / Implementation of the illustrated bilingual Morphophysiology Dictionary English/Spanish and Spanish/English in the nursing professional pedagogical process

Se valora la necesidad de que el profesional sanitario resulte aún más competente en la prestación de sus servicios a partir del dominio del inglés en aquellos contextos donde este sea el idioma para comunicarse con fines específicos, pues a pesar de los logros obtenidos en la educación médica superior, se requieren herramientas especializadas en salud pública para erradicar las barreras idiomáticas respecto a esa lengua. El Diccionario bilingüe ilustrado de morfofisiología en inglés/español y español/inglés se implementó en la Facultad de Enfermería de Santiago de Cuba como bibliografía de consulta en formato digital, teniendo en cuenta que permite adquirir nuevos conocimientos y habilidades de forma independiente, así como perfeccionar modos de actuación en cuanto a competencia y desempeño.

The necessity that the health professional becomes even more competent in his services is evaluated, starting from the learning of English in those contexts where this language is necessary to communicate for specific aims, because in spite of the achievements obtained in the higher medical education, specialized tools are required in public health to eradicate the idiomatic barriers regarding this language. The illustrated bilingual morphophysiology Dictionary English/Spanish and Spanish/English was implemented in the Nursing Faculty from Santiago de Cuba as consulting literature in digital format, keeping in mind that it allows to acquire new knowledge and abilities in an independent way, as well as to improve performance regarding competence and acting.

Composition Principles of Prescriptions for Diarrhoea Caused by Spleen Deficiency Based on Entropy Clustering and Apriori Method / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To analyze composition principles of prescriptions for the treatment of diarrhoea caused by deficiency of spleen. Methods The prescriptions for diarrhoea caused by deficiency of spleen in the Prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine Dictionary were collected, sorted and entered into the TCM Inheritance Support System (V1.3) to analyze the composition principles through the methods of entropy clustering and apriori. Results Based on the analysis of 1185 prescriptions and 815 medications, there were 33 medications with more than 50 frequencies. Composition principles were obtained through apriori method:50 herbal pairs were used with more than 50 frequencies, and 29 core combinations with more than 40 frequencies. Association principle rule were used for the analysis of those medications in the prescriptions (support≥20%, confidence≥0.9). Principles were obtained through entropy clustering:there were 19 core combinations which composed the new prescriptions, and 19 new prescriptions were found through hierarchical clustering method. There were 17 prescriptions matching with Sijunzi decoction (semblance=0.5). Conclusion Diarrhoea caused by deficiency of spleen should be treated with strengthening spleen and benefiting qi primarily, assisting with warming yang, excreting dampness and checking diarrhoea.

Development of data converter system from the international health dictionary to an electronic book / 国際保健医療

A Japanese international health dictionary has been freely accessible to the public through the official website of Japan Association for International Health (JAIH). Since it is accessible only in an online environment, it can not be used in an offline environment, a common condition for field workers in developing countries. Converting the dictionary to an offline format would be the solution. Therefore, a program which reformats the up-to-date online dictionary in the official website of JAIH to popular “Electronic Book” format was developed. The resultant program will automatically execute batch processing without any manual operation.

Amigos imaginaroos: ¿recurso válido en la redacción de textos científicos en español? / Imaginary riendss: a valid resource for the writing of scientific texts in spanish?

Este artículo discute el uso de palabras no aceptadas oficialmente por la Real Academia Española incluidas en artículos publicados, y pretende abrir un espacio para la discusión de criterios académicos que validen o censuren el uso de esos términos. En consecuencia, se propone una categoría denominada amigos imaginarios, para hacer referencia a palabras adaptadas o incorrectamente utilizadas, las cuales, sin tener una denotación aceptada, terminan ocupando el sitio de palabras validadas por la Real Academia Española.

This article discusses the use of words, included in articles published, which are not formally accepted by the Spanish Royal Academy. In this way, the paper aims to open a space for discussion of academic criteria to validate or to censor the use of those terms. Accordingly, we propose a category called imaginary friends to refer to adapted or incorrectly used words, that without having any accepted denotation, end up occupying the site of accepted words by the Spanish Royal Academy.

Construcción y validación de contenido de un diccionario de las competencias genéricas del psicólogo: Académicas, profesionales y laborales / Design and validation of contents for a dictionary of academic, professional, and work-related generic competencies for psychologist

El trabajo que se informa presenta los resultados finales del diseño y validación de contenido de un diccionario de competencias genéricas para el profesional en Psicología. Se hace un recuento de las diferentes definiciones dadas al concepto de competencia, desde el enfoque sociolingüístico de Hymes (1972) y del desempeño en el trabajo (McClelland, 1973). Se concluye que éstas integran el saber ser (automotivación, iniciativa y trabajo colaborativo con otros), el saber conocer (observar, explicar, comprender y analizar) y el saber hacer (desempeño basado en procedimientos y estrategias) (Braslavsky & Acosta, 2006; Cejas, 2003; Echeverría, 2002; Ibarra, 2000; Tobón, 2004). Se propone una clasificación teórica del concepto de competencia, retomando autores como Álvarez, Gómez y Ratto (2004), Peiró (2003) y Roe (2003), entre otros, la cual realiza una distinción entre competencias académicas, profesionales y laborales. Se utilizan los planteamientos de Montero y León (2005), así como los de Carretero y Pérez (2007), quienes proveen las herramientas y criterios metodológicos para la validación del diccionario de competencias mediante la evaluación de seis jueces expertos y la aplicación piloto de un instrumento a siete estudiantes y 16 egresados de la Carrera de Psicología. Los resultados de la investigación permitieron la creación de un diccionario de competencias para uso público, el cual constituye una herramienta oportuna para afrontar los retos, demandas y posibilidades para el desempeño del psicólogo, dados los cambios socioeconómicos, demográficos y culturales del Siglo XX1 que influyen sobre la formación y funciones del profesional.

The following article presents the final results of the design and content validation of a generic competencies dictionary for the trained psychologist. Different authors, such as Collazos and Garcia (1999), argue that the research and identification of competencies have helped to solve the weakness of traditional psychometric tests used to predict worker's productivity. Moreover, Peiró (2003) mentions that in defining the objectives to be achieved by education, it is required to determine the qualifications or competencies that should have a professional. However, in the field of Psychology, there is little research leading to the development of tools for identifying and evaluating competencies among students and professionals (ANECA, 2005; Castro Solano, 2004; González, 2007; Herrera, Restrepo & Uribe, 2008; Pérez-Santamarina & López, 2006; Ruiz, Jaraba & Romero, 2005; Uribe, Aristizábal, Barona & López, 2009). A theoretical overview of the concept of competency has been made, taking in to account different approaches, like the sociolinguistic (Hymes, 1972) and the job performance (McClelland, 1973). From the revised definitions and interpretations given to the concept of competence, it is concluded that they integrate self-knowledge (motivation, initiative, and teamwork with others), self-teaching (observation, explanation, comprehension, and analysis), and ‘know-how' (performance based on strategies and procedures) (Braslavsky & Acosta, 2006; Cejas, 2003; Echeverría, 2002; Ibarra, 2000; Tobón, 2004). Different classifications to the concept of competencies that have been applied to different contexts were also reviewed. For instance, Gordillo (2003) argues that competencies can be grouped into methodological, technical, social, and individual. Álvarez, Gómez, and Ratto (2004) classify them in technique and general competencies, similar to the one proposed by Ruiz, Jaraba, and Romero (2008) and the Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA, 2005), whoever divide them in general (or transverse) and specific competencies. For the purpose of this research and taking in to account these classifications, it is proposed for this work a distinction between academic, professional, and work-related generic competencies. The creation of the generic competencies dictionary for the trained psychologists followed the guidelines for instrumental studies as suggested by Montero and León (2005) and Carretero and Pérez (2007): the conceptual outline of the evaluation subject, and the design and qualitative evaluation of the items. In the content validation by expert evaluators, participated six professional psychologists with expertise in the fields of research methodology and Organizational Psychology, who are teachers of the Department of Social Sciences from a private university in Cali (Colombia). Subsequently, the pilot application of the instrument was attended by 23 people: 7 final year students of the Career of Psychology and 16 graduates of the same university. These research findings led to the creation of a generic competencies dictionary for public use, composed by 13 academic competencies, 12 professional competencies, and 10 work-related competencies. This dictionary is the result of a research aimed to identify the most significant competencies, as well as the definitions that fit these best, to ensure the recognition of crucial requirements in the field and their adequate implementation among psychologists. It is concluded that this dictionary is useful to understand standards and determine competencies that a professional psychologist must obtain from educational institutions, at least in the work and academic contexts where the research was conducted. It also constitutes a timely contribution to meet the challenges, demands, and possibilities of professional performance, given the socio-economic, demographic, and cultural changes of the 21st century, which impact the training and functions of a professional psychologist.