Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • Prevalence, infected density or individual probability of infection? Assessing vector infection risk in the ... 
      Botto Mahan, Carezza; Bacigalupo Bacigalupo, Antonella; Correa Galaz, Juana; Fonturbel, Francisco E.; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; (The Royal Society, 2020)
      Vector-borne infectious disease dynamics result mainly from the intertwined effect of the diversity, abundance, and behaviour of hosts and vectors. Most studies, however, have analysed the relationship between host-species ...
    • Preserved Ca2+ handling and excitation-contraction coupling in muscle fibres from diet-induced obese mice 
      Jaque Fernández, Francisco; Beaulant, Agathe; Berthier, Christine; Monteiro, Laloé; Allard, Bruno; Casas Atala, Mariana; Rieusset, Jennifer; Jacquemond, Vincent (Springer, 2020)
      Aims/hypothesis Disrupted intracellular Ca2+ handling is known to play a role in diabetic cardiomyopathy but it has also been postulated to contribute to obesity- and type 2 diabetes-associated skeletal muscle dysfunction. ...
    • Valoración Salfacorp S.A. 
      González Villarreal, Germán; Rojas Santelices, Sebastián (Universidad de Chile, 2019-12)
      El presente trabajo busca valorizar la empresa Salfacorp, compañía líder a nivel local en el rubro de Ingeniería y Construcción, siendo la de mayor capitalización bursátil al cierre de 2018. La compañía basa sus operaciones ...
    • Valoración de empresa Parque Arauco S.A. 
      Abumohor, José Miguel; Espinoza, Natalia (Universidad de Chile, 2020-06)
      El presente informe tiene como objetivo definir un precio justo para la acción de Parque Arauco S.A., compañía chilena cuyo giro comercial está enfocado en el desarrollo y operación de centros comerciales, oficinas, ...
    • Phosphorylation of Endothelin-Converting Enzyme-1c at Serines 18 and 20 by CK2 Promotes Aggressiveness ... 
      Pérez Moreno, Pablo; Quezada Meza, Camila; Chávez Almarza, Cristopher; Niechi, Ignacio; Silva Pavez, Eduardo; Trigo Hidalgo, César; Aguayo González, Francisco; Jara Sosa, Lilian; Cáceres Verschae, Albano; Varas Godoy, Manuel; Díaz, Víctor M.; García de Herreros, Antonio; Burzio, Verónica A.; Tapia Pineda, Julio (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE1) activates the endothelin-1 peptide, which upregulates pathways that are related to diverse hallmarks of cancer. ECE1 is expressed as four isoforms differing in their N-terminal domains. ...
    • Population dynamics of Melanaphis donacis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its Coccinellidae and Syrphidae predators ... 
      Undurraga, Nicole; Araya, Jaime E.; Zuazúa, Francisco; Alonso, Máximo F. (Pontificia Univ. Católica Chile, 2020)
      The population density of the aphid Melanaphis donacis (Passerini) was studied in experimental plots of Arundo donax (L.) at the Antumapu Campus of the University of Chile, La Pintana (33 degrees 34' 08 '' S 70 degrees 38' ...
    • Pulse propagation in a 1D array of excitable semiconductor lasers 
      Alfaro Bittner, K.; Barbay, S.; Clerc Gavilán, Marcel (Amer Inst. Physis, 2020)
      Nonlinear pulse propagation is a major feature in continuously extended excitable systems. The persistence of this phenomenon in coupled excitable systems is expected. Here, we investigate theoretically the propagation of ...
    • Syndecan-4/PAR-3 signaling regulates focal adhesion dynamics in mesenchymal cells 
      Valdivia Hepp, Juan; Cárdenas, Areli; Brenet, Marianne; Maldonado, Horacio; Kong, Milene; Díaz Jara, Jorge; Burridge, Keith; Schneider, Pascal; San Martín, Alejandra; García Mata, Rafael; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Leyton, Lisette (BMC, 2020)
      Background: Syndecans regulate cell migration thus having key roles in scarring and wound healing processes. Our previous results have shown that Thy-1/CD90 can engage both alpha v beta 3 integrin and Syndecan-4 expressed ...
    • The anarchy of peace. Levinas and political philosophy 
      Claro González, Andrés (Univ. Nac. Colombia, 2020)
    • The non-linear sewing lemma III: Stability and generic properties 
      Brault, Antoine; Lejay, Antoine (Walter de Gruyter GMBH, 2020)
      Solutions of Rough Differential Equations (RDE) may be defined as paths whose increments are close to an approximation of the associated flow. They are constructed through a discrete scheme using a non-linear sewing lemma. ...
    • The sgtl-2 inhibitors decrease the mortality and progression of chronic kidney disease (ckd) in type 2 ... 
      Cabrera García, Sebastián; Torres Díaz, Rubén; Elgueta Segura, Leticia; Segovia Ruiz, Erico; Sanhueza Villanueva, María Eugenia; Boltansky, Andrés; Alvo Abodovsky, Miriam (Oxford, 2020)
    • Tratamientos Basados en Mindfulness en la Población Infanto-Juvenil con Sintomatología Ansiosa. Una Revisión ... 
      Pizarro Poblete, Catalina; Espinoza Soto, Adriana (Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 2020)
      The aim of this study is to explore the effects of treatments based on Mindfulness in childhood and adolescent population with anxious symptomatology and/or anxiety disorder through a systematic review of the available ...
    • Trypanosoma cruzi could affect wild triatomine approaching behaviour to humans by altering vector nutritional ... 
      Estay Olea, Daniela; Correa, Juana; Bona, Sophie de; Bacigalupo, Antonella; Quiroga, Nicol; San Juan, Esteban; Solari Illescas, Aldo; Botto Mahan, Carezza (Elsevier, 2020)
      Hematophagous insects exhibit complex behaviour when searching for blood-meals, responding to several host stimuli. The hematophagous insect Mepraia spinolai is a wild vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of Chagas ...
    • Unusual Oxidative Dealkylation Strategy toward Functionalized Phenalenones as Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers ... 
      De Bonfils, Paul; Verron, Elise; Sandoval Altamirano, Catalina; Jaque Olmedo, Pablo; Moreau, Xavier; Gunther Sapunar, Germán; Nun, Pierrick; Coeffard, Vincent (Amer Chemical, 2020)
      A series of functionalized 6-alkoxy phenalenones was prepared through an unprecedented oxidative dealkylation of readily available phenalene precursors. The starting phenalenes were efficiently synthesized via an aminocatalyzed ...
    • Highly porous tungsten for plasma-facing applications in nuclear fusion power plants: a computational ... 
      Díaz Rodríguez, Pablo; Muñoz Sáez, Francisco; Rogan Castillo, José; Martin Bragado, Ignacio; Perlado, J. M.; Peña Rodríguez, Ovidio; Rivera, Antonio; Valencia, Felipe (IOP, 2020)
      Plasma-facing materials (PFMs) for nuclear fusion, either in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) or in magnetic confinement fusion (MCF) approaches, must withstand extremely hostile irradiation conditions. Mitigation strategies ...
    • Genome-scale metabolic models of Microbacterium species isolated from a high altitude desert environment 
      Mandakovic, Dinka; Cintolesi, Ángela; Maldonado, Jonathan; Mendoza, Sebastián; Aite, Meziane; Gaete, Alexis; Saitua, Francisco; Allende, Miguel; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana; Siegel, Anne; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; González Canales, Mauricio; Latorre Mora, Mauricio (Nature, 2020)
      The Atacama Desert is the most arid desert on Earth, focus of important research activities related to microbial biodiversity studies. In this context, metabolic characterization of arid soil bacteria is crucial to understand ...
    • Análisis: Timing of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography maximum standardized uptake value for ... 
      Riedel De Juan, Byron (2020-10-08)
      Reunión de análisis de artículo sobre cáncer pulmonar de células no pequeñas y radioterapia
    • La creación de Alto Hospicio: el rol de la vivienda social en la producción de ciudades intermedias 
      Mansilla Quiñones, Pablo; Imilán Ojeda, Walter; Tapia Barría, Verónica; Jirón Martínez, Paola (Instituto de Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileEscuela de Geografía, Universidad de Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, 2020-08)
      El modelo chileno de acceso a vivienda subsidiado de las últimas tres décadas ha generado una serie de impac-tos urbanos ampliamente discutidos en el contexto de áreas metropolitanas. No obstante, menos estudiado han sido ...
    • Parametric study and shape optimization of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters by isogeometric analysis and ... 
      Peralta Braz, Patricio; Ruiz García, Rafael; Natarajan, Sundaram; Atroshchenko, Elena (Elsevier, 2020)
      Piezo-electric energy harvesters (PEHs) are widely used to recycle waste vibrations for pow-ering small electronic devices. In this work, the performance of PEHs of non-conventional shapes is studied with the aim to optimize ...
    • Ophthalmic genetics in South America Malena 
      Daich Varela, Malena; Moya Behrens, René; Schlottmann, Patricio G.; Hufnagel, Robert B.; Arberas, Claudia; Fernández, Federico M.; Inga, M. Eugenia; Lores, Juliana; Pachajoa, Harry; Prada, Carlos E.; Ferraz Sallum, Juliana M. (Wiley, 2020)
      South America comprises of heterogeneous topographies, populations, and health care systems. Therefore, it is not surprising to see differences among the countries regarding expertise, education, and practices of ophthalmic ...