Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014)© 2014 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. We evaluated Trypanosoma cruzi infection rates by means of minicircle DNA-based polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) in 70 starved Mepraia gajardoi from northern ...
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(2014)Accreditation in Chile is the main policy instrument for quality assurance of higher education. At the institutional level, it considers a diversity of factors, but it does not use standardized measurements neither it ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2014)© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.Introduction: Neisseria meningitidis invasive disease is a major public health problem. Pharyngeal carriage is considered a prerequisite for invasive infection. Prevalence reaches 10% in general population ...
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(Wiley-Liss Inc., 2014)© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Lactase persistence (LP) occurs at a very low frequency in indigenous populations from Latin America, offering an opportunity to understand the relationship between this genetic trait and ...
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(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)© 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Carriers of an FMR1 premutation allele (55-200 CGG repeats) often develop the neurodegenerative disorders, fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). Neurological signs of FXTAS, ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)© 2014, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: The less affluent and educated members of the society tend to be less prone to healthy lifestyles. Aim: To describe feeding habits, nutrition, quality ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)© 2014, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: The Chilean Ministry of Health developed a healthy lifestyles intervention directed to adults with overweight and cardiovascular risk factors, called ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2014)© 2014 Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Objective: To characterize university students typologies according to chronic food restriction, satisfaction with life and food consumption. Materials and method: A ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)© 2014, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. The welfare of research participants must be guaranteed by international ethical standards. This article communicates the procedures of the Research Ethics Committee ...
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(Cardiology Academic Press, 2014)Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) induces structural and functional changes in heart, probably associated with ischemia-reperfusion (IR), a pathophysiological event linked with excessive reactive oxygen species generation. ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2014)© 2014, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.Obesity and Type 2 diabetes mellitus share a strong pro-inflammatory profile. It has been observed that iron is a risk factor in the development of type 2 diabetes. The ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)© 2014, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Complications increase treatment costs of diabetes mellitus (DM). An adequate metabolic control of the disease could reduce these costs. Aim: To evaluate ...
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(Elsevier B.V., 2014)© 2014 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Pannexin 1 (panx1) is a large-pore membrane channel expressed in many tissues of mammals, including neurons and glial ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2014)© 2014, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.Introduction: Enteral nutrition (EN) provides calories, macronutrients and micronutrients in adequate quantity and quality to meet the patient’s needs. Some drugs when ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2014)© 2014 Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Introduction: Implementation of the updated Food Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDG) for the Chilean population requires the design of innovative strategies and effective. ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Background: Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Its frequency is increasing steadily Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components in a 10-year tracking ...
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(Academic Press Inc., 2014)© 2014 Elsevier Inc. Matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8)-deficient mice (Mmp8-/-) exhibit delayed dermal wound healing, but also partly contradicting results have been reported. Using the Mmp8-/- mice we investigated the ...
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(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2014)© 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Objectives: Investigation sought to determine whether there is any acoustic variable to objectively differentiate gender in children with normal voices. Methods: A total of 30 children, 15 boys ...
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(Elsevier Inc., 2014)© 2014 Elsevier Inc.Salsolinol is formed non-enzymatically when ethanol-derived acetaldehyde binds to dopamine, yielding 2 distinct products, i.e., salsolinol and isosalsolinol. Early animal studies, revealing that salsolinol ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría, 2014)Introduction: There are not enough specially developed tools to study attachment during adolescence in our country. The objective of this research is to adapt and validate the AAQ (Adolescent Attachment Questionnaire) for ...
