Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • Oxoisoaporphines and aporphines: Versatile molecules with anticancer Efects 
      Rodríguez Arce, Esteban; Cancino Rivera, Patricio; Arias Calderón, Manuel; Silva Matus, Paul; Saldías, Marianela (MDPI, 2020)
      Cancer is a disease that involves impaired genome stability with a high mortality index globally. Since its discovery, many have searched for effective treatment, assessing different molecules for their anticancer activity. ...
    • Optimal prefix free codes with partial sorting 
      Barbay, Jérémy (MDPI, 2020)
      We describe an algorithm computing an optimal prefix free code for n unsorted positive weights in time within O(n(1+lg alpha))subset of O(nlgn), where the alternation alpha is an element of[1..n-1] approximates the minimal ...
    • Onset of effect, changes in airflow obstruction and lung volume, and health-related quality of life ... 
      Panettieri, Reynold A.; Welte, Tobias; Shenoy, Kartik V.; Korn, Stephanie; Jandl, Margret; Kerwin, Edward M.; Feijoo Seoane, Rosa; Barker, Peter; Olsson, Richard F.; Martin, Ubaldo J. (Dove Medical Press, 2020)
      Objective: In the SOLANA trial, we sought to physiologically characterize benralizumab's onset of effect and maintenance of that effect for patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. Methods: SOLANA (NCT02869438) was a ...
    • (omega, c)-asymptotically periodic functions, first-order Cauchy problem, and Lasota-Wazewska model with ... 
      Álvarez, Edgardo; Castillo, Samuel; Pinto Jiménez, Manuel (Wiley, 2020)
      In this paper, we study a new class of functions, which we call (omega, c)-asymptotically periodic functions. This collection includes asymptotically periodic, asymptotically antiperiodic, asymptotically Bloch-periodic, ...
    • Obsidian sources from the southern Andean highlands (Laguna del Diamante, Argentina and Chile): geochemical ... 
      Cortegoso, Valeria; Yebra, Lucía; Durán, Víctor; Barberena, Ramiro; Lucero, Gustavo; Cornejo, Luis; Giesso, Martín; MacDonald, Brandi L.; Glascock, Michael D. (Springer, 2020)
      New geochemical results for two obsidian types, Laguna del Diamante and Arroyo Paramillos, naturally available in the Laguna del Diamante locality, a seasonally accessible highland wetland emplaced in the current border ...
    • Noonan syndrome with multiple Giant cell lesions, management and treatment with surgery and interferon ... 
      Rodríguez, Fernando Adrián; Castellón, Loreto; Moreno, Regina; Páez, Eduardo; Aracena Álvarez, María Inés (Wiley, 2020)
      We report the case of a 14-year-old girl that was referred to the maxillo facial surgery unit at age 11 years because she exhibited swelling in the right side of her maxilla and right mandible. After a conservative surgery, ...
    • Low nanomolar concentrations of a quercetin oxidation product, which naturally occurs in onion peel, protect ... 
      Fuentes, Jocelyn; Arias Santé, M. Fernanda; Atala Riffo, Elías; Pastene, Edgar; Kogan Bocian, Marcelo; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán (Elsevier, 2020)
      The occurrence of the quercetin oxidation metabolite 2-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-2,4,6-trihydroxy-3(2H)-benzofuranone (BZF), whose antioxidant potency is notably higher than the antioxidant potency of quercetin, was investigated ...
    • Loss of the disease-associated glycosyltransferase Galnt3 alters Muc10 glycosylation and the composition ... 
      Peluso, Gabriella; Tian, E.; Abusleme Ramos, Loreto; Munemasa, Takashi; Mukaibo, Taro; Ten Hagen, Kelly G. (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2020)
      The importance of the microbiome in health and its disruption in disease is continuing to be elucidated. However, the multitude of host and environmental factors that influence the microbiome are still largely unknown. ...
    • Influence of ternary emulsifier mixtures on oxidative stability of nanoemulsions based on avocado oil 
      Riquelme Hinojosa, Natalia; Sepúlveda, Camila; Arancibia, Carla (MDPI, 2020)
      The aim of this work was to study the effect of two emulsifiers (M-1: SL-soy lecithin, Tw80-Tween 80 and CasCa-calcium caseinate and M-2: SL-soy lecithin, Tw80-Tween 80 and SE-sucrose esters) on the oxidative stability of ...
    • Régimen de acceso a los recursos pesqueros : análisis económico del sistema que rige la pesca industrial en Chile 
      Plencovich Albornoz, Valentina Sofía (Universidad de Chile, 2020)
      El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo analizar desde una perspectiva principalmente económica, el actual sistema que rige a la pesca industrial, establecido en la actual Ley General de Pesca y Acuicultura. Este muy criticado ...
    • In vitro study of the protective effect of manganese against vanadium mediated nuclear and mitochondrial DNA damage 
      Rivas García, Lorenzo; Quiles, José L.; Varela López, Alfonso; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; López, Paulina; Rodríguez Diéguez, Antonio; Montes Bayón, María; Aranda, Pilar; Llopis, Juan; Sánchez González, Cristina (Elsevier, 2020)
      We aimed to study the effect of vanadium(V) exposure on cell viability, nuclear DNA (nDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and to elucidate if these effects can be reverted by co-exposure to V and manganese (Mn). HepG2 cells ...
    • Does the educational level of women influence hand grip and pinch strength in carpal tunnel syndrome? 
      Núñez Cortés, Rodrigo; Cruz Montecinos, Carlos; Antúnez Riveros, Marcela; Pérez Alenda, Sofía (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background: Grip and pinch strength are relevant functional variables for various activities of daily life and are related to the quality of life of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Objective: The main aim ...
    • Identification of geochemical anomalies using fractal and LOLIMOT Neuro-Fuzzy modeling in Mial Area, Central Iran 
      Shahsavari, M. Alipour; Afzal, P.; Hekmatnejad, A. (Shahrood University of Technology, 2020)
      The Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA) is recognized as an important porphyry, disseminated, vein-type and polymetallic mineralization arc. The aim of this study is to identify and subsequently determine geochemical ...
    • Hotspots and ecoregion vulnerability driven by climate change velocity in Southern South America 
      Fuentes Castillo, Taryn; Hernández Palma, H. Jaime; Pliscoff, Patricio (Springer, 2020)
      Any conservation strategy must deal with the uncertainty caused by anthropogenic climate change. In order to forecast such changes, the climate change velocity approach has been used to measure ecosystem exposure to this ...
    • High-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and validation through whole-genome resequencing ... 
      Yáñez López, José; Yoshida, Grazyella; Barría, Agustín; Palma Véjares, Ricardo; Travisany, Dante; Díaz Madrid, Diego; Cáceres Cruz, Giovanna; Cádiz, María I.; López, María E.; Lhorente, Jean P.; Jedlicki, Ana; Soto, José; Salas, Diego; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro (Springer, 2020)
      Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the second most important farmed fish in the world and a sustainable source of protein for human consumption. Several genetic improvement programs have been established for this ...
    • Variable surface charge of humic acid-ferrihydrite composite: Influence of electrolytes on ciprofloxacin ... 
      Urdiales, Cristian; Gacitúa, Manuel; Villacura, Loreto; Pizarro, Carmen; Escudey, Mauricio; Canales, Camila; Antilén, Mónica (Elsevier, 2020)
      Antimicrobial compounds are found in a range of environments as pollutants. Here, we evaluated the influence of two common anions, NO3- and PO43-, on ciprofloxacin adsorption on humic acid/ferrihydrite composite (HADIG/Fh), ...
    • Interface analysis of Ag/n-type Si contacts in n-type PERT solar cells. 
      Ferrada, Pablo; Rudolph, Dominik; Portillo, Carlos; Adrián, Adrián; Correa Puerta, Jonathan; Sierpe, Rodrigo; Campo, Valeria del; Flores, Marcos; Corrales, Tomás P.; Henriquez, Ricardo; Kogan Bocian, Marcelo; Lossen, Jan (Wiley, 2020)
      To increase efficiencies of bifacial solar cells, emitter, back surface field (BSF), and metal patterns must be optimized. We study the influence of paste volume, through multiple prints, of two silver pastes on the contact ...
    • Second-order characterizations of quasiconvexity and pseudoconvexity for differentiable functions with ... 
      Khanh, Pham Duy; Phat, Vo Thanh (Springer, 2020)
      For a C-2-smooth function on a finite-dimensional space, a necessary condition for its quasiconvexity is the positive semidefiniteness of its Hessian matrix on the subspace orthogonal to its gradient, whereas a sufficient ...
    • Rice Grain Cadmium Concentrations in the Global Supply-Chain 
      Shi, Zhengyu; Carey, Manus; Meharg, Caroline; Williams, Paul N.; Signes Pastor, Antonio J.; Triwardhani, Eridha Ayu; Pandiangan, Febbyandi Isnanda; Campbell, Katrina; Elliott, Christopher; Marwa, Ernest M.; Jiujin, Xiao; Gomes Farías, Julia; Nicoloso, Fernando Teixeira; De Silva, P. Mangala C. S.; Lu, Ying; Norton, Gareth; Adomako, Eurek; Green, Andy J.; Moreno Jiménez, Eduardo; Zhu, Yongguan; Carbonell Barrachina, Ángel Antonio; Haris, Parvez I.; Lawgali, Youssef F.; Sommella, Alessia; Pigna, Massimo; Brabet, Catherine; Montet, Didier; Njira, Keston; Watts, Michael J.; Hossain, Mahmud; Islam, M. Rafiqul; Tapia Fernández, Yasna; Oporto, Carla; Meharg, Andrew A. (Springer, 2020)
      One of cadmium's major exposure routes to humans is through rice consumption. The concentrations of cadmium in the global polished (white), market rice supply-chain were assessed in 2270 samples, purchased from retailers ...
    • Quantum chemistry simulation of the electronic properties in [Au(NH3)(2)]NO3 and [Au(NCH)(2)][AuCl4] extended ... 
      Mendizábal Emaldía, Fernando; Miranda Rojas, Sebastián; Castro Latorre, Pablo (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
      The understanding of closed-shell interactions has become of tremendous relevance in the ever-growing field of supramolecular chemistry. Here, we present a theoretical study in which we characterised the intermolecular ...