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Multifunctional nanocarriers for the treatment of periodontitis: Immunomodulatory, antimicrobial, and regenerative strategies
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)© 2018 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease, in which the host immuno-inflammatory response against the dysbiotic subgingival biofilm leads ... -
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease Are the Main Determinants of Functional Impairment in Advanced Everyday Activities
(IOS Press, 2019)© 2019 IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.Background: Neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive impairment are independent contributors of functional impairment in activities of daily living (ADL) in Alzheimer's ... -
Disease duration and disability in dysfeRlinopathy can be described by muscle imaging using heatmaps and random forests
(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2019)© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Introduction: The manner in which imaging patterns change over the disease course and with increasing disability in dysferlinopathy is not fully understood. Methods: Fibroadipose infiltration ... -
Masseter muscle atrophy impairs bone quality of the mandibular condyle but not the alveolar process early after induction
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)© 2018 John Wiley & Sons LtdBackground: Masseter muscle function influences mandibular bone homeostasis. As previously reported, bone resorption markers increased in the mouse mandibular condyle two days after masseter ... -
Sampling Strategies for Uncertainty Reduction in Categorical Random Fields: Formulation, Mathematical Analysis and Application to Multiple-Point Simulations
(Springer Verlag, 2019)© 2019, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences.The task of optimal sampling for the statistical simulation of a discrete random field is addressed from the perspective of minimizing the posterior uncertainty ... -
Chaotic patterns and localized states in spin valves
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Driven nano-magnets have attracted increasing attention due to their potential applications and complex dynamical behavior. Spin valves are possibly the most studied driven nano-magnets because applied ... -
Earlier puberty in boys with type 1 diabetes mellitus compared to a simultaneously recruited group of control adolescents
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)© 2018 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons LtdBackground: Recent studies have suggested that there is an earlier age of onset of puberty in healthy boys. However, no study has determined the age of pubertal ... -
5-HT 2 receptor binding, functional activity and selectivity in N-benzyltryptamines
(Public Library of Science, 2019)© 2019 Toro-Sazo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ... -
Seabird and pinniped shape soil bacterial communities of their settlements in Cape Shirreff, Antarctica
(Public Library of Science, 2019)© 2019 Ramírez-Fernández et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided ... -
Natural attributes of Chilean honeys modified by the presence of neonicotinoids residues
(Springer Netherlands, 2019)© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. Honeys in Chile are produced from native and endemic plant species that, due to phenolic compounds, present beneficial biological attributes. However, certain undesirable pollutants can exist ... -
Digital vs. analog PET/CT: intra-subject comparison of the SUVmax in target lesions and reference regions
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019)© 2019, The Author(s).Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess whether digital photon counting technology in digital PET/CT influences the quantification of SUVmax in target lesions and regions of reference compared ... -
Can hydrogen sulphide gas be produced during alkaline leach of enargitic copper concentrates?
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)© 2019 Elsevier B.V. The usual answer to the question stated in the title of this manuscript would be a definitive no due to the high stability of dissolved sulphide ions in water under strong alkaline conditions; nevertheless, ... -
Regulation of mitochondrial function as a promising target in platelet activation-related diseases
(Elsevier Inc., 2019)© 2019 Elsevier Inc.Platelets are anucleated cell elements produced by fragmentation of the cytoplasm of megakaryocytes and have a unique metabolic phenotype compared with circulating leukocytes, exhibiting a high coupling ... -
Decision-Making and Informal Political Institutions in Chilean Sub-National Public Investment
(Springer New York LLC, 2019)© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.Literature on informal political institutions has focused on the national level, disregarding sub-national contexts where one can expect increased ... -
Implementing a community-based task-shifting psychosocial intervention for individuals with psychosis in Chile: Perspectives from users
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019)© The Author(s) 2018.Background: Latin America, and Chile in particular, has a rich tradition of community mental health services and programs. However, in vivo community-based psychosocial interventions, especially those ... -
An 11-country study to benchmark the implementation of recommended nutrition policies by national governments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index, 2015-2018
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)© 2019 World Obesity FederationThe Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) aims to assess the extent of implementation of recommended food environment policies by governments compared with international best ... -
Antimicrobial properties of a novel copper-based composite coating with potential for use in healthcare facilities 06 Biological Sciences 0605 Microbiology 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)© 2019 The Author(s).Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have a major impact on public health worldwide. Particularly, hospital surfaces contaminated with bacterial pathogens are often the origin of both ... -
Water deficit and abscisic acid treatments increase the expression of a glucomannan mannosyltransferase gene (GMMT) in Aloe vera Burm. F.
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019)© 2018 The main polysaccharide of the gel present in the leaves of or Aloe vera Burm.F., (Aloe barbadensis Miller) a xerophytic crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant, is an acetylated glucomannan named acemannan. This ... -
Ice dynamics of union glacier from SAR offset tracking
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The Antarctic ice sheet is predicted to be the major contributor to sea-level rise during the XXI century. Therefore, monitoring ice dynamics of outlet glaciers in Antarctica is of great importance to ... -
ABA promotes starch synthesis and storage metabolism in dormant grapevine buds
(Elsevier GmbH, 2019)© 2019 Elsevier GmbH In grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) buds, the short day (SD)-photoperiod induces endodormancy and increases the level of ABA and the expression of ABA key biosynthesis genes, which suggests that ABA could ...
