Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • 27-f earthquake and tsunami reconstruction process in Chile: An approach to urban vulnerability in the ... 
      Gonzalez, Luis Eduardo (Public Administration and Public Services Academy of Economic Studies, 2015)
      © 2015, Public Administration and Public Services Academy of Economic Studies. All right reserved.In Chile, the 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on February 27th 2010, made noticeable the necessity ...
    • Nutritional status and biochemical markers of deficiency or excess of micronutrients in 4 to 14 year-old ... 
      Narkunska, Jaime Rozowski; Valenzuela, Oscar Castillo; Jullian, Nicole Figari; García-Díaz, Diego F.; Muñoz, Sylvia Cruchet; Nuta, Gerardo Weisstaub; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Russel, Martín Gotteland (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.The prevalence of obesity in Chilean children has been increasing steadily for the last two decades. The first study to determine nutritional status and food intake in a ...
    • Validation of predictive equations for weight and height using body circumferences in Mexican elderlys ... 
      Osuna-Padilla, Iván Armando; Borja-Magno, Angélica Irais; Leal-Escobar, Gabriela; Verdugo-Hernández, Sonia (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Introduction: weight and height measurements are important data for the nutritional assessment of elderly people and the implementation of the nutritional care process. ...
    • Effect of overweight and obesity on the equilibrium time, but no in the total body water and body composition ... 
      Lizárraga Cañedo, Jonathan; Robles-Sardin, Alma; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Alemán-Mateo, Heliodoro (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.Introduction: aging and obesity cause changes in water exchange rate, which could affect the equilibrium time of deuterium oxide (2H2O). Objective: to assess the effect ...
    • Towards autotrophic tissue engineering: Photosynthetic gene therapy for regeneration 
      Chávez, Myra Noemi; Schenck, Thilo Ludwig; Hopfner, Ursula; Centeno-Cerdas, Carolina; Somlai-Schweiger, Ian; Schwarz, Christian; Machens, Hans Günther; Heikenwalder, Mathias; Bono Merino, María Rosa; Allende Connelly, Miguel; Nickelsen, Jörg; Egaña, José Tomás (Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
      © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The use of artificial tissues in regenerative medicine is limited due to hypoxia. As a strategy to overcome this drawback, we have shown that photosynthetic biomaterials can produce and provide oxygen ...
    • Helicobacter pylori -induced inflammation and epigenetic changes during gastric carcinogenesis 
      Valenzuela, Manuel A.; Canales, Jimena; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Quest, Andrew F. G. (WJG Press, 2015)
      © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. The sequence of events associated with the development of gastric cancer has been described as "the gastric precancerous cascade". ...
    • Effect of magnesium treatment and glucose levels on delayed cerebral ischemia in patients with subarachnoid ... 
      Leijenaar, Jolien F.; Dorhout Mees, Sanne M.; Algra, Ale; van den Bergh, Walter M.; Rinkel, Gabriel J.E.; Dorhout Mees, S. M.; van den Bergh, W. M.; Rinkel, G. J.E.; Algra, A.; van Buuren, M.; Al-Shahi Salman, R.; Boiten, J.; van Kooten, F.; Kuijsten, H.; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)
      © 2015 World Stroke Organization. Background: Magnesium treatment did not improve outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in the Magnesium in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage II trial. We hypothesized ...
    • Efecto del insecticida malathion sobre el epitelio germinativo de testículo de ratón CF1 
      Espinoza Navarro, Omar; Rodríguez Bustos, Héctor; Kemble Molina, Héctor; Arriaza O., Camilo (Interciencia Association, 2015)
      El malathion es un plaguicida órganofosforado que actúa como inhibidor de la acetilcolinesterasa e induce daños en el ADN. Fue ampliamente utilizado en Arica, Chile, para eliminar la mosca de la fruta (Ceratitis capitata). ...
    • Validation of the rapid assessment of physical activity scale (RAPA) in an adult chilean population seeking ... 
      Pérez, J. Carola; Bustamante, Claudia; Campos, Solange; Sánchez, Hugo; Beltrán, Angela; Medina, Margarita (Universidad de La Sabana, 2015)
      © 2015, Universidad de La Sabana, Japan. All rights reserved. Introduction: Physical activity is vital to health care and having instruments to measure and monitor changes in people who are physically active is essential. ...
    • Role for Tetrahydrobiopterin in the Fetoplacental Endothelial Dysfunction in Maternal Supraphysiological ... 
      Leiva, Andrea; Fuenzalida, Bárbara; Westermeier, Francisco; Toledo, Fernando; Salomón, Carlos; Gutiérrez, Jaime; Sanhueza, Carlos; Pardo, Fabián; Sobrevia, Luis (Hindawi, 2016)
      Maternal physiological hypercholesterolemia occurs during pregnancy, ensuring normal fetal development. In some cases, the maternal plasma cholesterol level increases to above this physiological range, leading to maternal ...
    • Anti-Apoptotic effects of 3,3',5-triiodo-lthyronine in the liver of brain-dead rats 
      Rebolledo, Rolando A.; Van Erp, Anne C.; Ottens, Petra J.; Wiersema-Buist, Janneke; Leuvenink, Henri G. D.; Romanque, Pamela (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      © 2015 Rebolledo 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 ...
    • Work activity of medical graduates at the university of chile. Analysis per campus and graduation year ... 
      Vargas, Patricia; López, Nancy; Urrutia, Leonardo; Acevedo, Jhonny; Sandoval, Daniela; Cortés, Belén (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: The University promotes practices and values that influence their students in the pursuit of their occupational interests. Aim: To determine working ...
    • The fatty acids and relationship with health Los ácidos grasos dietarios y su relación con la salud 
      Catalán, Julio Sanhueza; Agüero, Samuel Durán; García, Jairo Torres (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015 Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.The functionality of the eukaryotic cell depends on the cell membrane, the genetic information and action of different organelles with or without the presence of membranes. ...
    • Therapeutic potential of hyporesponsive CD4+ T cells in autoimmunity 
      Maggi, Jaxaira; Schafer, Carolina; Ubilla Olguín, Gabriela; Catalán Martina, Diego; Schinnerling, Katina; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (Frontiers Media S.A., 2015)
      © 2015 Maggi, Schafer, Ubilla-Olguín, Catalán, Schinnerling and Aguillón. The interaction between dendritic cells (DCs) and T cells is crucial on immunity or tolerance induction. In an immature or semi-mature state, DCs ...
    • Accuracy and reliability of Chile's National Air Quality Information System for measuring particulate matter: ... 
      Toro A., Richard; Campos, Claudia; Molina, Carolina; Morales Segura, Raúl; Leiva Guzmán, Manuel (Elsevier Ltd, 2015)
      © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. A critical analysis of Chile's National Air Quality Information System (NAQIS) is presented, focusing on particulate matter (PM) measurement. This paper examines the complexity, availability and ...
    • Women's Health Initiative estrogen plus progestin clinical trial: A study that does not allow establishing ... 
      Aedo Monsalve, Sócrates; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Blümel, Juan E.; Chedraui, Peter; Fica, Juan; Barriga, Patricio; Brantes, Sergio; Irribarra, Cristina; Vallejo, María; Campodónico, Ítalo (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2015)
      © 2015 by The North American Menopause Society. Objective: This study aims to determine time differences (differences in restricted mean survival times [RMSTs]) in the onset of invasive breast cancer, coronary heart disease, ...
    • T-lymphocyte phenotype and function triggered by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is serotype-dependent 
      Díaz Zúñiga, Jaime; Melgar Rodríguez, Samanta; Alvarez, C.; Monasterio, G.; Benítez, A.; Ciuchi, P.; Díaz, C.; Mardones, J.; Escobar, A.; Sanz, M.; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2015)
      & Sons Ltd. Background and Objective: Based on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigenicity, different Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans serotypes have been described. Serotype b strains have demonstrated a stronger capacity ...
    • Effect of early protein-calorie malnutrition on nutritional status and attributes of the metabolic syndrome ... 
      Fonseca, María José Escaffi; Carrasco, Loreto Moreira; Osiac, Lorena Rodríguez; Quevedo, Tito Pizarro; Chacón, Gabriel Cavada; del Pino, Luis Villarroel; Guzmán, Natalia Salas; Benavides, Santiago Muzzo; Barros, Fernando Mönckeberg; Narkunska, Jaime Rozowski; Valen (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Background: during recent years consistent studies have characterized the relationship between moderate and severe protein-calorie malnutrition and the appearance of ...
    • Association between adolescent suicide and sociodemographic factors in Chile: Cross-sectional ecological study 
      Cuadrado, Cristóbal; Zitko, Pedro; Covarrubias, Trinidad; Hernandez, Dunia; Sade, Cristina; Klein, Carolina; Gomez, Alejandro (Hogrefe Publishing GmbH, 2015)
      © 2015 Hogrefe Publishing. Background: Adolescent suicide rates (ASR) are a matter of concern worldwide. Causes of this trend are not understood and could correspond to socioeconomic factors such as inequality. Aim: To ...
    • Update on the global burden of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in 1990-2013: The GBD 2013 study 
      Array, Array; Feigin, Valery L.; Krishnamurthi, Rita V.; Parmar, Priya; Norrving, Bo; Mensah, George A.; Bennett, Derrick A.; Barker-Collo, Suzanne; Moran, Andrew E.; Sacco, Ralph L.; Truelsen, Thomas; Davis, Stephen; Pandian, Jeyaraj Durai; Naghavi, Mohsen; Forouzanfa (S. Karger AG, 2015)
      © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel. Background: Global stroke epidemiology is changing rapidly. Although age-standardized rates of stroke mortality have decreased worldwide in the past 2 decades, the absolute numbers of people who ...