This article discusses the symbolic and social connotations of mezcal and its consumption in the rural communities of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. Mezcal, a traditional drink in this region, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from a particular type of agave called maguey. Based on the author’s intermittent fieldwork in the indigenous Zapotec villages of Oaxaca since the late 1990s, the articl...

BACKGROUND Clinical descriptions of the dominantly inherited ataxic motor syndromes in a 7-generation family of German origin were first reported in 1951. OBJECTIVE To provide follow-up clinical, pathological, and genetic data for 9 patients in this family. DESIGN Clinical histories and neurologic findings, gross and microscopic pathological features, and DNA analysis. RESULTS Clinical pr...

Background: Brazilian population has passed for a process of demographic transition throughout latest years, characterized for the increase of the elderly population. Malnutrition is a serious problem to frail elderly. Objective: The objective of this study was o evaluate the risk of malnutrition among institutionalized elderly resident in municipal shelters in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazi...

BACKGROUND Cognitive function of Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) patients has not been clarified. OBJECTIVES To determine the characteristics of cognitive dysfunction in MJD patients and to assess the relationship of dysfunction to age at onset, age at examination, disease duration, education, ataxia, depression, anxiety, and CAG repeat length. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Research-ori...

Patient 1 showed onset at the age of 28 with facial and limb dystonia, pyramidal signs, and cerebellar ataxia as well as bulging eyes and ophthalmoplegia. His father was 63 at disease onset and his mother 65. Moreover, their clinical manifestations were very mild compared with those of the sonnamely, mild cerebellar signs and mild to moderate peripheral nerve involvement without bulging eyes. C...

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In different regions of Mexico, speech may have local distinctive characteristics at language levels. The article deals with the grammatical features Spanish in territory Mexican state Oaxaca. raises following questions: 1) whether Oaxaca has certain characteristics; 2) there is a formation territorial norms this or we can only talk about occasional use forms. Examples are given showing presenc...